Cawston Parish “Where the Past is Always Present"
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Welcome to the Cawston Heritage website: The Heritage room in the Village Hall consists of memorabilia, photos, newspaper clippings, documents, family history, maps, books, CD's DVD's, video tapes and old property documents etc which can be viewed by arrangement - To contact us Please Click Here
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Cawston Primary School - John Kett remembers
John Kett was headteacher of Cawston Primary School from 1952 to 1978. In this article he remembers his time there recalling the less than ideal…
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Railway and Transport
The railway/station opened in 1880 and was on the Great Eastern Line, which in 1923 became part of the London...
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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…
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,…
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…