Places to see in ( Long Melford - UK )
Places to see in ( Long Melford - UK )
Long Melford is a large village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, approximately 16 miles from Colchester and 14 miles from Bury St. Edmunds.
It is one of Suffolk's wool towns and is a former market town. The parish also includes the hamlets of Bridge Street and Cuckoo Tye.
Its name is derived from the nature of the village's layout (originally concentrated along a 3-mile stretch of a single road) and the Mill ford crossing the Chad Brook (a tributary of the River Stour).
Prehistoric finds discovered in 2011 have shown that early settlement of what is now known as Long Melford dates back to the Mesolithic period, up to 8300 BC. In addition, Iron Age finds were made in the same year, and again were found within the largely central area of the current village.
Long Melford survived the Black Death in 1348-9, and was a brief stop-off in the peasants' revolt in 1381. By the early 15th century, the manor of Kentwell belonged to the Clopton family. John Clopton was arrested in 1461 and charged with treason. Clopton was spared execution and he was released and returned to Kentwell.
The village contains two stately homes, Kentwell Hall and Melford Hall, both visited by Queen Elizabeth I, and all built from the proceeds of the wool trade in the Middle Ages. Kentwell Hall and Holy Trinity Church were financed by the Clopton family, in particular by John Clopton. Both Kentwell Hall and Melford Hall are open to the general public, with Melford Hall being a National Trust property. The village's history is recorded in the Long Melford Heritage Centre, and contains finds uncovered in the July 2011 Long Melford Dig. There are also displays of old photographs, and ancient finds from the village, including a good collection of locally found Roman artefacts.
Long Melford once had a railway station on the Stour Valley Line, but this closed in March 1967 when the line was cut back to Sudbury. It is connected to several large towns by bus, notably Sudbury, Colchester, Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and Ipswich.
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Suffolk Walks: Long Melford | Kentwell Hall (4K/UHD)
A beautiful video of a walk along Kentwell Avenue to Kentwell Hall in Long Melford. Amazing aerial footage of Kentwell Park and surrounding Stour Valley.
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Kentwell Hall and Gardens 'Through the Ages' - Beautiful Tudor House and Gardens, Suffolk
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Myself and my Friend Claire visited this grand Tudor House and stunning gardens on a beautiful Spring day in May when the house was presenting its 'Through the ages' weekend.
The house is situated in the equally beautiful and quaint village of Long Melford, near the Suffolk market town of Sudbury - (also the hometown of landscape painter Thomas Gainsborough).
For 500 years Kentwell has been home for a succession of families. Some as owners, others as tenants. Each has left their mark.
The Hall as it is today was built between 1500 and 1550 by the Clopton family the last of whose descendants died in 1661. It has had numerous owners and tenants since then including the army who requisitioned the Hall on the outbreak of WW II when it was used as an army transit camp. Many troops involved in the D Day landings assembled here.
After the war the owner Starkie Bence and his wife did little more than camp at Kentwell until he died in 1969 when she sold up. In 1970 Patrick Phillips, the present owner, bought at a time when no-one else was prepared to take it on.
The impact of all these families on the Hall can be seen by visitors. Yet despite these different occupiers the House has remained essentially the same for 500 years. Outbuildings may have come and gone but the Hall (give or take the occasional improvement) and its Moats (albeit later enlarged) are essentially those created by the Cloptons in the early 16th C.
The estate has a very typical 'English country garden', including a sheltered wall garden which also contains a aromatic herb garden.
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The fantastic family wedding of Stuart & Caroline at Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk.
Kentwell Christmas
Paddy and Stephanie go to a Kentwell Manor Christmas
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Halloweenies at Kentwell Hall - Scaresville's Little Monster
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Kentwell Hall Enactment of Wartime Occupation
A great day out at Kentwell Hall Suffolk. A reminder of the war years and wartime occupation.
Halloweenies - School for Sorcery
The best Halloween event for all the family at Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, CO10 9BA
Mary I at Kentwell
Clip from Channel 4's Royal Deaths and Diseases series that tells the story of Mary Tudor's phantom pregnancy.
Filmed at Hampton Court Palace, the Clopton Chapel at Long Melford Chuuch and at Kentwell Hall, with Kentwell participants portraying historical characters.
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Places to see in ( Lavenham - UK )
Places to see in ( Lavenham - UK )
Lavenham is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in Suffolk, England. It is noted for its 15th century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walk. In the medieval period it was among the 20 wealthiest settlements in England. Today, it is a popular day-trip destination for people from across the country along with another historic wool town in the area, Long Melford.
Before the Norman conquest, the manor of Lavenham had been held by the thegn Ulwin or Wulwine. In 1086 the estate was in the possession of Aubrey de Vere I, ancestor of the Earls of Oxford. He had already had a vineyard planted there. The Vere family continued to hold the estate until 1604, when it was sold to Sir Thomas Skinner. Lavenham prospered from the wool trade in the 15th and 16th century, with the town's blue broadcloth being an export of note. By the late 15th century, the town was among the richest in the British Isles, paying more in taxation than considerably larger towns such as York and Lincoln.
During the reign of Henry VIII, Lavenham was the scene of serious resistance to Wolsey’s ‘Amicable Grant’, a tax being raised in England to pay for war with France. However, this was happening without the consent of parliament. In 1525, 10,000 men from Lavenham and the surrounding villages took part in a serious uprising that threatened to spread to the nearby counties of Essex and Cambridgeshire.
Like most of East Anglia, Lavenham was staunchly Parliamentarian throughout the Civil Wars of the 1640s. Most local landowners, such as Sir Nathaniel Barnardiston, Sir Philip Parker and Sir William Spring, were strong advocates of the Parliamentarian cause. Like many East Anglian settlements, Lavenham was home to RAF Station Lavenham an American Air Force airfield during the Second World War.
The village is located around five miles north east of the town of Sudbury. Situated in a relatively hilly area, Lavenham is situated on a ridge on the western bank of the River Brett. The ridge is intersected by two small valleys, breaking it into three parts; the church is located atop the southernmost section, the marketplace on the central part, while the northernmost section is topped by the remains of a windmill.
Lavenham is located on the A1141, the main road between Hadleigh and Bury St Edmunds. HGV traffic has been an issue for the village's narrow streets. The village formerly had a railway station on the Long Melford-Bury St Edmunds branch line, which was opened on 9 August 1865. There were plans for the Hadleigh branch line to be extended to Lavenham, though these never came to fruition. The line was an important goods route during the Second World War and was guarded by numerous Type 22 pillboxes, most of which are still visible in the surrounding farmland. The railway station was closed to passengers on 10 April 1961 as part of the Beeching Axe, with a goods service surviving until April 1965.
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Long Melford Hall Suffolk
A day out at Long Melford a NT property in Suffolk
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A Tudor Easter at Kentwell Hall
Being a record in music and picture of our journie to Kentwell Hall, at Long Melford in the county of Suffolk, for the Easter of this year of our Lord 2015. Or 1535, depending on which side of the veil you were standing...
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Kentwell Hall & Gardens in June
I must say I really enjoyed this visit as there is so much to see. Kentwell is a beautiful, moated Tudor home set in extensive gardens and parkland. Never a dull moment with the restored Hall to visit, a Fish Pond, a Stumpery, lovely Topiary Yew Trees, a beautiful Walled Garden plus a Vegetable and Sunken Garden. Then there is the farm area with rare breed farm animals as well as re-created oak-framed buildings in a Tudor style. Kentwell Hall is only open on certain days to the public, usually on a Sunday, April to September but most of August so it is best to check before going to avoid disappointment. Best view in HD if possible.
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Kentwell Hall and Gardens
Kentwell is open from February to October - have you visited lately?