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Attested copy of lease and re-lease of premises in Hackford, Reepham and Salle from Francis Saint John Hunt to his brothers James Hunt and Thomas Hunt.
Document originally created 3rd & 4th November 1786.
Attested copy 14th September…

Report of the events of Jubilee Day in Reepham recorded in The (Norfolk) Journal, Friday, 17 June 1977.
Plans for events in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II's accession to the throne with copy of Norfolk News report.

Old Time Dancers, photograph taken in The Town Hall in the 1960s. People shown include Busty and Joan Rudd, Jill Hall, Florrie Grant, Stewart Fuller

5 colour photographs of the Reepham Carnival held on 12 June 1971. The Brownie in the first picture is Mrs. Grant, others in the photograph in fancy dress on the float are Ellen/Eileen Rowe and Pam Swayze. The other two photos are of floats assembled…

Ten images. 4 black and white photographs of the children's tea party inside the Town Hall.

6 colour negatives showing preparation for the Street Parties in the Market Place and in Back Street.

Photograph of Edward and Evelyn Gibbs. Evelyn's birth was registered in 1891 and Edward's in 1892.

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Gladys Ford 1894-1984 (married name unknown) with her daughter and grand-daughter Anna Hancock. Gladys was the youngest daughter of William Ford and his first wife Ellen Fuller Clarke. She was born in Reepham and baptised in Hackford Parish Church.

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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…

Norfolk County Council Town and Planning leaflet on the proposed Reepham Conservation Area prepared by R.I. Maxwell, F.R.I.C.S., F.R.T.P.I., F.I.Mun.E., County Planning Officer. The report gives a detailed description of Reepham in 1972 noting the…

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Map printed on linen showing plans for the supply of electricity to properties in Reepham. Shops and houses are marked in colour. Reepham was one of the first rural towns in the country to get electricity.

Reepham Norfolk Town Map issued to celebrate the 75th Anniversary Year of the Bircham Centre. These maps were sold in aid of the Bircham Centre Restoration Fund for 15p each.

Earlier original map from 1980, A4 size and sold in the Bircham…

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Transcription of notes written by Harry Hawes in two notebooks, describing houses, their occupiers and businesses in Reepham. It begins with details of Reepham Moor and continues into Reepham Market Place. Many of the tales from 'A True Story',…

Marjorie Gibbs' description of Edward Gibbs' Ironmonger's shop in Reepham Market Place begins with a brief history of the previous tenants, i.e. William & Mary George, followed by the Leeds family. She describes the original premises with details of…

An account of Gibbs' Seed Business describing the seed room, the granary and the process of mixing different seed mixtures.

View of St. Michael's Church & Church Plain showing Millers Stores with people standing outside the shop. The church tower is covered in ivy.

Copy of an original postcard : J&S 5578

Hard backed album marked "Jubilee 1977, List of Children receiving Crown Coins. Each sheet records 15 children, mostly in alphabetical order, who signed by hand or by finger print for their coin. One original 5/- coin remains with the album together…

Newspaper photograph of Reepham's Jubilee Queen, Mary Shepherd, on the Town Hall steps after the children's Jubilee party.

Picture of Mr. Pask's shop after he moved his business from the Market Place to Towns End Corner. The signs read: Outfitter, Master Tailor, Draper.

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Mr. Pask outside his shop with two ladies, probably his two youngest daughters Hilda and Rosie who continued to run the business after he died in 1943 aged 91.
The windows advertise the range of clothes offered; liveries, breeches, hunting uniforms…

The platforms at the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Reepham Station taken from or near the railway bridge at the junction of Cawston Road and Wood Dalling Road. There are no hedges, unlike the the overgrown embankments that line the…
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