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Griffin Wharf, as well as the sewage pumping station on the north bank of the river. There were saw pits in Bath Street, and an
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A wooden bridge crossed from Stoke to the town, probably from pre-medieval times. In 1477, it was ordered that carts should not cross the bridge. There was once a ford, probably between Whip Street and St. Peter's dock. The residents of Stoke were sometimes (e.g. 1776) troubled by livestock, driven
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Where the River Orwell swells out over mud to form a lagoon, a western ridge runs parallel for over a mile. It is 164 feet above sea level at its highest point, the highest point in
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Ordnance Survey map of 1905 shows not only the parish church of St Mary, overlooking the town, but also Stoke Green Chapel (Particular Baptist) opposite Station Street, and a Mission Church opposite Cowell Street. Life near the docks may have been a bit smelly, as there was a manure works on
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Ordnance Survey map of 1885 shows Belstead Road, Stone Lodge Lane and Birkfield Lane. Along Belstead Road there were several substantial houses; Highland House, Fern Villas, High View, Oakhill, Broadwater House, Orwell Lodge, Stoke House, Mansards. Towards the west, there were Goldrood and
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Gippeswyk Hall. It was once known as "New Place" (New Palace). By tradition, the wife of King Edward (Confessor) lived here when she could be spared from Court. She received a grant of 2/3 of the revenues due to the king because Ipswich was a royal burgh. The
544:(Glamorgan, Cardiff, Swansea, Tenby, Montgomery Road, Conway and Flint Close, and Maidenhall Approach), and the area by the railway had become Halifax sports pavilion and sports ground. There was a house called Broomhayes close to Home Farm. By 1973, Birkfield Lodge had become a
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Holywells estate was built opposite Stoke. On the map of 1938, Hillside School and Belstead Avenue are visible. By 1958, the house of Maiden Hall had gone, to be replaced by the
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The view of the town which can be obtained from Stoke Hills is extremely interesting and delightful, one well calculated to call up many thoughts of the past, and to hazard many conjectures of the future
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remains of St Augustine's church with burials of people of several nations. Pottery found in the allotments at Maidenhall may indicate a small medieval hamlet or farm in Stoke.
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had a big engineering works by the Orwell, making railway plant. Robert Charles Ransome was leader of the town's Liberals. The "Waterside Works" had its own tramway in 1885.
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through from the Samford Hundred on their way to town, which were allowed into their fields to feed. To the south, where Belstead Brook enters the Orwell, stands
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