Donald Kendall Chapman's account of Hackford House Scouts Troup's attendance at the King's Rally in 1911. The troop had been formed in 1910 by Samuel Bircham & by the time of the rally had three patrols. Donald describes the railway journey, the…
B&W aerial view, taken when the house was in use as a nursing home run by Dr. Dorothy Eglington.
Extensive kitchen garden. No new houses on the other side of New Road.
Collection of items relating to William Frost of Whitwell who murdered his four children in 1844.Shown here :Single page resume of tragedy Parish record of the children's burialSketch of Frost from the August Assizes trialOther items :Edited copy of…
Copy from Norfolk Record Office of an indenture between Henry Eade, of Whitwell...miller of flour etc. and ??? Symonds of Hindolveston concerning oe piece of pasture in Great Witchingham. A previous contract with John Eade is referred to. There were…
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.
Three undated B&W Ordnance Survey images taken at different times. One shows the beginnings of the Richmond Rise & Bircham Road estates. In the other two the Ollands House is still present and there are still outbuildings on the land that was to…
This image is very similar to Item #158 but was taken on another occasion. Also taken from a hoist or cherry picker but the foreground activity is very different.
Three similar professional quality photographs of Reepham. Taken after the development of Merchants Yard & the Spar supermarket. Abbs Garage still existent as are the buildings behind the Old Brewery House Hotel.
Aerial & wide angle images of Reepham town centre, focusing on the Dial House development in 2015. 12 images prepared for use in The Dial brochure.
Two examples given here from January & April 2015.