Old Photographs

Photos of Wrentham

Lilly & Son – Builders' Annual Outing, 1904

What was a Grocer’s, Post Office, Reading Room, Coffee House & Town Hall (is now a barbers and 4 private houses)

3 High Street was a Confectioner’s and Grocers

5 High Street was a Telegraph and Post Office

7 High Street was a Coffee House and Reading Room (library)

(Note: the iron railings were removed during the war)

Looking North from Five Crossways

Looking Further North towards S.G.Sawes’ garage

Wrentham Stores in the High Street

Looking North past 'The Spread Eagle' (once a Coaching Inn), now accommodation

Five Crossways

Looking further North out of the village

Old photo of the crossroads – A12 and Southwold Roads

Southwold Road from Five Cross Ways

Southwold Road viewed from
Five Crossways junction
(May 1900)

No. 1 was the Doctors
No. 5 was the King’s Head Public House

Tower Mill can be seen in the distance

Southwold Road looking south just beyond Nos. 1–9

Southwold Road from the south

The National School
(Wrentham Primary School)
in London Road

Opened in 1834
and closed in 1992

Now houses

The United Reformed Church
(The Chapel)
Built in 1778

The cottages on the left have since been demolished.

Now houses

Coloured Photo of Wrentham
c. 1980

Sadd’s Grocery Shop has the sunshades down. This is now 'Suffolk Kitchen Company'

Five Crossways under snow, 1996

Five Crossways

Southwold

King George VI and Wrentham’s
late Parish Clerk’s uncle on
Southwold Beach