Below are copies of Correspondence received over the years by the Newmarket Local History, together with replies / comments:
Correspondence
Correspondence 2009
December 2009 From Leigh Trevail :-I have tried to find out more about the Hill Climbs at Branches Park nr. Cowlinge in the early 30’s. Sometimes this was erroneously referred to as Newmarket, have you heard of these races? Doug Everitt, Kirtling historian, came up with this information: “Mr Tonge, who preceded the eccentric Miss …
Correspondence 2010
December 2010 Tony Pringle has been researching old issues of The Journal and has come across this snippet on the perennial subject of The Boy’s Grave, which is situated by the crossroads about a mile before reaching Kentford. NJ 26 January 1946 article says Boys Grave not a legend, it had been reported previously in …
Correspondence 2011
December 28th, 2011 From Dave Skelly:- I wonder if you can help me with, what is turning into, a rather tricky quest. I am trying to locate pictures of the RAF station that used to be located at the top of the Newmarket’s High Street. The station had its main entrance on the Dullingham Road …
Correspondence 2012
November 2012 From Mrs Debbie Clarke:- My husband and I moved into Field Terrace Road, Newmarket a year ago. Our late Victorian (at a guess!) house was described in the estate agent’s details as being formerly known as ‘The Bakehouse’. We have a 10’x20′ outbuilding as well as a wash house/outside loo in the back …
Correspondence 2013
December 22nd, 2013 From Alan K Tillman Wing Commander RAF (rtd):- What a magnificent website. Congratulations for setting the standard other historical sites should aim for. My query concerns the whereabouts of the RAF telephone exchange in Newmarket up to the end of the 1960s and possibly later. For many years, the majority of military (that …
Correspondence 2014
December 25th, 2014 From Gabor Csernussi from Hungary (unedited): – Dear Sir, at first apologize for my disturbing you. I write the life history as a sportsman/yachtsman of Count Edmund Batthyany, whose father, Gustav Batthyany owned Newmarket by his death 1883. But I haven’t relevant info, from what time he had, and whether there are …
Correspondence 2015
November 22nd, 2015 from Geoff Reeve:- Christopher James (Jimmy) Kendal of the RNZAF flew his last mission out of Newmarket Airfield in December 1942.in a Stirling, R9247. We and his New Zealand/Australian relatives have been tracing his short career. He trained at RAF Bassingbourn and met a girl called Peggy (we have a photo), apparently, …
Correspondence 2016
December 1st, 2016 from Richard Fletcher :-I was interested to see details of Severals House on Bury Road on your website but could you tell me anything about the nearby and contemporary Bury Hill House (also once known as Warren Cottage and Bethany House.) We have deeds showing that Col James Machell once owned the …
Correspondence 2017
October 2017, from Sarah I was wondering if you could help me, I am trying to find out the reason for the naming of yellow brick road, I saw on your site said that it was felt that it was due to the yellow sand used on some of the pathways, however recently I have …
Correspondence 2018
June 2018 A correspondent is interested in the history of Brazilian Terrace Newmarket. Our Society member Tony Pringle has provided this information: Henry Fitzroy, illegitimate son of Charles II became Duke of Grafton (family estate at Euston, near Thetford.) Grafton Street was the original name of Black Bear Lane and at times both names were …
Correspondence 2019
30 October 2019 As you see, I have a name that used to resonate in Newmarket. At one time 5 family members were training in the town and my father was a vet at Sackville House and then with the Brayley Reynolds practice at March House. For several reasons I abandoned a career in racing …
Correspondence 2020
9 February 2020 I am wondering if you can offer me some help in gaining some information about a structure at a property on Ashley Road, Newmarket. There is a very large Air Raid Shelter sited between to properties in the front gardens opposite Side Hill Stud Farm. I am keen to find out the …
Correspondence 2021
13 February 2021 Hello Sir/Madam, The Website of your Society indicates that you have an active interest in the History of the Town and its surroundings. I have a framed picture of : The Entrance to Newmarket drawn by William Westall A.R.A (this is a colour Lithograph print by Edward Finden). A copy of the …
Correspondence 2022
5 April 2022 Good Morning, I am trying to research the early history of March House 166, High Street now renamed Reynolds House. I am a retired vet who was a partner in the veterinary practice before it moved out to the Newmarket Equine Hospital on the Cambridge Road. It had been a veterinary practice …