A Working History
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]]>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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Martin Sercombe Media Projects East
Neil Storey
Cats Drama Group
Sarah Shippey
Pippa Beard
Beth Cook
Liz Beard
Rebecca Wade
Tony Hilton
Des Cook
David Nunn
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 their family history.
The inscription have been taken from the gravestones and from records held by the Cawston Historical Society which are in the Heritage room at the Village Hall.
Many of the stones are now getting very difficult to read and no records have been sort. Please feel free to contact us quoting the relevant reference grave number as used within the gravestone index if you think that any plan position, or inscriptions have been transcribed incorrectly as accuracy is not guaranteed, a photo of every stone will be included whether it is readable or not.
Please contact us for enquires regarding copy photos.
Cawston Cemetery, Aylsham Road, Cawston, Norfolk, NR10 4TB.
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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 their family history.
The inscription have been taken from the gravestones and from records held by the Cawston Historical Society which are in the Heritage room at the Village Hall.
Many of the stones are now getting very difficult to read and no records have been sort. Please feel free to contact us quoting the relevant reference grave number as used within the gravestone index if you think that any plan position, or inscriptions have been transcribed incorrectly as accuracy is not guaranteed, a photo of every stone will be included whether it is readable or not.
Please contact us for enquires regarding copy photos.
Cawston Cemetery, Aylsham Road, Cawston, Norfolk, NR10 4TB.
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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 their family history.
The inscription have been taken from the gravestones and from records held by the Cawston Historical Society which are in the Heritage Centre at the Village Hall.
Many of the stones are now getting very difficult to read and no records have been sort. Please feel free to contact us quoting the relevant reference grave number as used within the gravestone index if you think that any plan position, or inscriptions have been transcribed incorrectly as accuracy is not guaranteed, a photo of every stone will be included whether it is readable or not.
Please contact us for enquires regarding copy photos
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Church Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations
Church 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 their family history.
The inscription have been taken from the gravestones and from records held by the Cawston Historical Society which are in the Heritage Centre at the Village Hall.
Many of the stones are now getting very difficult to read and no records have been sort. Please feel free to contact us quoting the relevant reference grave number as used within the gravestone index if you think that any plan position, or inscriptions have been transcribed incorrectly as accuracy is not guaranteed, a photo of every stone will be included whether it is readable or not.
Please contact us for enquires regarding copy photos
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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 Rodwell lived here.
Easton Way: Alfred Easton ran Easton Coach Hire & was Landlord of the Ratcatchers public house.
Friendship Lane: Road to the Friendship Public House.
Crow Hall Lane leading to Crow Hall Farm.
Perrys Lane. Craft Lane. Back Lane. Buxton Road.
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]]>Old unused Telephone Box at Eastgate which is on the crossroads of Back Lane/Perry's Lane now used for a Defibrillator: (For location see file 3 rough guide map)
2017: Cleaned and painted.
2018: Defibrillator purchased and installed on the 26th January from monies donated by Eastgate parishioners in memory of David Kemp.
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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 Rodwell lived here.
Easton Way: Alfred Easton ran Easton Coach Hire & was Landlord of the Ratcatchers public house.
Friendship Lane: Road to the Friendship Public House.
Crow Hall Lane leading to Crow Hall Farm.
Perrys Lane. Craft Lane. Back Lane. Buxton Road.
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Eastgate Fruit Farm
Ratcatchers Row
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Oulton: RAF Museum can be found at Blickling Hall with stories of the people who served as part of Bomber Command squadrons who were billeted at the hall during WW11.
See files for some village history....
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Links to: Swannington Norfolk Airfields RAF Oulton Airfield RAF Coltishall
]]>Painting by John Kett.
Haveringland/Swanington +: When the second World War broke out, Haveringland Hall and its surrounding parkland was taken over by the Air Ministry....
Oulton: RAF Museum can be found at Blickling Hall with stories of the people who served as part of Bomber Command squadrons who were billeted at the hall during WW11.
See files for some village history....
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Links to: Swannington Norfolk Airfields RAF Oulton Airfield RAF Coltishall
Cawston Toc H made contributions and held social events for the community, in 1954 a very kind offer was made to the Cawston Parish Council to help to build a Bus Shelter in Chapel Street which the Council received with great enthusiasm and gratitude by all members, plans were got out and the bus shelter was built as a permanent Memorial in memory of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11, sadly in about the late 1970s or early 1980s, the shelter was removed due to changers in bus journeys and misuse. Toc H meeting were normally held at Cawston School or the Village Hall, The Cawston Toc H branch ceased with great sadness in 1959.
Members Roll as at January 1955
Joseph Riley - Harold Ogden - Lloyd White - William Wright - Peter Meaney - Stanley White.
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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, friendship and kindness house for first world war solders. The
Cawston Toc H made contributions and held social events for the community, in 1954 a very kind offer was made to the Cawston Parish Council to help to build a Bus Shelter in Chapel Street which the Council received with great enthusiasm and gratitude by all members, plans were got out and the bus shelter was built as a permanent Memorial in memory of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11, sadly in about the late 1970s or early 1980s, the shelter was removed due to changers in bus journeys and misuse. Toc H meeting were normally held at Cawston School or the Village Hall, The Cawston Toc H branch ceased with great sadness in 1959.
Members Roll as at January 1955
Joseph Riley - Harold Ogden - Lloyd White - William Wright - Peter Meaney - Stanley White.
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Location/Address: High Street. NR10 4BW
Emergency Heart Defibrillator installed outside the Village Hall.
Link To: Cawston Guide Map
The Cecil Cawston Memorial Institute: George Cawston of London in 1896 bought the manorial rights of our manor and he proceeded to build Cawston Manor....
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Mr Richard Madle: In 2013 organised the installation of the Emergency Heart Defibrillator at the Village Hall.
Mrs Peggy Payne about 1998 in recognition of donations made for her birthday party presented a wall clock for the main hall.
Mr Mike Gibbs presented 2 sketches by Cecil Falkner Cawston (1878 – 1901) to the Village Hall on behalf of the Jessal Group.