An 18th century barn being restored in 2004. Initials & date - WB 1785 - on the gable end, probably indicate that it was built & owned by William Bircham (c1735-1813).
The Bays, on Norwich Road, stretches back into Swiss Cottage. The two houses are now separated but were extended from an earlier half-timbered house, largely hidden from the outside.
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.
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.
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…
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.