Norfolk Heritage Explorations
Title
Norfolk Heritage Explorations
Date
2004
Description
1) Information collected & edited by members of the Reepham Society & its History Group during 2004/5, as Reepham's contribution to the above project lead by The Forum. Since most information is included in other sections of Reepham Archive the documentation in this collection has not been digitised.
The project was web-based and was interactive, i.e. navigation was available through links to the various parts, and included an interactive map. The website is not now available online but traces of it appear via the 'Wayback Machine'.
2) Collection of scanned photographs on two CDs, selected for the Norfolk Heritage Explorations project in 2004/5 The majority are of modern Reepham & there are duplicates. Most were taken by Chris Peakome & Kate Nightingale. Several have already been itemised from other sources & a few appear in the early Reepham Life Calendars.
The project was web-based and was interactive, i.e. navigation was available through links to the various parts, and included an interactive map. The website is not now available online but traces of it appear via the 'Wayback Machine'.
2) Collection of scanned photographs on two CDs, selected for the Norfolk Heritage Explorations project in 2004/5 The majority are of modern Reepham & there are duplicates. Most were taken by Chris Peakome & Kate Nightingale. Several have already been itemised from other sources & a few appear in the early Reepham Life Calendars.
Collection Items
Bircham Centre
Presented to the town by Samuel Bircham in 1919 as a reading room and social centre, it continues to be a valuable meeting centre under the control of a board of trustees. It also houses the Reepham branch of Norfolk Public Libraries. Originally…
Station Granary
View of the buildings that once housed the granary stores at Reepham Station. Now a saleroom and workshop for pine furniture.
Rookery Farm
Rookery Farm looks out over a pasture that has been the site of brass band festivals, marquees for celebratory meals, sports events, a cricket practice ground and more recently the Reepham Festival. In reports it has been called Steward's Meadow,…
Kerdiston Old Hall
The gable end and stables of Kerdiston Old Hall, probably built on the site of an older manor house.
Salle Village Sign
The sign stands in front of Salle Church and shows references to St. Peter and St. Paul to whom the church is dedicated.
Pump in Bircham's Yard
Mains water came to Reepham in the 1950s. There are still many wells in existence and some of the pumps remain. This one is in Bircham's Yard. The yard was named after Jesse Bircham who ran a pharmacy in Victoria House.
Echo Antiques
This building has had a variety of uses including a bakery and a Spar mini-market. In the background is the Old Rectory, built in the 1860s and home to the Rev. Wilkinson and his daughters for many years.
Ruins of All Saints Church
The remains of the church of All Saints which served the parish of Hackford.
Reepham Primary School
The school was built in the 1890s to replace the building in Back Street/Church Street which is now the Town Hall.
The Foldgate
The Foldgate, a thatched public house on Whitwell Common, operated from the 1830s through to 1969. The name can also appear as Falgate, Faldgate, Fallgate, Folgate.
Refer to Fifteen Locals by Joyce Cox for more information.
Refer to Fifteen Locals by Joyce Cox for more information.
St. Mary's School
The school, on Norwich Road, opened in 1847 for the children from Reepham with Kerdiston parishes.
Booton School
The school was built in 1896/7 to accommodate about 80 pupils. Before it was built Booton children had to get to St. Mary's School on Norwich Road in Reepham. It closed in the late 1940s.
Booton Post Mill
Remains of the brick base of a post mill in Booton said to have been removed from its site in Reepham.
Echo Lodge
Echo Lodge, on Ollands Road, is the last remnant of the Ollands estate. Built as housing for the coachman.
Park Farm, Salle
This building was used as the Tulliver house in a TV production of The Mill on the Floss.
Manor Farm, Salle
Two views of Manor Farm on the Salle estate. The small central wing houses the Jacobean staircase.
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