Sudbury’s History

This page contains links to articles, featuring some of Sudbury’s notable buildings and people. Each link opens in a new tab. Additional information may be found by clicking the relevant Category on the right.

• Buildings and Places:
  • Belle Vue House
  • Cleeve Hall
  • Dominican Priory (Friars Street)
  • Fire September 2015 in Market Hill & Friars Street
  • King Street – a photograph
  • Market Hill c.1910
  • Market Hill – General Dawes receives Freedom of Sudbury, 1928
  • Moot Hall
  • Places Manor
  • St Peter’s Church
  • Salter’s Hall
  • Town Hall
• People:
  • Catesby – Mark Catesby FRS, 1682 – 1749, Naturalist and much more
  • Gainsborough
  • Simon of Sudbury – see also stgregorychurchsudbury.co.uk/simon/
  • Simon of Sudbury  – Reconstruction of head
• Miscellaneous
  • Bells – Sudbury Church Bells and their Founders
    • Bells as a pdf
  • Maps of Ancient Sudbury
  • No Glorious Dead  – Sudbury in the two World Wars
  • Play Bills from the early 19th Century
  • Street Names – a book explaining the origins of many Sudbury street names
  • The Sudbury Pall and Pulpit Cloth
  • Winch & Blatch

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