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Sale of the Moor House
View of the house advertised for sale, from an undated newspaper cutting placed by the agents. Very brief note included.
Sale of The Greyhound Inn 1901
Photocopy of sale document with details of cottages on Bar Lane & their tenants. The inn was bought by Youngs & Crawshay & Co., having previously been on lease.
Sale of Public Houses
Single page of a sales brochure relating to the closing down of Reepham Brewery in 1878. Out of over 50 pubs these are the first four lots:- Kings Arms, Black Lion, George (& Dragon), Sun Inn. The descriptions include details of rooms, outbuildings…
Sale of Contents of The Ollands House & Gardens
Catalogue detailing the sale of contents of The Ollands. The sale took place over two days. The estate had been auctioned a month earlier in 1883. Messrs. Spelman's introduction stated that the furniture had been carefully kept, was in good condition…
S. Jewell, photographic store
A postcard image of Miss Jewell entering the family photographic store.On the front : West End of Market Place, Reepham.J 7632 (Jewell's Series)On the reverse : "I am sending you a photo of our shop, & I was so angry I got snapped just as I was…
Ruth Roseveare
Obituary from The Times for Dr. Ruth Roseveare (1917-2014), surgeon and missionary who served in India from the end of WWII to her retirement in 1983 when she came to live in Reepham. Dr Roseveare's brother-in-law was Dr Arthur Garrett, who was with…
Ruins of All Saints Church
The remains of the church of All Saints which served the parish of Hackford.
RS Exhibition Notes & Report 2001
Extensive notes collated by Kate Nightingale for display at this exhibition which was organised by the Reepham Society History Group and coincided with the publication of the RS Millennium Magazine.
+ Detailed report on the successes of the 2001…
+ Detailed report on the successes of the 2001…
Roys of Wroxham
Mounted pictures & text showing Alfred Roy, his shop in Reepham, and brief details about his sons Arnold & Alfred who founded Roys of Wroxham.
File copy shown here gives an edited version with additional information.
File copy shown here gives an edited version with additional information.
Royal visitor ‘greatly impressed’ by young performers
A record of Queen Mary's visit to hear the Reepham Junior Band in 1945.
Royal Observer Corps, Reepham Section
Standing (l–r): Bob Wasey, Jack Ling, Horace CollisonSeated (l–r): Gordon Frankland, William Burton, Cyril Lowe, Bob Smith, Ernest TuddenhamThe original source did not identify the man standing at the left-hand end. Based on comparison with item…
Royal British Legion Womens Section,
Lady Gwyneth Cook Cup
Certificate of Merit awarded to the Reepham Branch 1973-1974
Royal British Legion Parade
Royal British Legion, Reepham Ladies Section, at a parade held outside Reepham. Included in the photograph are Mesdames Seely, Page, Timbers and Gaymer
Rose Cottage, Dereham Road
Photograph marked Rose Cottage, Reepham.
This house is on Dereham Road and is now known as Tyler's Mead.
This house is on Dereham Road and is now known as Tyler's Mead.
Rosa, Hilda & Charles Pask
Two photographs, one showing Hilda and Rosa Pask and a second with Clifford Sendall and Charles Randolph Pask dated 1914.
Rookery Farm
Rookery Farm looks out over a pasture that has been the site of brass band festivals, marquees for celebratory meals, sports events, a cricket practice ground and more recently the Reepham Festival. In reports it has been called Steward's Meadow,…
Ronald Gibbs
Ronald Gibbs with delivery lorry, presumably in Gibbs' yard.
Ronald was evacuated from London at the age of 8 and came to stay in Reepham with the Gibbs family. Edward Gibbs' wife Emma (whose maiden name was also Gibbs) was Ronald's great aunt. …
Ronald was evacuated from London at the age of 8 and came to stay in Reepham with the Gibbs family. Edward Gibbs' wife Emma (whose maiden name was also Gibbs) was Ronald's great aunt. …
Roger Korval Sports Shop
For a few years in the 1980s Roger Korval Sports traded from the premises that had once been Gibbs' ironmongers. Previously the shop had been occupied by Ernest Clark who ran a hardware business until he retired in 1982.
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…
Robert Eaglen with his father at Hackford
Robert became a gamekeeper at Hackford Hall and in 1918 moved to Beachamwell near Swaffham. His daughter Fernleigh Eaglen married Alfred Hardiment, grocer in the Market Place, Reepham, in 1932. Robert's father was a shepherd at Hackford.