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  • Collection: Norfolk Heritage Explorations

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A view showing the south side of the Market Place from the King's Arms to the Sun Inn.

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The sign was made by pupils from Reepham High School.

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The Sun Inn now incorporates a shop as well as living space but the porch retains its original glass window.

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The Well Head of the Old Brewery House supplied water for Reepham Brewery. Its most recent restoration took place in 1996.

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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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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

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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…

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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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Brass memorial plate in St. Mary's Church to John Jeckes who died in 1557.

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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.

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Four 'poppyheads' or finials from the pews in St. Mary's church.
1 Hoopoe
2 Poppyhead
3 Hyena or Wyvern?
4 Hare - damaged ears

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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.

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Two views of Manor Farm on the Salle estate. The small central wing houses the Jacobean staircase.

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This building was used as the Tulliver house in a TV production of The Mill on the Floss.

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Echo Lodge, on Ollands Road, is the last remnant of the Ollands estate. Built as housing for the coachman.

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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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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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View of Booton Church (St. Michael the Archangel) showing the north porch.

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The school, on Norwich Road, opened in 1847 for the children from Reepham with Kerdiston parishes.

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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.
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