Holt
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- 5 photos on Holt appear in 4 Frith books - View photos of Holt
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Holt memories
Read and share memories of Holt and Norfolk inspired by Frith photos
Jacob Herrman Fuoss
Late 1880-90? my great grandfather was a teacher at Gresham School. We would love to know when he taught there and where he lived. Thank you for the pictures, most interesting.
Contributed by Carola Young
Norfolk memories
Jacob Herrman Fuoss
Late 1880-90? my great grandfather was a teacher at Gresham School. We would love to know when he taught there and where he lived. Thank you for the pictures, most interesting.
A memory of Holt contributed by Carola Young
More childhood memories
I was born in the cottage in the courtyard, the youngest of three. My brother, Tony, sister Sheila, who now lives not too far away from Matlask, and have some wonderful memories of the Hall. Summer days seemed endless, building houses out of the hay bales in the fields, playing on the old tree stumps down by the pond, opening the gate for the delivery man from Rusts and getting a 'wagon wheel' as a treat. They were enormous. As my brother mentioned, we used to go on the 'shoot'. I was to young to 'beat' so I rode with Dad in the jeep pulling the game cart, I always remember the sandwiches, smelly egg, wrapped in greaseproof paper that my ...read more here
A memory of Barningham contributed by Peter Mackay
The second McKays
We have just read Anthony McKays memories of Barningham Hall. After they left my husbands family, also McKays, how about that for coincidence, moved in also as driver to Sir Charles. My husband Terry was nine at the time and lived there until he was fifteen.
His memories are exactley the same, and we have photographs of all the Mot Radcliffe family.
We called in to see Lady Mott Ratcliffe about ten years ago and she very kindly took us on a tour of the hall and gardens and it was exactly as my husband remembered.
Earlier this year we called again, she had retired to a cottage in the village at the age of ninety, and in residence ...read more here
A memory of Barningham contributed by Pauline McKay
Extracts From Holt & Norfolk books
Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a
wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle
haphazardly around its broad market place. It
was rebuilt all of a piece after a devastating fire
in 1708. On the left is a fine Victorian shop-
front imposed on a plain brick house. The town
is renowned for its public school, Gresham’s,
founded in 1555 by John Gresham, Lord
Mayor of London.
An extract from from"Norfolk Pocket Album".
Holt, between Fakenham and Cromer, boasts a wealth of fine Georgian houses, which huddle haphazardly around its broad market place. It was rebuilt all of a piece after a devastating fire in 1708. On the left is a fine Victorian shop front imposed on a plain brick house. The town is renowned for its public school, Gresham’s, founded in 1555 by John Gresham, Lord Mayor of London.
An extract from from"East Anglia".
The milestone is known to the locals as ‘the pineapple’; it is inscribed with names and mileages from Holt to Norfolk’s principal towns. The lamp post has been replaced by a more ornate lantern celebrating Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. This was relocated from the market place, and the locals call it ‘Blind Sam’s Lamp’. The locals call themselves ‘Holt Owls’, but that’s another story! In contrast to most other Wesleyan chapels, this Methodist Free Church is a grand building inside and out. The Norfolk architect Thomas Jeckyll used contrasting materials, which the Victorians adored; the building made a huge impact in the county when it was opened in April 1863. Its elaborate tower does not contain bells or anything else, apart from splendid accommodation for the local pigeons.
An extract from from"Norfolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
This fine gabled building with huge chimneys is situated on the edge of the town, set in typical English parkland with lakes and rare trees. Its location prevented it from being damaged by a fire which demolished the town in the 17th century.
An extract from from"Norfolk - A Second Selection Photographic Memories".
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.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".