Bravery at Booton Clay Pits
Bravery at Booton Clay Pits
Three boys were rewarded for their role in rescuing Charlie Lee when he fell into Booton Clay Pits. John Pye and Ben Lee were nominated for Royal Humane Society Awards and Scott Harmer was presented with a Certificate of Commendation by the Cawston Heath Trustees. Click on the PDF for more information about this item.
Naomi Horrocks
EDP
Our little Big Community Library
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Situated at Stocks Loke, come a peruse the wonderful array of books on offer, open to all and free take a couple leave a couple its up to you. Im delighted that this project was achieved with 99% of things that would of gone into landfill (I had to buy the catches) or would of been entirely rescued and reused . Be sure to scan the qr code for track and trace (this system will only work if we all do our bit)
Books suitable for all ages and if you are a beano or dandy fan you are in for a treat - Candy Paula Daniels.
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September 2020
Candy Paula Daniels
Heath 1920s
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During the late twenties the Army had to move out to the range at Horsford,...
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1920s
Denny Easton
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/81" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cawston Heath">Cawston Heath</a></span>
Walks in Cawston
<p>Walks around Cawston: Hope this will be of help to newcomers, parishioners and visitors.</p>
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<p>Selection of walks in Cawston. Also <a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/f4386d229235acdc06e03dc911d15e2c.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Click Here"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Click Here</span></a> to see <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Cawston Heath map and history.</p>
<p>Walks will be added as time permit....</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/111" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Marriott's Way">Marriott's Way</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cawston Rough Guide Map and Location">Cawston Rough Guide Map and Location</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/290" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Sygate/Southgate"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sygate/Southgate</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/64" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Eastgate"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Eastgate</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/283" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Roman Road">Roman Road</a></span></p>
Heath Photo Album
Photo album of 33 photos by Ivan Purdy which are in the Heritage Centre....
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Ivan Purdy
2007/8
Vic and Sally Purdy
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/81" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cawston Heath">Cawston Heath</a></span>
S/Heritage Centre
Volunteers Recognitions
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<p>Award Names on the Plaque:</p>
<p>Simon Court: Group Scout Leader 1998 – 2013<br />Tony McCoan: Village Hall Caretaker - 2014<br />Beryl Rounce: Outstanding Community Service – 2015<br />Des Cook: Village Hall Chair & CHS Founder – 2016<br />Lyn Fairchild: Outstanding Community Service – 2017<br />Philip Mindham: Awarded Posthumously for assisting the Elderly – 2018<br />David Nunn: Outstanding Community Service – 2019</p>
<p>The Parish Council volunteers recognition evenings are normally held in May of each year and are organised by Mrs Theresa Carman and <span>Councillors.</span> </p>
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Files for: 2017 & 2019
Theresa Carman - Organiser.
Parish Council.
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Parish Matters" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Parish Matters</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Community Awards" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/102" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Community Awards</a></span></p>
Marriott's Way
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Marriott's way is the former railway line which is a 21 mile route path for Walkers, Cyclists and Horse riders.
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Railway/Transport" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/96" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Railway/Transport</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="WW1 Photos & Memorabilia" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/72" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WW1 Photos & Memorabilia</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/378" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Walks"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Walks in Cawston</span></a></p>
Oakes Family Playing Field
<p>The Oakes Family Playing Field is a community resource owned and managed by Cawston Parish Council for all the families living in the Cawston parish.</p>
<p>A joint Project Team was formed with the Oakes Memorial Trust and Cawston We Aim Higher Group to co-ordinate the planning and development of the field and a Master Plan was drawn up.</p>
<p>Several applications for funding was successful meaning that in total around £150,000 was raised to develop various 'play landscapes' for toddlers, primary age children, teenagers as well as a multi purpose games area and bmxl skateboard area, most of these was completed by the summer of 2008....<br /><br />Click on files to view full screen....</p>
Mrs Eileen Oakes
Mr David Oakes
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/29" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Time Line">Timeline</a></span>
Parish Plan
<p>After a public meeting attended by around twenty five people, it was agreed to proceed with a group that would assist with the organization of the work towards producing a village plan.</p>
<p>The first meeting was held on Tuesday 8th April 2007, attended by ten people. The group discussed different ways to approach people in Cawston to ascertain their views on what was required in Cawston. The meeting considered Parish Plans produced by other councils and the range and scope of the possible questions.</p>
<p>Ideas were also suggested for contacting people who might not normally participate in such an exercise.</p>
<p>It was agreed to ask the steering group to consider the range of questions for a questionnaire for discussion at the next meeting which was held on Tuesday April 29th at the Scout Hut.</p>
<p>The questions was developed by a group of Cawston residents and the questionnaires delivered by volunteers by hand and collected one week later.</p>
<p>The parish Plan was then produced and completed in 2010 by Andrew Cameron-Heffer. James Livingstone. Terry Simons. John Carrick. Rob Young and then distributed.</p>
<p>The Parish Plan was made possible with the assistance of Cawston Parish Council. Broadland District Council and Norfolk RCC.</p>
<p>Please click on the file to download the Parsh Plan, please wait to download as the file size is 3.83 mb</p>
Andrew Cameron-Heffer. James Livingstone.
Terry Simons. John Carrick. Rob Young.
Cawston Heath (See File 2 for Heath Guide and Map inc History)
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<p>See file one for-</p>
<p>Questions and Answers regaring the Heath....</p>
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<p>This lovely area of heathland to the east of Cawston might be considered to have changed little over the centuries. This may be true in some respects, for the birch trees, gorse, and heather continue in their beauty, but our ancestors of the First Elizabethan days would be amazed that today the heath is almost unknown to many of our local inhabitants, and plays little part in their lives. In Tudor times it was of considerable importance, a place where farmers grazed their sheep under the fold-course system, where controlled rabbit warrens provided food, while the villagers had grazing rights for their livestock and relied on the area for their fuel supplies. These resources were jealously guarded by farmer and tenant, rich and poor, and from time to time there were lawsuits to settle problems.</p>
<p>The eastern extremity of the heath is a strip of land extending into Marsham, once known as Dead Man's Hill. Long ago a body was found here, and a dispute arose as to whether Cawston or Marsham should arrange the burial. Cawston accepted responsibility, and our present parish boundary includes this land. Not far away is Gallows Hill, where a gibbet once stood, an unhappy sight for travellers along the old heath road from Marsham. An even older road, possibly pre Roman, leading inland from the coast, passed near Botany Bay Farm, on through Eastgate to Booton, and all the way to Castleacre. This road can be traced on aerial photographs, and in favourable conditions appears as a light track across the fields on the south side of the road to Buxton.</p>
<p>Two local August anniversaries are connected with the heath. The last Duel in Norfolk was fought here on August 20th, 1698, and the story of how Oliver Le Neve killed Sir Henry Hobart is well known, and commemorated by the stone near the Woodrow Garage, a delightful little National Trust site adorned with masses of violets in spring. August too, saw the great Sheep Fair, held over several centuries on the last Wednesday in the month. It has been described as "the greatest sheep show in the country", and brought huge flocks to the surrounding roads, lambs from the west Norfolk breeders being sold to the graziers from the east.</p>
<p>Cawston Heath today, although diminished in size, is well worth a visit at all seasons - but if you go on a hot day in August keep an eye open for adders!</p>
<p>John Kett - 1989</p>
<p>Brief History: 1066: Forest to Heathland - Sheep & Pig grassing. 1400 to 1600: and Rabbit Warren. 1698: Duel on Heath. 1802: The Enclosure Act resulted in the "dividing, allotting, and enclosing of common fields" in Cawston. 1914 to 1918 WW1 and 1939 to 1945 WW2 used for rifle firing range. 1963:16 hectares ploughed up and cropped, turned back to heath in 1993. 1986: Designated a site of special scientific interest. Agreement with Natural England & Managed by Norfolk Wildlife Trust.</p>
<p>In 2014, the Norfolk Wildlife Trust began an ambitious project to restore about four hectares back to open heathland.</p>
<p>After removing the pine and scrub and grinding the stumps, the final process of striping the surface of humus and pine needles was completed to allow heather seeds to germinate.</p>
<p>Once established, this heather-dominated landscrape will again be good habitat for heathland specialities such as woodlarks, nightjars and adders.</p>
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<p>David Nunn. John Kett. Ivan & Vic Purdy. Denny Easton. Mrs Fellows.</p>
<p>Jane Gaskin & The Gaskin Family - Seat Donated.</p>
<p>Martin Sercombe. <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Remembers Project</a></span></p>
<p>Neil Storey.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Booton Clay Pits" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/31" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Booton Clay Pits</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/336" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Fishing Club">Fishing Club</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Duel Stone" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/95" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Duel Stone</a></span></p>
<p>Duel on the Heath - part of the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Media Projects East" href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cawston Remembers Project:</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Heath Fire 1958">Heath Fire 1958</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/317" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Heath Photo Album"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Heath Photo Album</span></span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/378" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Walks in Cawston">Walks in Cawston</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/104" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Photos & Video from Above">Photos & Video from Above</a></span></span></p>
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Booton Clay Pits.
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Formed here when men once dug clay at a penny a yard (cubic), earning a meagre 35 to 40 pence a week at a time when the local weaving industry was in decay. The Cawston Fishing Club use and look after Booton Clay Pits which is owned by the Parish of Cawston, the Cawston Heath Trust oversees the management.
CLAY LUMP: Clay lump building continued far into the 19th century. The clay was mixed with straw and made into blocks, which were well dried before they were used, the mortar usually consisting of wet clay and cow-dung. The clay diggers were paid one penny for every cubic yard of clay, and a week's work would only realise about 50 pence. Men who had been put out of work by the decay of the weaving industry in East Anglia were often glad to seek this employment.
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CHS
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Cawston Heath" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/81" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cawston Heath</a></span>
Cawston Village Sign and Name
Cawston Name:-
It is believed the Cawston Name probably originated in the Dark Ages in the 8th and 9th Centuries, the area was settled by Scandinavians who's leading family was called Kalf, hence Kalf Tun. In the Domesday survey of 1086 our village is called CAUPSTUNA and in later years it became CAUSTON then CAWSTON
In 1937 the Cawston Sign was carved and painted by Mr. H. Carter of Swaffham, it was unveiled as a memorial of the Coronation of King George V1, by H.M. Lieut, of the County, Mr Colman and given by the Parish Council, the centre panel shows a weaver at his loom, and 4 smaller panels depict St. Agnes, to whom our Church is dedicated, a Dualstone, the "brazen gauntlet" symbol of John of Gaunt, once Lord of the Manor and a Ploughman.
The B/W 1937 photo is of the sign located at the entrance of the railway station on the Reepham road, it is now located at Church Close, Booton Road. The sign was renovated by Mr Richard Howard on its 40th birthday in Jubilee year 1977 and erected in a new location at Church Close.
New Sign:- In 2001 the sign was removed and a new sign was erected made from aluminium by Soanes signs, Shortthorne Road, Stratton Strawless at a cost of £2.450.00.
The old original sign was repainted in 2003 by Soanes Signs at the cost of £500.00 and is now in Cawston Church....
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