Ashbocking - A Potted History
- Iron Age remains
- 4th century AD Roman remains. The main road abutting the
village is a Roman road (B1078).
- Anglo-Saxon moated manor houses in the church area
- 1086 The Domesday Book records Ash Manor (Ash Hall), Harneis or
Greffield (Poplar Farm) and Manor at Ash Green.
- Norman Times--The village was named Ash Bigod.
- 1328 The village became Ash Bocking.
- 1400 The village was named Ashbokkinge.
- 1650 The village was named Bocking Ashe.
- Early 19th century the parish was called Ash Bocking.
- 1850’s Founding of Ashbocking and Ipswich Farmers’ Club now
Ipswich Farmers’ Club.
- 1894 Ashbocking Parish Council formed.
- 1919 The road through the village was tarred for the first
time.
- 1921 The Church lands were sold.
- 1926 The telephone arrived in the village.
- 1936 Electricity arrived in the main part of the village.
- 1937 The village was supplied with water from a borehole rather
than abstracting it from the village ponds.
- 1948 Ashbocking, Swilland and Witnesham W.I. was formed.
- 1961 Mains water arrived.
- 1962 Electricity arrived in the Church Road area.
- 1986 900th anniversary of All Saints Church.
- 2002 Erection of the Village sign to coincide with Golden
Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
INTERESTING HOUSES IN THE
VILLAGE
Brooke House Home of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust
bequeathed to the Trust by Mary Brooke.
Manor Farm This residence was built in the late
16th century as a Manor House which once had 17 fireplaces-the
Georgian front was added in 1809.
Ashbocking Hall Farm This was built in the early 16th
century when it was called originally ‘Ash Hall’ and was owned by
the Bocking family who gave the village its name. The moat and
foundations date back to the 13th century.
The Old School House was built in 1873 under the 1873
Education Act on land given by the Church. Up to 60 pupils attended
until its closure in 1931.
Feoffee Farm
has records dating back to 1380. The chimneys were added in 1652.
Wellsacks is a half-timbered
Tudor house situated in the main street, The Green.