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Thimble
Found at Home Field where markets were held by a metal detector team....
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Then and Now
Photo selection of Then and Now.
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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022
2nd June at 9.30pm lighting of the beacon to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
The church was decorated with flower arrangements,
A Royal Scarecrow Festival.
4th June at 1pm to 4 pm party in the park.
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The church was decorated with flower arrangements,
A Royal Scarecrow Festival.
4th June at 1pm to 4 pm party in the park.
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The font in St Agnes Church Cawston
The font at St Agnes Cawston described as a 'fantastic example of late mediaeval devotional art and liturgy' is octagonal with an elaborate font cover. Once painted in bright colours it is likely that the seven sacraments were depicted as well as…
The family history of Robert J Austin
The history comprises family trees and Census information. Robert's ancestors all lived in Norfolk and mainly in the Cawston area. They were butchers, labourers, laundresses, brickmakers, needlewomen and publicans. For more information on Robert's…
Telephone Lead
Lead as used at the Old Telephone Exchange at Back Lane....
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Sygate/Southgate Road Widening
Photo album of 38 photos which are in the Heritage Centre donated by Ivan Purdy which include Shuck & details of as it was etc....
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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…
Sygate or Southgate?
It is sometimes argued that the name Sygate is a corruption of the name Southgate but as the people of Cawston and Sygate know this cannot be the case since Sygate is actually north of Cawston. The name Sygate is thought to be taken from the Old…
Sunday school Outings
The Sunday School Outings of the three Sunday schools in the village were real red letter days....
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Sunday School Anniversary and Memories
Eileen Oakes Memories from 1929:
One of the highlights of the year, the great day was always the first Sunday in June, when June days were warm and sunny....
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One of the highlights of the year, the great day was always the first Sunday in June, when June days were warm and sunny....
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Sunday School 1950s and 1960s
Wesleyan Reform Sunday School in Cawston in the 1950s and 1960s. What was it that made the Wesleyan Reform Sunday School in Cawston so appealing in the 1950s and 1960s....
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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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Star of David.
Star of David.
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Stackwood
Business in the High Street: Café, Fish & Chip Plus see Specimen Menus....
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St. Johns Ambulance Brigade
Formed in 1954, meetings were held at the old school.
Classes in First Aid and Home Nursing were taken regularly and members also attended....
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Classes in First Aid and Home Nursing were taken regularly and members also attended....
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Spectacles for Aircrew WW11
Anti-Glare Spectacles for RAF Aircrew....
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Social Club
The Social Club stated in about 1990 and sadly closed in 2021....
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Smugglers
Smuggling was very common in around the 1800's.
see file 1: Smugglers: An Affray at Cawston & Smugglers and file 2: An Unhappy Christmas and relation links below....
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see file 1: Smugglers: An Affray at Cawston & Smugglers and file 2: An Unhappy Christmas and relation links below....
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Slate Board and Pencil
In the nineteenth century nearly every school were writing on slate ....
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Silver Jubilee 1977
1977 saw the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Villages, towns and cities all over the country....
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Silver Jubilee 1935
Silver Jubilee 1935 Cawston Celebrations:
In 1935, King George V celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years of his reign....
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In 1935, King George V celebrated his Silver Jubilee, marking 25 years of his reign....
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Shopping in Cawston 1950s
In the 1950’s Cawston was quite a lively place. The soldiers who had fought in the Second World War had long returned home and many....
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Sheep Bell.
Sheep Bell
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Sculpture.
Part of a sculpture? found in cottage garden by Village Hall.
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Scrapbooks
General Scrapbooks in the Heritage Centre containing many items about Cawston....
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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…
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....
1/Education/Schools
2/Moving to new School & Photos 1953
3/Old School…
School Wartimes Notes
1899: December 18th:- Children collected 30/- for the Boer War Fund....
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School Trip House to Commons 1954
House of Commons visit 1954....
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School PTA Summer Fair 1989
Were you in Cawston School on June 18th? If so, the chances are you were either manning a stall or, more likely amongst the huge crowd that attended the fair....
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School Memories
Netball on the Homestead on Friday afternoons. Drill (P.E.) at the back of Dent's....
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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…
School Magazines file
School Magazines from 1952 to 1957 complete set of 16.
The Foreword in No 1 magazine dated July 1952 read.....
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The Foreword in No 1 magazine dated July 1952 read.....
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School History Project 1971.
Notes and Illustrations - Part of a Junior C.P.R.E project....
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School Group Photos
School Group Photo Collection....
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School from above
Photo....
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School Centenary 1971
1st March 1971 Cawston School celebrated the one hundredth birthday of our School. It was fitting to take this opportunity to look back into the past and this booklet is the result....
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School 1961
Group Photo - Cawston School...
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Saxon Ring Brooch
A ring 6cm in diameter and 5mm thick was found....
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Sam Pye: Farmer - Slaughter House & Butcher.
Early 1900's Mr Sam Pye was a Cawston Farmer who also had the slaughter house & butcher shop....
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Sale of land and property in Cawston by the Heydon Estate in 1910
The resource includes the brochure printed for the auction together with a map showing all the premises and land offered for sale. Click on the files to view in full screen.
S.J. Tooke - Garage
Received by e-mail September 2011 - After looking at the interesting history of Cawston and reading ....
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S.G.C. Lee - Builder and Undertaker.
The business was owned by Mr S.G.C. Lee, known as Seppe....
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S.G. Oakes. Corner Shop
General Store and much more in the Corner Shop - High Street....
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S. A. Wilson - Slaughter House, Farmer and Butcher.
Mr Wilson had the slaughter house, Farmer and butcher shop in Chapel Street/Prince of Wales Road
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