SFS AGM Postponed
The Sudbury Freemen's Society Annual General Meeting, which was due to be held in Sudbury Town Hall on July 7th 2020, has been postponed as a result of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. A message to all SFS members from our...
Gainsborough Family Memorial Stone Restoration in Sudbury Cemetery
This is an example of a Sudbury Freemen's Trust project which has been recently renovated. The project to mark the final resting place of remains from the Gainsborough family vault in the old Friars Street Congregational Church was carried out...
Remembrance Sunday in Sudbury, November 10th, 2019
Mr. R. Alston, Clerk of the Sudbury Freemen's Society and Mr. Andrew Grimwood, Chairman of the Sudbury Freemen's Society. Our two mace bearers attend upon the Mayor, Councillor Robert Spivey, prior to leading the civic party in the main parade,...
The ivy bee
A plant that is seriously misunderstood by many and an unusual bee. What a fascinating combination! Don't miss the September newsletter from the Sudbury riverside, written by Adrian Walters, (Clerk to the Trustees of the Sudbury Common Lands Charity and...
The Parsonson family of Sudbury
When this photograph was taken, Joseph Parsonson, (standing in the centre), employed 5 men to cut, peel and sort the osier rods, (species of willow used for basket making). The image shows the osier sheds in the Edgworth Road garden,...