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Cawston, High Street c.1965
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In its heyday this was a huge village with shops of every description and five prosperous inns; there was even a beer house run by Matthew Austin. Different businesses produced hats, dresses, watches and clocks; a team of rat-catchers came from the village, and were well-known across the county. D Cook (right) is an electrical engineer - in the 1800s, Martha Cook was a well-known dressmaker. The fine church has a 120ft-high tower; it is famous for its hammer-beam roof and fine rood-screen. Centuries ago the pulpit had a large leather funnel with a pipe going down to a pew for a particularly deaf member of the congregation.

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A Selection of Memories from Cawston

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Cawston

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Lenwade
I have lots of memories of Lenwade as I was born at Heath Close, my dad lived there most of his life, my mother and father were married there at the church, St Mary's I believe. My nan, aunties, uncles and cousins lived there. My dad worked at Banhams Farm from the age of 14. I still return to walk up the old line and the feeling I get is so nostalgic as I remember all the tales that I heard from my parents of the happy ...see more
Cawston, Church of St Agnes c1965
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My Mother
My mother was in the early 1940s called Nancy Southgate, her father ran a paper round from his house. If you leave the village with the church on the left, over the bridge, the row of houses on the left, the last house was where mum was born. Mum was there when an American war plane came down, I have seen the memorial to that event, Mum said it nearly took her head off. I had many great holidays there in the summer, ...see more
Cawston, Church of St Agnes c1965
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St. Agnes
I remember walking down to my first Christingle. My wife, two-year-old daughter and I experienced a wonderful service which really made all of our Christmas's. With the lovely support of the local villagers, we really felt that we settled in. Since then every year we have made it a tradition to venture down to the church and participate in the Christingle. Although, of course, we didn't make it that time when we all had ...see more
Cawston, Church of St Agnes c1965
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