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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.
Robert Brown on wooden tricycle
Robert 'Friday' Brown aged 72 on a wooden tricycle made by James Patteson of Foxley.
First image believed to have been taken in Bawdeswell by F. Gibbs of Reepham.
B&W postcard on sale at Gressenhall Museum dated 1915.
First image believed to have been taken in Bawdeswell by F. Gibbs of Reepham.
B&W postcard on sale at Gressenhall Museum dated 1915.
Riches Stores
Riches Stores opposite Post Office. Central entrance door between display windows, Closed doors either side used for further display, Sign over "L.R.RICHES" Grocery, High Class Provisions, Wine & Spirit Merchant"
Richard James Wilkin
Richard Wilkin, born 12 May 1917, was the son of Thomas & Ellen Wilkin. In 1939 the Wilkin family was living at 2 Railway Terrace, New Road in Reepham. Richard served in the Far East with the Royal Norfolk Regiment and was captured in Singapore…
Rev Edward Percy Green & Harriet Fisher
On reverse: Front row: Helen Fisher, George Fisher, Elsie Mary Fisher (the bride's sister), Percy Green, Harriet Fisher. Back row: not known, Walter Gaskins, and two young lads - Sydney Fisher and Reginald Fisher.Further information received in 2019:…
Restoration of the Well Head at the Old Brewery House
The Dial House, Reepham Market Place. The Well Head was built in 1900 and restored in 1996.Participants L to R :-Jan HenryBernard DyePaul White, June BettsStuart Beadle, Iain Wilson (Manager)Christine Galley (Town Clerk)
Restoration of the Church Clock
Two images of crowds and cars gathering in the Market Place to witness the church clock being re-instated in St. Michael's tower.
Flags are decorating the buildings and 'God Save the King' can be seen on Hilton's shopfront. The white surplices of…
Flags are decorating the buildings and 'God Save the King' can be seen on Hilton's shopfront. The white surplices of…
Restoration of the Church Clock
The newspaper cutting describes the day's events and records many of the people present including the Rev. Luscombe, Mr Edward Gibbs, Messrs Faircloth, Beaver, Alford, Newstead, Temple-Owen and Turner and Mesdames Luscombe, Watson, Owen, Laskey,…
Resolution of the Meeting of the Proprietors of Estates in Whitwell
Document dated 15 July 1824 by which the Proprietors of Estates in Whitwell resolved that they and their Tenants will abstain from exercising any Rights of Common over the Low Common in Whitwell.The document was signed by those present at the…
Reginald Fisher (1897-1954)
Reginald Fisher (1897-1954) was the second son of George Ephraim B Fisher and Helen Hardiment. He married Eva M Leonard. Pictured in the uniform of a Bombardier in the Royal Field Artillery.
Reginald enlisted in March 1916. WWI records show that…
Reginald enlisted in March 1916. WWI records show that…
Regency Doorway
The front door of Hewkes House in Reepham Market Place.
Reepham's Three Parishes
Extract from Reepham's Three Churches Faith Trail showing the layout of Reepham's three parishes of Reepham with Kerdiston, Hackford & Whitwell. The parishes united in 1935.
Reepham's Three Churches Faith Trail
Guide to Reepham's churches with brief comments & historical information.
Written by Tony Foottit (Bishop of Lynn 1999-2003). With acknowledgements from Reepham PCC to the compilers of previous guides including N.W.Groves and Michael Sayer. It…
Written by Tony Foottit (Bishop of Lynn 1999-2003). With acknowledgements from Reepham PCC to the compilers of previous guides including N.W.Groves and Michael Sayer. It…
Reepham's Three Churches Detectives Trail
A second guide taking the form of a Heritage Detective’s Trail around Reepham’s three churches, written by Saul Penfold and the pupils of Reepham Primary School with illustrations by Mike McEwen.
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Copies…
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Copies…
Reepham's Three Churches
Detailed descriptions of Reepham's three churches, including memorial inscriptions & parish registers, plus secular historic details of the three parishes.
A second edition was published in 1977.
A second edition was published in 1977.
Reepham's New Fire Engine
The new fire engine was purchased from the Lowestoft Brigade in April 1931 when Captain Thirtle and the Lowestoft Firemen gave a demonstration of what it could do to a crowd of 1000 in Reepham Market Place. Afterward they were entertained to dinner…
Reepham's Eight Bells
An account of the restoration of the bells in the bell tower of St Michael's Reepham in 1977, including increasing the number of bells from six to eight.
Reepham, Kerdiston, Ordnance Survey map, 1886
Ordnance Survey map, 1886, scale 1:2500, ref. XXXVIII 6