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After a 22 year absence the Tractor Boys will be back in the Premier League having beaten Huddersfield 2-0 at Portman Road on 4th May.  Congratulations to Manager, Kieran McKenna, Captain Sam Morsy and the whole team.

Oscar Dickins (1997) #01897 on the family tree achieved a very creditable 2 hours 50 mins for his first participation in the elite section of the London Marathon on 21^st April despite cramping up during the last sector.

Congratulations are in order, but look out for even better next year.

The Ipswich Maritime Trust announced on 5th January 2024 that Ipswich has been awarded Heritage Harbour status, joining a national confederation of 12 ports and inland harbours.

Cobbold ships, of which there were once as many as 50, plied their trade from this harbour for many years.

We wish all our family members and friends a peaceful, prosperous and joyful 2024.

The Trustees, Keeper and everyone connected with the Cobbold Family History Trust would like to pass on their best wishes to all our website visitors. If you would like to be added to our email mailing list, please contact cobboldtrust@knebworthhouse.com.

The archive will be closed from 11:15am on Tuesday 19th December, re-opening on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.

Those readers on our mailing list will have received a letter recently announcing our new fundraising venture, The Cobbold & Kin Virtual Memorial Wall. For those who have not received a letter, we give below a link which will allow you to take part.

This new permanent page on our website offers an opportunity for you to honour a family tree member, who is no longer with us by having a ‘stone’ inscribed like the example below. ‘Your stone’ will remain in the online wall for the life of the charity’s website, for all visitors and future generations to discover and enjoy. You have an opportunity to compose your own personal tribute to appear on ‘your stone’ which will also be linked to the biography of the person commemorated. A poppy can be added if your family member died in service.

The cost of a permanent engraved ‘stone’ is £100 which if using PayPal can be accepted in three instalments. By honouring our forefathers, please help us to continue our work to preserve our past for future generations. Thank you.

Please click here to go to the page where you can request a stone.

We remember the 48 Cobbold and their kinsmen who died in the First and Second World Wars. A tribute to them was printed in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th November 2023.

Cobbold Ales & Tales by Mary Attwood is now available from our online shop: https://cobboldfht.com/books-for-sale/. Published this year to mark the tercentenary of the Cobbold brewery, the book outlines the history of 300 years of Cobbold brewing. Have you got your copy yet?

2023 marks the tercentenary of the founding of the COBBOLD brewery. The Trust is preparing a book to mark the occasion to be launched (all being well!) at Holywells on 24th June this year. A date for your diary?

Emperor Claudius believed that his soldiers fought better if unmarried.  Valentine, a priest disagreed and secretly married them.  Exposed, Valentine lost his head on 14^th February 270.  He left a note to his girl friend saying simply “From your Valentine.”  He became the patron saint of lovers.  Hence, you leave your card unsigned but fortunately do not have to make such a big sacrifice!