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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…

An undated view. Barclay's Bank still with its white facade and the Methodist Chapel still in existence on Chapel Walk/Fishers Alley.

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).

Modern view of Back Street looking towards Towns End.

Modern view of Back Street with the Bar Lane archway & the house that was the Greyhound public house on the left.

Bar Lane, previously known as Gracious Street (?) leads from Back Street to Whitwell Street.

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…

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.

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

One of two pill-boxes erected as part of home defences in WWII. This one is (?) in the field on the way to Booton alongside the Norwich Road. A second one was built near Jordan Green. Listed on Norfolk Heritage ExplorerNHER REF…

Remains of the brick base of a post mill in Booton said to have been removed from its site in Reepham.

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.

Erected in 2000.

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.

Postcard of Dereham Road looking towards the Market Place. Wallace King in evidence in Hackford House premises.

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.

Eades Mill was at one time the only water mill left in the area. Like Hackford Hall it is now a holiday rental.

The east window was completed in the early 1920s as part of the Hackford & Whitwell War Memorial.

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.

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