Theberton
Theberton | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Leiston | |
Postcode district | IP16 | |
Police | Suffolk | |
Fire | Suffolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Theberton is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Saxmundham, and 3 miles (5 km) miles north of Leiston, its post town.
History
During the
The village primary school was closed around 1970 and is now used as the village hall. It was renamed Jubilee Hall in 2000 and extensively refurbished in 2012.
People
At Theberton Hall
William Light, founding father of Adelaide, South Australia, was sent from Penang in about 1792, aged six, to be educated by friends of his father, George and Anne Doughty, who lived at Theberton Hall.[7][8] George Doughty (d. 21 August 1798) was Sheriff of Suffolk,[9] and it was he who had had Theberton Hall built.[10] His wife, Anne Goodwin, was heiress of Martlesham Hall (died 12 May 1829). Their son was Rev. George Clarke Doughty, also of Theberton Hall.[11]
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926) the traveller and writer, best known for his 1888 travel book Travels in Arabia Deserta, was born at Theberton Hall and is commemorated in the church by a plaque. Theberton Hall was also the birthplace of his nephew, Lt-Col. Charles Doughty-Wylie, who was born in 1868 and killed in battle in Gallipoli in 1915. His bravery earned him the Victoria Cross, awarded posthumously.[12]
Robert Howlett
The Victorian photographer Robert Howlett was born in Theberton in 1831, the second of four sons of the Rev. Robert Howlett and Harriet Harsant. He is renowned for his iconic photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.[citation needed]
Heritage buildings
Theberton Hall
Theberton Hall was built for George Doughty (died 21 August 1798) in 1780
The motto comes from the Roman poet
In 1928, Mrs Doughty-Wylie (presumably Lilian, the widow of Charles Doughty-Wylie, and the only woman on the Allied side to visit
Twinning
Theberton is twinned with Thebarton, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia. Thebarton is named after the home of William Light, which he named Theberton House.[8]
Citations
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. p. 330.
- ^ a b redkitebooks.co.uk, Aviation Archaeology, Zeppelin L48 excavation carried out for BBC television
- ^ redkitebooks.co.uk, The excavation of L48 the “Theberton Zeppelin”, post-excavation report
- ISBN 1844157377
- ^ [1], Zeppelin, German zeppelin pictures, L48, LZ95, zeppelin crash.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, (MUP), 1967
- ^ a b "Place names of South Australia: T". State Library of South Australia. H.C. Talbot says: "When William Light was a boy, his father sent him to England from Penang to be educated to his trusted friend, George Doughty of Theberton Hall, in Suffolk... He built a home on section 1, Hundred of Adelaide which he called Theberton House". Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "The Colonel Light Statue". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. XLIX, no. 15, 011. South Australia. 27 November 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1287529)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Steuart, Archibald Francis (1901), A short sketch of the lives of Francis and William Light: the founders of Penang and Adelaide, with extracts from their journals, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., retrieved 29 October 2019 (Trove catalogue entry here)
- ^ a b "Charles Doughty-Wylie's Grave, Seddülbahir". Anzac Portal. Gallipoli and the Anzacs. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ The Adelaide Chronicle. Vol. LXX, no. 3, 738. South Australia. 12 May 1928. p. 18. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Theberton Genealogical Records". Forebears. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
—Kelly's Directory of Suffolk (1900)
- ^ "School Crest". Korowa Anglican Girls' School. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- The Register (Adelaide). Vol. XCIII, no. 27, 252. South Australia. 18 December 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
References
- Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9.
- Mower, Mark Zeppelin over Suffolk. The Final Raid of the L48 Barnsley Pen & Sword 2008 ISBN 1844157377
Further reading
- Dutton, Geoffrey (December 1957), "Theberton hall", Southerly, 18 (4): 193–194, ISSN 0038-3732
External links
Council website: History » Theberton & Eastbridge
Media related to Theberton at Wikimedia Commons