Bygone Suffolk: Its History, Romance, Legend and Folk-Lore

John Cuming Walters surveys Suffolk’s past through its churches, monasteries and parish traditions, combining local history with legend, romance and folk-lore. The book ranges across the county’s religious heritage, literary associations and stories attached to its places and people.

Among its historical subjects are Dunwich and other settlements shaped by coastal erosion, while military chapters consider Suffolk’s wars and warriors. Accounts of local traditions and legends sit alongside descriptions of the county’s landmarks and communities, presenting a 19th-century view of Suffolk’s remembered past. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Bury St Edmunds’ Norman Tower and three plates, it offers a period account of the county’s history and cultural traditions.