![]() Wrentham is a village that appears to be dominated by antique shops, cafés and restaurants. These, no doubt, serve the tourists who are en route for Lowestoft and Yarmouth.
There is the usual mix of architecture ranging from the
17th to 20th centuries.
There does not appear to be much in the way of substantial
local employment. Perhaps you might say that the village
is a great place from which to emigrate! If you look at the map, you will see that the church is dislocated from the main body of the village. I remember someone telling me that this is quite a common feature because, in the time of the Great Plague, many of the original settlements that were grouped around the church were deserted because the disease had become endemic. New settlements were set up nearby in a suitable location. I also understand that the plague was probably anthrax (which affects sheep and humans) and not the bubonic plague that hit the country in 1665. When you consider that anthrax was being tested out as a germ warfare bug in the Second World War and that the island off the coast of Scotland where it was being tested is still infected with the germ 50 years on, it makes you wonder what is lurking beneath the soil! |