Bob Briscoe

E-mail: bobhomefarmparham.co.uk  How to find us: Home Farm North Green Parham Woodbridge Suffolk, IP13 9NW England map [ courtesy of streetmap | large montage (663kB) with directions ]

---

Activities

History

• Parham and surrounding villages
  
• Parham Parish Millennium Scan (1999)
• Queen Mary's Lane: Web site giving the history of Queen Mary's Lane, an ancient way through our farm, along the boundary between Parham and Great Glemham, which we opened up as a permissive bridleway in 2014
• Rendlesham Estates sale - Outlying Portions in Parham, Cransford, Bruisyard and Badingham, 14 Jul 1914, including more detailed history of Oak Farm
  
• Parham Hall Estate sale 1921 including detailed descriptions of many of the farms and cottages in the village
• The history of Lonely Farm, Parham
  
• Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of Henry Mayhew, Clockmaker of Parham (1720)
• Records of Fred Dix, the Gamekeeper of Parham Wood
  
• Home Farm, Parham
  
• Heritage Statement, Home Farm, North Green, Parham, including a history of the farmstead and its context; Charmain Hawkins, pub. Sep 2019, drawing on a survey report by Jane Briscoe
• Home Farmhouse Conjectured 1920s Room Usage, from the above 1921 Sale Catalogue and a 1924 inventory
• Sketches around Home Farm by Reggie Whitmore, 1921
• Gloria Lane's Memories of Parham and Home Farm (she lived in Home Farm until 1943 aged 16)
  
• Home Farm, Parham, annotated photos by Geoff Rogers 1982 - 1995
• Comparative photos of the pre-1940s farm buildings of JC Larter & Co, taken 2011 & 2021.
  
• Framlingham
  
• Framlingham Flood History, over more than 2¼ centuries
  
• Pound Farm, Lost Beneath Framlingham
• Transcription of the 1747 Will of Sarah Berry, including snippets about the Black Swan Inn that stood where Framlingham Con Club is today
• Index of historic deeds, documents & maps regarding JC Larter's land at Framlingham, included selected transcriptions and photos (work in progress)
  
• The history of the Mill Inn, Framlingham (work in progress)
  
• Kentwell Hall Tudor re-enactment where I'm known as John o' the Thunderpants
• Tabulated summary of "Trees used for Historical Re-enactor Woodworkers and other Craftspeople, 100-1700AD" by Ken Walters [MS Excel source | HTML ]

Dancing

• Barley Brigg Morris

Education

• Woodcraft Folk
• Natural Energy Education Project (closed) (Charity Register entry)

Family

• Family Tree [PDF | M$ Word] (just the index - the rest covering 700-odd relatives is available on request)
• In memory of  Monica & Paul Briscoe

Farming & Environment

• JC Larter & Co our family farming partnership
• Map of a New Wildlife and Community Corner of Fram, Autumn 2022
• Environmental Improvements on our family farm in Parham & Gt Glemham, 2011 onwards

Work

• My professional home page 
• Curriculum vitae or résumé [ HTML | PDF]