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Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation.
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…
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…
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…
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 - 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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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…
Memorials and Remembrance
Memorial & Remembrance project is on going and will be updated as time permit....
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Property Deeds and Documents
A collection of old deeds and documents are at the Heritage Centre which are often a neglected historical source....
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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....
Tour of Britain Cycle Race 2015
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,…
Woolen Industry
For centuries the woolen industry was important here. In the middle ages Flemish weavers came here, the gables ends on the houses in the High Street and the Rood Screen in the church remind us of this. This area was very prosperous until machines…
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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71 Social Club
The 71 Club was formed in 1971 and held meeting each month at the Bell Inn club room....
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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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A Roman fort at Sygate?
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…
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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In the not-too-distant past, when cars were few and television unthought of....
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A walk around Cawston by Karen Wells
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…
A Walk at Chris'mas
A Poem by John Kett....
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A. J. Russell
Photo of the Butcher Shop of A.J. Russell at Buxton and as shop sign of Cawston. the Russell family was known in Cawston for clock makers.
More info at the Cawston Heritage room.
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More info at the Cawston Heritage room.
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A.H. Harris
The Corner Shop Stores. High Street/Church Lane....
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Accumulator battery
The Accumulator Battery was taken to the locale garage or bicycle shop and was used for the wirelesses....
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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.
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More info can be found at the Heritage Centre.
Air Pistol.
Air Pistol, damaged, parts missing and not working....
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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…
Alec Chapman - Postmaster Cawston Post Office
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 here. Click on the file to view in full…
Alvington
Alvington: The Extinct Village near Cawston by Michael Yaxley....
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Another Place - Another Christmas
The night before Christmas Eve, dug in one side of a canal in Northern Italy,...
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Apprenticeship papers for William Edward Lycett Junior 1896
Apprenticeship papers for William Edward Lycett Junior.
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Armistie Day 1918
Church photo on 11th November 1918 with the flag on the tower...
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ARP Helmet
ARP Wardens: An organisation set up for WW11....
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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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At the Turn of the Century
There was an old lady who lived in or near to New Street....
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Auction Notice 1924
Auction at the Ratcatchers Inn for imported boards etc..
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Auction sale of Nettleship Farm and The Malthouse Farm in June 1917
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.
Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box....
Automobile Association (AA) Telephone Box - at Cawston Cross Roads....
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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…
Avis Marsh
Scouting was her life....
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Axe head - Bronze Age
Bronze Axe Head. Found in field at Cawston.
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Axe head -"Flint" - Stone Age
Two Flint Axe Heads.
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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…
Baby & Toddler Group
Cawston Baby & Toddler Group started 28th September 1983, no record when group closed.
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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…
Badge,
Brass Kings Crown Irish Regiment Badge.
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Badge.
S.S. - Sharp shooters badge.
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Badge.
Shoulder badge TRFA - Royal Field Artillery shoulder badge 1914-1918.
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Bakery Oven Fire scoop
Bakery Oven Fire scoop tool to control the flames/ashes in bakery a oven....
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Barclays Bank Ltd
Barclays Bank Ltd in the High Street - 1960's....
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Barwick & Son Gentlemen's Hairdressers
Image of an advertisement for A.F. Barwick & Son Gentlemen's Hairdressers.
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