Museum Of East Anglian Life Stowmarket Suffolk
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The Museum of East Anglian Life is a museum, located in Stowmarket, Suffolk, which specialises in presenting the agricultural history of East Anglia through a mixture of exhibits and living history demonstrations.
History of the Museum
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The land was originally part of the Home Farm for the Abbot’s Hall estate. The estate dates from medieval times, when it was an outlying manor for St Osyth's Priory in Essex. It passed through numerous owners until it was purchased by the Longe family in 1903.
Huge changes in the 1950s and 1960s meant that England was in danger of losing long-established skills, equipment, and buildings, if something was not done to rescue them. Local farmer Jack Carter, the Suffolk Local History Council, and other individuals worked to collect, preserve and display objects from rural East Anglia. After several years of temporary exhibitions, Vera and Ena Longe placed 70 acres (28 ha) of farm land, Abbot’s Hall, its gardens, and 18/20 Crowe Street, in trust to be used as a museum. The Museum opened in 1967.
The Museum has various buildings on its 75 acres (30 ha) site, including:
Abbot's Hall — each room explores a different notion of home and belonging in East Anglia. Home is defined in this exhibit as the physical place where we live, but also our sense of belonging to a place.
Edgar's farmhouse — a 14th-century aisled farmhouse discovered in Combs, just south of Stowmarket, and incorporated into a much larger farmhouse dating from the Victorian era. Saved from demolition in 1970, it was the first historic building to be re-erected on the museum site. The first recorded owners were John and Ascelina Adgor, who in 1346 held nearly 40 acres (16 ha) of arable land, 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) of meadow, 1 acre (0.40 ha) of pasture, a Rood of wood and three acres of alderwood in Combs. Evidence suggests that the Adgors survived the Black Death and prospered. The building is Grade II listed.
Crowe Street Cottages — the last pair of workers' cottages to remain as part of the Abbot's Hall Estate.
Boby Building — features exhibitions of agricultural engines and individual craft workshops, a working printing press and a cinema. In July 1985, a team of apprentices assembled a Whitmore and Binyon horizontal condensing steam-engine in the building, which had previously been located at the mill of Rueben Rackham in Wickham Market. It is believed to be the only Whitmore and Binyon steam engine on public display.
William Bone Building — an exhibition on the history of the Ransomes company in East Anglia.
Eastbridge Windpump — a windpump used for draining land in the 19th century.
Alton Watermill — an 18th-century watermill which was used to grind corn. Like many of the museum buildings, it was taken apart and then transported to the museum where it was reassembled. The watermill was moved to prevent it being destroyed by the Alton Water Reservoir.
The museum also has two huts depicting scenes of shops, kitchens, and living rooms of the 1950s, and a Victorian schoolroom.
Restoration of Abbot's Hall
The museum was awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to renovate Abbot's Hall and Crowe Street Cottages. The project was completed in April 2012, and officially opened in June 2012. There are nine exhibition spaces exploring ideas of home and belonging in East Anglia, as well as space for temporary exhibitions. Crowe Street Cottages, which were occupied by workers at Abbot's Hall, have been displayed as they would have looked when the last owner lived there.
Abbot's Hall is open year round, providing a permanent centre piece to the museum. The Hall features a permanent exhibition of the life and works of Welsh folklorist George Ewart Evans.
For more information go to eastanglianlife.org.uk
Museum Of East Anglian Life Part 1 Of 2
Mazzy finds her dream home as we explore the wonderful attraction, Museum Of East Anglian Life Part 1 of 2. Far too much to pack into one video so don't miss part two.
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Places to see in ( Stowmarket - UK )
Places to see in ( Stowmarket - UK )
Stowmarket is a small market town situated in Suffolk, England, on the busy A14 trunk road between Bury St Edmunds to the west and Ipswich to the southeast. The town of Stowmarket is on the main railway line between London and Norwich, and lies on the River Gipping, which is joined by its tributary, the River Rat, to the south of the town.
The town of Stowmarket takes its name from the Old English word stōw meaning principal place, and was granted a market charter in 1347 by Edward III. A bi-weekly market is still held there today on Thursday and Saturday. The church of St Peter and St Mary is in the Decorated style and dates to the 14th century. The 16th-century former vicarage, now the town council offices and register office, has associations with John Milton; Milton’s Tree in its grounds is believed to be an offshoot of one of the many trees he planted there.
Haughley Park is an historical house of significance listed in the English Heritage Register. It is a large red brick country house built in about 1620 for the Sulyard family who were very prominent landowners in this area. Opened in 1967, the Museum of East Anglian Life occupies a 70-acre (28 ha) site close to the town centre. The Karnser is a raised pavement in Station Road West, next to the church. The name is the East Anglian dialect word caunsey, meaning a causey (causeway).
In the 18th century the Gipping was made navigable between Stowmarket and Ipswich by a series of locks. The newly created canal was known as the Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation. Stowmarket railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street to Norwich. It is also the junction of the line to Bury St Edmunds. It is served by Abellio Greater Anglia. Suffolk County Council has built a road from the Central Roundabout, a short distance to the east of Stowmarket, to Gipping Way in central Stowmarket at a cost of £21 million.
Stowmarket has held an annual carnival for well over 50 years in the recreation park featuring a fun fair, fireworks, a procession through the town and local entertainment. Stowmarket also plays host to the music festival Stow-Fest, a live music open-air event that takes place annually at Chilton Fields in the North of Stowmarket. Stowmarket has a maritime climate type as is typical for the bulk of the British Isles. Wattisham is the nearest official weather station, about 4 miles south south west of Stowmarket Town centre.
( Stowmarket - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Stowmarket . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Stowmarket - UK
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A Picture of Suffolk
A Picture of Suffolk
We believe that Museums are more than just places where you can learn about how people lived in the past. It’s just as important that the Museum of East Anglian Life represents life in Suffolk today.
How would you represent your life in an object? What about disappearing bus routes or renewable energy?
This short video explains some of the biggest issues facing Suffolk today.
If you have an idea, just get in touch. You can contact us via email (enquiries@eastanglianlife.org.uk), telephone (01449 612229) or search for us on Facebook or Twitter.
Ickworth House Park
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