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Echo Lodge
Echo Lodge, on Ollands Road, is the last remnant of the Ollands estate. Built as housing for the coachman.
Hackford Hall
Hackford Hall is a 19th century building with 16th century origins. It is currently advertised as a holiday rental for large groups, with 13 bedrooms & extensive grounds
HSBC Bank
This building in the Market Place is now home to Motts Pharmacy. John Ebenezer Hall, the saddler, lived here after he retired from his business next door. In the nineteenth century it was home & workshop to at least two watchmakers, John Shreeve…
John Jeckes Brass
Brass memorial plate in St. Mary's Church to John Jeckes who died in 1557.
Kerdiston Box Tomb
The head of the box tomb in St. Mary's Church, depicting a knight on a bed of stones.
Refer to A Hero of Crecy for more information.
Refer to A Hero of Crecy for more information.
Kerdiston Old Hall
The gable end and stables of Kerdiston Old Hall, probably built on the site of an older manor house.
King's Arms
The King's Arms in Reepham Market Place. The right hand wing is now (2021) a local office for Bonhams.
Leeds Tannery
The remaining buildings of Leeds tannery in Whitwell. It was purchased by Major Timothy White in 1903 but ceased functioning soon after that date. Colour photograph 190 x 130 mm also held. On reverse: Site of Leeds Tannery, Whitwell.
Locomotive at Whitwell Station
An old photograph of locomotive No. 76 at Whitwell Station.
Manor Farm, Salle
Two views of Manor Farm on the Salle estate. The small central wing houses the Jacobean staircase.
Medieval Bench End Finials
Four 'poppyheads' or finials from the pews in St. Mary's church.
1 Hoopoe
2 Poppyhead
3 Hyena or Wyvern?
4 Hare - damaged ears
1 Hoopoe
2 Poppyhead
3 Hyena or Wyvern?
4 Hare - damaged ears
Memorial to Robert Dack
Robert Dack's memorial in St. Mary's church. Robert died in 1713, aged 44, and the memorial also commemorates his wife Mary who died in 1711, aged 28.
New Road
An early postcard showing a view of the houses on New Road looking towards Station Plain.
Tuck postcard RPHM 16
Tuck postcard RPHM 16
Norwich Road
Row of cottages & shops on Norwich Road, looking towards the churches. Many were given new frontages in the nineteenth century. Beaver House is the nearest.
Norwich Road
A further view of Norwich Road looking away from the town. Beaver House was a grocer & draper, and the Tudor style house belonged to a boot & shoe repairer.
Park Farm, Salle
This building was used as the Tulliver house in a TV production of The Mill on the Floss.
Pettywell
Pettywell was a small community consisting of cottages clustered round a large farm. The farmhouse is now known as Pettywell Place. Its barns & outbuildings have largely been converted to residential accommodation.
Panoramic view from the…
Panoramic view from the…
Porch Window of the Sun Inn
The Sun Inn now incorporates a shop as well as living space but the porch retains its original glass window.
Pulpit in St. Michael's
The Jacobean pulpit in St. Michael's church before the two churches were combined into one parish.
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.