Weybread

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Introduction

A large village in the Waveney valley, close to the county boundary, the village of Brockdish and the market town of Harleston (Norfolk). Recorded in Domesday as "Weibrada" or "Weibrade".

A large Mediaeval pottery kiln was unearthed in 1985 on Potter's Farm.

A plaque in the church remembers Alfred Ablett, the first Suffolk man to be awarded the Victoria Cross, which he earned during the Crimean War.

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History

The 1844 White's Directory also lists 3 beer houses with the following proprietors:

Sampson Edwards

Daniel Gardener

Richard Preston

From the 1851 census:

George Grimwood/Head/29y/bricklayer & beer house keeper/Weybread, Suffolk

Mary Grimwood/Wife/30y/Bentley, Essex

Alfred Grimwood/Son/3y/Weybread, Suffolk

Elizabeth Grimwood/Daughter/1y/Weybread, Suffolk

George Pulten/Nephew/13y/Denton, Norfolk

Also from 1851 - next door to G Grimwood? also listed as beer house keeper?

George Gosling/Head/54y/carpenter/Fressingfield, Suffolk

Mary Gosling/Wife/54y/Earsham, Norfolk

John Gosling/Son/31y/Weybread, Suffolk

Susan…

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Acknowledgements

Some historical information from English Heritage's National Monuments Record.

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