Mar 1, 2023 | Articles, Places
Bramford Manor of Kentons by Rod Dakin Very little is known of this Manor, not least because there are no known surviving Manor Court records. Of the other Bramford Manors, Bramford itself is by far the best represented by documentary records. Normans with Beverlies...
Jul 29, 2020 | People, Places
This picture is of a few drinkers at The Bramford Cock and one of the earliest we have ever come across. It dates from the mid 1800’s.Our copy of it came from a personalised Christmas card sent by Hugh and Winifred Green of Glebe House in Vicarage Lane, Bramford. Hugh...
Jun 29, 2020 | People, Places
An 1837 Etching of Bramford Hall Extract from The Book of Bramford – A Suffolk Parish and its People (Halsgrove 2003 & 2012) There is no doubt that had the structure still been standing today, Bramford Hall would have been the most important residence in the...
May 5, 2020 | People, Places, WW2 Memorial
War Time Memories A collection of War-time memories and recollections of residents of Bramford past or present. This booklet is a collection of contributions from people who have shared their memories with us of what it was like to be a young person in wartime...
Apr 28, 2020 | People, Places
Extract from the CHRONICLE OF A TWENTIETH CENTURY BRAMFORD MAN Vol 4 By Les Beckett It was in the late twenties, in the company of my elder brothers, that I became keen to watch and follow the game of football. I supported the Bramford village team who played on the...
Apr 18, 2020 | People, Places
Bramford Lodge The Hon. Margaret Carr is mentioned in the sale catalogue as the owner at the time. Her name was Margaret Lacon before she married Captain Robert Carr in 1928. The Lacon family lived at Bramford Lodge during and after the 1914-18 war. Kelly’s...