Dunwich Museum Image Library:

1911, Royal Commission, Coastal Erosion, Extract, No 443 (116Kb)
2011, People in Radar at Dunwich, (1Mb)
Personal recollections of people who served in the radar units in and around Dunwich. Collected from bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar and from visitors to the museum.
2011, Radar at Dunwich (6.4Mb)
Article describing the deployment and development of radar at Dunwich and locality from 1935-1945 based on information supplied by visitors to the Museum. CHL, Type16, MEWS,AMES Type 24,26,28, CH, Ground Grocer, MRU, Ground Cigar et al. Full sized photographs in Image Library
Agas, Ralph & Gardner, Map 1589, Bottom section No 367
Agas, Ralph & Gardner, Map 1589, Middle section, No 367
Agas, Ralph & Gardner, Map 1589, Top section No 367
All Saints Register, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1672 - 1820
Transcript of the All Saints Registers from the fiche at the Suffolk Record Office made by Monica Burton. The original Excel transcript is available on request from the Museum. (148 kb)
Allen, M & Doolan, S., 2002, Finds from Dunwich, British Numismatic Journal 72 p. 82-94 (4.7Mb)
Archaeological Service, Suffolk CC report 1992, 1994, Greyfriars, Rebuilding Wall, Gates, Refectory
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICE DUNWICH GREYFRIARS: DUN 092 & 094 Archaeological Recording Works Associated with the Rebuilding of a Section of the Precinct Wall and Repairs to the Gateways and Refectory SCCAS Report No. 2008/52; Oasis No. suffolkc1-57321, (4.3Mb)
Archaeological Services 2008, St James Leper Hospital, Suffolk CC, No 128, (4.5Mb)
Building record report
Atlas Jansonnius, Map 1657, Chart, North Sea, No 154
Atlas NG Lichtende Zeefakkel, Map 1790, No 159
Chart, Thames to Yarmouth. Detail.
Atlas NG Lichtende Zeefakker, Map 1790, No 159
Chart, Thames to Yarmouth.
Barton, Monica Siege of Dunwich 1173
As part of the assessment process for her Advanced Diploma in Local History, Monica Barton had to write a short commentary on the relative merits of local and national/ international history. She chose the siege of Dunwich.
Blaeu, Joan Map 1668, Suffolk, No 163
Blaeu, Joan, Map 1668, Suffolk, Detail, No 163
Brooks, S., Cliff retreat: rates and mechanisms
Presented at Dunwich:Learning for the Future from our Past. October 2011
Carr, A. P., Map 1976, No 141
Coastlines 1587, 1753 and 1976
Carr, A.P., 1979, Map of Sizewell and Dunwich Banks, No 142
Clarkson, M. 1945, Radar, Bill Clarkson Wanganui Herald interview 2/10/1945, (188kb)
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of the original 1945 newspaper article recounting William Clarkson s radar experience, inter alia at Dunwich, of which a full transcript is available in the article People in Radar at Dunwich
Clarkson, William Radar, Accommodation and Bill Clarkson
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of accommodation huts in Dunwich Woods taken by Bill Clarkson (see articles Radar in Dunwich and People in Radar at Dunwich)
Cooper E.R., 1939, The Dunwich Iceland Ships, Mariners Mirror xxv p.170 , (1.6Mb)
Darby, J. Map 1675 Detail, No 174
Chart of East Coast
Darby, J. Map 1675, No 174
Chart, East Coast.
Davison C.,- Great Dingle Farm
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Diston, J. Map 1797, No 176
Chart, Orfordness to Lowestoft. Detail.
Diston, J., Map 1797, No 176
Chart, Orfordness to Lowestoft.
Doncker, Hendrik, Map 1661, Chart, Texel to Hoofden. Lady of olde Abbe, Detail, No 175
Doncker, Hendrik, Map 1661, Chart, Texel to Hoofden. Lady of olde Abbe, No 175
Downing College Archives, Cambridge, Listings for Dunwich and Dingle, 1558-1812
Downing College Archives, Cambridge, Listings for Dunwich and Dingle, 1558-1812 (156 kb)
East Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation Project,2011, Survey, Analysis & Reporting (100kb)
The transcript contains the executive summary, contents and conclusions from the Cefas site. The East Coast Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) Programme is a multidisciplinary investigation that has employed “state of the art” techniques to develop a broad understanding of the habitats and areas of archaeological interest over an extensive area of approximately 3,300 km2 of the seabed off East Anglia. The study was conducted over a three-year period and has been funded by the Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund. The full report is 200Mb or so.
Fisk, photographs
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Gardner, 1754, A Dunwich Church, No 367
Drawing
Gardner, 1754, B St james Church, No 367
Drawing of St James Church
Gardner, 1754, C Southwold Church, No 367
Drawing of Southwold Church
Gardner, 1754, D North Prospect of Dunwich, No 367
Drawing of North prospect of Dunwich showing church of cliffs, boats on sea and houses of varying sizes.
Gardner, 1754, E Blythburgh Church, No 367
Drawing of Blythburgh Church
Gardner, 1754, F Blythburgh Priory, No 367
Drawing of Blythburgh Priory
Gardner, 1754, G Warbleswick Church, No 367
Drawing of Walberswich Church
Germanus, Nicolaus Map 1482, Britain, No 446
Germanus, Nicolaus, Map 1482, Britain, Detail, No 446
Goos, P. Map 1676, No 164
Chart, Thames - Wash
Goos, P. Map 1676, No 164
Chart Thames - Wash, detail.
Goss, Pieter Map 1676, Chart, No 165
Chart, Southern North Sea
Goss, Pieter, Map 1676, Detail, No 158
Chart, North Sea
Goss, Pieter, Map 1676, Detail, No 165
Chart, Southern North Sea
Goss, Pieter, Map 1676, No 158
Chart, North Sea
Gough, Map 1360, Britain, Detail, No 445
Gough, Map 1360, Britain, No 445
Guest, Friederike, 2011 Anglo Saxon Dunwich
This publication by Friederike Guest has been researched and produced as part of Dunwich Museum’s Accessing Ancient Dunwich learning project.
Haggard, Rider, 1911 Red Eve,
A novel about Dunwich, Red Eve, the dauntless, and of Murgh, Gateway of the Gods, whose dreadful galley still sails from East to West and from West to East, yes, and evermore shall sail. Rider Haggard was on the 1911 Royal Commission on Coastal Erosion and this novel, which feautures Dunwich is dedicated to the long-suffering Commissioners. The Gutenburg Project licences this version (488 kb).
Hancox, E. (1909) Finds of Mediaeval Cut Halfpence and Farthings at Dunwich, British Numismatic Journal, Vol. V. Coin No 322
Hardy, Murray, 1943 Radar Greyfriars control room
Original photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley and taken by Murray Hardy in 1943 of the Greyfriars control room (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Hardy, Murray, 1943 Radar Greyfriars Control Room enhanced
Enhanced photo supplied by Dr Ernest Putley showing the RAF Greyfriars control room in 1943 (see article Radar in Dunwich)
Hardy, Murray, 1943 Radar Ground Grocer and CHL
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley taken by Murray Hardy in 1943 showing both Ground Grocer transmitter and receiver but also part of the Dunwich CHL tower and the CHL ground gantry
Haslam, J, 1992, Dommoc and Dunwich: A Re-appraisal, Anglo Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History 5 p41-46 No 330, (1.3Mb)
Imray, 1910 Map of South North Sea, No 153
Keulen G. & J., Map 1678, No 161
Chart, North Sea
Keulen, G. & J, Map 1678, No 161
Chart, North Sea, Detail.
Keulen, J. Map 1682, No 162
Chart, Kent to Yarmouth.
Keulen, J., Map 1682, No 162
Chart, Kent - Yarmouth, detail.
Loon & van Keulen, J. Map 1682, No 160
Chart, North Sea
Map 1586, Chart, All Saints, Buildings, Mariners' Mirror, L. Waghenaer, No 139
Map 1700, Chart, North Sea, Date unknown, Map, No 151
Map 1700, N0 170
Chart, North Sea, Mount & page, map detail.
Map 1700, No 170
Chart, North Sea, Mount & Page.
Map 1919, Chart, Minefields, No 150
Map 1960, Chart, North Sea oilfields, No 152
Map 2008, Dunwich Project, Mariner's Mirror, Sears, No 188
Map 2008, Sear no 07, Bacon's survey 1979, St Peter's Church, No 135
Map, 2011 East Coast REC project on habitats, aggregates, historical sites, (252kb)
Markham, C., 2011 Dunwich: the Geology of Suffolk’s Lost City, Geo Suffolk
Presented by Caroline Markham at Dunwich:Learning for the Future from our Past. October 2011
Mercator, Map 1565, Britain, Detail, No 448
Mercator, Map 1565, Britain, No 448
Mooy, Hendrick, Map 1885, No 157
Chart, North Sea.
Mooy, Hendrick, Map 1885, No 157
Chart, North Sea. Detail.
Murphy, P. (English Heritage) 2011, Managing the coastal historic environment
Presented at Dunwich:Learning for the Future from our Past. October 2011
Ortelius, Abraham, Map 1570, Britain, Detail, No 449
Ortelius, Abraham, Map 1570, Britain, No 449
Paris, M., Map 1250, Britain, Detail, No 444
Paris, M., Map 1250, Britain, No 444
Parker, Bill, (Suffolk ICZM Officer) 2011 PPT Managing Coast Change
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Parsons H Alexander (1913),The Dunwich Mint, The British Numismatic Journal Vol. IX, Coin, No 272, (440kb)
Price, R. & L., 2011 John Day - Pioneer Printer
This publication has been researched and produced by Roy and Linda Price as part of Dunwich Museum’s Accessing Ancient Dunwich learning project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Price, Roy & Linda The Cuddon Family
This publication has been researched by Roy and Linda Price and produced as part of Dunwich Museum’s Accessing Ancient Dunwich learning project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Putley E., 2007, Radar at Dunwich, (75kb)
Article 20/12/07 transcribed, covering the development and deployment of radar at Dunwich. Photos mentioned are in the Image Library
Putley, E., 2008, Radar, Dunwich and RCM (75kb)
Article by Dr Ernest Putley on 3/1/08 on Radio Counter Measures, transcribed and photos placed in Image Gallery
Putley, E., 2008, Radars near Dunwich (75kb)
Article by Dr Ernest Putley 1/2/2008, transcribed and photos placed in Image Gallery
Putley, Ernest Radar Army Coast Defence
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley. Prototype for the first Dunwich CHL and possibly used at Covehithe (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Putley, Ernest Radar CH receiving aerials
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley. CH wooden receiving towers similar to those at Darsham High Street CH (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Putley, Ernest Radar CH transmitter aerials
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley. Steel CH transmitter towers similar to that at Darsham High Street CH (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Putley, Ernest Radar CHL Prestatyn
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of a CHL bedstead array on a gantry at Prestatyn which is similar to the first two Dunwich CHL aerials, both on 25ft wooden gantries (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Putley, Ernest Radar CHL ranges 1940
Diagram drawn by Dr Ernest Putley to illustrate the ranges of the first Dunwich CHL in 1940 based on the RAF/TRE memos (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Putley, Ernest, 1942 Radar AMES Type 2
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley. Dunwich in 1942 had a CHL tower and ground gantry similar to this (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Putley, Ernest, 1943 Radar AMES Type 16
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of Ground Controlled Interceptor AMES Type 16 radar taken by Murray Hardy at Greyfriars in 1943 (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Pye, Kenneth & Blott, Simon J., 2009, Progressive Breakdown of a Gravel-Dominated Barrier, Dunwich- Warbleswick, Journal of Coa
Progressive Breakdown of a Gravel-Dominated Coastal Barrier, Dunwich–Walberswick, Suffolk, U.K.: Processes and Implications Kenneth Pye and Simon J. Blott 2009 Journal of Coastal Research
Radar Bill Clarkson
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of his father, Bill Clarkson His radar experiences at Dunwich can be found in the article People in Radar at Dunwich
Radar Bill Clarkson and colleague
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of his father whose story can be found in the article People in Radar at Dunwich
Radar Bill Clarkson and group
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of his father Bill Clarkson, third from right, with a group of Radar Mechanics, Technicians and Operators outside their billet in the woods at Dunwich
Radar Bill Clarkson at Cranwell
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of his father, Bill Clarkson, at the 12 week Cranwell course group photograph (holding board)
Radar CH transmitter tower
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson of the only remaining CH transmitter tower (at Great Baddow or Stenigot ?) similar to the ones at Darsham High St station.
Radar CH Willow Marsh
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson showing the Darsham High Street CH wooden receiving aerial towers behind the Willow Marsh railway crossing south of the A144 (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar CHL and campers 1950
Photo provided by Maurice Clarkson showing the Dunwich CHL wooden 185ft tower behind campers on Dunwich Heath in the early 1950s (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar Dunwich Heath aerial photo 1945
RAF aerial photo of Dunwich Heath showing the first CHL compound near the cliff and the second compound with the 185ft CHL tower - RAF 106G/UK/929 4166 16-OCT-1945 English Heritage (NMR) RAF Photography - (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar Dunwich Heath aerial photo 1945 annotated
Annotated RAF aerial photo of Dunwich Heath showing the first CHL compound near the cliff and the second compound with the 185ft CHL tower - RAF 106G/UK/929 4166 16-OCT-1945 English Heritage (NMR) RAF Photography - (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar Greyfriars control room wall plots
Enhanced photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley to show wall plots and establish that Murray Hardy s photo in 1943 of the control room was at Greyfriars (see article Radar in Dunwich)
Radar Ground Grocer
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley showing the transmitter (top) and receiver (bottom) of Ground grocer AI system (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar Happisburgh
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of later CHL tower (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar MRU receiver dipoles
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of the top of a wooden Mobile Radar Unit mast receiving dipole (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar MRU tower raised
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of a raised Mobile Radar Unit tower (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar MRU tower raising
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of a Mobile Radar Unit tower being raised (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar Operation Market Garden
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of the Greyfriars MEW PPI on 17th Sept 1945 showing echoes of aircraft and gliders heading for the Dutch Coast for Operation Market Garden
Radar Type 16 range
Map provided by Dr Ernest Putley of TRE plot of AMES Type 16 range (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar Type 24 heightfinder
Photo provided by Dr Ernest Putley of an AMES Type 24 Heightfinder (see article Radar at Dunwich)
Radar, Google Earth 1945 screenshot
1945 Google Earth zoomable aerial photos showing relative positions of Dunwich, Greyfriars radar station, Cliff House accommodation, Minsmere Cliff radar station and the Minsmere Coastguard Cottages
Saxton, C., Map 1579, Suffolk, Atlas, No 140
Saxton, C., Map 1579, Suffolk, C. Atlas, No 140 detail
Seaman, R. 1972, A Further Find of Coins at Dunwich, British Numismatic Journal 41, pp 27-33 No 273, (1.6Mb)
Sear, 2008, Map no 10, Underwater structures 1587 1826 2000, No 138
Sear, 2008, no 01, NW Europe and East Anglia, No 129
Sear, 2008, no 02, Graph, Erosion, Religious Buildings, Population Rent, No 130
Sear, 2008, no 04, Sonar survey with profiles, No 132
Sear, 2008, no 05, Sonar survey, general seabed, No133
Sear, 2008, no 06, Sonar surveys, St Nicholas Church, Blackfriars, No 134
Sear, 2008, no 08, Sonar survey, Blackfriars, No 136
Sear, 2008, no 09, photo underwater unidentified building, No 137
Sear, 2008,no 03, Photo with coastlines 1587, 1826 and 2000, No 131
Sear, David 1000 years of Coastal Change
Presented at Dunwich:Learning for the Future from our Past. October 2011
Seller, John Map 1675, No 172
Chart S. Foreland to Orfordness. Although this chart does not show Dunwich, stopping south at Orfordness, it is included as the maker has shown churches and buildings for most coastal villages. If the next page in the Atlas shows Dunwich churches, it may be worth scanning.
Seller, John, Map 1675 detail, No 172
Chart S. Foreland to Orfordness
Ship Inn, Archaeological Monitoring Report, Extensions to pub, 2009-2010
Suffolk Wildlife Trust, 2011 Dingle Marshes National Nature Reserve
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Thompson, J., Map 1777, No 171
Chart, Forelands - N Bergen
Thompson, J., Map 1777, No. 171
Chart Forelands - North Bergen, detail.
Thornton, John, Map 1667, No 173
Chart, South Foreland to Spurn Head.
Thornton, John, Map 1667, No 173
Chart detail of South Foreland to Spurn Head
Transcript 2002, Radar, Dunwich CHLs (57kb)
Transcript of an article provided by Maurice Clarkson, originally obtained from the RAF Air Defence Museum, Neatishead, describing the CHL stations at Dunwich
Van Keulen, J., Map 1726, No 155
Chart, North Sea
Van Keulen, G. Map 1779, No 156
Chart, North Sea.
Van Keulen, G. Map 1779, No 156
Chart, North Sea
Van Keulen, J. Map 1726, No 155
Chart, North Sea. Detail
Waghenaer, C. & Jansz, Lucas, Map 1584, Chart, Atlas, No 167
Watson, G. (Environment Agency), 2011 Managing Coastal Processes & Change
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