6 20 1026 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/81684aff054ee38e057720ce4fe98f6f.pdf c362bcdc71b18fb0bc6a7dc8b1bcd0a5 PDF Text Text The Moor House The house and the grounds that we know today as the Moor House were built in 1888 but there was a smaller house (with the same name) occupying the site before this date. It is difficult to detail when the original house was built, but it is known to be between 1846 and 1865, probably nearer the later date. The tithe map of 1846 for this area shows only a general collection of farm buildings and other dwellings. In 1865, Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk records a Mrs Dalrymple as a private resident living at Moor House; the directory records very few private residents and it can be assumed that those included were persons of some financial means and social standing, and this status would no doubt have been shown in the local community by the size of their residence. In his reminiscences of Reepham, Harry Hawes recorded that “Mrs Dalrymple lived there, she was aunt to Mr Sam Bircham a very nice old lady, generous to the poor. She would ride about in a donkey chaise fitted with a glass front and whenever she went out, she was always accompanied by her nurse.” Mary Anne Dalrymple was born in 1778 and died in Reepham in 1875; In 1799 she was married to William Dalrymple and had ten children. It is reputed that William Dalrymple walked from Dumfries, Scotland, to Norwich to join some uncles in business there. He became a surgeon and gained a national reputation for his work at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. �One of their daughters, Marianne, married William Bircham in 1823. William was a brewer who lived at The Ollands and he owned the various tithes that today make up the area of the Moor House, and it was he who is assumed to have built the original house. William Bircham remained in residence at The Ollands and never lived in Moor House but it seems to have been the home of members of his family. Another daughter of William and Mary Dalrymple was Catherine who, in 1837, married Francis Thomas Bircham and their son was Samuel Bircham who eventually inherited the Moor House. After the death of Mary Ann Dalrymple in 1875 a Mr Frank Parmeter of Booton Hall came to live at the Moor House. The Kelly’s Directory of 1883 lists a Miss Bircham and Francis Parmeter as residing there. There was another branch of the Bircham family which lived at Booton Hall and Francis Parmeter (from Aylsham) married one of the daughters of the Samuel Bircham who resided there in the late 18th and early 19th century (not to be confused with the other Samuel Bircham mentioned above). By the late 1870s Frank Parmeter was widowed and he went to live at the Moor House with one of his wife’s unmarried sisters. In the late 1870s, William Bircham was forced to reconsider his financial position. With the encroachment of the railways, the Bircham Brewery monopoly in this area was put under fierce competition, particularly from the Norwich breweries, and the family were in turn placed under severe financial pressure. In 1879 the Old Brewery House and various other lots in Reepham were sold at auction by Messrs Spelman and Company. The Old Brewery House was bought by Samuel Bircham, who although a member of the Reepham Bircham family, was a successful solicitor who lived in Surrey and practised in London. It was ironic and perhaps satisfying to William Bircham that Samuel should purchase the Old Brewery House and he further extended Samuel’s estate in Reepham when after William’s death in 1886 he left in his will the area in, around and including the Moor House to Samuel who had to purchase his holding. Due to his financial difficulties, William had mortgaged the Moor House and the surrounding area to Samuel Bignold in 1876. To inherit the property Samuel paid £2,250 to clear the mortgage. As Samuel now owned all this area, he decided in 1888 to clear the whole site to make the house larger and generally to turn it into a house of some magnificence. All the dwellings, farm buildings and other buildings were demolished and the whole area turned into gardens and grounds to complement the new house. The Black Lion �public house was demolished and a new one was built on the opposite side of the road. A gardener’s cottage was then built on the site of the old Black Lion. The only early building which survived behind the house was probably used as outhouses and stables to serve the original, smaller Moor House. I have been unable to find out who carried out the extensive rebuilding of the Moor House but Harry Hawes wrote in 1949 that the Black Lion was built by John Hever and Son, builders of Norwich, and that his father Thomas Hawes was given the order to demolish and clear away all the cottages, farm houses and buildings which were on the site; he was also given the order to build about 50 yards of flint wall which encloses part of the grounds. After the house was completed (at a cost of £19,000) Samuel Bircham lived there for part of the year although working in London. He also lived in Surrey where he built three further houses to live in. It is said that his wife did not like living in the Moor House and they spent their time in their various other homes. Samuel Bircham lived here until the turn of the century when it was rented to Ernest Hudson who was here from about 1903 until his death in August 1931. While living at the Moor House his son Sydney died, aged 27 in 1909 and his wife Helen and second son Eric both died in the influenza epidemic of April 1919; all four members of the family are buried in the Norwich Road cemetery, almost opposite the grounds of the house where they lived. He was fond of horses and kept a number of fine animals in the stables which still back along New Road. When the First World War came the horses were all requisitioned and taken away by the Army. Like so many other animals none of his horses came back and it is said the grief of losing them caused him never to have any more. Ernest Hudson is still remembered today by some residents of Reepham who recall him as a large and kind elderly man. He had a north country accent and he was reputed to be part of the family that owned Hudson’s Soaps; whether or not this is true he was always referred to as “Soapy Hudson” in Reepham. Local people who knew the house during this period remember the grounds and front gardens as always being meticulously kept. With similar attention by full-time gardeners being paid to the nearby grounds of The OIlands, this area of Reepham must, during the summer months, have been wonderful to walk round and look at. After Ernest Hudson’s death in 1931 the house remained empty until the Second World War. It was kept windproof and watertight during these years until it was used by the Army during the war years. There were many serving members of the armed forces based in and around Reepham during this time and it seems that those based at the Moor House �constantly changed. Their general role was not believed to be of any great or secret importance. In 1947 the Bircham family sold the Moor House to Dr Eglington who used it as a nursing home until the late 1980s. During the later years, the house was used by numerous film and television companies to provide settings both inside and outside for various films and programmes. The most notable being the extensive use by Anglia Television in connection with the film adaptations of a number of P D James novels. The Moor House was sold again in 1989. From an article published in the Reepham Society Magazine 1993 � Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a text owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Moor House Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2403271730 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF, 4 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1993 Description An account of the resource A history of the Moor House and grounds from its construction in the mid-19th century. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived From an article published in the Reepham Society Magazine 1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and edited by Geoff Fisher https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/78bc6226e1c2241a92b846b154a63906.pdf a8268619a3d301daf5240f53364cada7 PDF Text Text A thousand years of Salle During the millennium year, Salle village, church and estate celebrated the history of Salle on a beautiful June day. Morning service was attended by most of the villagers, followed by drinks at the hall with Sir John White before everyone joined in a barbeque at the Village Institute. The afternoon was spent in watching a cricket match or climbing the church tower for a glimpse of the splendid view from the top. This was a real traditional village event made all the better by the blessing of good weather. To bring memories of the past into the present, Claire Buxton, chairman of the Parish Meeting, with help from long-time inhabitants of the village, such as Ben Stimpson, had organised an exhibition in the church. This included archive material and a fascinating display of metal detector finds dating back across most of the last two millennia and collected by Richard Saunders who lives and works in Salle. This article is based on a brief history of Salle which was available as a handout on the day. Origins Salle lies on the top of the Norfolk watershed between the Bure and Wensum rivers. It is, in very many ways, a typical Norfolk village. Its history from before the beginning of this millennium illustrates what was and is happening in many other Norfolk villages. The name “Salle” is usually taken to derive from sallows, the old name for willows but other suggestions have been put forward. Is it a corruption of “aul” the old English word for hall? One of the manors in the village was once known as Kingshall which could easily lend itself to shortening as “Sall”. Or perhaps it is related to an old northern word describing a high, windy place that appears in the Cumberland name Black Sail Pass? Salle is high and windy − for Norfolk. The land of the village has always belonged to one or other of the manors in the parish. Now, it is almost entirely part of the Salle Farms estate. Before the improvements of recent centuries this would have been regarded as poor soil and used for sheep, much perhaps remaining as common land which was important also for the poorer villagers. In the past, those with common rights not only grazed their animals on the common but also collected wood and kindling and wild fruit. This left their own small plots, or “pightles”, to be cultivated to feed the family. As in the rest of the county, enclosure started quite early in Salle to meet the changing needs of the farms. Commons and small pightles and closes have now long been enclosed and those old, open fields themselves have been changed to meet the needs of modern farming practices. A small landowner in the village is the church but it is the large and beautiful church itself which is the jewel in Salle’s crown and perhaps the best known building in this part of Norfolk. Salle church has recently figured in England’s Thousand Best �Churches by Simon Jenkins (1999). No one should leave the village without making a tour of this unique church. Built on the wealth of the wool grown on the sheep which grazed the local heaths, its presence emphasises the change from stock farming to arable which has taken place over the centuries as the farming families who built it grew wealthier. Heath, pasture and woodland have now largely given place to open arable fields. The building of Salle church by a group of leading sheep farmers in the 15th century and its maintenance since by leading local families shows how such families have always been important in supporting the life and people of a village and its surroundings. The families and manors of Salle Perhaps the most important historian of Salle is Rev. Walter Parsons who was the parson here for over 30 years. As a former scholar of Pembroke College and Dean of Selwyn College, Cambridge, he took great interest in researching the history of his parish. His book Salle saves all of us much time and effort when researching the early history of the village, the manors and the church. It provides invaluable information on the history of the village and is available from Reepham Library. Salle also figures in the Paston Letters. One of the Salle manors belonged to the Mauteby family, one of whose daughters married into the Paston family. Although litigious and concerned about keeping a grip on their lands, like so many medieval Norfolk farmers and lords, the letters concerning Salle directly are often concerned with the promotion of a courtship between John Paston and Margery Brewes. The Pastons remained closely associated with Salle for the next 100 years. Salle itself is mentioned in Domesday Book when it was said to have four manors. The history of the manors is well testified. Today, Salle Moor Hall and Stinton Manor House probably represent the site of two of the manors while a third was probably finally destroyed when Salle Hall was built. Parsons speculates that the fourth manor house was sited on the Wood Dalling side of Gatehouse Farm near the bridge over the stream. Salle Moor Hall was a Bullen (Boleyn) possession from the 14th to the 16th century. Yes, that is the family of Anne Boleyn! But there is no evidence that she ever lived in Norfolk! More recently in the hands of the Stimpson family, Salle Moor Hall now belongs to Ardisher Naghshineh who is farming this land organically. Ben Stimpson is now the only member of the Stimpson family still living in Salle. Though now past his 90th birthday, he remains a forceful member of the community and was, until very recently, still a churchwarden. His knowledge of the past and present of Salle village and its church and people is unsurpassed. Stinton Manor is the manor that was formerly a royal manor but that was before the Norman Conquest. Domesday Book tells us that this “Kings Manor” belonged to �Godwin − the father of King Harold. Harold, himself, held Cawston. By the time of Domesday, both were held by one Ralph who was made Earl of Norfolk. He rebelled and his lands were given to the new Earl, William de Warenne, one of William’s major lords who built Castle Acre. Stinton House, having passed through the hands of the Townsends of Raynham and Bulwer Longs of neighbouring Heydon, is now part of the Salle estate and is, at present, the home of Paul Hovesen, the Salle Farms estate manager who came here from Denmark some 13 years ago. Many other well-known Norfolk families have held land in Salle: the Briggs, Fountaines, Pastons, Townsends and Earles, to name but a few. After Edward Hase created the park and built the hall in 1765 it passed to the Jodrell family after Richard Paul Jodrell of Lewknor in Oxfordshire married his daughter. She had inherited the right to a baronetcy from her uncle, John Lombe, which now passed to the Jodrells. The Jodrells were squires here until Major Timothy White, who owned the chain of chemist shops, now absorbed by Boots, bought the estate in 1890. Both these families have done a great deal to both preserve and to develop the estate and parish of Salle. Farms and farmers of Salle One interesting point emerging from early history is a suggestion that this was an area with many “freemen” in the Middle Ages. Their counterparts, after the 16th century, were the yeomen farmers, tenants of the remaining farms in the village, all of which now belong in one capacity or another to the estate. These were the successful men who prospered by buying up and enclosing land after the collapse of the feudal system. A number of their old farmhouses have been sold off as private houses though some remain as part of the estate. A typical example of an old farmhouse is Park Farm, formerly Bog Farm, standing on the edge of old water meadows which lie between Salle and the former royal manor of Cawston. This is now the home of Andrew and Claire Buxton. Andrew farmed with his brothers in Heydon and now works for himself while Claire is chairman of Salle Parish Meeting. Park Farm stood empty for some years until it was used as a film set for the television production of Mill on the Floss, which was filmed largely on location around mid-Norfolk. Since then, it has been restored with a considerable degree of sympathy to retain much of its original character. The date 1770 can be discerned in the brickwork on the front of the house but the house is older than this. Like many Norfolk houses it has been refurbished or rebuilt repeatedly over the years. Manor Farm, which may have been closely associated with Dorothy Repps, motherin-law of the builder of Salle Hall, remains an integral part of the estate as the farm office. It probably started life as a common-edge manor house in the Middle Ages. The late 18th century estate maps indicate that the area that is now Bluestone Wood �was then common land as was an area near the bridge on the way to Cawston. The name “Brake Pasture” of a field next to the park, also indicates common. A “brake” was a field cut out of common or heath. The insertion of an older staircase into Manor Farm may have been carried out because Edward Hase lived in Manor Farm after the destruction of the former manor house. The date on Park Farm also seems to link the improvements to these two farms with the creation of the park and building of the hall in the late 18th century. Practically next door to Manor Farm lies Cherry Tree Farm. This still belongs to the Bulwer Longs of Heydon and illustrates how closely interlinked all the villages, manors and farms of this group of villages are. This probably stems from the old manorial system when strips of land were held in a variety of open fields, not always close together or even in the same parish. Later, we find farmers owning strips belonging to different manors. This is shown particularly clearly on the 1846 tithe map where the few remaining strips still held by individuals show where the old open fields existed. This intermix also affected the parish boundaries. Until very recently a long strip of Reepham parish cut right across Salle Park, balanced by a strip of Salle, which reached down to Reepham Moor. The parish boundary has now been changed to adjust this anomaly which had been perpetuated over time, possibly due to old land ownership boundaries, perhaps to allow a manor or tenant to have a mix of arable land and water meadow. Salle Village The village itself is not large, consisting of a scatter of houses leading down past the cricket pitch from the church. It comprises cottages probably built on the sites of the old “tofts and crofts”, formerly worked by tenants who may also have been craftsmen and whose families would have spun and woven woollen cloth in the time between all their other tasks. Even in the past the number of brick built or stone houses would not have been much more than now. There would, however, have been many more residents, working the land, carrying out their trades in the village or working as servants on the farms. Families were also much larger, and expectations lower, until well into this century, so each house supported more people. The old school house still stands opposite the church. The school was originally a “non-provided school”, that is to say, it belonged to the estate and was administered under an agreement with the Board of Education as a church school. As owner, the squire was, therefore, chairman of the Board of Managers and appointed several of them. Surviving correspondence in the White family archives gives interesting insights into the running of the school around the turn of the century. Education was already fairly closely controlled and inspected and the school developed over time to �include examinations and scholarships as opportunities opened up. The staff consisted of a headmistress, most of whom seem to have come from southern counties and were required to have musical skills and to be able to teach physical education as well as the other more usual attributes of any teacher. The headmistress was supported by one assistant teacher and/or a “monitress” who was a senior pupil of promise. The letters of these women, written when applying for the job, indicate that they had very little money. Shades of Jane Eyre! Before the First World War children would have finished their education by 12 years of age. In such a rural area, holidays were taken to allow the children to help with the harvest and these had to be specifically requested from the education authorities. Mrs Williamson, the last teacher, is buried in the churchyard. Next door is the Lynton White Institute, built by the White family, which provides a home for the Parish Meeting and a site for social events, not least cricket teas, as the institute stands on the edge of a splendid cricket field. On the other side of the field is the forge, owned by the church and still a fully fitted working forge, though no longer regularly used. The first of the houses in the village is the former “White Horse” public house now converted to a dwelling house since its closure in the late 1960s. The Street continues down to Gatehouse Farm between two rows of cottages, some of which are occupied by estate workers. There were more cottages around the eastern fringe of the park and a dairy farm in the park but there is very little more than a few bricks left from these buildings. More interesting are the houses in the park itself and the picturesque style lodge cottages at the four entrances to the park. These have one unique feature as lodges: they are on the opposite side of the road from the hall. Most of them have now been adapted or enlarged by the estate to meet the needs of their inhabitants. The village is, obviously, dominated by its magnificent church but nothing has been included here, as booklets on the history of the church are available in the church. Suffice to say that the church of St Peter and St Paul continues to attract visitors to view its architectural splendour and music lovers who wish to take advantage of its excellent acoustics to perform and listen to concerts and to make recordings. Salle Park By far the largest house in the village is Salle House. Edward Hase created the park itself in the late 18th century before he built the house. A map, still in existence, shows how Edward Hase bought up small closes and strips to make the park, processes know to historians as “engrossment” and “emparkment”. When Edward Hase died, he fortunately left a Memorandum Book which Sir Richard Jodrell continued to use after he succeeded in 1804 so we can date and follow some of the early developments in the park. Gardens and trees were planted, a beautiful walled �garden still remains in use and there is an icehouse in the shrubbery. Work continues to maintain house and gardens in their present good order. Pat Dennis, who has now returned to the village of his birth, keeps the gardens in order without the army of under-gardeners and boys of former days. He still lives in the old gardener’s house next to the walled garden. Fortunately, pleasure gardens were not fashionable when the house was built and were never planned to be very large though extended across the south lawn as far as an ornamental ha-ha before 1846. One particularly happy aspect of the park is the number of magnificent trees it contains. Of course, creators of parks, following the ideas of Humphry Repton (now buried in Aylsham churchyard) and Capability Brown, looked for a natural effect in their new parks. Trees were often planted in clumps or as shelter belts but also in “rows”. One way of achieving a rapid mature effect was to retain the trees which had formerly stood in hedgerows along field boundaries. It is possible to identify these former hedge lines from aerial photographs and old maps even though, in their more mature state, the lines are not always obvious as trees succumb to old age or storms. Many trees have been felled during the 200 years of the park’s existence. However, one major oak tree, which must predate the park by some considerable time, still remains. It is now a huge and venerable veteran supporting considerable amounts of wildlife. The park trees have always been well cared for and a new avenue of horse chestnut trees is now beginning to grow up along the main drive across the park. New plantings of park trees also include Turkey, evergreen, red and English oaks. Salle House Salle House was built in 1763. It is a mid-Georgian neoclassical building influenced by the emerging forces of romanticism. It consists of a two-and-a-half storey central wing of seven bays, built in red brick with a stone Ionic pediment on both north and south elevations and a hipped roof surrounded by a balustrade. The architraves of the principal doors are also of stone. A single-storey wing extends to both east and west where two courts were converted to an orangery on the east and a billiard room on the west in Major White’s time. The Victorian upper storey, added over the billiard room, has since been demolished. Beyond the wings, low two-storied buildings extend on either side – to the coach house and stables on the east. The appearance of Salle House is now almost identical to a drawing on an estate map of 1807. This, however, is due to work carried out by Sir John White who has now restored the house both inside and outside while retaining its original character extremely well. Salle Farms Estate Salle Farms is now entirely arable. Crops include large-scale cultivation of barley, beet, beans, peas and wheat on land which, before the improvements of recent �centuries, would have been regarded as poor soil and used for sheep, The estate also remains conscious of its stewardship of the countryside. Successful modern farming is contract farming to meet the needs of large-scale food suppliers. Output is constantly monitored by the use of satellite technology. In addition to the large-scale production of grain, pulses and sugar beet, a recent addition has been the appearance of plantations of Christmas trees which provide work during quieter periods of the year. Areas of set-aside supplement other conservation innovations that are now possible Attitudes to the countryside have changed in recent years and many who formerly knew little about it are able to get out and about and have demanded access to a countryside which they regard as a common heritage. This can be a two-edged sword. Unlimited access can be disruptive to wildlife habitat, to game birds and to growing crops alike. However, many footpaths and green lanes marked on the OS maps are maintained to provide walks across the estate. Some paths have been diverted round the edges of fields rather than cutting through the middle. Those who wish to quibble at this should remind themselves that walking along the hedge is much more interesting as this is where the greatest variety of flora and fauna is to be seen. In addition to the more conspicuous pheasants and partridges reared on the estate, and the ever-present rabbits, there are less evident denizens of this land. Stoats, weasels and other small mammals are much shyer but are still in abundance where there is a large rabbit population. Though many small birds have disappeared in recent years there are a number of larger birds to be seen. Herons and kestrels are regular hunters in the area. Barn owls are becoming re-established and three are nesting on the estate. Recently, a group of Canada geese have settled near one of the ponds. These birds can be a mixed blessing and have become a nuisance on some farms elsewhere. The more remote part of the estate is hare country and numbers of mad March hares are to be seen every spring. Yes, there are large fields but many new hedges have been planted and old hedges preserved. Other conservation measures are being undertaken. These include the planting of broadleaf trees along the old railway line near the Cawston boundary and maintenance of existing patches of woodland on the estate. One important conservation measure now being implemented is the scheme whereby four-metre strips along watercourses are left as permanent set-aside to reduce the risk of contamination of ground water by pesticides and so forth. The watercourse, which crosses the estate from beyond Wood Dalling, winding round past Cawston to Booton, is a case in point. Anyone who walks down the road by the side of Wood Dalling church should note the ditch on the right-hand side which is full of wildflowers, especially primroses and orchids in springtime. This ditch now has a �preservation order on it. Yet, it was dug very recently, showing that modern farming activity is not always destructive. Much of the information in this article was obtained from the White papers and Bullen papers, now held in the Norfolk Record Office. From the Reepham Society Magazine, Millennium Edition, April 2001 Salle church from the south on a winter‘s day in January. This huge and beautiful church dominates the skyline. �Manor Farm as it today when it is in use as the Salle Farms estate office. Salle village street looking west from the church. The larger house on the left was formerly the White Horse public house. �Salle Hall from the southern garden. The park is so thickly planted with trees that there is only one sight line from which the hall can be seen. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Salle Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Local Villages/Salle Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. 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Title A name given to the resource A thousand years of Salle Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2411291145 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource A4 PDF 10 pages Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001 Description An account of the resource A brief history of Salle written to mark the Millennium in 2001 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived From the Reepham Society Magazine, Millennium Edition, April 2001 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Reepham Society Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and edited by Geoff Fisher Salle https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/980bc47618eddf832d69855aa92ae4a6.pdf 2d28f6bb8c3a4ccdfb99008e9e2f327c PDF Text Text Reepham personalities and institutions At the beginning of this century Reepham was a small Norfolk market town with long-established families living in a smaller community than today. They all knew each other very well, often being related by marriage, mostly working locally in the town or on the surrounding farms and estates. Some of the older families still remain and have contributed immensely to the records of the recent past of Reepham. As Reepham has grown and new houses are constantly built, new people have increasingly moved into the town. Many of them will be unaware of the contributions to the community made by former inhabitants and the origins of some Reepham institutions. Following the long gap since the publication of the last Reepham Society Magazine, this seems an appropriate time to record a little about some of those who have contributed to the life of the town and who have helped to make Reepham the lively and caring community that it is. One message which comes over very strongly, even in these short profiles, is just how much people’s lives were disrupted by the effects of the two World Wars of the last century. Jessie Brown MBE Jessie Vera Lawford Brown died on 14 April 1983 at the age of 95. She had a remarkable career, one achievement being the foundation of the Reepham Housing Trust – eight bungalows for the elderly or disabled known as Sun Barn Walk. “My hope is that there will be accommodation of this kind in every village in the country,” she said. Jessie was the only daughter among the seven children of Colonel F.D.M. Brown VC. Her early education was directed by a series of governesses but, later, she studied history at the Oxford Home Students, now St Anne’s College. Her academic career was discarded when she joined her friend, Olive Sankey, and answered an appeal from Agnes Hunt,1 the founder of a new hospital al Baschurch in Shropshire, to train as an orthopaedic nurse. After two years, Jessie went on to pass the examination for the Society of Trained Masseuses, later to become the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists. At the outbreak of war in 1914, Agnes and Jessie went to France but were very soon frustrated with conditions over there and returned to Baschurch which had then become a Agnes Brown and Sir Robert Jones, a pioneer orthopaedic surgeon, were responsible for the foundation of the orthopaedic hospital in Oswestry which carries their names and remains one of the leading orthopaedic hospitals in the country. 1 �military hospital. It soon became obvious that after-care clinics had to be established in the main market towns in Shropshire but transport was a problem. Undaunted, Jessie acquired a second-hand motor bike, learned to ride it and, by 1917, 13 orthopaedic clinics had been established throughout Shropshire. In 1918 Mr G.R. Girlestone asked Jessie to help set up clinics in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. He could offer no salary but arranged a small sum from a special Red Cross fund if a survey of all disabled people could be carried out – just the sort of challenge Jessie enjoyed. In 1924 Sir Robert Jones, the prominent orthopaedic pioneer, received a call from Nepal. Princess Mani, the five-year-old niece of the King of Nepal, was ill with poliomyelitis and it was decided to send Jessie to help. Within three days she had set off by sea to Bombay, then overland to Kathmandu. There was no road from India into Nepal in those days so Jessie was carried or rode on the back of an elephant for the three-day journey. During the next 10 years Jessie visited this brave little girl several times and after Mani’s death in 1935 a ward was built in the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre as a gift from her grateful parents. Everyone who knew Jessie Brown was constantly reminded of her aims – that every patient must be instilled with the joy of life, irrespective of their handicap, and that one must work until each disabled person is as independent as possible and able to contribute to their community. It became necessary for Jessie to return home to Yateley to look after her ageing mother but she soon had the outbuildings of her home converted to be a unit where physically handicapped people could learn hand-block printing. Grace Finch, a patient at the Henley Clinic, was persuaded to go to Yateley to help and, together, they soon had money raised and a training scheme for handicapped girls was launched. New buildings were opened in 1952 and bungalows in 1956. Yateley Industries is a successful residential sheltered industry and employs more than 40 men and women. Jessie placed little importance on personal possessions and was able to move on without regret, always full of enthusiasm for a new venture. In 1952 her work was recognised by the award of an MBE, but she was always far more interested in the success of her many projects. In 1968 Jessie “retired” to Reepham. It was during her retirement that she became the inspiration behind the building of the eight bungalows on Sun Barn Walk which formed the core of the Reepham Housing Trust. Today, the trust is managed as a charity by local trustees, sharing a warden with the Wherry Housing in Ewing Close. Many in the town feel privileged that she touched our lives and hope to pass on her enthusiasm and joy of living to the full. �We are grateful to Jan Henry for this piece on Jessie Brown. Ben Stimpson Ben Stimpson was born at Salle Moor Farm in 1910, a member of a well-known local family here in mid-Norfolk. He is a forceful and well-respected character in both Salle and Reepham and has given much service to the two communities, both as an active member of a number of organisations and as a benefactor to the communities. The Stimpson family farmed at Salle Moor for several generations as well as running the family business based in Reepham. It was Ben’s grandfather who opened the Salle Coal Company at Reepham Station, a company that continued in business as a general agricultural merchant under several names until 1980. Ben Stimpson Some of you will have read the book on Salle written by the Rev. Parsons who was vicar of Salle from the early 1920s until after the Second World War. It was Rev. Parsons who married Ben and his wife Margaret in 1937. They came to live in Salle House, the house in which they still live, and Ben gradually took on the management of the family business as well as his other work in the community. For many years he was chairman of the Salle Parish Meeting and succeeded his father as churchwarden there, a post which he held for more than 40 years. Added to his father’s tenure of 50 years this gives nearly a century of continuous service to Salle church by the Stimpson family. To this can be added the tireless work of Margaret who was also a member of the parochial church council (PCC). The role of churchwarden was not a sinecure as there have been a number of major problems, including a lightning strike, in keeping up the fabric of Salle church – one of the medieval gems of rural Norfolk – as well as the day-to-day �routine of the church. It is largely due to Ben’s efforts that Salle church has been able to maintain itself so successfully in recent years. A tribute for this work for the church was published in the November 2000 issue of Town and Country when Ben retired as churchwarden and was given a tremendous send-off by the congregation. Needless to say he remains a member of the PCC. During the war Ben played his part in the local Home Guard as well as helping his father with the family businesses. The activities of the Salle and Reepham platoon are well documented in Standing up to Hitler2 which tells the tale of the Home Guard in Norfolk. It was Ben Stimpson who provided the comprehensive records of the local units which now form a considerable portion of that book. Ben had led the local platoon since May 1940 but by the latter part of the war the 17th Battalion Norfolk Home Guard was based in Reepham with its headquarters at The Bays in Norwich Road and led by Lt Colonel G.E. Gurney with Ben as his second-in-command. Duties included airfield defence, defence of bridges and liaison with other units backed up by weekly training and regular battle exercises. Ben Stimpson leading the local Home Guard contingent at a parade in Reepham. Stimpson’s Piece Perhaps the most memorable mention of the Stimpson name to present-day Reepham residents is in reference to Stimpson’s Piece. This piece of land was originally six acres, leased to the parish of Reepham by the Stimpson family for 1997. A. Hoare: Standing up to Hitler. The Story of the Norfolk Home Guard. Published by Geo. R. Reeve, Wymondham. ISBN 0 900616 50 4. 2 �use as a playing field. Following the Second World War a pavilion was built as a war memorial and in thanksgiving for victory. The pavilion has been rebuilt since then but the memorial plaque remains in the present pavilion built in 1995. In 1987 the land was gifted to Reepham and extended by the parish council with a further seven acres to form the present Stimpson’s Piece. Despite all he has contributed to Reepham, Salle remains Ben’s first love and he has become closely identified with that village and, as you can imagine, he knows a very great deal about Salle, its past, its present and its people. Wesley Piercy Wesley Piercy is the man we all turn to when we want to find some elusive detail of the past of Reepham. Wesley was born in Reepham in 1917, in a farmhouse on Saleyard Hill. For those who are comparative newcomers to Reepham, this was the old road going up from Town’s End Corner towards the old sale yard and curving up behind the cottages which presently look down onto Station Road. Later, the family moved to Cabbage Court – Railway Cottages on New Road – before moving back to the farm until 1940. After leaving the Hackford and Whitwell School, now the site of Reepham Primary School, Wesley first of all worked in Cawston before going as apprentice to Reeder’s, the baker in Back Street. The premises were known as “house and baking office” and are now represented by the house known as The Old Bakery. Wesley Piercy Although he had moved just before the war to work in Wells, as a member of the Supplementary Reserve, Wesley was called up immediately. He had quite an interesting war. He went out with the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1939. In the confusion of the retreat from France, Wesley was separated from his �unit when he had a brief spell in hospital. He was discharged from hospital to the base depot near St Nazaire which was then being readied for a division of Canadian troops who were, at this stage, the only available unit still fully equipped to fight. However, it became necessary to evacuate all troops following the capitulation of France. Wesley then spent the next six months out in England before embarking for the Middle East and the Western Desert in 1941. His unit was now with an army group later known as the Desert Rats (the Eighth Army) which then crossed to Sicily and fought its way up Italy. In 1944 “time expired” men were replaced by new recruits and Wesley returned to the UK. He then returned to Aldershot where he found that all the bakehouse jobs had been taken over by the women of the ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service]. After the end of the war Wesley was demobbed in 1946. As you can imagine, returning to civilian life was somewhat of a culture shock and Wesley left baking for more active jobs. He eventually found his way into the Eastern Electricity Board, for whom he worked for 23 years until he retired in 1982. His love for history and the past of the Reepham area was never lost. A number of historians and archaeologists had an interest in the local history and ran a number of WEA [Workers’ Educational Association] courses in Reepham during the 1970s. Wesley enthusiastically joined to expand his knowledge of the past. Following his retirement in 1982 he was able to follow up his great interest in history. He started an Open University course, wherever possible completing history units, to qualify for his Bachelor of Arts. His life also changed in another way around this time when he met his wife Olive on holiday. By this time, the Piercys were living in the bungalow where Wesley and Olive still live in Park Lane. As a result of his encyclopaedic knowledge of Reepham and its people Wesley has spoken to many organisations in the town over the years. He remains an active member of the Reepham Society – and still the fount of knowledge on the past of the town. Tony Ivins Tony Ivins remains the president of the Reepham Society to this day though increasing age and frailty prevent his active involvement. He was also a founder member and, with Susie his wife, a driving force in the development of the society. Born in South London in 1915, Tony gained a diploma in animal husbandry at an agricultural college in the south of England. In the late 1930s, he joined the staff of the Forest School in Hampshire. The school was a progressive co-educational boarding school in the New Forest. Its ethos was to teach �children how to respect the countryside and make use of natural resources. In 1938 the school had to move to new premises and an educational trust was set up to enable the purchase of Whitwell Hall and grounds. This is where Tony met Susie Dommen who became the matron at the new Forest School where Tony was now the bursar. Not long after the move the Second World War broke out, the school was evacuated and the army requisitioned the hall. Tony Ivins Tony enlisted in the air force where he became a navigator. His war years were spent in Africa where his squadron’s role was to reinforce the British role by ferrying diplomats and heads of state around the country. From this he acquired an abiding love of Africa and has many albums of photographs from that time, especially aerial views. Meanwhile, Susie joined the Land Army and worked as a farm secretary at Sparham Hall. At the end of the war Tony and Susie were married and returned to Whitwell in 1946. Due to the financial costs involved, a decision was made not to re-open the school. Instead, Tony set up a pig farm at Whitwell Hall which brought in sufficient finance to enable Tony to set up a country centre offering schoolchildren an opportunity to enjoy a week under canvas, or in the house, and to experience the country, the wildlife and the natural resources. Tony and Susie’s children, Sally and Hugh, were born here and Hugh still lives with his family in one of the cottages which was bought from the estate. Tony came to love Whitwell as well as the educational trust which had always been dear to his heart. It was his interest in finding out about Whitwell and its past which stimulated Tony’s broader interest in history. With Susie’s drive and enthusiasm, they not only developed the country centre at Whitwell but gave a great deal to the village and to Reepham. It is largely due to them and several �other early members of the Reepham Society that we have been able to develop such comprehensive archives for the society. Tony’s work at Whitwell Hall enabled him to meet numerous well-known Norfolk folk. His friends included Ted Ellis, Dick Joyce and Philip Wayre of the Norfolk Wildlife Centre who shared many of his interests. Tony was also chairman of the Norfolk Deaf Children’s Society and one year he was able to show the Queen Mother round the NDCS stand at the Royal Norfolk Show. A young Tony Ivins working with older boys in the kitchen garden. As wardens of Whitwell Hall, Tony and Susie had lived in the hall itself but when he retired, they moved to Hillside Cottage on Whitwell Hill. Tony now became chairman of the country centre and continued his life-long work for Whitwell Hall and its 40-acre estate. Whitwell Hall Educational Trust A great many people are unaware of the existence of the Whitwell Hall Country Centre, its unique history and unusual development. We think it is worth telling a little more about one more interesting aspect of the Reepham group of parishes. Whitwell Hall itself was, of course, a private house. The previous history of the hall, park and deserted medieval village has been described elsewhere in earlier �Reepham Society magazines, often relying on information from Tony Ivins himself. Forest School was started in 1928 near Godshill in the New Forest and consisted of 100 acres of woodland overlooking the Avon valley in Hampshire. It was bought by Earnest Westlake, the son of a Quaker and wealthy industrialist from Fordingbridge. He became a humanist and educationalist and, as a result, founded the order of Woodcraft Chivalry – the Woodcraft Folk – where families met together under canvas, later in huts, and learned to live in and appreciate the natural environment. Loosely built on the ideas and culture of the North American Indians, its aim was to enable children to find out about themselves by offering opportunities for development and self-discipline rather than by imposing learning and discipline. Other schools, such as Dartington and Summerhill, developed from similar roots as did organisations like the Guides and Scouts. After the war, it was decided by Tony and Susie and the school secretary, who lived in Cambridge, not to re-open as a school as such a large financial investment would be required to renovate and repair the buildings. Instead, Tony set about earning an income for the trust by utilising his training in animal husbandry and set up the pig farm in the existing outbuildings on the site. Each summer, former pupils of Forest School continued the tradition of camping activities with their families until the late 1950s when the Forest School was set up again to continue elsewhere. In the early 1960s contacts were established with teachers and education authorities in Norfolk and Suffolk at a time when such bodies were keen to encourage children to spend time out of doors. From this grew a thriving Country Centre which continues to provide opportunities for many groups of children to spend a week or weekend camping in the grounds, or living in dormitories, while undertaking country activities which are totally new for some city children. Tony Ivins, the original warden of Whitwell Hall, was assisted by Susie as house mother until the 1970s. By this time, it was necessary to take on more staff. Sue and Brian Evans joined the staff and later took over the running of the centre which they continue to manage down to the present. On his retirement, Tony became chairman of the trust and worked tirelessly for the centre, a role which his son, Hugh, has now taken on after him. The Country Centre is always looking for ways to broaden its activities and a number of local groups and pupils from Reepham High School use the house and grounds for a variety of activities. Any group can contact Brian and Sue Evans to see if the centre can accommodate �their requirements – always bearing in mind that it is limited by its status as an educational trust. Our grateful thanks to Hugh Ivins for his help in preparing this profile of his father and the outline of the development of the Whitwell Hall Country Centre. From the Reepham Society Magazine, Millennium Edition, April 2001 � Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. It may have been sent electronically to the Archive or it may be a text owned by someone else which we have scanned or photographed. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Stimpson, a prominent farmer and land owner. Mr Stimpson of Hackford Hall, Reepham, was born at Park Farm, Bixley, where his father farmed. It was from Bixley that he joined the army. This was in September 1940, serving with the 12th Royal Lancers. In 1941−42 he served in the Western Desert, before becoming ADC [aide-de-camp] to General Leese, Commander of the Eighth Army in Italy. During 1944, Mr Stimpson was with General Leese, when the General was made Commander-in-Chief of ALFSEA [Allied Land Forces South East Asia] in the India/Burma Theatre. Mr Stimpson left the forces in April 1946 with the rank of Major. He was mentioned in the 1947 New Year’s honours list, for services rendered during the Second World War, being awarded the MBE. From 1946−50 Mr Stimpson managed Park Farm, Bixley, famous for its herd of Large Black pigs, which won many prizes at the County and Smithfield Shows. In 1950 he took over the management of the firm’s transport company, Stimpson & Sons, which he improved with more up-to-date lorries. Mr Stimpson moved to Hackford Hall in 1952 and was married to Mrs Rosemary Packard in March the following year. Mrs Stimpson had a son, Michael, and a daughter, Frances, by her previous marriage. Following their marriage they had a daughter, Mary, and a son, Hugh, now both married. Mr Stimpson took great interest in the local affairs of Reepham, serving on the parish council and as a church warden. He also served as a magistrate at Reepham and later at Dereham where he became chairman. He also had a great interest in the Royal Norfolk Show, of which he was honorary director from 1960−66 and 1973-80, a total of 15 years. From an article published in The Reepham Magazine 1989 � Text-digital Any text item for which there is no previously existing hard copy in the Archive. The text can be stored on CD, DVD, memory card, USB stick, on hard drive or 'cloud'. 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Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-drawn This will always be an original because a photocopy of a drawn map, for example, would be categorised as 'printed'. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Map of Kerdiston, 1800s Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305241020 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large, hand-drawn colour map; lots of written information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1800s Description An account of the resource Copied after May 1967; author/illustrator unknown, possibly Sally Aitchieson, who collected it, Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Clare Buxton, November 2021. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/75607b0f45e937e754ce352bae5dffee.jpg 931918e489ac61c5b74e8a80d5ef7aaf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-drawn This will always be an original because a photocopy of a drawn map, for example, would be categorised as 'printed'. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Map of Kerdiston, 1600s Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305241030 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large, hand-drawn map, colour, lots of written information Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s Description An account of the resource Probably drawn after May 1967; author/illustrator unknown, possibly Sally Aitchieson, who collected it. File includes a photocopy of a field map of Kerdiston showing the location of the map on a Norfolk Record Office 1577-1603 map of Reepham and area, Bulwer Estate (ref. BUL/435) from “In Search of Ancient Landscape: a study of Reepham”, Jacky Heath, 2003, Diploma in Landscape Archaeology, UEA Norwich. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Donated by Clare Buxton, November 2021 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Kerdiston https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/ed4228da561d43a3658442fc7ec9a28e.jpg 8599cc5d3efe81c8b86e293bafc49036 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Plan of Reepham Brewery, 1878 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305241055 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Copy of a mounted map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1878 Description An account of the resource Home property forming part of the estate for sale by auction by Mr Alfred Thomas at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, Saturday 8 June 1878. Became the Old Brewery House Hotel and then the Dial House. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Bircham https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/d5f276e7e957af6e2e170b91c35af246.jpg 117730bc3b0789bb02b15a0aad78dbe1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Plan of existing and proposed electric street lighting lamp positions for the Parish Council of Reepham, 1945 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305311025 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large plan, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Reepham Street lighting https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/4de920b1d980d08b71bcbb72c43711c8.jpg b8192c7f55fd443a5b1e0a02f78584d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reepham Village Centre, 1972 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305311035 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map, coloured, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource March 1972 Description An account of the resource Scale 1:1250 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Reepham Traffic management https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/a68ffcf699c663fcb5bde8b5709f52e6.jpg 7b98e386da6702a256cd3cc47564fe13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ordnance Survey map of Booton, Brandiston and Cawston, 1957 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305311050 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large original map, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1957 Description An account of the resource Ordnance Survey, 1957, ref. TG 12 SW, scale 1:10560 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Booton Brandiston Cawston https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/8b096fb68b304009b62dbacafd160e12.jpg 2a080ae7f16e78af242193e509ca9227 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ordnance Survey map of Themelthorpe, Reepham, Whitwell, 1958, showing rural district boundary, footpaths and bridleways Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305311105 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958 Description An account of the resource Ordnance Survey, 1958, ref. TG 02 SE, provisional edition, scale 1:10560 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Reepham Themelthorpe Whitwell https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/fb076130bcd7a354331129a2dd3d536f.jpg 2a080ae7f16e78af242193e509ca9227 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-printed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ordnance Survey map of Booton, Brandiston, Cawston, 1957, showing rural district boundary, footpaths and bridleways Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2305311110 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large map, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1957 Description An account of the resource Ordnance Survey, 1957, ref. TG 12 SW, provisional edition, scale 1:1056 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Booton Brandiston Cawston https://reephamarchive.co.uk/omeka/files/original/2f44154313fff5b9f5a55dfda023a1e2.jpg a8a5cf0cf3f3a0865231a27b4b3fa6ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maps Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/Maps Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Mixed media throughout the Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1600s to present day Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1600s to present day Reepham and surrounding villages Map-drawn This will always be an original because a photocopy of a drawn map, for example, would be categorised as 'printed'. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Map of Whitwell and Hackford, 1772 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context GB/REE/2306141100 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Large hand-drawn map, scanned and stitched Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1772 Description An account of the resource Copied by S King, 1772, copied from a rough plan Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scanned and stitched by GF and CB 2023 Hackford Whitwell