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History

The history and traditions of Lowestoft, and its society, including that of some of today's companies and businesses. It's in the early stages. Stories, information, local links all about Lowestoft History and an INDEX of over 100 articles by David Butcher

Visit our new project Our Fallen. Try the Historic High Street Stroll where you can click on a building and find out some key facts about its history. And if it's a business, what it can do for you. Try the Timeline to look at some key dates in our history. Just scroll or swipe down the page, or click on the 'related topic' below, or use the highlighted menus above.

And check out stories with a connection to the area's history, from Heritage Action Zone to walks along The Scores. Want to add information? Or suggest a link? Just email us with the details using the [Got a comment] block on any story

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When the photograph survives, but the detail doesn’t

[DRAFT] Sometimes the only surviving image of a person or event is a tiny newspaper photograph, a photocopy of a photocopy, or a digital image saved…
  

Suffolk Histories Meeting

Suffolk Recorders https://slhc.org.uk/recorders/ https://bit.ly/SocDayProg2024 https://historicengland.org.uk/campaigns/help-write-history/everyday-…

Old Town of Lowestoft (High Street HAZ – 14th-19th Century)

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A paper written in advance of the creation of the High Street HAZ in 2019 Lowestoft High Street and its adjacent areas constitute a…

Lowestoft’s Nearest Neighbours (Earliest Recorded Details)

   Pakefield All Saints & St. Margaret - successor to the Domesday church recorded
1. GuntonThis community did not exist as such at Domesday (1086) and does not appear in surviving documentation (as Guneton) until 1198 – in Feet of…
The grave-slab of Thomas Annot in St. Margaret’s Church, the surviving upper part of which was relocated to the far end of the south aisle behind the organ. Shown in full here, with brass removed, but with the sculpted stone figure of Death holding its dart (arrow). Image to be found in Edmund Gillingwater’s history of the town, p. 299.

Lowestoft Schools (1570-1730)

Annot’s Free Grammar SchoolThe single most important event in the process of public education in Lowestoft during the early modern period came in…
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High Street: Hope from the ashes

On Saturday 3rd June 2023 disaster hit Lowestoft's High Street, but all is not doom and gloom.  145, High Street suffered a crippling fire. At least…