Keith Beecroft Copyright 2008

Historic Features

• Location
  1. KESGRAVE HALL SCHOOL
  2. OLD ROAD TO BEALINGS
  3. NEW ROAD TO BEALINGS
  4. HALL LODGES
  5. KESGRAVE HIGH SCHOOL DEMOLISHED 1974
  6. OCTAGONAL COPSE
  7. GAMEKEEPERS LODGE
  8. BRACKEN HALL
  9. KILN FARM
  10. KESGRAVE BRICKYARD
  11. SITE OF RUSHMERE TOLLGATE
  12. 'DOCTOR' WATSONS COTTAGE
  13. BELL INN
  14. ALL SAINTS CHURCH
  15. SITE OF OLD K.W.M.C.C. GROUND
  16. SITE OF KESGRAVE HOUSE
  17. HEATH SCHOOL
  18. KESGRAVE FRUIT FARM
  19. GRANGE FARM
  20. 'TEXAS' FARM COTTAGE
  21. FOXHALL SPEEDWAY STADIUM
  22. SITE OF WATER TOWER
  23. COMMUNICATIONS STATION
  24. FORMER SANATORIUM HOSPITAL
  25. FORMER SMALLPDX HOSPITAL
  26. POLE HILL TUMULAS
  27. TUMULUS
  28. DOBBS GRAVE
  29. GORSELAND SCHOOL
  30. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
  31. NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE
  32. BAPTIST CHURCH
  33. BEDDING FACTORY
  34. DOCTORS SURGERY
  35. JACKSON GROUP HEADQUARTERS

Kesgrave Area Map - circa 1875

The Church, Bell Inn, Grange Farm and a few other farm dwellings are the only buildings of the time. Even Ipswich only extends east as far as Cauldwell Hall Road

Kesgrave Map - circa 1920

Buildings shown are those in the Parish prior to the development and construction of the 'Dream Bungalows'.

Kesgrave Map - circa 1950

Show residential street development between 1924 and 1950.

Kesgrave Map - circa 1969

The increasing development can be seen with the infill of housing between the west boundary and Bell Lane with the Cornwall Estate.

Kesgrave circa 1974

Kesgrave Centre Map, shows the Church, Bell Inn and the War Memorial



Community Centre prior to the diversion of Bell Lane and the construction of the new access road to the Grange Farm Development cutting through the K.W.M.C.C. ground.

Soil Composition

Map showing the soil composition of the Kesgrave Area, mainly consisting of glacial sand and gravel (pink) with an area to the west of brickearth (orange) and two pockets of bolder clay (blue).