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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Suffolk River Stour is in East Anglia Rivers.
The Suffolk River Stour rises at West Wicken [Map] in Cambridgeshire from where it flows past Weston Green [Map], Carlton [Map], Great Bradley, Suffolk [Map], Little Bradley, Suffolk [Map], Great Thurlow, Suffolk [Map], Keddington, Suffolk [Map], New England, Suffolk [Map], Stoke by Clare, Suffolk [Map], Clare Priory, Suffolk [Map], Cavendish, Suffolk [Map], Long Melford, Suffolk [Map], Sudbury, Suffolk [Map], Henny Street, Suffolk [Map], Lamarsh, Suffolk [Map], Bures, Suffolk [Map], Wissington, Suffolk [Map], Nayland, Suffolk [Map], Thorington Street, Suffolk [Map], Higham, Suffolk [Map], Stratford St Mary, Suffolk [Map], Dedham, Suffolk [Map], Flatford, Suffolk [Map] to Manningtree, Essex [Map] where it widens to form an estuary and is joined by the River Orwell aka Gipping at Harwich, Essex [Map] where it joins the North Sea.
The Great Road leaves Colchester along the A12 passing Langham, Essex [Map] to Stratford St Mary, Suffolk [Map] where it crosses the Suffolk River Stour and make a change in direction before passing Capel St Mary, Suffolk [Map]. After Capl St Mary the road turns north following a direct parh past Sproughton, Suffolk [Map], Bramford, Suffolk [Map], Great Blakenham, Suffolk [Map] to Combretovium [Map] aka Baylham.