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Cawston Village Sign and Name
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…
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Lucky Strike Plane Crash.
Memorial at Booton Rd.
In 1944, Cawston was the scene of a plane crash involving an American bomber....
In 1996 a memorial to the crew of the "Lucky Strike" was unveiled by its Flight Engineer, Jack Sasson....
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Chapel: Methodists. Norwich Road.
Opened a place of worship at Norwich Road in 1861.
Cawston Methodist Chapel was built in 1861. The land was purchased from Mr W. Tuddenham for the princely sum of £10-00. the contract for the building was £99-00. It was built by a Mr R. Skipper. The…
Bowls Clubs
The White House Bowls Club: During 1965 the White House Bowls Club played friendly matches with various local clubs, about one match a week was played.
The club had two trophies:- Presidents Trophy (Pairs) won by Mr A. Cox and Mr C. Thompson, 1965…
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…
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…
Chapel Street/Prince of Wales Road
Chapel Street: History of Chapel St/Prince of Wales Rd from the Parish Magazine, January 1995 by Dennis W. Easton.
First of all there were the Mills at Sygate driven by the wind when my grandfather left school in the 1860's he went to work at the…
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Holt - Norwich Road
Old County directories refer to the Woodrow as being one of Cawston's three "scattered hamlets". along with Eastgate and Sygate. There is much to interest the local historian in the anecdotes concerning this area.
Many of us remember the impressive…
Eastgate
For more info see Files:
File 1/ Eastgate Photos....
File 2/ Life at the Ratcatchers Row. Eastgate by Michael Yaxley....
File 3/ Rough Guide Map....
Roads Info:
Rodwell Corner:Major Hubert Rodwelllived here.
Easton Way: Alfred Eastonran Easton…
Sygate/Southgate
Early last century some misguided surveyor working on the first 1-inch maps of this area decided to rename this hamlet "Southgate", and so it appears on Ordnance Survey maps to this day. However, the name by which we know it, and which is included in…
Reepham Road
Reepham Road: The Substation at Salle Beck was first installed around 1935 when electricity came to Cawston.
In 2009 work started on the new substation for the offshore wind farm off Weybourne on the Norfolk Coast which was completed in…
In 2009 work started on the new substation for the offshore wind farm off Weybourne on the Norfolk Coast which was completed in…
Norwich/Haveringland Road
Norwich Road Photos including Guide Map....
Access to:
William Bush Close.
Jubilee Close.
Bowls Club
and the Cemetery.
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Jimmy Payne - Church Farm
ROBERT JAMES PAYNE, the seventh in a family of nine children, was born at Wood Dalling 82 years ago, and has been known in Cawston and the surrounding area as a friendly, quick-witted and efficient farmer....
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Hutton, Gould inc Tuddenham Butchers
Mr Frederick George Hutton, father of Billy (Photo Left) had a Butcher Business at the Lamb Inn....
Also see: Company Sgt Major W.J. Hutton
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Cawston Weather 1987
Winter January 1987 Sygate Road.
and was also the year of the great storm of October 15th & 16th, a very violent storm with hurricane-force winds causing casualties, fallen trees and schools were closed....
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and was also the year of the great storm of October 15th & 16th, a very violent storm with hurricane-force winds causing casualties, fallen trees and schools were closed....
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