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History Category: St. Mary's Church

William Hovell 1715 – 1769 “…a Doctor of Physick”

William is the oldest memorial/grave inside the church. William was related to Rollo, the first Norman Lord of Normandy in the C1 and his descendants have been traced as far as New Zealand.

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St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash

“What would you be, you wide East Anglian sky, Without church towers to recognise you by” John Betjeman A Brief History There was possibly an […]

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BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Howard

BBC Radio Suffolk’s Lesley Dolphin discusses the history of Badwell Ash and interviews Howard Newman from Badwell Ash History Society.     Download mp3

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Clock Restoration in Progress

Photographs taken by Karl Hort during the Restoration of the Turret Clock 2016 – 2017

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Photos of St. Mary’s

These rare black and white negative of photographs of St. Mary’s Church, Badwell Ash, have recently been discovered

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Clock Restoration at Haward Horological

Ian Haward of Haward Horological explains how the turret clock will be restored

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Aerial views of Badwell Ash

Videos and photographs of Badwell Ash St. Mary’s Church taken from a drone

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St. Mary’s Church Turret Clock

The Turret Clock in the tower at St. Mary’s is believed to have been made in the late C17, around 1680. This was either during […]

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Badwell Ash History

  • World War II (9)

    • B17 Crash in Badwell Ash during WWII
    • The 1939 Register
    • The National Farm Survey 1941
    • The Royal Observer Corps
    • Badwell Ash, Long Thurlow and Great Ashfield Home Guard
    • Air Raid Precautions – ARP
    • The Home Guard
    • The Defence of England against Invasion – 1939/40
    • Men who fought in World War II who came from Badwell Ash
  • World War I (3)

    • BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Pat
    • WWI Exhibition
    • The First World War: 1914 – 1918
  • St. Mary's Church (8)

    • William Hovell 1715 – 1769 “…a Doctor of Physick”
    • St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash
    • BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Howard
    • Clock Restoration in Progress
    • Photos of St. Mary’s
    • Clock Restoration at Haward Horological
    • Aerial views of Badwell Ash
    • St. Mary’s Church Turret Clock
  • 21st Century (4)

    • BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Pat
    • WWI Exhibition
    • The Village Recorder
    • Aerial views of Badwell Ash
  • 20th Century (14)

    • B17 Crash in Badwell Ash during WWII
    • The 1939 Register
    • The National Farm Survey 1941
    • The Royal Observer Corps
    • Badwell Ash, Long Thurlow and Great Ashfield Home Guard
    • Air Raid Precautions – ARP
    • The Home Guard
    • The Defence of England against Invasion – 1939/40
    • Men who fought in World War II who came from Badwell Ash
    • BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Pat
    • WWI Exhibition
    • The First World War: 1914 – 1918
    • St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash
    • Photos of St. Mary’s
  • 19th Century (7)

    • The Badwell Ash Association for Prosecuting Persons guilty of Felonies, Burglaries, Larcenies and Thefts
    • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
    • Badwell Ash Windmill
    • St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash
    • Badwell Ash Trades Map 1803
    • Trades in Badwell Ash in the C19
    • Found Drowned in the Parish!
  • 18th Century (5)

    • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
    • The Great Fire of Badwell Ash
    • Badwell Ash Windmill
    • William Hovell 1715 – 1769 “…a Doctor of Physick”
    • St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash
  • 17th Century (2)

    • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
    • St. Mary’s Church Turret Clock
  • 16th Century (1)

    • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
  • 15th Century (2)

    • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
    • St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash
  • 14th Century (2)

    • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
    • St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash

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  • The Badwell Ash Association for Prosecuting Persons guilty of Felonies, Burglaries, Larcenies and Thefts
  • A History of Taxation in Badwell Ash
  • The Great Fire of Badwell Ash
  • Badwell Ash Windmill

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