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Great Massingham photos
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Great Massingham maps
Historic maps of Great Massingham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Great Massingham maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Norfolk
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Great Massingham 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 Great Massingham
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Great Massingham Crown Brass Band
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My grandfather was George Frederick Fish, bandmaster to Great Massingham Crown Brass Band. I would dearly love to learn more about both him and the band. Does anyone have any information about them? I believe they once played at Sandringham at Christmas after the king heard them playing in Kings Lynn (I think). I am told that the king was... [more]
Shared on 15 March 2008
Norfolk memories
Evacuation from London to Harpley
I remember Harpley when it had no running water, electricity or gas. I was evacuated there during the war years and stayed in a cottage near to the village pub. At that time we had to cross the road to draw drinking water from the village well. Washing and bathing water was supplied by rainwater tanks kept at... [more]
Shared on 04 January 2009
Hi - My family history research finds that my mother Isobella Stephenson was born in Houghton in 1917. Her family may have been in the pub buisness, but her father Harry John Middleton worked for the railways. They eventually ended up in Barnsley where I was born. Any information on this family would be of help to me,
Regards Allan Broadhead... [more]
Shared on 02 September 2006
My great grandfather John Robert Leaman was school master at Castle Acre school - his wife (my great grandmother) was Elizabeth Jane Leaman (nee Ellis). I have visited Castleacre recently and found the village such a beautiful, interesting idyllic place to be. If anyone knows or has any history of this time I would love to hear about them. The time... [more]
Shared on 13 October 2008
Extracts From Great Massingham & Norfolk books
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King's Lynn Photographic Memories
This is one of the largest keeps in the country, richly decorated inside with a well-preserved medieval kitchen. The castle is built on a massive defensive earthwork, giving unrivalled views across the land and out to sea.
This is an extract from King's Lynn Photographic Memories.
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King's Lynn Photographic Memories
This entrance lodge to the house and gardens was private until the area was opened to the public for the first time in 1908. All moneys from admission charges go to a huge list of charities, and garden produce is given to local hospitals.
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King's Lynn Photographic Memories
The owners of Gayton Flour Mill built all these properties to house their workers. The mill had a bakery supplying bread for the whole village, which was displayed in baskets and delivered by horse and cart. Depending on the strength of the wind, the employees were called out day or night to work the mill.
This is an extract from King's Lynn Photographic Memories.
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