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Framingham Earl photos
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Framingham Earl maps
Historic maps of Framingham Earl and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Framingham Earl maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Norfolk
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Framingham Earl books
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Norfolk Broads Photographic Memories
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£14
Norfolk Coast Photographic Memories
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£14
Norfolk Photographic Memories
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£13
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Memories of Framingham Earl
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This gentleman is my grandfather Geoffrey John Hart. He owned and worked the business, Hearts Cruisers, with his two sons, Dick and Jack, and we spent many a happy hour there. In those days you could swim in the river as pollution was almost non-existent. Uncle Dick's many descendants are now mainly living in New Zealand but pay regular visits to... [more]
Shared on 10 May 2009
This boatyard belonged to my grandfather, Geoffrey John Hart (the gentleman standing at the back of the picture) and the young man in the front of the picture is Jack Ayton Hart, his son. The other son also worked there and his name was Dick. As children my mother, Yvonne, and my brother and myself all played here and learned to... [more]
Shared on 10 May 2009
Peggy from the USA, who sent a memory of Brundall, is my cousin. Arthur Henry Brigham was my grandfather, and he was the Signalman at Brundall railway station. I knew Sydney (her father) very well, and also spent many happy days at Brooms boatyard. Get in touch Peggy - it's your long lost cousin calling!!!
Shared on 01 March 2009
Imagine my surprise while sitting here in U.S.A. looking at pictures of the village Brundall, the village that I was born in. I saw a picture of my dad, Sidney A. Brigham, launching a sail boat at Brooms Boat Yard. The year of the picture, number 11, is 1955. He had worked at Brooms since he was about 15 and worked... [more]
Shared on 20 September 2008
Extracts From Framingham Earl & Norfolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Framingham Earl, inspired by Frith photos.
On the road leading to the priory gateway, this fine 14th-century, jettied, timber-frame building may have been built for visitors to the abbey. The period petrol pumps have now gone.
This is an extract from Norwich Photographic Memories.
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The spacious market-place was established by 1130, but the present timber-framed 'cross' building dates from 1617. It replaced the original after yet another Norfolk fire gutted the town centre.
This is an extract from Norwich Photographic Memories.
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This was the former water mill. Smartened up, with its brickwork painted, the mill is now a house. It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.
This is an extract from Norwich Photographic Memories.
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