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Hettie Sexton
Harriet Sexton (1899-1934)
Baptised Harriet, Hettie Sexton was born in Briston in 1899. In 1911 she was boarding with Charles Timbers and his housekeeper in 5 Newland Villas. She was still lodging with Charles in 1921 in one of the cottages on The…
Baptised Harriet, Hettie Sexton was born in Briston in 1899. In 1911 she was boarding with Charles Timbers and his housekeeper in 5 Newland Villas. She was still lodging with Charles in 1921 in one of the cottages on The…
George Mason
Studio photograph of George Mason (1890-1959), probably taken when he enlisted during WWI.
In the 1920s George worked as a horseman at Eades Mill Farm for R. B. Howes. George married Lucy Piercy in 1923. In 1939 they were living in the Birchams…
In the 1920s George worked as a horseman at Eades Mill Farm for R. B. Howes. George married Lucy Piercy in 1923. In 1939 they were living in the Birchams…
Bell Ringers in St. Michael's
Walter Ford was a member of the Norwich Diocesan Association of Bellringers for 60 years and Reepham's tower captain from 1944. Walter began ringing when he was 15. He lived long enough to see the re-hanging & addition of two more bells (1977-1979)…
Herbert Temple Christian Owen
Illuminated address presented to Herbert Temple Owen in 1957 to mark his services as church warden for more than fifty years. Herbert came from North Walsham where his father was a clergyman. In 1901, at the age of 25, Herbert was already a bank…
Henry Piercy
Henry John Piercy (1860-1933) was a great uncle of Wesley Piercy (cousin to Wesley's grandfather Thomas Piercy). Henry was married to Emma Bowes in 1884 and worked as a gardener. In 1901 he was working in Euston, Suffolk, for the Duke of Grafton at…
Eva Mabel Leonard
Eva Mabel Leonard (1896-1977)
Studio portrait taken about 1918
Eva's husband was Reginald Fisher, youngest son of George Ephraim Fisher. George ran the grocery an drapery business from the premises that was once Motts Pharmacy, now the…
Studio portrait taken about 1918
Eva's husband was Reginald Fisher, youngest son of George Ephraim Fisher. George ran the grocery an drapery business from the premises that was once Motts Pharmacy, now the…
Alice Maud Gayford
Alice Maud Gayford (1894-1939)
Alice was the daughter of Frederick Gayford, a carpenter. She was a domestic servant
The photograph was probably taken in about 1921 when Alice was working for William and Mercy Pitcher in London. William had been a…
Alice was the daughter of Frederick Gayford, a carpenter. She was a domestic servant
The photograph was probably taken in about 1921 when Alice was working for William and Mercy Pitcher in London. William had been a…
Market Place Presentation 2025
Reepham Market Place Through Time
Presentation given in November 2025 & January 2026 focussing on a selection of shops & buildings in Reepham Market Place. The first item shows the display sheets, the second is the slide show which was shown with…
Presentation given in November 2025 & January 2026 focussing on a selection of shops & buildings in Reepham Market Place. The first item shows the display sheets, the second is the slide show which was shown with…
November 1914
Newspaper cutting describing the facilities provided for wounded soldiers who began arriving in Reepham to recuperate in November 1914.
Caring for the Wounded in WWI
Talk given by Brenda Gostling & presentation by Janet Archer using materials & resources from Reepham Archive as well as online information from the British Red Cross website. The presentation slides are shown here as the second item. The first slide…
Booton Bridge and Booton Mill
An account of an accident in 1811 in which a gentleman on horseback died while crossing the ford at Booton, some years before a bridge was constructed. Also an account of the removal of the windmill at Booton. Both articles from a handwritten letter…
Robert Howe
Robert Matthew Howe (1863-1940) in Bircham's Yard, Norwich Road. Robert was a stockman at various farms in the local area. Born in Swanton Morley, he lived for a long while in Weston Longville. In 1921 he was living in Bircham's Yard and working on…
Cecil Lewis Pask
Cecil (1896-1963) was a son of William A. Pask and his third wife Annie Sarah Rowe. Cecil began his working life as a tailor's apprentice to his father. After serving in WWI as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery he married Doris Wilson in 1924.…
John William Frankland
John William Frankland (1895-1964)
John's father, Charles Frankland, was a tailor (& a gardener) who worked for William Pask. John himself worked as a gardener and after serving in WWI he worked at the Moor House for Ernest Hudson. The family lived…
John's father, Charles Frankland, was a tailor (& a gardener) who worked for William Pask. John himself worked as a gardener and after serving in WWI he worked at the Moor House for Ernest Hudson. The family lived…
De Dion Bouton Car
Image of two very smart young men in a De Dion Bouton car, taken at the bottom of Dereham Road.
May Mary Tubby
May Mary Tubby -nee Barrett (1899-1983)
Born in Felthorpe, by 1911 the family was living in Whitwell. Her father Edward was a farm labourer. In 1919 May married William Tubby and in 1921 they were living in Station Road, probably in the cottages…
Born in Felthorpe, by 1911 the family was living in Whitwell. Her father Edward was a farm labourer. In 1919 May married William Tubby and in 1921 they were living in Station Road, probably in the cottages…
Mary Besford Timbers
Studio portrait of Mary Besford Timbers (1858-1940). Mary was the daughter of Charles Timbers & Charlotte Jarvis. Before she was married she lived with her grandfather William at Six Crossways where the women of the family ran a laundry business.
In…
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Jasper Kiddell
Jasper (1900-1971) was the youngest child of Ebenezer Kiddell and his first wife Elizabeth Cole. He had a sister called Charlotte who was 14 years older than Jasper. On the back of this photograph was written :- "Good morning Sister Lottie have you…
Frances & Elsie Piercy
Wesley Piercy's mother Lucy had two sisters, Frances and Elsie.
Frances Mary Piercy(1886-1969) - seated
Frances was the eldest child of Thomas Piercy and his wife Mary Besford Timbers. She worked as a domestic servant until she married William J…
Frances Mary Piercy(1886-1969) - seated
Frances was the eldest child of Thomas Piercy and his wife Mary Besford Timbers. She worked as a domestic servant until she married William J…
The Blyth Family
The Blyth Family
Joshua Blyth (1856-1933) with his wife Rhoda Matilda (nee Timbers). They were married in 1883. The children are Joshua and Rhoda at the back, with Arthur, Charlotte and Percy in the front. Joshua worked as a jobbing gardener for…
Joshua Blyth (1856-1933) with his wife Rhoda Matilda (nee Timbers). They were married in 1883. The children are Joshua and Rhoda at the back, with Arthur, Charlotte and Percy in the front. Joshua worked as a jobbing gardener for…