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Reepham personalities and institutions
Short profiles of four Reepham personalities - Jessie Brown MBE, Ben Stimpson, Wesley Piercy and Tony Ivins - and a brief outline of the Whitwell Hall County Centre
View from St. Michael's Tower
Bird's eye view of the Market Place showing Woods' shop and Peck's stores. The rear of the Bircham Centre is shown clearly on the left.
A thousand years of Salle
A brief history of Salle written to mark the Millennium in 2001
VAD Personnel WWI
List compiled from the Red Cross website of people involved with the running of Norfolk VAD 52 hospital based in Reepham.
Childhood memories of Reepham
A personal account of life in Reepham in the 1920s and 1930s by Ann Dickinson, a member of the Gibbs family
A brief history of Hackford parish through the last millennium
An in-depth research paper on the history of Hackford parish from 1000 AD.
Tony Ivins on Whitwell - Part 1
Based on a talk on the history of Whitwell parish given to the Reepham Society
Why Reepham?
Speculation on the origins of Reepham, including why does Reepham stand where it does? Why is it so different from the surrounding parishes? Why did its churchyard contain three churches?
Fairway Garage
View towards Reepham on the Cawston Road showing Fairway Garage and the water tower that stood near the junction with Orchard Lane.
Reepham Shopping Week
An account of Reepham Shopping Week, organised by the Reepham & District Chamber of Trade & Commerce in June 1950 and in subsequent years.
Reepham Market
An extensive history of Reepham Market from its establishment in 1277 to its demise in March 1972.
Reepham in the 1920s
Copy of an article written by the Rev. A. G. Allcock for the East Anglian Town & Country Magazine. He describes his childhood days in Reepham in the 1920s. The accompanying advertisements give a taste of the shopping opportunities in the 1970s, e.g.…
Whitwell Hall
A history of Whitwell Hall and Estate from Anglo Saxon times to the present (1994).
The Moor House Glasshouse
History and 1990s refurbishment of the Moor House glasshouse and gardens.
Brickmaking in Reepham
A history of brickmaking in the Reepham district, including the use of various building materials across Norfolk and the manufacture locally of bricks throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.