Welcome to Wickhambrook
Wickhambrook is one of the parishes of West Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council
A joint meeting of the History and Horticultural Societies of Wickhambrook was held in October with a subject that included plenty of history and lots of gardening. Michael Brown’s talk was subtitled ‘Poisonous Plants – Magic, Myth and Passion’ and we were treated to a plant by plant analysis with historical anecdotes which was both fascinating and entertaining…
Wickhambrook Local History Society members enjoyed visiting Pakenham Watermill and Thelnetham Windmill on a beautiful July day. We were warmly welcomed by volunteers at both venues and given comprehensive tour of both mills. Highlight of the day for those who climbed...
16 members of the History Society spent a day in beautiful Stoke by Nayland…
It is always a pleasure to welcome Ashley Cooper, a farmer and author from Gestingthorpe, to our meeting. He has been talking to the Society since it started in 1986 and we have also visited his farm museum and Roman Villa…
At the AGM on 16th April the committee and office bearers were re-elected to serve for another year. Chairman Dorothy Anderson, secretary Gillian Cooper and treasurer Pam Miller reported on an excellent year of talks and outings and thanked the members for their support.
Martyn Taylor, local author and Chairman of the Bury Society, was our speaker at the March meeting and his talk was entitled Lost Bury St Edmunds.
We had a very lively and interesting talk by Michelle Bullivant, a local historian and archaeologist…
December and January have been busy months for the History Society Committee.
Our upcoming field school, “Prehistoric Suffolk,” offers an immersive experience for students and enthusiasts alike to explore the fascinating world of archaeology…
On a sunny September day, over twenty members of SLHC made their way to Wickhambrook in the west of the county. The Focus On Day was being hosted by the local history society and tea and home made biscuits were ready for us in the WI Hall…
Our monthly meeting was about stained glass and the speaker, Christopher Parkinson, who is presently co-authoring a book on stained glass in Essex was the perfect person to guide us through local examples of this art and craft…
I am researching evidence of football prior to 1860 and it has become clear to me that it is likely that there is far more than hitherto believed. The British Newspaper Archive has already unearthed a multitude of references from c 1740 that have upset the orthodox...
Geoffrey Kay’s talk, entitled ‘Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here’ was subtitled ‘The Friendly Invasion’ and that seems to me to be a kinder description of the events in East Angila during the Second World War. Over three million American troops came to Britain during...
A group of more than 30 members and friends gathered at All Saints Church on a beautiful summer evening to have a tour of the building with Churchwarden Paul Bevan…
Our July trip to Lowestoft was a great success with easy travel in the CLASP minibus, good weather and lunch in a unique venue…
Although we are a local history society, it is good to be taken out of our Suffolk world occasionally and our May meeting did just that…
At the AGM, the present committee were all re-elected, with the addition of Jenny Barley. The speaker for the evening was Geoffrey Robinson who talked on the Worlingworth Jubilee painting…
Our planned speaker for the evening was laid low by Covid so we were very lucky to have Martyn Roper to talk to us at very short notice. His subject was A Guide to Anglo-Saxon East Anglia, and we had a whistle-stop tour of many sites, some well-known and others more obscure…
Richard Heap who works for the firm of Stephen Walters &Son in Sudbury as Quality Manager was the very interesting speaker at our meeting this month. He gave us an overview of the history of the company and of its continuing success in the modern world…
It is always a pleasure to have a talk from one of our members and our year started with a real treat. Adrian Maasz’s talk was entitled ‘What did you do in the war, Grandad?’ and was, in his words, a potted history of military medals…
Two new photos have been added to the History Society archives…
Members of the Local History Society left the Hall after the November meeting with their heads full of thoughts of Christmas past. From Yule logs to boar’s heads, Sarah Doig, the speaker for the evening, took us on a journey…
Wickhambrook Local History Society and Wickhambrook Horticultural Society held a joint meeting in October. The speaker, Edward Martin, an archaeologist, talked on The Lost Gardens of Suffolk..
Wickhambrook History and Horticultural Societies jointly present Lost Gardens of Suffolk Friday 21st October…
The British Ugandan Asian at 50 (BUA50) exhibition took place at the Wickhambrook Memorial Hall on September 24 -25th.
Fifty years ago from September to November, President Idi Amin, expelled all the Asians living in Uganda. More than twenty-eight thousand, mostly British Citizens applied for visas to come here. They had to sell anything they could to pay for their air fares. They were allowed to bring just £50 per family and one suitcase, or items they could carry on board…
For our first outing in a very long time, members of the History Society were privileged to have a tour of the Elveden Estate and church…
Rick Lewis, a carpenter with 35 years experience of working on the timber framed buildings of Suffolk , gave us a very erudite and all-encompassing talk on his craft at the May meeting…
Dr Nick Amor’s talk on Keeping the Peace in Medieval Suffolk had been rearranged several times because of the Pandemic so it was very good to finally welcome him to Wickhambrook…
Listening to the story of The North family and Two Kirtling Churches by Anthony Foreman was the perfect way to spend a cold winter’s evening…