Ellingham and Kirby Cane photograph archive

Newgate: Gordon Read on bike. (Gordon Read)

Yarmouth Road looking south, showing thatched barn and the Mission Church (Joe Pye)

Corner of Mill Road and Yarmouth Road, showing the Memorial Hall, Kirby Row,village shop, Methodist Chapel and A143 road sign. (Joe Pye)

The Bungalow, Mill Road, village shop in background. (Joe Pye)

Yarmouth Road, Ellingham (old A143), showing The White Horse and telephone box. (Joe Pye)

Very deep snow in Church Road Ellingham (Sharon Raven)

Snow drifts over the Mettingham Road (Sharon Raven)

Map showing options for Kirby Cane/ Geldeston bypass (Geoff Stevens)

Kirby Cane/Geldeston By Pass, early excavations through Leet Hill farmland. (John Cook)

Route of Bypass across field near Sheep Walk (Carol Day)

Bypass cutting across Pewter Hill, Church Road, looking south towards Belle View, 1988

(Carol Day)

The rising ground either side of Church Road yielded Saxon Broaches, spearheads, a jewelled buckle and two swords as well as human bones, indicating a Saxon inhumation cemetery. Metal detecting over the spoil heaps of the excavations for the bypass yielded numerous finds covering many centuries: pottery sherds, a William 1st farthing, 16th century bronze book clasp, a Edward 1st penny, an 8gm gold fragment.

Route across Leet Hill Farm (John Cook)