Trimley St Martin

Trimley St. Martin
Trimley St. Martin
Trimley St. Martin shown within Suffolk
Population 1,942 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference TM 274 377
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Felixstowe
Postcode district IP11
Dialling code 01394
EU Parliament East of England

Trimley St. Martin is a parish and village that lies between the rivers Orwell and the Deben, on the long narrow tongue of land from Ipswich to Felixstowe referred to as the Colneis Hundred.

The village, and its neighbour Trimley St. Mary, are famous for their adjacent churches, which were built as the result of a historical family feud. St. Martin's church is the northerly church (at grid reference TM 276 370).

History

Archaeological findings in the Hams Farm area show evidence of prehistoric, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and late post-medieval workings, including fired flints and a number of Central Gaulish Samian ware pieces.[2] In nearby Walton, recent archaeological findings show evidence of Bronze Age field systems in use.[3] The Roman road through Trimley St Martin linked the Roman fort of Walton to the rest of Roman Britain. Recent evidence shows evidence of ring ditches near Cavendish Grove.[4] There is evidence of an Anglo-Saxons settlement near Hams Hall[5]

In the Middle Ages this area was often invaded, overrun, settled and populated by a variety of Scandinavian plunderers. These settlements all soon had their names, usually after the chieftain or leader. Over the centuries these first names have changed considerably, sometimes becoming quite unrecognisable. Trimley is no exception. It has variously been spelled as Tremeleaia, Tremlega, Tremlye, Tremele, Tremeleye, Tremleye and Tremley.

In the 14th century, the hamlet of Alston was incorporated into Trimley St Martin.

The parish was cut in half by the building of the Trimley-Walton bypass in 1974, which was built to stop port traffic going through the high streets of the Trimleys and Walton. In the early 1980s the village more than doubled in size with the building of the Barrett estate and other houses.

Alteinestuna

This was a small medivial village located in Trimley St Martin [6]

Grimston Hall

In the 16th century, Grimston Hall was the seat of Thomas Cavendish "The Navigator". The Suffolk Traveller (1735) by John Kirby reports that two lilacs planted by Thomas Cavendish were still standing.[7]

Pouch Meadow

In 1741 the Suffolk Traveller John Kirby (topographer) surveyed the area around Felixstowe and in his note on Trimley he mentioned 'the lane to the pouch', which led to a small meadow east of the two churches, which contained a spring of clear water, generally regarded the source of Kingsfleet. The stream and can still be seen following out from a concrete opening which was constructed when the Civil Engineers covered the greater part of the meadow with what is now known as the Trimley Roundabout (A14 Junction 59). During dredging of the stream to assist the construction of the by-pass a mill-stone was discovered which was identified as being medieval. The path which runs between a smock mill, which was near Mill Lane, and the top of pouch meadow is called CrowsWell Way

Coprolite mining

Coprolite was mined heavily around Trimley St Martin and surrounding villages,[8] and at the height of the industry the open cast method of mining was used. Huge holes were dug in the countryside to get at the precious commodity. Owners of land with viable seams were offered around £20 for the rights to mine their land, the price of a nice house in the Victorian era. Commercial mining was driven by large companies like Packards and Fisons.

The Great Fire

On the night of 19 June 2013, the village hall was gutted by fire.[9]

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  2. ↑ http://pixel.essex.ac.uk/cat/reports/CAT-report-0754.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.suffolkcoastal.gov.uk/assets/Documents/District/Planning-DM/WaltonGreen/ES/12.1-DBA-November-2012-REDUCED.pdf
  4. ↑ http://publicaccessdocuments.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/NorthgatePublicDocs/01177543.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ http://www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=15805
  6. ↑ http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/record.xhtml
  7. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/suffolktraveller00kirb/suffolktraveller00kirb_djvu.txt
  8. ↑ http://bernardoconnor.org.uk/Coprolites/Suffcops/TRIMLEY.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/gallery_update_fire_devastates_memorial_hall_in_trimley_st_martin_second_blaze_in_two_nights_police_treating_as_suspicious_1_2241961
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