About Reepham Archive

The Reepham Archive is a small group of volunteers who work to preserve, record and research the written and photographic history of Reepham.

If you care about Reepham we can help you find out more about your town, your street or your house. Search the resources here, or come and see us and we will do our best to help.

We’re always looking for new material and new volunteers! Get in touch if you would like to join us, or if you have documents or photos relating to Reepham that you think other people would like to see.

We aim to be professional in how we interact with visitors, contributors and Archive volunteers, and in maintaining and cataloguing our collection. For more details please see our Policies page.

A short history of the Archive

In 2014 the archive collections of two local charities, the Bircham Centre and the Reepham Society, were brought together under one roof and one name, The Reepham Archive. The Archive was established with financial support from the East of England Regional Archive Council, the Bircham Centre and the Reepham Society.

The Reepham Archive works to acquire, preserve, and catalogue material related to the local area for open public access. Most of the material is textual and photographic; the oldest manuscripts are over 200 years old and the earliest photographs date to the mid-19th century.

The Archive has a small team of volunteers who transcribe original manuscripts into searchable PDF documents to facilitate research. The Archive is run by volunteers and is financed by the parent charities, by providing services and by donations. It is open to the public from 10 am to noon on the first Wednesday and Saturday of each month, except over holiday periods, and by appointment.

The material in the Archive is organised on the principles of the International System of Archival Description and uses the Omeka content management system to manage and publish its collections. The material is searchable using keywords, including dates.

All original and master copies of documents and photographs are stored in archival-quality media.