Title
Travel
Description
Travel
Most people travelled very little from the village where they lived.
Roads were very bad, particularly in Winter, and the main road from Norwich to Holt was dangerous to travel . In 1786 Mr.Johnson of Heydon was held up by a Highwayman near the 11th.milestone, and robbed,
All country people knew their district very well although there were few maps . Every year there was a procession round the parish
boundary,"beating the, bounds" usually on Ascension Day In 1676 the Rector, John Hildeyard, was involved in a fight with Mr. Hirne of Haveringland in a dispute which arose during this "perambulation". It is recorded in the Church Register.
The first railway in Norfolk was opened in l844 and the line through Cawston was laid in 1880.
In 1886 the Revd. Marsh took the Sunday School children to Cromer by rail.
The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1952.
Most people travelled very little from the village where they lived.
Roads were very bad, particularly in Winter, and the main road from Norwich to Holt was dangerous to travel . In 1786 Mr.Johnson of Heydon was held up by a Highwayman near the 11th.milestone, and robbed,
All country people knew their district very well although there were few maps . Every year there was a procession round the parish
boundary,"beating the, bounds" usually on Ascension Day In 1676 the Rector, John Hildeyard, was involved in a fight with Mr. Hirne of Haveringland in a dispute which arose during this "perambulation". It is recorded in the Church Register.
The first railway in Norfolk was opened in l844 and the line through Cawston was laid in 1880.
In 1886 the Revd. Marsh took the Sunday School children to Cromer by rail.
The line was closed to passenger traffic in 1952.
Relation
Railway Trainsport Collection