INDEX ABBREVIATIONS FOR ALDE VALLEY COMMUNITIES

 

—  All the 70 or so Alde Valley communities (including hamlets, and even the uninhabited ones) are listed on our Maps page.  
—  The first three characters of a place-name are unique, except for ALD,  BEN, CAM, DUN, REN and SAX, marked here with a double dagger (‡).  
—  The only other communities with inconsistent abbreviations are those for Blaxhall (BLX), the Glemhams (GGL and LGL), and Westleton (WS):  see below.
—  Abbreviations marked with an asterisk (*) are (or, in some combinations, can be) not unique.  
—  Abbreviations prefixed "PD" relate to digital copies within the Photos Deposit of the Peter Drew Collection, explained on its own webpage.

 

ALDB/ALB/AL* = Aldeburgh (historically could be spelt "Alburghe") ‡
PDARxxx?u = Aldringham P.Drew photos [w/ 5-char unique ID] ‡

 

 

 "xxx" or "xxxx"=  AIR=air accident 24/5/1919, ALM=Almshouses, BELL=B.R. Shreeve/Belle Coaches, CHA=Chapel, CHU=Church, EDW=Bertie Edwards (PO), ELM=Elm Tree Farm, GAN=Gannon family memorials, HOU=Aldringham House,
LAY=Cecil Lay (incl. Raidsend/Aldringham Court), MILL, MUR=murder 8/7/1945 newspaper cuttings, PPyy=Parrot & Punchbowl, SCH=School, uuuuu=etc.
ALDR/ALR/ALT = Aldringham/Aldringham-with-Thorpe ‡
BEN or BN = Benhall ‡
BTW = Bentwaters RAF/USAAF Station 151 ‡
BLX = Blaxhall
CAA = Campsea Ashe [but see CAM below] ‡
CAM or CB = Cambridge/Cambs. [of course, not Alde Valley!] ‡
CRA* = Cransford, near Framlingham          but ...
CRAT = Cratfield [not AV: between Halesworth & Laxfield]
SNA includes    Dunningworth ‡ (altho' actually in Blaxhall Parish)
DUN = Dunwich ‡
FOR = Fordley (within Middleton-cum-Fordley)
FRAM or FRA = Framlingham
PDFRIxxuu = Friston: "xx"= BH=Blackheath House, CH=Church,
  CQ=Chequers X-roads exc. FG=Forge Corner, ML=mill, PO=post office, FRIST=etc.
GGL or GG = Great Glemham
IKE or IK = Iken
K (refID prefix) = Kelsale Archive (see "Element 0", previous page)
KEL or KE = Kelsale/Kelsale-cum-Carlton
PDKNOxxuu = Knodishall: "xx"= GV=George V Coronation 1911,
  ML=mills, RV=Hundred River, SC=school, KNOD0=etc
LCM = Leiston County Modern School photograph, 1949
LEI or LE or L* = Leiston/L-cum-Sizewell (exc. LCM & LGS schools)
@LEIS-LIB
 		 = "Pen and Sword" publications,
                              held for us at Leiston Library
PDLEIxxxu = Leiston: "xxx"= ABB=Abbey, AIR=WW2 airfield,
  GAR=Garretts' Leiston Works, SZR=Sizewell Road,
but ≈60% remain abbreviations of orig. PD-filenames
LGL = Little Glemham
LGS = Leiston Grammar School photographs
PDMHAIRFu = Martlesham Heath airfield (outside of AV)

 

 

 

MID or MD* = Middleton/Middleton-cum-Fordley (or FOR)
MIDM or MDM = Middleton Moor
PDORFxxuu = Orford: "xx"= CA=Castle, CH=Church,
  CM=Cobra Mist, LG=lighthouses, ML=mill
RDH or RD* = Rendham ‡
RDL or RD* = Rendlesham ‡
SAX or SX* = Saxmundham ‡
SAXT or SXT = Saxtead ‡
SXG = Saxtead Green ‡
PDSIZxxuu = Sizewell:  "xx"= AP=SZA power station, BP=SZB
  power station, CH=Cliff House, DH=Dower House, GP=The Gap, HL=House/Hall, TH=Tea/Ness House, VA=Vulcan Arms, WD=Warden's, WR=wrecks incl. 'Carmenta', XG=Crossing/Halt/sidings, 00=etc.
PDSLAxxuu = Slaughden: "xx"= 3M="The Three Mariners Inn",
  FE=Ferry, QY=Quay, SLAUG=etc.
PDSNAxxuu = Snape: "xx"= BR=pre-1960 Bridge, CH=Church,
  CX=Crown crossroads, FL=1953 flood, MG=Maltings, MK=Markin's Mill,  ML='The Old Mill'/Hudson's Mill (Benjamin Britten's home), RG='The Race Ground', RL=railway (Snape Branch Line),  SC=Anglo-Saxon Cemetery excavations 1985-92, WT=Snape Watering, SNAPE=etc.
THEB/THE/TH* = Theberton
   
PDTHNxxuu = Thorpeness 1929/30 photos: "xx" as ⬇︎PDTHO
THO / = Thorpeness (village) or Thorpe Ness (geog.
PDTHOxxuu feature)  [and see: Aldringham ...]
  "xx"= AL=Almshouses, BA=Old Barn, BE=beach, BH=Benthills, BR=Haven Bridge & Black Mill, CC=Kursaal/Country Club, CL=golf Clubhouse, DL=Dolphin, EO=Estate Office, GF=golf course, HV=The Haven (road), LK=Lakeside (road), ML=C20th mills & House in the Clouds, MR=Meare & Boathouse, NE=Northend, RG=Regatta, RL=railway halt, THORP=C19th village, SP=Shell Pits, UP=Uplands, VW=view, WB=West Bar, WG=Westgate, WK=Workmen's Club, WL=Whinlands
   
WS* = Westleton [can also mean West Suffolk CC]
YOX or YX = Yoxford