Help us to look after our historic village by purchasing the items below.
All monies raised go to local conservation projects.

Items can be obtained as detailed below.

• All Items: Andora Carver, Mill House, Nayland, Suffolk CO6 4HU - order by email
• All Items: Forget Me Not, (General Store), 2 Birch Street, Nayland, CO6 4JA 
• Books only: Post Office, 19, High St., Nayland, CO6 4JG

Nayland: Suffolk Town and Village  

This is a short history of Nayland and Wiston including the following chapters:  Nayland's industries and trades, Schools, Churches, Medical and other services, River, road, and railways, Social pursuits, Personal and family reminiscences. There is a walk around guide and map at the back.

Written by Denis Halliday, Rosemary Knox, Wendy Sparrow, Keith Worricker and Karen Warren - people who know and love the village and surrounding countryside.

Cost £3.00 each, excluding postage

Memories of Nayland

This book provides a picture of Nayland in the twentieth century through the memories of some of its residents. It is a record of the author's conversations over a period of many years with members of some of Nayland's oldest families. It also records the Conservation Society's activities since its formation in 1974.

Written by Wendy Sparrow

Cost £8.50 each, excluding postage

Nayland and Wiston: A Portrait in Photographs

Some fascinating old photos from Nayland and Wiston which show the history and character of people and places. This is a perfect present for anyone who likes to reminisce or who wants to know what life was like as early as 1860. The pictures are delightful.

Compiled by Wendy Sparrow and Andora Carver

Cost £4.50 each, excluding postage

A Walk Around Historic Nayland

A small book of intricate detailed descriptions with photographs and drawings of the oldest and most interesting of the timber framed houses and pubs. The church and mill are also mentioned. Nayland is one of the best preserved late-medieval villages in Britain, and this booklet is ideal for anyone wanting to know more; to understand what lies behind the architectural veneer, and to learn something of the history of the village. Easy to read and clear directions.

written by Leigh Alston

Cost £2.50 each, excluding postage

New Edition Tea Towel 

Our latest tea towel design replicates a previous picture of the High Street in the 1960s. This has been reprinted in red and green by popular request.

Tea Towels approx. size: 48 x 77.5cm.

Cost: £4 each, excluding postage.

Nash Postcards

The scene of Nayland and surrounding countryside was painted by John Nash in the early 1950s for a series produced by the Post Office to encourage the use of correct postal addresses. The view is from Gravel Hill looking over the village and across the valley to Essex in the south.  St. James' Church with its earlier extended tower is the focal point of the picture. The cedar tree on the left of the picture was destroyed by the hurricane in 1987.   The village is easily recognizable today.

A Painting of Nayland Village by John Nash R.A.
Postcards (10.5 x 14.75cm)
Cost:  10 Postcards and envelopes, £2.00; excluding postage.

Set of 8 greeting cards from the David May Collection

We are delighted to present a selection of 8 greetings cards of Nayland and Wiston which were part of a collection of over 300 early postcards acquired by the Society in March 2010.

Cost: 8 Greeting cards with envelopes, £3.50, excluding postage. 

For more information on the collection see Postcard Collection

John Constable, R.A - Altarpiece Sketch Postcards

Postcards of an original sketch by John Constable. The subject is a pencil drawing showing the reredos (decorated stone screen behind he altar) at  St. James Church, Nayland indicating how the proposed altarpiece might look in situ.

It is inscribed ‘Pray turn your Mind to some good subject soon’ - a reference to the difficulty Constable encountered in deciding on a subject matter for the painting.

Cost 40p each or 10 for £3.50, excluding postage.

Is it Wiston or Wissington?
An ancient rural Suffolk parish
The history of Nayland's 'other parish' from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century

Written by Rosemary Knox.
Published by Dennis Plenty & Co., Colchester, Essex in 2001
ISBN: 0-9541105-0-1
(copies are available to view at Colchester Library and the Suffolk Record Office at Bury)

A new revised edition with more pictures will be available in time for Christmas 2012 - Price £5. 

On sale at the Post Office, Forget Me Not or ring Rosemary Knox on 01206 262224.   All proceeds to St. Mary's Church, Wiston.

Details of further publications on aspects of the parish can be seen at
the Nayland and Wiston community website.

Tea Towel - Sold Out

The tea towel designed by Richard Bawden shows some well known and well-loved features of Nayland, including ancient carvings (such as the green man in the roof of St. James' Church and window sill of the oriel window at Alston Court) and the topiary in the high street. The design was so successful and popular last year that we decided to print some more.

Tea Towels available in Black, Green and Blue (approx. size: 48 x 77.5cm ).

Cost: £3.50 each, excluding postage.