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Yesteryears in Local Area
Photos of Yesteryears in Local Area....
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Yesterday's Children: Book by John Kett,
Yesterday’s Children: A somewhat unusual local history book written by John Kett in 1980 has been reprinted by the Historical Society by kind permission of the Kett Family.
The price of the book is £4.50 or £6.50 including post & package.
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The price of the book is £4.50 or £6.50 including post & package.
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Workhouse
A workhouse was built on the West side of Chapel Street, a convenient white brick building accommodating 70 paupers for Cawston and adjacent parishes, it was replaced before 1845 by tenements and let by the overseers to the poor parishioners.Early…
Wireless set - Radio and TV
First Radio in Cawston and TV in the 1950s....
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Winter 2018
Lots of snow and roads blocked....
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Winter 2004
Photos of the winter 2004....
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Times in Cawston from the 1930s
Times in Cawston from the 1930s by Eileen Oakes. They are times I remember. Forgive me bringing personal events into this, but both they and I am part of those times....
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Timeline.
Cawston Timeline....
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Then and Now
Photo selection of Then and Now.
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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…
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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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.
Romans
ROMANS .
Julius Caesar led an expedition to Britain in 55 B.C. but it was 43 A.D. before the Romans came in strength.
The tribe of the Iceni, who lived in Norfolk, rose against the Roman. Led by their Queen, Boadicea, an army of 120,000…
Julius Caesar led an expedition to Britain in 55 B.C. but it was 43 A.D. before the Romans came in strength.
The tribe of the Iceni, who lived in Norfolk, rose against the Roman. Led by their Queen, Boadicea, an army of 120,000…
Radio Norfolk Broadcast
It was a great pleasure for me last week (11/05/1992) to listen to your Radio programme about the village of Cawston, I just happened to be here on holiday.
I have been living in Germany for the last 20 years but was born in Cawston in 1949 where…
I have been living in Germany for the last 20 years but was born in Cawston in 1949 where…
Property Auction poster 1854
Properties up for auction at the Kings Head....
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Prince of Wales/Forge House
Prince of Wales/Forge House by Trudie Wilkinson. This building was built in 1843, and had a thatched roof. In 1877 it was burnt down in a tremendous fire....
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Population
The population of Cawston as we are given to understand was as following:-
1086---------------about---685 1332---------------about---4501603---------------At least-5301801------------------------840…
Pocket Money
Pocket money by Sid Dack. In the last 1920s and early 1930s was hard come by....
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Plane Crash 1990
Plane Crash by the Woodrow Cross Roads....
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Milestone Project 2002-2003
This was a project carried out by the Cawston Women’s Institute to record and to restore some of the local milestones.
Here is an archive of some of those currently being worked on.(2002-2003)....
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Map File
File which is in the Heritage Centre for the collection of Cawston Maps....
Magazine History for Cawston Parish Group
Magazine History - January 1967 saw the first Magazine which was for the then Cawston group for....
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Life in Cawston 1870-1900
Many of the cottages and farm houses in Cawston during the late 19th century dated back to the 17th and 18th century....
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Life at Ratcatchers Row
The houses that once stood at the Ratcatchers Row (also called Rats Row) at Eastgate were demolished in the early 1960s....
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Jeremiah Able
A Norfolk Smuggler: Jeremiah Abel was born in Morton-on-the-Hill, Norfolk on 7th December 1764.
Supported his family by farming, and later running a butchery business, but he sought to supplement his income by a more risky venture:…
Highwaymen
Highwayman, well mounted, attacked Mr. Johnson, presented a pistol at his breast, and robbed him of fourteen shillings in silver and halfpence....
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Heath Fire 1958
The fire on the heath in 1958 according to eye witness was very frightening....
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Gift to Village Hall.
Plaque for Adrian Harrison who in 2016 left 1/4 of his estate to the Village hall....
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Fullers: Market Place - Poster
Notice regarding Good Things For Nothing....
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Fiction Stories
Fiction Stories with Cawston in the story....
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Fairs and Markets
Three fairs were held here each year.
The October fair started in 1263. Edward 1 granted a "St.Agnes Fair" The market day was Tuesdays and one of later origin the last Wednesday in April.
The August Sheep Fair was held near the Woodrow and was one…
The October fair started in 1263. Edward 1 granted a "St.Agnes Fair" The market day was Tuesdays and one of later origin the last Wednesday in April.
The August Sheep Fair was held near the Woodrow and was one…
Estate being sold near Woodrow 1766
Norwich Mercury news paper piece dated 1766....
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Eating in the UK in the fifties
Eating: How it was in the 1950's....
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Duel Stone
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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Domesday Book Cawston 1086
THE DOMESDAY SURVEY.
The Survey made by King William after his victory at Hastings gives us a good idea of the condition of our village at that time.
There was a royal manor here, which meant that the King received its income, and that Cawston…
The Survey made by King William after his victory at Hastings gives us a good idea of the condition of our village at that time.
There was a royal manor here, which meant that the King received its income, and that Cawston…
Doctors Invoice 1944/45
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK came on the 4th July 1948. It was the first time anywhere in the world healthcare was made available free of payment or insurance....
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Do You Remember the 1930s
Whilst looking through some old photographs I came across a picture....
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Decimal Currency Conversion Table
Decimal Currency Conversion Table
Days Gone By
January also brought another special occasion, the blessing of the plough in the Church on the first Monday after Twelfth Night, before the year's work in the fields began....
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Community Awards
Pride in Norfolk 2011 Awards....& Area Champions 1977.
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Christmas in Cawston 1950s and 1960s
Preparations for Christmas in Cawston in the 1950’s and 1960’s started just after Bonfire night. This was the time
when the small family-owned business in the village began to decorate their shop windows....
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when the small family-owned business in the village began to decorate their shop windows....
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Charity Concert 1912 Notice
Concert in aid of Church restoration and Sunday School funds....
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Charity Concert 1908 Notice.
Concert held in the School Room 1908....
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Changing Scenes
Changing Scenes 1950s - My word - hasn't the place changed!" This was the remark made recently by someone visiting....
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Changes Over 50 Years 1948 - 1998
Fifty years ago, in 1948, Cawston was a self-contained village; everything you wanted or needed was here....
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Cawston Winter 1979
Cawston Winter 1979 photos....
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Cawston Winter 1947
Cawston Winter 1947 photos....
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Cawston Weather 1987
Winter January 1987 Sygate Road.
and was also the year of the great storm of October 15th & 16th, a very violent storm with hurricane-force winds causing casualties, fallen trees and schools were closed....
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and was also the year of the great storm of October 15th & 16th, a very violent storm with hurricane-force winds causing casualties, fallen trees and schools were closed....
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