A potted history of Belchamp Walter
Webmaster Notes
At the time of writing this page I see that I had a visit to my ruggles.html page. I also note that I now have two pages on the Ruggles Family. I started a second when I was filling in some gaps for my birdbrook.html page. See also pre_ruggles.html and sensitive_years.html (Pre Pre Ruggles)
I am adding links to the drop down menus when I see accesses
thomas_wright.html - too many links on belchamp_walter_history_3.html
Links to other key pages to be near top of page.
References to the Alan Freer tree (conqueror150_me.html) and those to the Raymond family also need to be sorted. At one time I was veryu sensitive in making reference to the Raymond family as it seemed that I was sticking my nose into another persons family and that it would come across as a bit of an obsession. As time goes on I feel that the history of the village cannot be told with many references to the Raymonds. The pre-nuptial of 1817 between Oliver Raymond, Vicar of Middleton, and Anne Andrews is a case in point (prenup_1817.html)
So far these Webmaster notes seem to be inobtrusive and don't impede the flow and understanding of the page that they are placed. This potted history is a good place to start as I have a lot of notes that I want to make to myself which are not relevant to anyone who just wants an account of the village's history.
Not much has been recorded for the history of Belchamp Walter and region that covers the period fron the Normal Conquest until the 17th Century.
If you visit the parish church of St. Mary's Belchamp Walter you will see many clues to the history of the village and it was where I started my research in that history. There are three main clues to this history, of course there are the 14th Century Medieval Wall Paintings and the remains of an ornate Chantry Chapel in the North Wall. Lastly, the influences from 1611 can be seen in the numerous memorials and stained glass that were the result of the Raymond Family residents from the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries.
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