One parish in Norfolk was home to two very different lines of my family. These lines didn’t connect – at least to my knowledge to date – for nearly 200 years and finally converged when my paternal grandparents married (via Bermuda, Shropshire and Rutland!). The parish in question was Kirby Bedon. The village is knownContinueContinue reading “The Walnes and Warnes of Kirby Bedon”
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The rise of the ‘monthly nurse’
Every time I come to write a blog I try and think of something that has interested me, and might interest others. Last weekend I was doing some research looking into a lady in Chatteris. In 1861, she was listed as a pauper, head of the household and sharing with her grown up son andContinueContinue reading “The rise of the ‘monthly nurse’”
Lest We Forget – Norfolk Teachers who died in the Great War
“Lest we Forget”
Norfolk Teachers
who died for
King and Country
1914-1919
Through death to life everlasting
Ager B.W.
Bindley R.H.
Catchpole E.J.
Carless F.H.
Crawford L.O.
Hadingham B.G.
Holman W.J.
Johnson L
Loades G
Markwick W.P
Overment F
Payne A.C
Wade H.J.C.
Warby A.S
Withers E
Familiar place, unfamiliar past
Having spent many an enjoyable evening with friends at Charles Wesley Court on Belvoir Street in Heigham, it is perhaps surprising that it has taken me a couple of years to research the origins of the Court. In our part of the world, Belvoir is usually pronounced “Bell-voir” – not “Beaver” as an Belvoir Castle,ContinueContinue reading “Familiar place, unfamiliar past”
“Historic Market Town? Not us, we’re a Hanseatic Town!”
Many, many times on entering King’s Lynn I have pondered just how many people, local or otherwise, know why King’s Lynn’s urban gateways are proudly branded “King’s Lynn – A Hanseatic Town”. Recently, King’s Lynn has had a somewhat unfair reputation in my own humble opinion. As a ‘west area officer’ for several years IContinueContinue reading ““Historic Market Town? Not us, we’re a Hanseatic Town!””
The lives and loves of occupants of Rattle Row, Wymondham
A row of weavers’ cottages in Wymondham was demolished in the late 1970s following a public enquiry in 1977. The cottages were replaced by retirement bungalows which remain to this day. While the street name has lingered, the houses are certainly very different to those they replaced. The cottages made up ‘Rattle Row’ named afterContinueContinue reading “The lives and loves of occupants of Rattle Row, Wymondham”
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