Speculation on the origins of Reepham, including why does Reepham stand where it does? Why is it so different from the surrounding parishes? Why did its churchyard contain three churches?
A page of sample extracts from a complete digital copy of Whitwell tithe map & apportionments. The document was begun in 1844. Areas of land on the map are numbered and a list of landowners shows the land they owned & the names of occupiers.…
Notes on tanning and tanneries in Reepham from before 1603 to 1905 : photographs of Whitwell Hall : maps of Whitwell Common and Whitwell Hall : further notes about tanned leather in Warehouse.
An account of Tony Hawes' first job as a junior clerk in Barclay's Bank, Reepham, in the 1950s. Brief mention is made of the people who ran the shops in the Market Place, e.g. Ned & Marjorie Gibbs, the Chapmans, Bert Hall, Donald (?) Watson at the…
Details of the memorial inscriptions of the cemetery on Whitwell Road, Reepham. Includes plans of the burial ground and an index to names, places & occupations recorded on the memorials. The introduction is included here.
Tracing of Whitwell Hall and Grounds from the copy of a deed 19 February 1883, recording the sale of Glebe land at Whitwell Hall by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Robert Leamon.
This is of interest as the Chapel of St Nicholas is mentioned in…