<p>Cemetery Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations.</p>
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File 1: Cemetery Map
File 2: Plan: Location Plan of Gravestones at Cemetery
File 3: Index letter A
File 4: Index letter B
File 5: Index letter C
File 6: Index letter D
File 7: Index letter E
File 8: Index letter F
File 9: Index letter G
File 10: Index letter H
File 11: Index letter J
File 12: Index letter K
File 13: Index letter L
File 14: Index letter M
File 15: Index letter N
File 16: Index letter O
File 17: Index letter P
File 18: Index letter R
File 19: Index letter S
File 20: Index letter T
File 21: Index letter V
File 22 : Index letter W
<p>Cemetery Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations.</p>
<p><span class="C-6">The Gravestone project for </span><span class="C-6">St. Agnes' Church<span class="C-6">, the Cemetery and </span></span><span class="C-6">Memorial/Remembrance<span class="C-6"> is ongoing and will be updated as time permit which is being listed to help those people who wish to trace some of their family history.<br /><br />The inscription have been taken from the gravestones and from records held by the Cawston Historical Society<span class="C-6"> which are in the </span>Heritage room<span class="C-6"> at the </span>Village Hall<span class="C-6">.<br /><br />Many of the stones are now getting very difficult to read and no records have been sort. Please feel free to contact us quoting the relevant reference grave number as used within the gravestone index if you think that any plan position, or inscriptions have been transcribed incorrectly as accuracy is not guaranteed, a photo of every stone will be included whether it is readable or not.<br /><br />Please <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact us</a></span> for enquires regarding copy photos.</span><br /></span></span></p>
<p>Cawston Cemetery, Aylsham Road, Cawston, Norfolk, NR10 4TB.</p>
<p><span class="C-6"><span class="C-6"><span class="C-6">Click on file to view full screen....</span></span></span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/417" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cemetery Regulation 1905"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cemetery Regulation 1905</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Church Gravestone inscriptions & location" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/73" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cawston Church gravestones, inscriptions and locations</a></span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Rough Guide Map of Cawston and Location"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Rough Guide Map of Cawston and Location</span></span></a></p>
Reading and Billiard Rooms
Photo: When looking at the people gathered in the room you will see a gentleman standing at the left and marked with a cross; sitting down facing him and with her head turned away from the camera is a lady, marked with a circle. These are the only two people named on the back and they are Mrs Chaffey and Mr Chaffey who was head master of Cawston School.
Reading through the memory lane pieces Cawston enjoyed reading rooms at various locations through the years, the photos are at the meeting room at the old Prince of Wales Public House in the Prince of Wales Road joining Chapel Street, the public house closed about 1904. Other locations of reading rooms were Oak House in the High Street and the Village Hall. The date of the above photo is about 1912, the picture in the above photo at ceiling level and the right hand side of the light is of Lieutenant Cecil Cawston, son of George Cawston.
The Reading Rooms were made possible by the Education Acts which made literacy almost universal. They were killed off by the growth of radio and television which make entertainment a solitary occupation. A few favoured spots still have a Reading Room, at Southwold where the Sailors’ Reading Room continues in use. Reading was not the only occupation which happened there; games such as billiards were popular, In Cawston this was played in the cellar under the reading room and as in the above photo - piano playing. The Reading Room was an excellent institution that brought the community together in a way nothing has done since. Nothing did before either, this side of the Reformation; then the Parish Church fulfilled the same sort of function.
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<p>Helen Kennett.</p>
<p>Joseph Mason:</p>
<p>Many thanks for permission to reproduce material from the Joe Mason website blog <a title="Joe Manson" href="https://joemasonspage.wordpress.com/">Click Here</a> to visit blog and more information.</p>
<p>Helen Kennett:</p>
<p>Many thanks for permission to reproduce this email received by e-mail 28th January 2012:</p>
<p>Hi , I have just been looking at the website, and the latest additions on the Cawston Historical Society pages - brilliant as usual and very interesting. I think that I can help with more information on the Reading Room and its owner though as it has a strong family connection.</p>
<p>The old Prince of Wales public house and premises became Prince of Wales Works around 1907 when they were bought by William A Bush, who established an Agricultural Engineering business there. The business included associated trades such as blacksmithing, building, carpentry and timber trading etc, and he became a major employer in the village employing 20 -30 men.</p>
<p>The Reading Room, in the picture, which was supplied by Jo Mason was set up by William Bush in the early 1900's in part of his premises, he was a keen believer in education and helping his fellow men and was an established Methodist lay preacher and later both a long serving member of and Chairman of the Parish Council and The Heath Trust as well as serving as a District Councillor on the St. Faiths and Aylsham District Council.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="A.W. Bush" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/129" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">A.W. Bush</a></span></p>
<p><a title="Prince of Wales/Forge House" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/201" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Prince of Wales/Forge House</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/90" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Public Houses">Public Houses</a></span></p>