<p>Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/c41287f1c159652092d7262aeaa8bdc2.png" /></p>
<p>The crash is remembered (2018) by some Cawston parishioners:</p>
<p>See film below for: As remembered by Brian Turner....</p>
<p>Information about the crash was also sent to the Historical Society by Bill Sampson Son of the Cawston Policeman at that time which read....<br /><br />Click on files to view full screen....</p>
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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 Sergeant Robert Gapp, and Sergeant Robert Chanin, it was his 21st birthday.
At a ceremony in Cawston on Sunday 2 September, a plaque was unveiled in memory of the four young airmen in their early twenties of 61 Squadron, set off from RAF Hemswell on a bombing mission to Wilhelmshaven in Germany. On their return, they crashed near Cawston while attempting an emergency landing.
The very moving unveiling of the memorial and laying of wreaths followed a service in St Agnes’ Church, Cawston. The service and ceremony were attended by a large contingent of Cawston residents, along with representatives of the Royal British Legion and relatives of the airmen. A bugler played the Last Post and there was a fly-past of 2 aircrafts one of which was a Tiger Moth.
The Historical Society were particularly delighted to welcome several of the airmen’s family members, from Norfolk, Devon, Hertfordshire and Humberside.”
Refreshment were provided after at the Village Hall.
The decision to honour the airman with a plaque originated when Bill Sampson who was about 10/11 years of age and son of the policeman in the village at that time told us about this in a history piece of Cawston and when they were putting together a DVD of the history of Cawston, Mr Brain Turner recalled this incident (See film above) and seemed appropriate time to do something.
The memorial already has a plaque on it in memory of the crew of the Lucky Strike , which was flying back from a raid on submarine pens at Kiel in January 1944 when it crashed at Church Farm, Cawston with the loss of two lives.
Handley Page Hampden was a twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and was used in the early stages of the war.
10th February 1941
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/301" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bill Sampson"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bill Sampson.</span></a> Brian Turner.</p>
<p>Martin Sercombe <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.mediaprojectseast.co.uk/cawston/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Media Projects East">Media Projects East</a></span></p>
<p>Charlie Webster. David Steward.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Catherine Sampson. Pat Taylor.</p>
<p>Vic & Sally Purdy. Kathleen Schuil.</p>
<p>Mike Hillier & Des Cook.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lucky Strike"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lucky Strike</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/231" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Crash While Filming">Air Crash While Filming</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/59" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Fields in Cawston Area">Air Fields in Cawston Area</a></span></p>
<p><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/5" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Collection">Collection</a></span>: War Times/ Forces including Roll of Honour. Memorials. Home Guard. Memories and Photos etc.</span></p>
<p>Booton Road/Goose Pie Lane</p>
<p><img src="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/30a74d655fdf340ae2d5f95cbac90fc5.jpg" width="376" height="249" /></p>
<p>Church Farm</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>At that time you could see the "new school" being built across the fields; today its low roof is hidden by the buildings since erected along the Norwich Road. I went down the lane during the first week in March - the month came in like a rather gentle lion, by the way! It was early for wild flowers, but there was a great display of "ladder ferns" and the shiny dark leaves of cuckoo pint - "lords and ladies".</p>
<p>We would sometimes take a nature walk from the school through Goose pie and down the lane to Thirtle's Moat, an attractive long pond where we dipped our nets for sticklebacks, beetles and other water creatures. Sadly the dear old moat proved too useful as a dumping place when mains drainage came to Cawston, and artists are denied that striking view of the Church with water in the foreground. I was interested to find "Thirkell's Greene" on a map made about AD 1600; we do strange things with surnames in Norfolk!</p>
<p>I once spent a fascinating hour at the Castle Museum with the late Mr. R. Rainbird Clarke, curator and leading archeologist, who interpreted for me a set of aerial photos of Cawston. He quickly identified a number of bomb craters between the Booton road and Jerry's Lake to the west, where Roman pottery had been found. The late Mr.Tom Sayer believed there was a Roman settlement in that area, having seen interesting "crop marks" in one of his fields. Mr. Clarke also pointed out other circular marks in the field near the copse, where the power cables cross the road. These, he said, were probably Bronze Age barrows or burial mounds, levelled and ploughed up over centuries. The soil in that field is noticeable on account of its variations in colour. Another link with the Bronze Age was the finding of a burial urn containing human remains not far from the school entrance in 1960.</p>
<p>Just beyond the copse it is encouraging to see that the unsightly rubbish dump has been tidied and fenced off. Let us hope that this will put an end to the desecration of one of the more attractive and interesting parts of our village.</p>
<p>From the Parish Magazine around the 1980's by John Kett,</p>
<p>Note: Booton Road lead to Green Lane and Jerrys Loke named due the number of bombs dropped during WW11. (see map)</p>
<p>The Memorial for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Lucky Strike Memorial" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lucky Strike</a></span> plane crash and the <span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bomber Plane Crasah">Bomber Plane Crash</a></span> at Bluestone Plantation is by the Church Wall.</span><br /><br />Click on file to view....<br /><br /></p>
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<a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/133" title="John Rogers - Goose Pie Farm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">John Rogers - Goose Pie Farm</span></a>
<p>Cemetery Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/dcf12e248baceba7aa694f27f48540a2.jpg" width="317" height="237" /></p>
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>
<p><span class="C-6"><span class="C-6"> </span></span></p>
<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>
<p>Church - St Agnes.</p>
<img src="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/c0f44f1c37d0bf44f0052384a6e36318.jpg" width="319" height="203" />
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....
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<p>Index of Files:</p>
<p>1/ Cawston Parish Church</p>
<p>2/ Rectors of Cawston</p>
<p>3/ Church Record and Choirs </p>
<p> For the record "Noel Noel" please <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a title="Church Record & Choirs" href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/227" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Click Here</a></strong></span></p>
<p>4/ Church Bells</p>
<p>5/ Church Organ & Organists</p>
<p>6/ Church Clock</p>
<p>7/ Rood Screen</p>
<p>8/ Chalice Case - Eagle Lectern & Poor Box</p>
<p>9/ Church Roof</p>
<p>10/ Church Photos & History</p>
<p>11/ Role of the Church</p>
<p>12/ Guilds</p>
<p>13/ Woolen Industry</p>
<p>14/ Church windows & Stained Glass</p>
<p>15/ Restoration at St. Agnes Church 1988</p>
<p>16/ A Wet Visit to Cawston 1889</p>
<p>17/ Portraits in Wood and Stone</p>
<p><span>Click on files to view full screen....</span></p>
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<p>Mr & Mrs Rodney Franklin - 1818 engraving.</p>
<p>Mrs Gwen Riley - Drawing of Church by Anthony B Butler.</p>
<p>Mr John Kett.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/115" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Richard Howard">Richard Howard</a></span> - Photos</p>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/408" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Paintings and Drawings">Paintings and Drawings</a></span>
<p>Church Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations</p>
<p><img src="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/3ddd3d1b3a86dc995bbf1c452635385b.jpg" width="324" height="242" /></p>
Location Plan of Gravestones at Church.
File 1: Gravestones Plan Location
File 2: Index letter A
File 3: Index letter B
File 4: Index letter C
File 5: Index letter D
File 6: Index letter E
File 7: Index letter F
File 8: Index letter G
File 9: Index letter H
File 10: Index letter J
File 11: Index letter K
File 12: Index letter L
File 13: Index letter M
File 14: Index letter N
File 15: Index letter O
File 16: Index letter P
File 17: Index letter R
File 18: Index letter S
File 19: Index letter T
File 20: Index letter U
File 21: Index letter W
<p>Church Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations.</p>
<p>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 their family history.</p>
<p>The inscription have been taken from the gravestones and from records held by the Cawston Historical Society which are in the Heritage Centre at the Village Hall.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Please <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Contact Us" href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">contact us</a></span> for enquires regarding copy photos<br /><br />Click on file to view full screen....</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Cemetery gravestones, inscriptions & locations" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/74" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cemetery gravestones, inscriptions & locations</a><br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></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>
<p><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/15" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Gravestones - Memorial and Remembrance Project"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Gravestones - Memorial and Remembrance Project</span></span></a></p>
<p>Memorials and Remembrance</p>
<p><img src="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/63c38bdaf9e636ac89546e50ecbca707.jpg" width="335" height="251" /></p>
Photos and details required for:-
1976 - Gift of wooden seat to the school by Cawston Brownies.
1976 - Special efforts and donation for a wooden seat at school in memory of Mrs Rose Douglas who died 1975 after serving on the school canteen staff for more then 25 years.
Memorial & Remembrance project is on going and will be updated as time permit....
Please click on file to view full screen.....
Richard Howard
Cawston Parish Council
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/63" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Roll of Honour and War Memorials">Roll of Honour and War Memorials</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/15" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="GGravestones - Memorial and Remembrance Project">Gravestones - Memorial and Remembrance Project</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bluestone Plantation Bomber Plane Crash"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bluestone Plantation Bomber Plane Crash Memorial</span></a></p>
<p>and:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lucky Strike"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lucky Strik Plane Crash Memorial</span></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></p>
<p>Property Deeds and Documents</p>
<p>If you are selling a property in the parish of Cawston could you please ask for the old deeds as they are not now required and could be destroyed.</p>
<p>The Historical Society would very much like to store them in the Heritage Centre or to copy for our records with any photos or information for the benefit of present and future generations. Thank you.</p>
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<p>A collection of old deeds and documents are at the Heritage Centre which are often a neglected historical source....</p>
<p>Click on file to view full screen....</p>
Diana Johnson
Christine Jackson
Roger Saunders
<p>Railways and Transport</p>
<p>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>
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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.... <br /><br />Click on file to view full screen....
<p>Dennis W Easton: In The Days of Steam.</p>
<p>Ivan Purdy: Looking Back into the past 1920s.</p>
<p>Tim Briggs: Photos & Information.</p>
<p>Peggy Payne: Photos & Information.</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">Media Projects East</a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span>Neil Storey.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></p>
<p>Ivan & Sally Purdy: Cawston Railway Sign photo.<br /><br />Richard Howard.</p>
<p>David Pearson: photos.</p>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Marriott's Way" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/111" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marriott's Way</a></span>
<p>Tour of Britain Cycle Race 2015</p>
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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, passing through Reepham , Cawston, past the Village Hall (see File for community event) and on to Aylsham. Norwich. Wymondham. Attleborough,Thetford and into Suffolk and finishing in London....
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12th September 2015
Andrew & Susie Timms
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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19th Century
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Michael Yaxley" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/121" target="_blank">Michael Yaxley</a></span>
71 Social Club
<p>Charity Ladies Fooyball Match !!</p>
<p>Movie belived to be taken with a wind-up 8mm video camera.</p>
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The 71 Club was formed in 1971 and held meeting each month at the Bell Inn club room....
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1971-75
Des Cook
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Football Team/Clubs" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/105" target="_blank">Football Teams/Clubs</a></span>
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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WW2
Vic Purdy
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/booksreftocawston" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Books Ref to Cawston">Books Ref to Cawston</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/349" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="James Ernest Wright"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>James Ernest Wright</span></span></a></p>
H/ R Library
A Roman fort at Sygate?
Evidence of Roman occupation in Cawston including artefacts and possible buildings.
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 this item.
Naomi Horrocks
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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John Kett
A walk around Cawston by Karen Wells
Karen had a nostalgic walk around her home village of Cawston in August 2023.
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 the 1920s at their home in Chapel Street. Click on files to view the document and photo.
Naomi Horrocks
Karen Wells entry on the CHS Facebook page
Karen Wells
A Walk at Chris'mas
<p><img src="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/769d0867c65b51399621734e411ae719.jpg" width="364" height="272" /></p>
A Poem by John Kett....
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John Kett
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/378" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Walks in Cawston">Walks in Cawston</a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/410" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Poems">Poems</a></span></p>
A.H. Harris
The Corner Shop Stores. High Street/Church Lane....
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Early 1950's
Mr John Knight
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Corner Shop" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Corner Shop</a></span>
Accumulator battery
The Accumulator Battery was taken to the locale garage or bicycle shop and was used for the wirelesses....
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1960's
H/C
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.
1941
David Wade
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lucky Strike Plane Crash">Lucky Strike Plane Crash</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Plane Crash at Bluestone Plantation"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plane Crash at Bluestone Plantation</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/59" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Fields in Cawston Area">Air Fields in Cawston Area</a></span></p>
Air Pistol.
Air Pistol, damaged, parts missing and not working....
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Found in Cawston
Des Cook
S/Heritage Centre
Airfields in the Cawston Area
<p><img src="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/files/original/7837934155703ff0c8273438b8cc487e.jpg" width="383" height="286" /></p>
<p>Painting by John Kett.</p>
<p>Haveringland/Swanington +: When the second World War broke out, Haveringland Hall and its surrounding parkland was taken over by the Air Ministry....</p>
<p>Oulton: RAF Museum can be found at Blickling Hall with stories of the people who served as part of Bomber Command squadrons who were billeted at the hall during WW11.</p>
<p>See files for some village history....</p>
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<p>Links to: <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Swannington" href="http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/swannington/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Swanningt</a></span><a title="Swannington" href="http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/swannington/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">on</span></a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Norfolk Airfields" href="http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/regional/Norfolk.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Norfolk Airfields</a></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Raf Oulton Airfield" href="http://www.controltowers.co.uk/O/Oulton.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RAF Oulton Airfield</a></span> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/raf-coltishall" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Coltishall">RAF Coltishall</a></span> </p>
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Harry Rudd
Richard Howard
John Kett
Mike Hillier
Des Cook
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/32" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lucky Strike"><span>Lucky Strike</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/314" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Bomber Plane Crash">Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation</a></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/231" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Air Crash While Filming"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Air Crash While Filming</span></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/347" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Haveringland">Haveringland</a></span></p>
Alec Chapman - Postmaster Cawston Post Office
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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 <a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/112">here</a>. Click on the file to view in full screen.
Naomi Horrocks & Jean Thompson
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/112" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Old Post Office Business History">Old Post Office Business History</a></span>
Alvington
<p>Alvington: The Extinct Village near Cawston by Michael Yaxley....</p>
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late Middle Ages
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Michael Yaxley</span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Memories of Cawston" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/61" target="_blank">Memories of Cawston</a></span>
Another Place - Another Christmas
The night before Christmas Eve, dug in one side of a canal in Northern Italy,...
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WW2
Douglas Hamley
Apple orchard on Oakes Field
In 2022 a small orchard of apple trees was planted on Oakes Field. Ten trees have been planted including russets, eating and cooking apples. All are English varieties, some have been grown for over 300 years. Click on files to view full screen.
Naomi Horrocks
Cawston Parish Council
Armistie Day 1918
Church photo on 11th November 1918 with the flag on the tower...
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Vicki Herbert - New Zealand.
ARP Helmet
ARP Wardens: An organisation set up for WW11....
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WW11
Vic & Sally Purdy
Bev Easton
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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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/collections/show/5" title="War Times Collection" target="_blank">War Times Collection</a></span>
At the Turn of the Century
There was an old lady who lived in or near to New Street....
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Douglas Hamley
Auction Notice 1924
Auction at the Ratcatchers Inn for imported boards etc..
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1924
Darren Black
Auction sale of Nettleship Farm and The Malthouse Farm in June 1917
In June 1917 Nettleship Farm and Malthouse Farm were offered for sale as a result of the death of Thomas Williams. The auctioneers drew attention to the fact that they are both conveniently situated one mile from the railway station and would suit dealers, poultry farmers and market gardeners.
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.
Naomi Horrocks
Resources for this item were kindly lent to the Cawston Historical Society by Mr and Mrs Michael Black.
Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box....
Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box - at Cawston Cross Roads....
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Peggy Payne
Des Cook
H/C
Auxiliary Fire Service
<p>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 1953....</p>
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WW11 to 1968
Mr & Mrs David Oakes
Thelma Durrant
Kevin Douglas
Leslie Marsham
Avis Marsh
<p>Scouting</p>
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Scouting was her life....
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May Purdy
Dick Spencer
<p><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/76" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Scouts"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scouts</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/92" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Cawston Church"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cawston Church</span></a></p>
Axe head - "Bronze"
Bronze Axe Head. Found in field at Cawston.
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Mr & Mrs L.A Lorimer
S/Heritage Centre
Axe head -"Flint"
Two Flint Axe Heads.
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Found in Cawston.
Mr & Mrs L.A Lorimer
S/Heritage Centre
Aylsham Road:
<p>The Road from Cawston to Aylsham, the B1145:</p>
<p><span class="C-9">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 this road is the old </span>school<span class="C-9"> and then Marshall </span>Howard<span class="C-9"> Close, the </span>Cemetery<span class="C-9"> and Howard Way, the Howard family carried out a family business in Cawston for many years, just before Howards Way, </span>S.J. Tooke<span class="C-9"> had a garage in the 1940's, <br />then to the </span>School<span class="C-9"> which came into use in 1953, further along we have as at 2012 the building used by the </span>Auxiliary firemen<span class="C-9"> used for their Green Goddess appliance, joining this was Marshall Howard's brick kiln, each brick was moulded in a wooden mould and moulded in each brick was Marshall Howard's initials M.D.H. Then to the Friendship lane being named for the Friendship </span>Public House<span class="C-9"> on this road the last turn right is Perrys lane leading to Eastgate.</span></p>
<p><span class="C-9">Leaving Cawston.The first turn left from Cawston is to Fairfields, Fairs where held here and was formerly the Fairstead, off Fairfields the first road on the left lead to Stocks Loke, this was farm land of the White House Farm on Market Hill, probably named to remind us of the stocks being in this area. Clifford Pye Close is the other road leading from Fairfields, Clifford Pye being a Parish Councillor and local farmer in Cawston for many years. The next left is Gayford Road, this was a area used as an artillery training ground during the second world war, the houses being built in 1947, the Gayford's where farmers at the White House Farm at Market Hill.</span></p>
<p><span class="C-9"><span class="C-9">Received by e-mail September 2011 - After looking at the interesting history of Cawston and reading my uncle </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/61" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Denny's memories">Denny's memories</a></span><span class="C-9">. The photo of </span>Tooke's<span class="C-9"> garage took my attention it was taken 1931 the lad in the photo was Philip Easton ages 16 years. My father Philip left </span>school<span class="C-9"> at 14 years of age and started work at the garage which was built approx 1929. Petrol was a shilling a gallon. Philip left in 1932/33 at the age of 17/18. His cousin Alfred took over his job as he was almost 3 years younger than him. On his first day in the garage, stood a brand new Grindly peerless motorbike Billy Woods owned it. He taught my father a great deal while he was there. Later he was thrilled to be taken for a spin on it and also allowed to ride it.<br /><br />Very kind regards, <br />Janice Whittred.<br /><br />Many thanks to Janice & her father for the above and permission to use on this website.<br /><br />Click on file to view....<br /></span></span></p>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/137" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="S. J.Tooke">S.J. Tooke</a></span>
Baby & Toddler Group
Cawston Baby & Toddler Group started 28th September 1983, no record when group closed.
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1983
Gaynor Knowles
Rita Mead
Back Lane
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Photo: Back Lane, Norwich & Brandiston Road Early 1960’s
Photo taken from Church Tower.
Snippets from Cawston’s Past:
Back Lane, Cawston - There is an interesting theory concerning this stout name. It is that the back lane was the division between the village dwelling and built-up area and the manor field strips. In medieval days the divide was formed by a ditch and an embankment.
In the case of Cawston, the ditch has long since gone, but the embankment is still in existance on the South side of the lane.
A nice theory, but we shall never know for certain ?
From the Parish Magazine February 1995 by Charles Savage Clements.
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Ivan Purdy
Charles Savage Clements.
Leslie Marsham
Badge,
Brass Kings Crown Irish Regiment Badge.
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Found in field rear of Village Hall.
Mr David Oakes.
C/Heritage Centre
Badge.
S.S. - Sharp shooters badge.
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Found around the 1980's on field at rear of Village Hall.
Mr David Oakes.
C/Heritage Centre
Badge.
Shoulder badge TRFA - Royal Field Artillery shoulder badge 1914-1918.
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Found in field in Cawston.
1914 - 1918
Mr David Kett.
C/Heritage Centre
Bakery Oven Fire scoop
Bakery Oven Fire scoop tool to control the flames/ashes in bakery a oven....
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1940s
Bev Easton
H?C
Barclays Bank Ltd
Barclays Bank Ltd in the High Street - 1960's....
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1960's
Darren Black
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="High Street/Market Hill" href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/55" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">High Street/Market Hill</a></span>
Beatrice Ellen Etherington
Beatrice Ellen Etherington, born in Cawston as Beatrice Ellen Dunn on 11 October 1889, was one of the older sisters of Cecil Dunn who many senior citizens in the parish may still remember.
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Beerhouse Farm
In the old days there were "beer houses" at which home-brewed beer was sold, being advertised by a bush hanging at the entrance, the name "Beerhouse" at sygate is misleading, for in tudor times it was "Beerhouse", ....
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<a href="http://www.cawstonheritage.co.uk/items/show/117" title="Farming"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Farming</span></a>
Bell Ringers
Bell Ringer photos...
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1952 & 1960's
Mary Gurteen
Bellboddy
History/Photo Collection
Mr & Mrs Brain Brownsel
Belt Buckle
General service belt buckle....
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Victorian
Beryl Rounce
CCH