Creekside Publishing East Anglian Books

Coastal Suffolk
Robert Simper

This book, is in the same style as the very popular Woodbridge to the Coast but larger. It covers the Suffolk estuaries, villages and towns on the rivers or near the coast.
It sets out to show how the various outside influences, starting with the Viking and moving on to the Dutch, have help to shape the villages and towns. It moves on to sailing barges and fishing boats of the coast and how the great nineteenth century estates rebuilt the villages and laid out the countryside for pheasant shooting. It explains the beginning of the era of the Forestry Commission who created the huge pine forests and also the bird reserves that make a considerable impact on the coastal area.
It shows how wildly different the towns of Sunrise Coast are. Southwold, Walberswick, Saxmundham, Leiston, Aldeburgh, Orford, Woodbridge and Felixstowe are only a few miles apart, but all have their very own strong identity.
It shows how the estuaries divide the coast up into a series of very different 'islands.' The villages on the Shotley, Felixstowe and Bawdsey peninsulas have a very different feeling to the heath land villages north of the River Alde.

72 colour photographs, 1 map. Soft back.

ISBN 978-0-9563299-0-5

Price: £10.00

Woodbridge to the Coast
Robert Simper

This book focuses on the history of the town of Woodbridge and the surrounding countryside and coastal areas of Suffolk. It begins with the discoveries at Sutton Hoo, and a glimpse of the Anglo-Saxon world, then progresses on to the growth of Woodbridge as a country town from its early days around the Market Hill. It moves on to take in Snape, Aldeburgh, Orford, down the coast to Shingle Street and Bawdsey and just crosses over to the Felixstowe peninsular.

The River Deben is covered from Debenham down to the sea. The water mills of the fresh water river and the Tide Mill at Woodbridge are recalled, particularly Rackham's Deben Mill at Wickham Market. It also includes details of the creation of Snape Mailings from it early days as a business venture by Newson Garrett to its present role as a music and tourist centre.
Although the author has covered this subject before this book brings the material up to date and tells the story of this unique corner of Suffolk. This is a good book, easy to read, and is brought to life with stories, interesting information and stunning colour photographs.

21,217 words, 96 pages, 1 map, 60 colour photographs. Soft back.

ISBN 978 0 9538506 9 3 & 0 9538506 9 2

Price: £9.99