The Orford Historian
The places we live are enriched by knowing something of their past. For those who love history, there’s no better place to live than beside the sea, where things wash up and human stories overlap.
A Local & Oral History in Coastal Suffolk
The Orford Historian is our updated version of the Orford & District Local History Bulletin and is an annual publication. This is free with membership to Friends of Orford Museum or £5 to non-members.
We are always pleased to hear from members of the public who have ideas or suggestions for articles or, indeed, would like to write for us. Please contact us at info@orfordmuseum.org.uk
You can download a copy of the index to both The Orford Historian and the Bulletin.
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The Orford Historian List of articles
Issue 01: Autumn 2022
- Museum Piece by Stephen Mael
- The Watch House by Howard Nash
- The Train that never came by Bob Webb
- Interview with Michael Cordle of Chantry Farm, Orford
- A Tudor Clerical Mystery by Vic Harrup
- Coralline Church by Simon Knott
- Sketchbook: A Cottage on Havergate Island
Issue 2: Winter 2023
- Museum Piece by Stephen Mael
- When Bells Rang Out by Joanna Martin
- By Any Other Name by Harry Hawes
- Interview with Celia Cooney of the Aldeburgh Fish & Chip Shop
- Licensed Piracy by Vic Harrup
- A Horseman’s Magic by Valerie Fenwick
- Roots in Knodishall by Jonathan Franklin
- Tributes to David Boast, Michael Flint and Margaret Poulter
- Sketchbook: The Art of Michael Flint by Tim Fargher
Isue 3: Winter 2024
- Editor’s Note by Jack Cooke
- Museum Piece by Stephen Mael
- Stuffed Herons & Arctic Heroes by Joanna Martin
- The Clay Whale by Jack Cooke
- Interview with Cliford Caley
- Photo Essay: Evelyn Robson’s WWII Women’s Land Army Timber Corps
- Last Flight of JB719 by Sebastien Schoeffter
- Tributes
- Sketchbook: Butley Priory
Orford & District Local History Bulletins
The Orford Historian is the successor to The Orford & District Local History Bulletin which was published in 33 issues from 2003 to 2021