This collection of over 5,000 images provides a pictorial
history of the town of Lowestoft and the parishes in the Waveney
District.
It includes photographs, engravings, lithographs, postcards and
original drawings.
The collection was begun by Lowestoft Borough Library, continued
by the County Library after 1974 and transferred to Suffolk Record
Office in 1999.
This is very much a living archive; and additions are always
welcome from the public to widen its scope .
The collection currently includes:
Ashby,
Barnby, Barsham, Beccles, Belton, Benacre, Blundeston, Blythburgh,
Bungay, Burgh Castle*,
Carlton Colville, Corton, Covehithe,
Dunwich,
Ellough,
Fritton, Frostenden,
Gisleham, Gorleston*, Gunton,
Halesworth, Henham, Henstead, Herringfleet, Holton,
Kessingland, Kirkley,
Lound, Lowestoft,
Mutford,
North Cove,
Oulton,
Pakefield,
Redisham, Reydon, Ringsfield, Rushmere,
Sotterley, Sotherton, Southwold, Spexhall, Shadingfield,
Somerleyton
The IIketshalls, The South Elmhams,
Uggeshall
Walberswick, Wangford, Westhall, Weston, Wissett, Wrentham
*Images from other parts of Suffolk and villages in Norfolk are
also available; this is due to the boundary changes since 1974.
Please contact staff at Lowestoft Record Office for more
details.
1300/72/2/2 Lowestoft North Beach, c1833 engraved by George
Cooke.
Images from the collection can be viewed at
Sense of Place
Suffolk.
The full catalogue can be searched
at Access to
Archives.
The collection is housed at the
Suffolk Record Office - Lowestoft.
The collection was catalogued as part of the Heritage Lottery
funded Images of Suffolk project with additional funding from East
of England Regional Archive Council, Suffolk Local History Council
and the
Friends of Suffolk Record
Office.