"Pakenham -Village of Two Mills"
A book written by N.R. Whitwell
with permission kindly given by S. Whitwell to publish on
the Pakenham -Village web site.

CONTENTS

SECTIONS		PHOTOS, MAPS & SKETCHES
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
		The remains of a large pottery kiln
C1 - Pre-historic Pakenham
	Barton Mere	Roman Fort
	Grimstone End	Roman Road
	Roman Fort	The Parish of Pakenham
	Redcastle Farm	Sketches of excavation finds at Pakenham
C2 - Modern Pakenham
	Modern Pakenham	The bridge in 1890, looking East
	The Village Sign	The bridge in the same year, looking West
		Mr. "Chippy" Melton & son, in 1890
		The Village Sign
		Rights of Way in Pakenham Parish
C3 - Profile of the Parish
	Population
	Housing
	Employment
	Planning policy
	Transport
	Accommodation
C4 - Church Hill
	The Rectory	The Revd. C. Jones & The Revd. C.W. Jones
	The Whistler Window	The Whistler Window and mulberry tree
		Speedy work on vicarage window by Whistler (Daily Telegraph 7th October 1980
		Detail from the Whistler Window
C5 - Pakenham Church
	St. Mary's Church	The 14th century Font
	The Family of Pakenham	St. Mary's Church - Pakenham
	The Tower	Pakenham Choir - 1903
C6 - Parish Records
	1st June 1477
	Last Will & Testament of Robert Stokes
C7 - The Manors of Pakenham
	The Manor of Pakenham Hall	Manor of New Hall
	The Manor of New Hall	Maulkins Hall
	alias Maulkins Hall,	The original Manor House
	alias Beaumonts Hall	Nether Hall
	The Manor of Nether Hall	Newe House in 1900
	alias Ladies Hall,	Newe House today (1980)
	alias Richardshall	The Bell and Twitchett's shop, in The Street
	The Manor of Red Castle	The Lodge
	Newe House	Barton Mere
	Barton Mere
C8 - Local Government in Pakenham
	Introduction	Harry Cross
	The First Parish Council
	The Parish Pits
	Parish Refuse Pit 1925
	The Parish Documents
	Property of Overseers
C9 - The Mills and Other Features
	The Tower Mill	The Windmill at Sunset
	The River	The River Blackbourne
	The Watermill	The Watermill
	The Manor	The Manor
		Oak Archway & Monogram
		The Prince of Wales in Suffolk (newspaper cutting)
		The Royal Luncheon Party
		Letter from M.M. Colborne.Esq
C10 - Past Rural Industries of the Fen Road
	Chalk	Charlie Tipple, Hurdle maker
	Lime Burning	Pakenham Hurdleyard
	The Hurdleyard	Methodist Cemetery Gate
	Flour Milling	Richard Ashley, Armourer and Gunsmith
C11 - Personal Reflections
	The Churchyard
C12 - Some Personalities
	The Village Policeman	Baden Lott and the Queen Mother - 1961
	Arthur Bantick	Nathan Stone, Baden Lott and Fred Twitchett
	Peter James Ronald Foreman
	Ernest Smith
	Baden Gerald Lott
	Fred Twitchett
	Nicknames
Appendix I - Queen Victoris's Jubilee
Appendix II - List of Vicars
Appendix III - List of Parish Council Chairmen
Epilogue