Felsham History Posters

These posters are the first of a series exploring local history themes related to Felsham and the surrounding area.


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Some of Felsham's listed buildings

There are 27 listed buildings in Felsham. It would be interesting to know a lot more about them. The exteriors are generally open to view but the interiors are often the most interesting part.


For the complete list, see http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/suffolk/felsham/



The poster below gives basic details and position of just nine buildings:



Click to see detailed version of this poster using Adobe Acrobat.
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Felsham’s changing countryside:

Felsham Hall Farm over the centuries

Geographically, Felsham is situated at the headwaters of the Rattlesden River, which is a western tributary of the Gipping flowing towards Stowmarket. Its landscape typology can be described as that of a gently sloping valley on medium clay soils.
Historical maps and aerial photographs can reveal how the local landscape on this typical rolling valley clay-land has changed over the centuries.


Click to see poster in Adobe Acrobat

The Origins of English Field-names

Some examples from Felsham Hall Farm, 1838



Field names mentioned in deeds and on maps can tell us a lot about land use over the centuries. Field names existing on farms today can sometimes go back to the time of enclosure of the great fields of the medieval period.

This poster was produced for the Felsham History Day September 2010:



Click on the map to get a larger image. (Then, holding CTRL and moving the roller on your optical mouse, you make the image even larger and hopefully clearer. You can make the image even larger on your Windows screen by pressing F11)
Alternatively, click here to see a detailed version of this poster using Adobe Acrobat

The Dovecote at Felsham Hall Farm, 1729

Drawing by Jenny Portlock based on a photograph by John McCann in "The Dovecotes of Suffolk", 1998.

This poster was prepared for the Felsham History Day September 2010:



Click on the map to get a larger image. (Then, holding CTRL and moving the roller on your optical mouse, you make the image even larger and hopefully clearer. You can make the image even larger on your Windows screen by pressing F11)
Alternatively, click here to see poster details.

Felsham Allotments: Rules and Regulations, 1838

This is an image of a poster produced for the Felsham History Day September 2010



Click on the map to get a larger image. (Then, holding CTRL and moving the roller on your optical mouse, you make the image even larger and hopefully clearer. You can make the image even larger on your Windows screen by pressing F11)

Alternatively, click here to access the poster in Adobe Acrobat.

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