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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....
Duel Stone
The year 1698 saw an event which is featured in many guide books and directories, when on August 20th the last duel fought in Norfolk took place on Cawston Heath. on the Holt/Norwich road....
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Brownies and Guides
Brownies & Guides photos,
The Guides have been closed for some time and sadly the Brownies closed in 2021.
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The Guides have been closed for some time and sadly the Brownies closed in 2021.
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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....
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Radio Norfolk Broadcast
It was a great pleasure for me last week (11/05/1992) to listen to your Radio programme about the village of Cawston, I just happened to be here on holiday.
I have been living in Germany for the last 20 years but was born in Cawston in 1949 where…
I have been living in Germany for the last 20 years but was born in Cawston in 1949 where…
Public Houses
The 20th century has seen the disappearance of most of the public houses, apart from two notable exceptions. In the old days there were "beer houses" at which home-brewed beer was sold....
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Workhouse
A workhouse was built on the West side of Chapel Street, a convenient white brick building accommodating 70 paupers for Cawston and adjacent parishes, it was replaced before 1845 by tenements and let by the overseers to the poor parishioners.Early…
Ex Forces Personnel
Not forgetting The Home Front who served in addition to their daily work -
The Home Guard Local Defence Volunteers - LDV was original name of the Home Guard.
The Red Cross
Auxiliary Fire Service
Related Link - Roll of Honourinc War Memorials etc
Cawston Manor
This is a "Brief History" of the Royal Manor, Manor House and Cawston College to 2010....
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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…
Milestone Project 2002-2003
This was a project carried out by the Cawston Women’s Institute to record and to restore some of the local milestones.
Here is an archive of some of those currently being worked on.(2002-2003)....
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Mills at Cawston
It was quite unique for 2 windmills to be built on the same site as the twin mills at Sygate being only about 50 yards apart and linked by railway lines, built possibly at the same time as the 4 Mill Cottages by the road in front of the mills and…
Oakes Family Playing Field
The Oakes Family Playing Field is a community resource owned and managed by Cawston Parish Council for all the families living in the Cawston parish.
A joint Project Team was formed with the Oakes Memorial Trust and Cawston We Aim Higher Group to…
Parish Plan
After a public meeting attended by around twenty five people, it was agreed to proceed with a group that would assist with the organization of the work towards producing a village plan.
The first meeting was held on Tuesday 8th April 2007, attended…
Cawston Heath (See File 2 for Heath Guide and Map inc History)
This lovely area of heathland to the east of Cawston might be considered to have changed little over the centuries. This may be true in some respects, for the birch trees, gorse, and heather continue in their beauty, but our ancestors of the First…
Red Cross
Cawston Red Cross WW2 photos.
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Stockmen's Club
Click on file to see some history of the Stockmen's Club in Cawston, this is the only item we have on this club which include PC Herbert Golding our village policeman.
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Heydon Minstrels
Despite its name this village concert party had a strong contingent of Cawston members. Originally conceived as a minstrel show by an American airman based at Heydon in 1953 it evolved under the direction of Jim Howard into a variety show with Jim as…
Scouts
Miss Avis Marsh started a Scout group at Cawston in 1932.
Born in Southampton, Miss Marsh moved to Norfolk when her father became Rector at Cawston, her 55 years with the Scouts began in 1914 when she became Scoutmaster at Aylsham, running the troop…
Memorials and Remembrance
Memorial & Remembrance project is on going and will be updated as time permit....
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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…
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…
WW1 Photos and Memorabilia
Memorabilia and Photos WW1....
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WW2 photos and Memorabilia
Memorabilia & Photos WW2 including POWs return home and The Red Cross....
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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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Brandiston Road
Brandiston Road Photos
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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…
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…
New Street.
New street leading to Church Lane and Ames Court - Named after the Rev Ames and famiy and Back Lane.
New Street From Memory Lane Early 1900’s by Stanley Oakes.
New Street - early 1900's: On the right coming from the Aylsham Road was Marshall…
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…
Roll of Honour and War Memorials Lest We Forget
Roll of Honour for those who gave their lives for our country & War Memorials.
File 1/Roll of Honour WW1
File 2/Roll of Honour WW2
File 3/Lieutenant Cecil Faulkner Cawston - Boer War 1899-1902
File 4/ War Horses and Dogs
File 5/ War…
File 1/Roll of Honour WW1
File 2/Roll of Honour WW2
File 3/Lieutenant Cecil Faulkner Cawston - Boer War 1899-1902
File 4/ War Horses and Dogs
File 5/ War…
Schools/Education
According to Mr Sam Hall of Peacock Cottages who told Mr Dennis W. Easton he went to the first school in Cawston which was in the the first house in Church Lane....
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1/Education/Schools
2/Moving…
Memories of Cawston
Memories of Cawston: Click on Files to view full screen....
1/Life at Ratcatchers Row in the 1950s
by Michael Yaxley. Related Link: Michael Yaxley
2/Days Gone By by John Kett
3/Denny's Memories by Dennis W. Easton
4/Shopingin Cawston1950's by…
School Memories
Memories of School Life in Cawston:
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1/Old School Photo 1914
2/Cawston Primary School 1954-60 by Michael Yaxley
3/Fond memoeries of school in the 1940s by Peggy & Pam Spooner
4/School memories 1930 - 1937 by…
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....
Please remember that Haveringland hall was used by the Royal Engineers, (288th Field Company) at…
War Times WW1/11 Memories/Diaries inc VE Day
War Times Memories and Diaries By:
See Files on right and as following:-
1/Fifty Years On by John Kett
2/Thoughts of a Wartime childhood by Robert Sonny Dewing
3/School War Times Notes
4/Second World War by Bill Sampson
5/Another Place &…
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…
High Street/Market Hill
Photos and Memories:
The High Street: Firstly we had the main pub on the Market Place, a Mrs Gaskin kept this for years, she was May Purdy's grandmother....
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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…
Back Lane
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…
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…
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…
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…
Decimal Currency Conversion Table
Decimal Currency Conversion Table
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…
Reading and Billiard Rooms
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…
Home Guard
Home Guard:
Photo with Old Rectory in background.
Names reading from left:
Back Row: 4/ Don Radford. 5/ Jimmy Payne. 6/ Harrold Pratt. 7/ Tom Barker. 9/ Ernie Whall.
14/ Austin Clifford Roberts.
Second Row: 7/ John Long. 8/ Jack Delph.…
Photo with Old Rectory in background.
Names reading from left:
Back Row: 4/ Don Radford. 5/ Jimmy Payne. 6/ Harrold Pratt. 7/ Tom Barker. 9/ Ernie Whall.
14/ Austin Clifford Roberts.
Second Row: 7/ John Long. 8/ Jack Delph.…
Population
The population of Cawston as we are given to understand was as following:-
1086---------------about---685 1332---------------about---4501603---------------At least-5301801------------------------840…
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…
Chapel - Wesleyan Reform. Chapel Street.
The Wesleyan Reform Chapel: Opened for place of worship at Chapel Street in 1829 and closed 18th April 2006....
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Toc H
The wonderful movement of the Cawston branch "Toc H" was formed in 1953 Coronation year of Queen Elizabeth 11, this was a branch of the Toc H organization set up in the first world war in Belgian in a house called Talbot House and was a rest,…