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Aerial View of Reepham
This black & white aerial photograph shows the centre of Reepham at the very top extending to Booton at the bottom. Two very white patches show initial work in process on what was the Ollands estate and also on the Richmond Rise site. Crown Meadow is…
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Aerial View of Reepham Market Place
An undated view. Barclay's Bank still with its white facade and the Methodist Chapel still in existence on Chapel Walk/Fishers Alley.
Tags: aerial, Barclays Bank, Market Place
Back Street
Modern view of Back Street with the Bar Lane archway & the house that was the Greyhound public house on the left.
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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…
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Booton Church
View of the elaborate towers of St. Michael's Church, Booton. The Rev. Whitwell Elwin rebuilt the church over a period of thirty years from 1870 until his death in 1900.
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Booton Post Mill
Remains of the brick base of a post mill in Booton said to have been removed from its site in Reepham.
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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.
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Cardinal's Hat
Two views of the Cardinal's Hat, also known as Candle Court, on Back Street, the last remaining half-timbered house in Reepham, said to have been spared from a disastrous town fire in the sixteenth century.
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Dereham Road
Postcard of Dereham Road looking towards the Market Place. Wallace King in evidence in Hackford House premises.
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Dereham Road
Postcard of Dereham Road before surfacing and pavements. Wallace King boards can be seen on Hackford House. Telegraph pole indicates the presence of the telephone.
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Eades Mill
Eades Mill was at one time the only water mill left in the area. Like Hackford Hall it is now a holiday rental.
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East Window in St. Michael's Church
The east window was completed in the early 1920s as part of the Hackford & Whitwell War Memorial.
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