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Hingham, Norfolk
Hingham maps
Historic maps of Hingham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hingham maps
Historic map of Hingham
Illustrated Victorian map of Norfolk
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Hingham books
Displaying 3 of 10 books about Hingham and the local area. View all Hingham books
Norfolk Broads Photographic Memories
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Norfolk Coast Photographic Memories
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Norfolk Photographic Memories
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£13
1 Hingham photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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Hi, I'm Mel and I'm looking for information on my 4 x grandparents and family. According to church records James Faulkes (Forkes as it was then written) was born in Scoulton in 1819 and his father's name was Jonathan so I'm looking for information about them. For some reason the name was changed.
Shared on 03 August 2009
I am writing this for my dad. He is 81 now. He lived in Attleborough until he was 11 yreas old. His name is Colin Whybrow, his dad was Harold Whybrow. Dad also had a sister Janet, and brothers Brian, Trevor, and Ernest who was later killed in France in the Second World War. If any one remembers any of the... [more]
Shared on 08 June 2009
At the age of 5yrs I started my education at Scarning School, I lived at Woodhill [see memory of Dereham] which meant about a 2 mile walk to school with my 10 yr old sister usually stopping to play in the stream at Podmore on the way.
School dinners! there was no such thing,it was sandwiches which,regardless of weather had to... [more]
Shared on 20 November 2006
First school London Road Infants, a short time in Scotland and then the Church Infants, each school day walking from Theatre Street (two doors up from 'The Cherry Tree') through the market place and down Church Street. I moved on to the primary at the top of Theatre Street and eventually Crown Road. While at Theatre Street... [more]
Shared on 08 July 2008
Extracts From Hingham & Norfolk books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hingham, inspired by Frith photos.
Hingham was an important market town in the Middle Ages. It will always be associated with the Lincoln family, as the ancestors of President Abraham Lincoln lived here for many generations and are commemorated by a bust of the President in the parish church.
This is an extract from Norfolk Living Memories.
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Norfolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories
These attractive 18th-century houses are good examples of houses which abound in this small town. A village sign by Harry Carter dominates the green. Hingham was responsible for providing New England with many settlers in the 17th century, where they founded another Hingham. Abraham Lincoln's ancestors came from here, and there is a bust of him in the aisle of the... [more]
This is an extract from Norfolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories.
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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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