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Laxfield stands a few miles southwest of Halesworth in the heart of the Suffolk countryside. It has a considerable number of attractive buildings in its wide main street. The village became the end of the line for the Mid Suffolk Light Railway when money to extend the line as far as Halesworth ran out and the line finally closed in 1952, nothing remains of the railway today. |
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The late 15th century Royal Oak public house stands right next to the church of All Saints. |
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The Royal Oak. |
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The Guildhall in the main street has stood here since the 16th century and has had many uses over that time from tenements for poor persons and paupers to a working men's club and since the late 1960s has housed a museum. |
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This memorial plaque at the Baptist church is to the local shoemaker John Noyes who became a martyr after he was burned at the stake because of his religious beliefs in September 1557. |
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Laxfield's impressive war memorial. |
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One of the many lovely cottages in the village. Laxfield has over forty thatched and timbered buildings listed as being of historic and architectural interest. |
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Market Street. |
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All Saints Church. |
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The other public house in the village and less than a stones throw from the Royal Oak is the Kings Head also known locally as the Low House, it has changed very little since Victorian times. |
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An old thatched shop and cottage in the village undergoing renovation. |
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