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