We are collecting an ongoing archive of the history of Sturmer, Essex - a small village on the border of Suffolk and Essex near to Haverhill. We have been awarded a grant from the All Our Stories Heritage Lottery Fund to make a heritage trail and celebrate it with an exhibition and reinactments of the Victorian classroom. We are also doing oral history interviews, house histories and museum visits for school children.
Find out more at: www.sturmerhistory.com
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The church has a Norman Arch above the entrance but Sturmer appears in the history books even earlier. The poem of the Battle of Maldon in ... (read more)
Sturmer History
The picture shows the Victory which was Nelson's ship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Sturmer's connection is William Hicks. He was rector of the ... (read more)
Sturmer History
Wood's garage stood near The Red Lion until the 1980s. A small estate stands on the site now and is called Wood's Close. (read more)
Sturmer History
A view of The Street, Sturmer showing Maltings Row on the right. Beyond the Row stands the building we think might have been the original maltings ... (read more)
Sturmer History
Behind the War Memorial is Maltings Cottages which we think were built as a maltings in Victorian times. A larger building with interesting chimneys stands at ... (read more)
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The current hall is 20C but it stands on a site that English Heritage think is of national importance. It is probably the mill site mentioned ... (read more)
Sturmer History
The old school is now the village hall. It was decorated for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. (read more)
Sturmer History
Here is the village pump which still stands opposite the village hall. There was a similar one in Linnetts Lane. (read more)
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The old village stores is now a private house only. Photo courtesy of David Gray. (read more)
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Back row: Elsie Rowlingson, Sylvia Mayes, Dolly Choat, George Willet, Arthur Mason, Florrie Mason, Margaret Rawlings. Centre row: Dolly Bruty, Kathleen Mayes, Peggy Mason, Olive Choat, ... (read more)
Sturmer History
Suffolk Edge was the village store and post office in the 1940s (read more)
Sturmer History
English Heritage say this was a moated site including a mill complex, hall and the church of St Mary's. There was a manor house here in ... (read more)
Sturmer History
A very old and interesting church, where local inhabitants have worshipped for over 900 years (pre Norman Conquest). The building has been altered and improved many ... (read more)
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Originally three cottages this has been an in since the C19. (read more)
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The previous name may seem strange to us when we see this fine old Victorian property in Sturmer. Bungalow was the name for a house in ... (read more)
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Sturmer Station from the road today. It is now a private house but you can still see the platform ramp and the double gate across the ... (read more)
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This is the only new development in the village since the Women's Institute made the Millennium Album including pictures of all properties in the village in ... (read more)
Sturmer History
The owners renovated this cottage in the 70s. It had been flooded in the "Great Flood" as it is known locally of 1968. Once the home ... (read more)
Sturmer History
Local history interview with a resident who has lived in the village for nearly 100 years (read more)
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Another of Sturmer's thatched cottages. When the Mason family had so many children they could not all fit into Mere Cottage they housed them here too ... (read more)
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This is the oldest cottage in the village. The owners suspect it dates from the 1300s. One bedroom has wall paintings from the 16c and more ... (read more)
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At the start of the heritage trail (read more)
Sturmer History
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