Hello Ted, I am surprised that you were not able to find very much for Saxstead as it has one of the most famous windmills in the county, a wonderful site to see the sails turning on a windy day. Indeed as we drove through Saxstead on Thursday, All Saints church and its surrounding churchyard was still there :-) Have a look for yourself on Simon's web site http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/saxtead.html The parish records for All Saints are from 1546-1900 on a total of just 12 fiche, so not a huge parish. They have been filmed and are available on fiche, you could probably order them to your local LDS centre. Saxtead has three main areas, Saxtead Green, where the windmill is to be found. Saxtead Bottom where the church is situated and Saxstead Little Green. It is mostly a farming area, with lots of 'hewge' fields of wheat. (Suffolk is known as the bread basket of England as Kent is the Garden of England). Today All Saints church shares an incumbent with its neighbouring parish of Framlingham St Michael, the nearby market town. The Local History Recorder for many years was an amazing woman who wrote books on the area, but also wrote of her travels overland to places like Jerusalem - in a converted 'Green Goddess' (Fire Engine made for the ATS in the 1950s). Sadly she passed away in the last couple of years. However, much of her research has been passed to the new LHR and I will send the details off list directly to you. Pat ... Patricia Bridges ~ Hon Recorders' Secretary Suffolk Local History Council http://www.slhc.org.uk/ From: "Ted & Magi" <tedandmagi@bordernet.com.au> > My interest is the PUNYER surname until today I knew it as a very > localised Kentish name but I have just had the 1571 will of John Punyer > transcribed. He was a yeoman of Saxtead Suffolk. this is the first time > my interest has brought me to Suffolk and I hope SKS will be able to > answer my queries. > > He requests in his will that he be buried in the church yard of Saxtead, > does the church and yard still exist? Google map of Saxtead doesn't show > a lot! > Does Suffolk FHS publish any parish records for the area. > I can't find an IGI transcription of Saxstead parish records. > The will mentions his wife Alice and a number of nephews and nieces all > with the surname Punyer which makes me think there must have been > brothers as well as a married sister with the surname Pechy. > A few more names appear, Fryet(t), Rumsye, Grymble, Penninge and Kent. > There is also a reference to "Crosse Pyghtle" Pyghtle is an ancient > Anglo-Saxon word meaning "small parcel of land, a small enclosure, a > croft". Still in use in East Anglia however I haven't been able to find > "Crosse pyghtle" > > If anyone has an interest in any of the above please contact me and I'd > be delighted to share any information I have. > > Ted Fowler > Drake, a village in northern New South Wales Australia. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >