As an aside, folks might also be interested in the fact that the plague stayed late in Suffolk ... although cases were reported as late as 1906 at Shotley, 1910 at Freston and 1911 at HMS Ganges at Shotley Gate, Arwarton has the distinction of having a case of plague reported in 1918 (see n.a., 'Suffolk Facts', in "Suffolk Roots", Vol. 19, No. 2 (SFHS, Aug/1993), p. 130). Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: Colin Fenn <erasmus@fenn.demon.co.uk> Date: Friday, November 5, 2010 5:56 am Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] Epidemics > David <d.bill@ntlworld.com> writes > >Can anybody tell me which epidemic was threatening Suffolk > villages in 1835? > >Was it perhaps cholera?? I have whole families dying at the same > time!>Valerie Bill > > <snip>