I have received the following announcement regarding the village of
Whatfield.
"A village reunion at Whatfield Village Hall, 11am - 7pm, Sunday May 21st.
Come and share past memories of life in Whatfield with everyone.
Anyone connected with Whatfield welcome.
Memorabilia and villages records from 1588 on show.
Tickets £5. Children £2. Under fives free. Refreshments throughout the day."
Pat ...
Every time I find an ancestor - I have to find two more !
Lots of Suffolk family history information at
www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk
Ray and I would like to apologise for the disappearance of the web sites.
This is beyond our control and is due to a fault with our ISP.
We hope the problem will soon be put right and you will be able to access
the two web sites very soon.
If you have any queries please contact me directly.
Pat and Ray ...
Suffolk Family History Information and More at
www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.ukwww.cosford-database.co.uk
As I drove through Chilton yesterday, with it's lovely church closed for
most of the year, and land being ever encroached upon for industrial use and
plans for another housing estate (plus primary school) providing hundreds of
homes for the growing market town of Sudbury, I wondered what it was like in
the village many years ago.
In WWII much of the land was taken to make way for the US 8th Army Airforce
Base. The building of which used land in three parishes, Acton, Great
Waldingfield and Chilton.
Here are notes from White's of 1844
CHILTON
A parish one mile NE of Sudbury, has only a few scattered houses, 98
inhabitants and 968A 3R and 35P of land under which is a stratum of lime,
which is burnt here for agricultural and other purposes.
The Rev. L Newman has a small estate in the parish, and nearly all the rest
belongs to Wm. Howe Windham Esq, the lord of the manor and patron of the
Church, which is a discharged rectory, valued in KB at GBP 5. 6 shillings
and 5 and a half pence and now enjoyed by the Rev William Coyte Freeland BA
who has a good residence and 25A 3R 31P of glebe.
The Tithes were commuted in 1839 for the yearly payment of GBP 208 to the
rector of Chilton and GBP 80 to the rector of Great Waldingfield.
Chilton Hall now a moated farm house was formerly very extensive and was
long the seat of the knightly family of Crane, of whom there are several
monuments in the church.
One of them was created a baronet in 1627 but the family became extinct many
years ago when the manor passed to the Woodhouses who sold it to the
Goldings.
The common was enclosed in 1813.
Directory :
Thomas Fenn Addison, Esq Chilton Lodge
Henry Baldwin, Lime Burner
Rev. W C Freeland, Rectory
Robert Horner, farmer
Henry Meeking, farmer, Chilton Hall
The parish church of St Mary is now redundant and in the care of the
Churches Conservation Trust (see page on the Conservation churches in
Suffolk at www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.uk )
You can also see photographs and a write up at Simon's web site
http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/chilton.html
The parish records are on fiche from 1623-1900 on just 5 fiche, which
reflects the size of the parish. Unfortunately a previous incumbent of
Chilton, Great Waldingfield and Acton churches refused permission for the
PRs to be filmed. You can purchase them from the SRO but you will have to
apply to the present incumbent for permission to buy them.
Other links to Chilton
Sir Robert Crane and his descendants
http://www.thepeerage.com/p12537.htm#i125364http://www.francisfrith.com/archive/england/suffolk/chilton/chilton.htm
Property in Chilton today
http://ononemap.com/directory/suffolk/chilton/
I have visited this church when open for Flower Festivals and on the open
day in September when the Suffolk Churches Bike Ride takes place, it is a
delightful little church and if you get the opportunity to visit please do -
the keyholder is in Waldingfield Road.
Pat ...
Suffolk Family History Information and More at
www.suffolk-surnames-list.co.ukwww.cosford-database.co.uk
