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KERSEY, SUFFOLK
Kersey is just to the north of Hadleigh, and it's
an absolute delight! It's probably one of the most photographed places in East Anglia, but it was really quiet when we were
there on 26 July 2003 and again on 4 August. The ford is quite unique. Just behind it, there's a 14th century inn.
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| I took this one from the churchyard on 4 August 2003 |
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Linda and I spent our holidays in East Anglia in
July and August 2003. We stayed near Saxmundham in Suffolk.
In Thorpeness, on the Suffolk Heritage Coast, we
found these two buildings side by side.
The first is called "House in the Clouds" and was
built as a water tower for this holiday village. Water towers aren't usually very attractive, so they decided to disguise
this one as a home. It is now rented out as holiday accommodation.
As Dutch visitors we are of course quite familiar
with windmills, but English specimens do look different from our own. We rather liked this one. It is white, which is quite
common in East Anglia, but unlike its Dutch counterparts.
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THORPENESS, SUFFOLK
| Thorpeness |
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ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK
Also on the Suffolk coast, just south of Thorpeness,
is Aldeburgh. It's a lovely town with nice sea front. The Tudor Moot Hall is of special interest.
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| The seafront is very nice and quiet |
The thumbs below show the beach and the buildings
next to it. Fishing boats are hauled up after they have come back in. Some of the houses in the thumb on the left have Dutch-style
gables. In the background is the watch-tower. On the right is a photo of the Tudor Moot Hall, which was once far inland, but
now close to the beach and promenade. Its ground floor used to be a market, and there was a court room above.
WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK
Woodbridge is a small town on the
A 12 just north-east of Ipswich. It has a nice town centre, but it's the tide mill which is really special.
THE TIDE MILL
The present-day
mill was built in the 1790s, but there has been a tide mill on this site since the 12th century. During the middle
ages, the mill was owned by the Augustinian Canons, who had a Priory in the centre of town. At the Dissolution in the early
16th century Henry VIII became the new owner. After the early 1800s the condition of the mill deteriorated gradually,
until a major restoration project started in 1968.
HOW THE TIDE MILL WORKS
Tide mills can be found along shallow creeks, usually
some miles from the coast, safe from the sea but well within reach of the tide. Behind the mill there is a pond. Some mills
have created these ponds by creating a bank right across the estuary, often capturing stream or river water as well as tidal
water. At Woodbridge a pond of over seven acres was constructed.
The incoming tide opens lock-type gates in the banks
of the pond and fills the pond. As the tide falls, the first out-flowing water closes the gates and they are then held firmly
in position by the pressure of the trapped water. When the tide has fallen sufficiently the miller opens the sluice gates
and the released water turns the wheel and therefore the machinery. The mill works for approximately two hours either side
of low tide. The miller's working hours were quite irregular. No two consecutive days would be the same for him.
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| The tidemill (right) in the River Deben |
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