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The
History Society of Hundon - with grateful thanks. |
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A 'beehive'
quern dating from the Iron age or Roman found at Thicks Farm. Only
80/90% of it remains. It was used to ground the flour
for former recidents of our valley. Quern making was an organised
industry in Iron Age and Roman Hertfordshire. |
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Part
of "Suffolke defcribed". A map of 1610 |
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Hundon
in 1611 With greatful thanks to the W H Smith Museum |
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Great
Lodge Deer Park in 1611 With greatful thanks to the W H Smith
Museum |
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Hodskinson's
map of Suffolk 1783 |
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Hodskinson's
map of Suffolk 1783 (detail) |
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Ordnance
Survey map of 1840 |
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Detail from Ordnance
Survey map of 1840 |
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A map of Hundon in 1891 |
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1939-1945 A map of the area taken by the Luftwaffe showing Hundon
airfield and the village |
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1939-1945 A detail from the Luftwaffe
photograph showing the village |
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The
reverend & Mrs
Gipps outside the vicarage about 1900 |
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1900
to 1905 a composite showing two pictures of the village postman |
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The
old post office in Church Street at the beginning of the 20th
century. |
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The
cottages in the picture with the postman were between the thatched
cottage, still there but not thatched, called Green Tye and what
is now the village hall car park.
Early 1900s |
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Picture postcard taken from Pinhoe Hill marked 1904
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Another
view from Pinhoe Hill. The Titt Wind Pump (see below) can be seen
to the right of the church tower |
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About 1905 clearly showing the Thatchers Arms pub sign |
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Hundon
Church about 1905. Arathusa Vernon's Monument House can be seen
to the left of the nave. |
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Smiths
Corner about 1905. This
is one of the series taken by Mr. T. Stokoe who had a photographic
studio in Clare |
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Church Street about 1905 |
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1905 Looking South down North Street |
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1905 The Red Lion Inn |
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This
photograph of the school looks quite ordinary. You can see a little
Edwardian girl in the doorway. But to the right of the school you
can see the dilapidated gable end of a house which doesn't appear
in any other photo, suggesting that this shot predates any of the
others. |
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1905/06 Hundon School Class II |
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1905
Church Street seen from the Church tower |
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1907
Hundon Village Shop |
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1906
Another view of the Hundon Village Shop. There is a poster that reads "Clare
Operatic Society's performance of Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. June
1906. In the shop window there is a sign for "Ovum Poultry Sauce" |
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1908 The Red Lion |
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1910 The Rose & Crown |
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1910
Another picture of The Rose & Crown |
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The Rose & Crown in 2005! |
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1912 Hundon School mixed group of Class 1 |
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1913 The Church |
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1914 The church after the fire |
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1914
Another picture of the church after the fire |
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1926
The Church. The Arathusa Vernon's Monument House which was in the
1905 picture above has now gone! |
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1916 The Plough Inn, Brockley Green |
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1926
The Cock Inn. (according
to the sign above the door) was run by Alfred Beavis. "Cock Green" or "Scotch Green" (depending
on which map you look at) was a sizable hamlet with two pubs (the
other was the Red
House) and a blacksmiths. |
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1926
The School. This
is one of a series which was taken by a photographer who turned
up from Essex and parked his car outside the old post office in
Church St. The number plate read HJ-1609 registered in Southend-on-sea |
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1933 Street Farm. Bertrum Clarke is on the right with children |
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1939-1945 Hundon Auxiliary Fire Service which operated from a shed
in the grounds of Thatcher's Hall. The names of most of the fireman
are shown |
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1940's Foxhounds in Hundon |
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1940's
Foxhounds in Hundon. The boy is Joe Montgomery who spent holidays
at Great Lodge farm. |
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1940's
Foxhounds in Hundon. The boy is Joe Montgomery who spent holidays
at Great Lodge farm. |
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1950 The White Horse |
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Early 1950's
Church Street
With thanks to Charmaine Simpson (née
Witherford) |
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Early 1950's Hundon Stores
With thanks to Charmaine Simpson (née
Witherford) |
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Early 1950's Hundon Stores (2)
With thanks to Charmaine Simpson (née
Witherford) |
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1960
Village stores with Charmaine Witherford, lady and young boy were
relatives of ours, my mum Joy Witherford and dad, Ralph Witherford..
With thanks to Charmaine Simpson (née
Witherford) |
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Village
stores. The photograph of the shop assistants
was taken in 1960 - left to right looking at photo, Vera Cutts,
Dulcie Moore, Ruby Gowers and Lynda Witherford (my sister).
With
thanks to Charmaine Simpson (née Witherford) |
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Hundon
FC 1960/61. Click on image to get larger picture with names. Please
advise if there are any errors
Charmaine Simpson has just advised us that the missing name on the
front row is Tony Lee |
| Unfortunately most of the following pictures are not dated, if
anyone can help in this respect, please let us know |
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Cottage
opposite the the school when it was 3 houses with corrugated
roof. With grateful thanks to Gill Shepstone |
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The Fire Brigade |
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The Hundon Mill |
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The "Titt" Wind
Pump on North Street on the way to Hundon Hall. Historically this
engine type is an important and rare example of a transitional
design in wind engine technology between the earlier annular sailed
windmills of which no example survives and the 20th Century fixed
blade galvanised wind engines the "prairie type" wind pumps.
The
pump was named after its designer John Wallis Titt 1841-1910.
There is still a thriving agricultural engineering company in Frome
Somerset bearing his name
The Wind Engine
which was tended by William George Pryke and we assume he is
shown in the picture. With thanks to Peter Rowlinson for
the picture |
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Wedding
picture of the Pryke and Haylock family outside the Hundon Post
Office. 1924 |
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Hundon
Steeplechase previously known as Smiths Corner. Date unknown.
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The
School House, North Street. With thanks to Peter Rowlinson for
the picture |
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Hundon
from the School Tower. With thanks to Peter Rowlinson for
the picture |
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Hundon Chapel -This was converted into a private house in 2003
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A colour photograph from Pinhoe Hill |
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North
Street looking South. The Red Lion pub sign is just visible.
Date unknown |
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Mr William Pratt, the first Headmaster of Hundon School |
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An
early picture from Church Street. Date unknown |
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The monument to Arethusa Vernon (1691-1728) prior to its demolition
in 1984 |
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A view from Pinhoe Hill in the snow |
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