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Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation.

Bomber Plane Crash WW2 Bluestone Plantation.pdf

Handley Page Hampden Bomber Plane 1941

WW11 Bomber Plane crash.

On February 10th 1941 a Handley Page Hampden bomber plane crashed into Bluestone plantation killing all the aircrew: Flight Lieutenant John Frutiger, Sergeant John Hill, Flight…

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Booton Road/Goose Pie Lane

A walk along the road to Booton - "Booton Green Lane" as many of us know it is a sentimental journey, recalling the first time I passed. that way in April, 1952, when the banks were bright with primroses and violets and other flowers. At that time…

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Cemetery Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations.

Cemetery Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations. The Gravestone project for St. Agnes' Church, the Cemetery and Memorial/Remembrance is ongoing and will be updated as time permit which is being listed to help those people who wish to trace some of…

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Church - St Agnes.

The Church of St. Agnes' with its tower (with the exception of the north aisle built by Robert Oxburgh) was built by Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and his wife Catherine the daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford.... Click on files to view…

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Church Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations

ChurchGravestones Inscriptions and Locations. The Gravestone project for St. Agnes' Church, the Cemetery and Memorial/Remembrance is ongoing and will be updated as time permit which is being listed to help those people who wish to trace some of…

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Memorials and Remembrance

Memorial & Remembrance project is on going and will be updated as time permit....

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Property Deeds and Documents

A collection of old deeds and documents are at the Heritage Centre which are often a neglected historical source.... Click on file to view full screen....

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Railways and Transport Part of the Cawston Remembers Project:

The railway/station opened in 1880 and was on the Great Eastern Line, which in 1923 became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. passenger trains ceased in 1952.... Click on file to view full screen....

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Tour of Britain Cycle Race 2015

Twenty teams of riders from all over the world descended on Norfolk for the Norfolk-Suffolk stage for the tour of Britain Cycle Race, sponsored nationally by Aviva. This was stage 7 of the 8 stage tour starting at Fakenham racecourse to Ipswich,…

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19th Century Cawston

Many of the cottages and farm houses in Cawston during the late 19th century dated back to the 17th and 18th century when the housing construction was simple....

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71 Social Club

The 71 Club was formed in 1971 and held meeting each month at the Bell Inn club room....

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A Fearful Freedom

This book is about the amazing survival story which tells how Jim Wright, a Norfolk gamekeeper's son, aged 23, managed to evade capture by the Japanese in WW2....

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Tags: book, Fearful Freedom, Japanese, ww11, ww2

A Roman fort at Sygate?

A 1993 aerial photograph shows the outline of a building close to Malt House Farm which could be a Roman fort. A number of Roman artefacts have been found in the area close to the Roman road known to have passed through Cawston. Click on file to view…

Tags: aerial photograph, anglo Saxon, artefacts, Iron Age, pottery, ring brooch, Roman, roman road

A Stroll Through The Centuries

A GLIMPSE OF CAWSTON'S HISTORY:
In the not-too-distant past, when cars were few and television unthought of....

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A walk around Cawston by Karen Wells

Karen remembers the people and places she knew from her time in Cawston. Many of the shops and businesses are no longer here but still live in the memories of those who have lived or still live in Cawston. The photo is of Mr and Mrs Wilson taken in…

Tags: Barclays Bank, butchers, Chapel Street, Dents bakers, doctor's surgery, Judith Snowling, Karen Wells, Mr Dewing bakery, Mr Hutton butcher, Mr Keylar petrol pumps, Mr Lees funeral parlour, Mrs Soanes, Peter Carman, Stanley Oakes, Theresa Carman, Wilson

A Walk at Chris'mas

A Poem by John Kett....

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A.H. Harris

The Corner Shop Stores. High Street/Church Lane....

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Accumulator battery

The Accumulator Battery was taken to the locale garage or bicycle shop and was used for the wirelesses....

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Air Crash While Filming

During filming for "A Yank in the RAF"....

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More info can be found at the Heritage Centre.

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Air Pistol.

Air Pistol, damaged, parts missing and not working....

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Airfields in the Cawston Area

Haveringland/Swanington +: When the second World War broke out, Haveringland Hall and its surrounding parkland was taken over by the Air Ministry.... Oulton: RAF Museum can be found at Blickling Hall with stories of the people who served as part of…

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Alec Chapman - Postmaster Cawston Post Office

Alec and Beryl Chapman ran the Cawston Post Office from 1934. These photographs of Alec and Beryl Chapman together with staff were taken in the shop and garden. For more on the history of the post office click here. Click on the file to view in full…

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Alvington

Alvington: The Extinct Village near Cawston by Michael Yaxley.... Click on file to view full screen....

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Another Place - Another Christmas

Another Place & Christmas by D W Hamley.pdf

The night before Christmas Eve, dug in one side of a canal in Northern Italy,...

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Tags: Christmas, Hamley, second, war time memories, world war, ww11

Apple orchard on Oakes Field

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Armistie Day 1918

Church photo on 11th November 1918 with the flag on the tower...

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ARP Helmet

ARP Wardens: An organisation set up for WW11....

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Art Group

For many years Art classes were held at Cawston Village Hall ....

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Arthur T Dewing

Served with honour and was disabled in the Great War.

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At the Turn of the Century

There was an old lady who lived in or near to New Street....

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Auction Notice 1924

Auction at the Ratcatchers Inn for imported boards etc..

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Auction sale of Nettleship Farm and The Malthouse Farm in June 1917

The resource includes the poster for the auction sale and the brochure detailing the farms, their buildings and land. Click on the files to view in full screen.

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Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box....

AA Automobile Association Tel Box Cawston Cross Roads.pdf

Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box - at Cawston Cross Roads....

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Auxiliary Fire Service

The Cawston Auxiliary firemen with their Green Goddess appliance supported other services all over the Country which required water supplies, the service started during the 2nd World War in Reepham, moved to Haveringland and came to Cawston in…

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Avis Marsh

Scouting was her life....

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Axe head - "Bronze"

Bronze Axe Head. Found in field at Cawston.

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Axe head -"Flint"

Two Flint Axe Heads.

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Aylsham Road:

The Road from Cawston to Aylsham, the B1145: Leaving Cawston. The first right is Cooks Hill and was originally known as Stocks Hill, the stocks were in this area, probably on the site of the new houses built in 2001 opposite the Post Office, joining…

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