Welcome WE WANT YOUR HELP TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF GREATER STOWMARKET osperity YOUR AREA – YOUR PRIORITIES towmarket is a fantastic place to work, establish a clear way forward, making it clear live and visit, and has so much to offer to what is going to happen, when, and who will Smake the town and its wider catchment deliver the above vision. This will ensure that area better. We appreciate there is a raft collectively we are moving forward together in of wonderful organisations, projects and a positive and coordinated way, not piecemeal. initiatives which help support our people, Visioning is all-encompassing: it’s not just about place and the local economy, all of which physical growth or house building, but also make Stowmarket the success it is today. But about day-to-day services including anything places continually grow and evolve – they from care provision to grass cutting. It’s all are never finished – so we also recognise that about the way places function, look, and feel. Stowmarket plays a crucial role in the future It’s not necessarily all-new, but it is ensuring growth of the District. that everyone is signed up to achieve the same Following extensive consultation, the 2008 success and value for money. Stowmarket Masterplan set out the vision for Stowmarket is more than just the town’s Stowmarket: boundary line. Stowmarket is a major “The town of Stowmarket will fully employment, leisure and retail destination realise its potential role as the largest in Mid Suffolk District, so its influence is far market town in the Mid Suffolk district, reaching. For this reason, there are more offering economic, social, cultural people that should have a say about its future and environmental conditions for its than just those who live in the town. inhabitants and visitors that ensure With your help we aim to develop an it is both attractive and economically overarching prospectus for the Greater prosperous. The growing town will Stowmarket area called “DELIVERING A provide increasing opportunities for VISION FOR PROSPERITY”. This will bring healthy lifestyles, through developing together the various groups, organisations informal recreation, leisure and projects, development proposals and future sporting facilities” for Pr Delivering a Vision aspirations. These will be prioritised in a This vision still holds true today because it’s delivery plan to unite the town with the service not just planning for YOUR future, but for future providers and give a clear steer about generations to come. how the town should grow and meet its full potential. There is a need to capture and build on what we already have, and tie the different organisations and their projects together to WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? Please put a sticky dot on the map to show where you have come from osperity Bacton Wetheringsett Thurston Mendlesham Elmswell Wetherden Debenham A14 Haughley Old Newton Harleston Shelland Onehouse A140 Stowupland Rattlesden Earl Stonham Stowmarket Stonham Creeting Aspall Great St. Peter Buxhall Finborough A14 Creeting Crowfield Combs St. Mary Little Needham Finborough Market Battisford Ringshall Barking A14 Wattisham Great Blakenham Bildeston Lowestoft Delivering a Vision for Pr Delivering a Vision Beccles Mildenhall Diss Further afield Halesworth Bury St Edmunds Newmarket Debenham Framlingham Stowmarket Haverhill Woodbridge Sudbury Ipswich Hadleigh Felixstowe STOWMARKET TIMELINE OF HISTORIC GROWTH AND CHANGE Map of Stowmarket 1855 1895 crica 1950-60. In the beginning... 1450-1550 1846 Cemetery in Bury Road Violet Hill Road Roman occupation has been noted in The Tudor period was 1793 opened as Act of Cemetery opened The railway opened 1900 the local area but it is first recognised as instrumental in the set-up of the Stowmarket Navigation Parliament closed due to ‘Old 1919 linking Stowmarket to Population reached 1909 1920 a permanent settlement in about 950 Market Place, Ipswich Street and opened allowing the churchyards for burials in Cemetery’ reaching The Crescent,ent, Hillside the rest of the country about 4,000 Stowmarket High MemorialMemorial GGatesates AD and known as Thorney. By the time Bury Street but mainly the movement of goods along towns and cities. its maximum limit. and PoplaroplarH Hillill the River Gipping. School was founded. housing areas erected at Kings of the Norman Conquest and the Buttermarket area to form how it osperity Meadow to become 1922 Domesday report of 1086 it is already looks today. osperity developed the Recreation Ipswich and Stowmarket boasting a market. Stowmarket 1950-60.tif Ground. Navigation closed as it could no longer compete 20th with the railway Long Century ago 1920-30 1600 1841 The Iron Foundry and ICI 1347 1871 1941 developed into large Gradually merged with the hamlet Population reached 1850s 11 August: an explosion 1936 factories for employment Thorney was granted a market charter by 31 January: the Stowmarket of Chilton. Avoided much of the about 3,000 Lime Tree Place / Bridge at a local gun cotton The Regal Cinema Edward III and became the market for the Congregational Chapel, a 19th Century ravages of the English Civil War Street area and Violet Hill factory claimed opens Hundred of Stow. and thence the name gothic style building was completely / Fairfield Hill area twenty-four lives and le 1933- 36 Stow – Market. Needham and Haughley destroyed by the only German bomb developed as ‘modern seventy five injured Cherry Tree Road / Bury Road markets had to cease trading at this time. 1952 dropped on the town in the whole war. suburbs’ and St Edmunds Road housing the Mid Suffolk Light The current United Reform Church was built as well as Edgar Avenue Railway (Middy) built on the site in 1955. and Jubilee Avenue This map of 1970-80s closed, cutting off Stowmarket, 1884 was hand-drawn by Danescourt Drive, Thirlmere many rural areas from the cartographers Avenue, Lockington, Melford services and facilities 1935 of the Ordnance Road/ Lavenham Way, and Survey. Ipswich Road swimming Pool 1973 Baldwin Road estates opened (it had since 1888 been developed situated in the River Ratt off the leisure centre 1937 Woodfield Lane)Lane) 1975 opened the town parish boundary was © The Francis Frith Collection moved to include Combs Ford, 1979 A14A14d dualual carriageway carriagew Combs Lane and Poplar Hill as took traffic out of well as Stowupland Road, © The Francis Frith Collection Stowmarket Stowmarket. 1950-1960s High School Prestons Hill, Newton Road and 1984 start of the major growth: Creeting Road swelling the © The Francis Frith Collection founded. Stowupland grew, the The Meadow population from about 5000 to 1986 1952 Council estates Centre 7500 overnight. New indoor developed westward The River, Stowmarket circa 1922. opened the stained glass swimming windows at St Mary’s from the Recreation pool in 1967 Church in Combs was Ground towards the 1990s Gainsborough 1972 The Museum of East reinstalled aer current leisure centre Road opened Anglian Life opened hundreds of years in Chilton Hall the Council saved the occupying a 70 acre storage.e. estate Regal Cinema from 1974 (28 ha) site close to developed closure by adding a Local Government reform split the town centre. Stowmarket stage to create a Market Place, 1980s the Urban District Council’s circa 1950 cinema/theatre 1986 Verneuil responsibilities between the Today – Avenue estatestate newlyy formed Town Council and Population 2015-17 developedped new Mid-Suffolk District CouncilCouncil.. Stowmarket, population reached about 1985 Ipswich Street Anglian Water 11,000. and Market undertook a major is estimated Outdoor swimming Place, circa 1940. waste water pool in Ipswich Road infrastructure around closed upgrade replacing 22,000 1992 © The Francis Frith Collection the sewer. 1992 fighter jets of the RAF ceased to Station Road, Stowmarket, 2015 Gipping Way operate out of RAF Wattisham, but circa 1950. Chilton Leys 2015 relieved traffic the base received a new lease of 2012 estate began 2014 the University of from Ipswich life with the Army Air Corp the The former Corn Stowmarket Suffolk was created Street following year. Exchange 2010 town clock when University © The Francis Frith Collection underwent a £1m Army Air Corps and erected College Suffolk was 2001 2011 refurbishment to Royal Air Force units awarded University 1994 Population 2010 become the John stationed at Wattisham Hopgoods status by the Privy Cedars Park development reached about ToTownwn centrecentre rregenerationegeneration Peel Centre for 2009 were granted the Department Council began with new Tesco 21st 15,000 2007 scheme in Ipswich Street Store closed Creative Arts Honorary Freedom of for Pr Delivering a Vision superstore and 100 a major re at the stalled after failing to win Remus the Suolk for Pr Delivering a Vision Stowmarket homes. Century Punch died Regal Cinema closed it support for the Compulsory 2015 for several months Purchase Order More boundary changes proposed to include parts of 2014 Onehouse, Combs 2000 Great Blakenham and Creeting energy from waste St Mary. highest-ever recorded centre opened, water level in the River 2002 2012 meaning that Gipping at 1.55m The Council introduced 2008 Easton and Otley millions of tons of recycling collections and 2010 2010 2011 Colleges merged The A14 Haughley 2010 household waste switched to a fortnightly Navigation Approach Population to create one of Bends were the animal Stowmarket United are diverted from collection schedule bridge linked reached about the largest higher straightened and rendering plant was FC scores it biggest landll and burned residents of Cedars 19,000 education J49 was improved decommissioned ever win with a 13-0 to create electricity 3 Stowmarket Park to the town thrashing over facilities in the town clock. for safety ending the “Woolpit instead. region centre Whi” Cornard United STOWMARKET TIMELINE OF HISTORIC GROWTH AND CHANGE Map of Stowmarket 1855 1895 crica 1950-60. 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