May 19, 2025 | Articles, People
Our early parish registers recorded baptisms, marriages and deaths of parishioners and included members of the Darby family who had taken residence here in the 1590’s. Research on the parish registers carried out by our secretary, Beryl Sims, in the 1990’s revealed...
May 15, 2025 | Articles, People, Places
Introduction By the sixteenth century a fulling mill was established along what is know known as Paper Mill Lane. “Fulling” was a process in producing woollen cloth to clean and thicken it. The process was traditionally done by hands and feet but water...
May 7, 2025 | Articles, Events, People
The most famous charter was the Magna Carta – the great charter. All land in England belonged to the King, but he allowed others to be in charge and collect revenue, to act on his behalf. Early English charters were basically contracts between the King and the people....
May 2, 2025 | Articles, People, Places
The village pump would have been one of the main water supplies for most of The Street. Some premises would have had wells in the back garden. Mains water supplies were provided in the early 20th Century. The cottages to the left of the pump were demolished mid 20th...
Jan 22, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, People, Places
Edward Packard & Co Barges From the first, the Orwell, to the last, the Trent River, Edward Packard & Co ran their steam barges on the Gipping between the Bramford Works and Ipswich Docks for over 60 years. Nick-named “Packard’s Navy” within the company, the...
Jan 6, 2025 | Articles, Fisons, People, Places
The part played by the Chapman’s works in the development of the fertilizer industry in Bramford has been all but lost but they operated for 30 years, literally sandwiched between the two bigger manufactures of Edward Packard and Joseph Fison.Henry and William Chapman...
