LINKS

• LOCAL TOWNS & VILLAGES

  • BADLEY
    A very informative site outlining the history of this small and remote parish between Stowmarket and Needham Market.

  • BATTISFORD An information site for this village.

  • BRANDON HERITAGE PROJECT  In my opinion the best website dedicated to the history of a single town in Suffolk.

  • ELMSWELL 

  • ELMSWELL MILLENNIUM HISTORY GROUP

  • FOREST HEATH
    A site covering 22 villages north west Suffolk, a section for each village, the largest of which is Mildenhall. Includes walks, notice board, events and lots of local history including some census and parish register data

  • GLEMSFORD
    A look at life in the village life of Glemsford near Sudbury, includes some history.

  • GREAT FINBOROUGH 
    Suffolk County Council backed site with some nice photos, church history and local contacts. An interesting feature is a list of name found on grave stones in the churchyard.

  • HAUGHLEY
    Home Page of the pretty village of Haughley near Stowmarket.
    I spent ten very enjoyable years there. 

  • LONG MELFORD
    Details about this historical village, Kentwell Hall and Melford Hall. Including a business listing and providing much interactivity via the forums, classified ads, chat rooms, postcard service and monthly newsletter.

  • ONEHOUSE This site covers many aspects of life in this nearby, village with a generous share of history.

  • PETTISTREE
    Angela Boon whose ancestors lived in Pettistree in East Suffolk has done a fine job with this village site.

  • PRESTON ST MARY 
    Preston near Lavenham is a little way out of the Stowmarket area but I have included this as Trevor Jackson has shown with his site what can be achieved in making parish records available online.

  • STOWMARKET ONLINE
    Stowmarket' s official site maintained by Stowmarket Town Council.

  • WOODBRIDGE
    Woodbridge is a  little outside our area but Linn Baringer's fine website well deserves a visit.
    
    

• FAMILY HISTORY         

  • EARTHY/ARTHY
    Mark Earthy is in touch with Earthys around the world who are interested in Earthy/Arthy family history. One branch of this family lived in Stowmarket.

  • FULLER FAMILY HISTORY
    Created by Charles Fuller. Charles has a large library of resources for the Stowmarket, Combs and Buxhall area as well as other parts of the country. Some illustrations from Coppinger's History Of Buxhall. Lots of information on researching family history. A very promising site and one to bookmark.

  • Farrow,  Gladwell ,Gostling, Lummis, Meakings, Stearn  
    Julie Blackett has put together a site full of information on the above families in and around Stowmarket

  SUFFOLK FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY
  Information on how to join, group programmes, etc.
  If you are researching in the county join the society, it will be the best £10 you'll ever spend !
  
  

• CHURCHES              

  • CREETING CHURCHES PROJECT
    History and archaeological information on the vanished churches of St Olave and All Saints. Includes reports on recent digs.

  • SIMON'S SUFFOLK CHURCHES
    Follow Simon on his journey around the county's churches. Regularly updated, with intelligent comment and nice photos. Simon's aim is to include every parish church in the county. A must for anyone interested in Suffolk.

  • ST. MARY'S CHURCH, COMBS  
    A very comprehensive website covering all aspects of Combs church and it's work, Also features a virtual tour of the church.
    

• PUBS
  THE GARDENERS ARMS COMBS
  This rather remote pub is well worth seeking out.
  

• OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST

IMAGINAIRE 
The team who published the new editions of Hollingsworth's "History Of Stowmarket" and Harry Double's "Stowmarket - A Pageant in Pictures"  Also "Stowmarket - Then And Now"  which will be on sale very soon.
MUSEUM OF EAST ANGLIAN LIFE
Stowmarket's premier tourist attraction. The museum which is situated in the centre of Stowmarket now has it's own website, which gives a taste of what there is to see and a list of events.
IMAGES OF ENGLAND 
A project to photograph England's 370,000 Listed Buildings. Stowmarket is well served, with 83 photos of buildings in the town.
PALMERS BAKERY [HAUGHLEY]
Five generations of the Palmer family have run a bakery in Haughley. 

STOWMARKET HISTORY AND HERITAGE
 2007
email neil@stowman.plus.com