Hadleigh, A Historic Market Town In Suffolk
Hadleigh is a market town fairly close to Ipswich, but far enough away to have it’s own character and unique history. Up until the 17C Hadleigh was a cloth-making town in common with the rest of the area (Kersey, Lavenham, Long Melford). Consequently it was a wealthy town and it still contains some lovely old timber framed houses with pargetting. However as the cloth industry declined so did Hadleigh and it wasn’t until the age of the train that the town really prospered again. At that time some of the older properties which had been neglected for centuries were re-fronted in Victorian style, which gives Hadleigh the appearance of mixed architecture when in fact many buildings are medieval.
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