(lei)+Coldfair+Green

The earliest map of this area was produced by Hodskinson in the 1780s. It shows a line of heathland commons stretching along the valley of the Hundred River from Knodishall to Aldringham and Thorpe. This map also shows that in those days Coldfair Green was called Coldford Green. This ford was the main crossing of the Hundred River linking Leiston with the land route to Ipswich through Snape.

When the Tithe Map for the Leiston Apportionment was made Coldford Green had been enclosed and 16 landowners had been allocated plots for tenements and cottages.

//**Tithe Apportionment for the above land**//
 * 609 || Richard Garrett || Cllement Hill || Tenement and garden ||
 * 610 || Richard Garrett || Elizabeth Fryer || Tenement and garden ||
 * 611 || Richard Garrett || Henry Smith || Tenement and garden ||
 * 612 || Hoden Trustees || James Buck || Tenement and garden ||
 * 613 || Charles Kersey || George Gildersleeves || Old House Field ||
 * 614 || Charles Kersey || Himself || House and garden ||
 * 614a || Charles Kersey || George Gildersleeves || Barn, drift and yard ||
 * 615 || Charles Kersey || George Gildersleeves || Barn Field ||
 * 616 || Charles Kersey || George Gildersleeves || Gibb's Meadow ||
 * 617 || John Kemp || Elizabeth Curtis || Tenement and garden ||
 * 618 || John Kemp || William Owles || Tenement and garden ||
 * 619 || Isaac Gibbs || Nicholas Joseph || Tenement and garden ||
 * 620 || Isaac Gibbs || Himself || Tenement and garden ||
 * 620a || Isaac Gibbs ||  || Garden and river ||
 * 621 || William King || Joseph Munnings || Tenement and garden ||
 * || William King || William Pizzey ||  ||
 * || William King || John Welton ||  ||
 * 622 || John Moss jnr || James Nicholas || Tenement and garden ||
 * 623 || Lord Huntingfield || Edward Dewing || Field ||
 * 624 || Ebenezer Haxell || Daniel Smith || Cottage and garden ||
 * 625 || Charles Crampin || John Manning || Tenement and garden ||
 * 626 || Charles Crampin || Samuel Prike || Tenement and garden ||
 * 627 || Charles Crampin || Thomas Ralph || Tenement and garden ||
 * 628 || Nathaniel Cockerell || Himself || Tenement and garden ||
 * 629 || Nathaniel Cockerell || John Cockerell || Tenement and garden ||
 * 630 || Nathaniel Cockerell || Empty || Tenement and garden ||
 * 631 || Nathaniel Cockerell jnr || Himself || Sheds and yard ||
 * 631a || John Moss snr || Edward Podd || Tenement and garden ||
 * 632 || John Munnings || Himself || Garden ||
 * 633 || Samuel Prike || Himself || Garden ||
 * 634 || Parish of Leiston || Andrew Ralph || Cottage and garden ||

A hundred years later, Coldford Green had become transmuted into Coldfair Green with a vastly increased population. Two fords are indicated, one is the main road crossing from Leiston into Haslewood and the other is in to the west of this, in Knodishall. Between the two fords is a large tract of impounded water of the Hundred River. An annual fair was held here until the early part of the 20th century. This custom has recently been revived.



The next major development came in the early 1950s when a large new housing development was proposed south of the river in Haselwood. This has now been incorporated, together with Coldfair Green itself, into the civil parish of Knodishall.