The Francis Frith Collection.
You are here: Home > Explore your past > England > Norfolk > Wymondham
2008 Christmas Gift Guide - great gifts for your family and friends

Wymondham

Wymondham photos (13 available)

Old photo of Wymondham

Wymondham maps (2 available)

Old map of Wymondham

Wymondham books (4 available)

On Sale! 70% off

East Anglia
Hardback

* 3 books shown here

Wymondham memories

Be the first to add a memory of Wymondham.

You can also read memories of nearby places in Norfolk below.

Norfolk memories

Bird Family

Hello My name is Chris Dann I am a direct decendant of Frank Gilbert Bird of Honingham, England and I am looking for decendants of his brothers and sisters. Frank had an older brother named Charles Edward Bird born in 1893, a younger brother named Cyril Victor Bird born in 1900  and a younger sister named Olive born in 1892. Olive married a Stanley Shickle and they lived in East Dereham. Frank also had a younger sister named Kathleen born in 1904, Harvey George born in 1906, Eric Perival 1908 and Melville Eve born in 1910. The family grew up at Tollgate Farm and sometime after the 1901 census the name of the farm was changed to the Grange Farm.
read more here
A memory of Honingham contributed by Chris Dann

Family memory

Norwich, Brundall Gardens 1922

My father's grandfather used to own Brundall Gardens, he has some photographs of us standing on the steps with great-grandfather holding me when I was a baby, he also has photographs of my brother who is a year older than I in the gardens with the stone statues.  My father being the eldest son would have inherited the house and gardens.  Unfortunately his grandfather's second wife sold it and it now  a housing estate.
A memory of Norwich contributed by First Name Last Name

Loves First Kiss

Norwich, Castle Gardens 1891

This is the park where Sam and I had our first kiss! xx
A memory of Norwich contributed by Jennifer Christie

school days

East Dereham, Church Street 1893

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 I would occasionally return to the bottom of Church Street to the 'rag and bone' yard with rabbit skins to supplement my pocket money.
I remember some 10 years later when I rode my motorbike from Theatre Street to the chemists at the top end of Church Street, made my purchase then walked out thinking of other things. It ...read more here
A memory of East Dereham contributed by Iain Innes

Extracts From Wymondham & Norfolk books

Wymondham, the Green Dragon, Church Street c1965

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".

Wymondham, the Market Place and Cross c1965

This pleasant market town sits on the road from Thetford to Norwich, and was once a resting place for pilgrims – it still has a fine Guild Chapel dedicated to St Thomas à Becket.This well-maintained timbered market cross was built in 1618. It provides a welcome resting place for shoppers and visitors. The modern shop fronts in the town hide many old medieval houses. Robert Kett, who led a rebellion in Norfolk during 1549, was born in Wymondham; he held the first meeting of peasants on Wymondham common.
An extract from from"East Anglia".

Wymondham, the Market Place and Cross c1965

Nine miles south-west of Norwich, Wymondham is noted for its fine priory church. The church was founded in 1107 and was the cause of bitter rivalry between town and prior, culminating in each faction building its own 15th-century bell towers.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".

Wymondham, Market Cross c1965

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.
An extract from from"Norwich Photographic Memories".

Wymondham, the Green Dragon, Church Street c1965

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".