Historical information about Elmswell

Elmswell - A Marker for the Millennium
You can find out a lot about the village from this little booklet, which is on sale at the Co-Op and the Library. Click for details.
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Why not visit the Suffolk Record Office where you can find (at the Bury branch)....
  • Censuses from 1841
  • Tithe Map and Apportionment
  • Directories (Kelly's, White's, etc)
  • Newspaper cuttings
  • Wills
  • ....and much more
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From the official records:
parish registers of baptisms etc., censuses, Suffolk Parish Records Survey...
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Recollections:
Oral history and written memories
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Buildings:
Churches, Memorial Hall, Listed Buildings
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Press and publications:
Newspaper cuttings, pamphlets, directories, etc
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People who lived here: An index of hundreds of names, and...
the cemetery, In Memoriam pages, Services Roll of Honour, School register
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Documents:
Old maps, huge property sale in 1848, manorial account...
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Work and Society:
Railway, Fire Service, Bacon Factory, Firms, Pubs...
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How did Elmswell get its name?
An elderly villager remembers a clue...
This splendid booklet can be purchased
for £2.50 from the Co-Op or from Elmswell Library, Cooks Road; or by post (£3.20 incl. p&p) from Dr. Kenyon (01359-241569).

Contents

Introduction
  1. The Romans
  2. The Saxons
    Eadwig's Gift
    The Elmswell of Eadwig's Gift
  3. Elmswell in the Middle Ages
    1086 The Domesday Book
    Abbot Samson (1182-1211)
    Survey of 1302 - Elmswell described
    The Warren
    Henry VI
    Elmswell Hall
  4. The Green
  5. Development around the Green
    The Grange and Certain Rectors of Elmswell
    The Red Lion
    The Marsh Family
  6. Sir Robert Gardner
  7. The Workhouse
  8. Education
  9. The Railway
    The Brickworks at Woolpit
  10. The Bacon Factory
Background and Further Reading
Abbreviations
Sources

Illustrations

Roman Pottery
Saxon Brooch
Parish Boundaries in the l9th c.
The Plough
The Warren
Hall Plan
Little Green
House on the Green
Button Haugh Green
The Stores formerly the Post Office
House Plan
Map of Elmswell
The 1851 Census
The Grange 		Sale Notice for The Lion
Marsh Family Grave Stone
Sir Robert Gardner Monument
Elmswell Almshouses
Parish Cottages
Extracts from the Overseer's Accounts
Original Elmswell Press Cutting
Elmswell School
Elmswell Board School
Elmswell Railway Station
Brickyard Train
Train at Station
The Bacon Factory

Buildings

Index of Elmswell's historical buildings, etc
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Baptist Church, Ashfield Road, including centenary pamphlet 1887-1987
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The Memorial Hall, Cooks Road
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Grade II listed buildings
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Methodist Church
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Church of St John the Divine
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Post Office
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Elmswell Hall
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From the official records

Censuses:
1841
1851
1861
1871
1881
1891
1901

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Baptisms June 1851 to January 1861
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1814 Enclosure Allotments
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Marriages 1813-99
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Tithe Apportionments, 1841
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Burials from January 1813 to January 1889
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Suffolk Parish Records Survey - contains a lot of data for Elmswell across the centuries
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People who lived here

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Index of names of Elmswell people
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Elmswell People: family history and tributes to people who lived here
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The heroes of two World Wars
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School Register, 1888-1912
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The Cemetery
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Rectors of Elmswell
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Newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets, etc.

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Mike Gurr's notes and newspaper cuttings
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Newspaper articles
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Coronation Festivities 2-6 June 1953
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Elmswell's entries in various directories from 1844 onwards
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Documents

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Old maps of the village
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Sale of Sir G Smyth's properties in 1848
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Manorial account, 1374
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Work and Society

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The Railway
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The Bacon Factory
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Pubs in Elmswell, 1850-1900 and before 1850
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Firms
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Fire Service
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Directory entries

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White's 1844 Directory
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Kelly's 1908
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Kelly's 1846
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County Handbook 1917
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White's 1855
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Kelly's 1925 (names only)
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Harrods 1864
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Kelly's 1933
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PO 1865
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Telephones in Elmswell in 1951