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Woolen Industry

For centuries the woolen industry was important here. In the middle ages Flemish weavers came here, the gables ends on the houses in the High Street and the Rood Screen in the church remind us of this. This area was very prosperous until machines…

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Tour of Britain Cycle Race 2015

Twenty teams of riders from all over the world descended on Norfolk for the Norfolk-Suffolk stage for the tour of Britain Cycle Race, sponsored nationally by Aviva. This was stage 7 of the 8 stage tour starting at Fakenham racecourse to Ipswich,…

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Railways and Transport Part of the Cawston Remembers Project:

The railway/station opened in 1880 and was on the Great Eastern Line, which in 1923 became part of the London and North Eastern Railway. passenger trains ceased in 1952.... Click on file to view full screen....

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Property Deeds and Documents

A collection of old deeds and documents are at the Heritage Centre which are often a neglected historical source.... Click on file to view full screen....

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Memorials and Remembrance

Memorial & Remembrance project is on going and will be updated as time permit....

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Church Gravestones Inscriptions and Locations

ChurchGravestones 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…

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Church - St Agnes.

The Church of St. Agnes' with its tower (with the exception of the north aisle built by Robert Oxburgh) was built by Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and his wife Catherine the daughter of Hugh, Earl of Stafford.... Click on files to view…

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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…

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Booton Road/Goose Pie Lane

A walk along the road to Booton - "Booton Green Lane" as many of us know it is a sentimental journey, recalling the first time I passed. that way in April, 1952, when the banks were bright with primroses and violets and other flowers. At that time…

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Bomber Plane Crash WW11 at Bluestone Plantation.

Handley Page Hampden Bomber Plane 1941

WW11 Bomber Plane crash.

On February 10th 1941 a Handley Page Hampden bomber plane crashed into Bluestone plantation killing all the aircrew: Flight Lieutenant John Frutiger, Sergeant John Hill, Flight…

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