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Aldringham, LEISTON, IP16 4LU

Hidden away down a long track off the B1353 Aldringham to Thorpness Road

This was just one swallow of many that were flying near us at great speed.

Now a private residence.

Image has been converted into a private residence.

The concrete fencing is the sea facing side of the Aldeburgh branch line closed in 1966. There was a fire here as the trees have burnt and died.

Opened July 15th 1812, - April 15th 1915. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6205230 The chapel is now a private residence but the graveyard remains a public place. Some of the interments are relatively recent. I managed to find the war memorial slab lying on the ground, covered with leaves and detritus totally disregarded and forgotten by the Aldringham residents. It bears eight names and can be seen here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6205223

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6205173

The line to Aldeburgh was built by the East Suffolk Railway Company in the early 1860s. It was an 8.5 mile branch connecting with the East Suffolk Railway line from Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft to Ipswich. It Joined this line at Saxmundham. After Diesel Multiple units were unable to reduce costs enough to save the branch it was Axed at Leiston in 1966. The remaining freight stub was used to build Sizewell Nuclear power station and now is used to take away nuclear fuel to Sellafield. This is done by Direct Rail Services (owned by Nuclear fuels) and is the last nationalised rail company. This scene shows the small depression where the single line would have gone.

The memorial lies on the ground in the graveyard of the former chapel. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6205173 It appears to be cemented together with some old headstones and treated with total disrespect. It bears eight names and details of the men lost in the Great War. Ernest R. Whiting, 7th Suffolk Regt. Killed in France 7th Oct 1915, Age 28. Son of James and Emma Whiting. William H. G. Harling, 4th Suffolk Regt. Killed in France 3rd March 1916, Age 21. Albert J. Harling, 12th Durham Light Infantry. Killed in France 7th Oct 1916, Age 23. Bertie Cracknell, 2nd Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in France 17th August 1916, Age 25, Son of Fred and Mary Ann Cracknell. Septimus Geo. Elmer, 13th Royal Fusiliers. Killed in France 21st Feb. 1917, age 27, Son of the late John F and Martha F. Elmer. Barker L. Smith, 5th Suffolk Regt. Died of wounds at Jerusalem, 14th March 1918, age 18. Buried on the Mount of Olives. William H. Knights, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in France 23rd April 1918, age 19. Son of William and Mary C. Knights of Thorpeness. Ernest Adams, 2nd Cambridgeshire Regt. Killed in France 22nd Aug, 1918, age 32. Husband of Millie Adams of Ipswich. "All that they had hoped for. All they had they gave, to save Mankind - Themselves they scorned to save."