|
1010 |
Earl of East Anglia, Ulfketel fought the Danes at Seven Hills
where Nacton is now |
|
1086 |
Doomsday Book mentions Burnaville (a Hall House between Nacton
and Levington) and Roger Bigod who controlled the
area |
|
1200 |
St Martins Church built and an Augustinian Priory at
Alnesbourne |
|
1300 |
de Holbrokes at Broke Hall |
|
1634 |
Richard Broke, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, owns Broke
Hall |
|
1725 |
Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757) lives at Orwell
Park |
|
1739 |
Vernon becomes a national hero at the battle of
Portobello |
|
1740 |
Vernon earns the nickname of “Old Grog” by diluting the Navy’s
rum ration |
|
1757 |
House of Industry built at Nacton for 350 paupers |
|
1773 |
Margaret Catchpole born at Nacton |
|
1779 |
Charles Vere Broke born, later becomes Wellingtons
Quartermaster |
|
1801 |
Margaret Catchpole transported to Australia for horse
theft |
|
1813 |
Philip Broke in command of the “Shannon” takes the “Chesapeake”
at Boston |
|
1813 |
George Tomline born (-1889) owning the 20,000 acre Orwell Park
Estate |
|
1830 |
Sir Robert Harland of Orwell Park constructs “decoy” ponds for
duck hunting |
|
1839 |
“Sporting Review” publishes the race to Nacton Church - the
first steeplechase. |
|
1840 |
Orwell Park house bunt down and rebuilt by Tomline |
|
1850 |
Nacton village moved from opposite the church to present
position |
|
1868 |
Village shop opened at Ivy House by Eliza Keeble |
|
1870 |
Broke Chapel added to church South Nave of St Martin’s
Church |
|
1872 |
Observatory built at Orwell Park by Tomline. Telescope costs
£1687 19s 4d. |
|
1874 |
John Isaac Plummer, Nacton’s Astronomer, lives at Orwell
Dean |
|
1881 |
610 people in the village, 125 people in the “poor
house” |
|
1889 |
Tomline dies and is cremated at Woking. Orwell Park inherited by
E G Pretyman |
|
1894 |
Pretyman marries Lady Beatrice Adine Bridgman |
|
1886 |
Workhouse closed – occupants moved to Ipswich |
|
1906 |
Prince and Princess of Wales visit Orwell Park |
|
1911 |
Village School opened adjacent to “The Anchor” public
house |
|
1919 |
Construction of Village Hall commenced by
volunteers |
|
1923 |
WI started in village by Lady Beatrice and Mrs Arnold
Foster |
|
1925 |
Tom Baker takes 9303 ducks at the Nacton decoy
pond |
|
1937 |
Orwell Park becomes a school (relocated from
Aldeburgh) |
|
1940 |
First Royal Tank Regiment of 7th Armored Div (Desert
Rats) based at Orwell Park |
|
1952 |
Former Workhouse converted into Amberfield School |
|
1957 |
Finneys Drift, formerly Bakers Lane, developed |
|
1959 |
Chapel converted to second village shop |
|
1960 |
Mill Piece developed and Orwell Park station closed by
Beeching. |
|
1961 |
Felixstowe Road widened, new “Shepard and Dog” public house
built |
|
1964 |
Houses built beside village hall |
|
1969 |
P.O. moved to Orwell Stores, Old P.O. closed. |
|
1970 |
5 bungalows built on Palmers Field by Gillian
Bence-Jones |
|
1970 |
Village roadside footpath proposed, laid in 1978. |
|
1977 |
Forge closed, Mr Edward Jeffries last village
blacksmith |
|
1983 |
Mrs Keeble retired, original village shop closed after 115
years |
|
1985 |
Nicholas Bence-Jones inherited Orwell Park Estate |
|
1990 |
New rectory built – Rector Geoffrey Grant in
residence. |