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  • "My Little Town" by Edna Stone
    MY LITTLE TOWNby Edna Stone I’ve lived in North Walsham all my life, and love my little town,But so many people nowadays seem to enjoy shouting it down,Yes, of course it’s changed over th...
  • "Six Carollers" by Stewart Lowe
    A personal recollection of Christmas posted on our Facebook Group on 18th December 2020 from Stewart Lowe. I’ve been privileged not just to be reminded of our town’s history but also to l...
  • "Sunday Half Hour Broadcast" on 4th July 1948 from
    Souvenir programme from the "Sunday Half Hour Broadcast" on 4th July 1948 from St Nicholas' Church in North Walsham.... The Vicarage,North Walsham, Norfolk.June, 1948.Dear Friend,This souvenior ...
  • "Yesteryear" by Dinkie Walker
    I sat here today, thinking away, of the town that used to be.There was Pitchers and Brenners - old Cross Keys,Randell's and Fullers, who sold vests to your knees,Ribbons and corsets, and buttons in ti...
  • 2018 North Walsham Archive Calendar Sponsors
    Thanks to the following local businesses for sponsoring this edition and making it possible... Just North Walsham. Proud to support local groups & clubs. Cafe Kitale. Modern cafe suitable for ...
  • 2026 Archive Calendar
    I'm currently compiling the ever popular North Walsham Archive calendar for 2026 with some of the lovely photos from our collection. I'm hoping we can count on some local b...
  • A Christmas Look-Round
    A newspaper article from the Cromer and North Walsham Post – date unknown, possibly 1930s.Contributed by Angela Stevenson. A CHRISTMAS LOOK-ROUND The festive season so near at hand reminds us ...
  • A history of a Norfolk Market Town in photographs
      2026 North Walsham Archive Calendar  - BUY NOW! Welcome to the North Walsham & District Community Archive. With over a thousand pictures and supporting information this website cha...
  • A history of North Walsham in street names
    The history of any town is woven in to its street (and place) names, North Walsham is no different. Some names are ancient and we can only explore possible origins, others are more modern and in livin...
  • Acknowledgements
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. Acknowledgements All books owe much to other people who contribute material, suggest topics, criticise constructively or collaborate in any of a hundr...
  • Bradfield 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES BRADFIELD 1875-1975 One hundred years ago, Bradfield, or Broadfield as some say is the real name, was as it is to...
  • Chapter 1 - North Walsham mid 19th Century
    Extract from "North Walsham in the nineteenth century"The Historical Research Group of the North Walsham W.E.A.Edited by Pam Warren.Chapter 1 THE TOWN IN THE MID 19th CENTURY:TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS, ...
  • Chapter 10 - The Impact of Religion
    The Impact of Religion St. Nicholas Parish Church A dominant feature on the North Walsham skyline is the ruined tower of the Parish Church. Dedicated to St. Nicholas it is a large church for which t...
  • Chapter 11 - Education in North Walsham
    Education in North Walsham Copy of drawing made c. 1827 by J. B. Ladbrooke by Sheila Watson The oldest established school in North Walsham in the 19th century was the Paston School which was found...
  • Chapter 12 - The Railway come to North Walsham
    The Railway comes to North Walsham 'At a preliminary meeting last week steps were taken to give the inhabitants of the North Walsham neighbourhood good reason to anticipate that they will not much lo...
  • Chapter 2 - Leaving home
    The story of a Methodist Yorkshireman's journey through life. Chapter 2Leaving home Leaving school at the age of 14 and going out to work was in a way like leaving home. My first job was with the He...
  • Chapter 3 - The North Walsham and Dilham Canal
    THE NORTH WALSHAM AND DILHAM CANAL North Walsham and Dilham Canal    To Brickmakers, Navigators, Bricklayers, etc., The Committee appointed to organize the construction of the said can...
  • Chapter 4 - Bluebell and Spa Commons
    Bluebell & Spa Commons Enclosure took place in the early 19th century in many parishes in East Norfolk bringing more efficient farming and a marked change in the physical appearance of the land...
  • Chapter 6 - Poverty & Protest: The Agricultural La
    Poverty & Protest: The Agricultural Labourers In the early nineteenth century agriculture was by far the most important industry in the country. Wages for farm workers were very low and those wit...
  • Chapter 9 - North Walsham Celebrations
    North Walsham Celebrations Dinner for the poor in North Walsham to celebrate the occasion of The Coronation of William IV. "In the early part of the week a subscription was entered into by the spiri...
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    Cookie Policy Effective Date: 08-Dec-2021 Last Updated: 08-Dec-2021   What are cookies? This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, th...
  • Dilham 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES DILHAM 1875-1975 Life in Dilham 100 years ago would have in general revolved round agriculture and other work con...
  • Essential North Walsham Books
    Essential North Walsham Books North Walsham by John DixonPublished in the 1930s   North Walsham Past and PresentS. Emerson, M. R. Granger and R. S. JobyPublished in 1975 by Klofron, Norwich &...
  • Extract from “Memoirs of a North Walsham girl”
    Extract from “Memoirs of a North Walsham girl” by Ina M. Madden.Contributed by her daughter, Bridget Wilson Mother was the youngest of eight born to Sarah Ann Mace nee Bargewell – b...
  • FIRE & CIVIL WAR
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. FIRE & CIVIL WAR The 17th century-started with a fire in North Walsham whose consequences for a small town must have been as serious in its way as...
  • GEOLOGY, SOILS & WATER SUPPLIES
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. GEOLOGY, SOILS & WATER SUPPLIES When the glaciers of the Ice Age melted, they left the North Walsham area with up to 50 metres (170 feet) of sand,...
  • Going to school in North Walsham in the 1950s
    Going to school in North Walsham in the 1950s I haven’t ever lived in North Walsham, but I went to school from 1952 – 1959 at what was then North Walsham High School for Girls.  I wa...
  • Hempstead with Eccles 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES HEMPSTEAD with ECCLES 1875-1975 During a tremendous storm on 6th January, 1604, the sea burst through the sandhil...
  • Intro from North Walsham in old picture postcards
    North Walsham is probably one of the most conveniently situated market towns in Norfolk. This is a quotation from an old guide book to the town and it is still true. The town stands on comparatively h...
  • Latest News
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  • Mary Muriel, daughter to Rev Harvey Muriel, Rector
    Personal recollections of Mary Muriel, daughter to Rev Harvey Muriel, Rector of Edingthorpe. Norwich Road, North Walsham 1902-3A brief sojourn here, in a new house. Canon Owen had no curate for the t...
  • Memories of North Walsham Girls' High School
    This article was submitted by Gillian Shephard (nee Watts) pupil North Walsham Girls' High School 1951...1958 to a collection of reminiscences published in 1982. When you look back to school days afte...
  • Memories of North Walsham Girls' High School
    Memories of North Walsham Girls' High School This article was submitted by Gillian Shephard (nee Watts) pupil North Walsham Girls' High School 1951...1958 to a collection of reminiscences published i...
  • Memories of North Walsham in the early thirties by
    Memories of North Walsham in the early thirties by Margaret Bowles(formerly Ramm, née Brady, aged 94 at the time of publication - February 2018) (Early 1930s / North Walsham, Norfolk) It was ...
  • Memories of North Walsham in the early thirties by
    Memories of North Walsham in the early thirties by a 94-year-old. It was at the age of eleven years that I made my acquaintance with North Walsham, though I visited the bustling market town with my m...
  • Memories of Russell Sparke - November 2020
    I was born at Lyngate farm Bacton road in 1933. Our neighbours in one of two farm cottages were Mr & Mrs Lee tenant farmers. Lyngate House the original farmhouse was occupied by F R Bell and famil...
  • Memories of Sheila Dunning from Honing
    Memories of Sheila Mary Dunning (Richardson) nee Meek from Honing. I was born October 31st, 1934 in a small house in "The Street" Honing. It was nothing special, but for 1934 it was good. My first m...
  • Memories of Westwick
    Memories of Westwick by Barbara Eldred PREFACEIt has given me great pleasure to edit and write a preface to this little book "Memories of Westwick". Miss Barbara Eldred loves the village in which she...
  • Mr Griston films
    North Walsham film footage from Mr Griston Paston Grammar School, North Walsham, Norfolk. c1940. Event in the grounds of Paston Grammar School on Grammar School Road, North Walsham. Probably aroun...
  • Norfolk Fair - February 1975
    Extract from "Norfolk Fair" magazine - February 1975   NORTH WALSHAM LETTERby Elisabeth Newson Boredom is the enemy of retirement, especially to the man who has led an active life, meeting peo...
  • Norfolk Fair - July 1976
    Extract from "Norfolk Fair" magazine - July 1976 Town TalkThings are happening at North Walsham...There is a lot going on in North Walsham at the present moment. At long last a start has been made on...
  • Norfolk Fair - September 1971
    Extract from "Norfolk Fair" Magazine published September 1971. NORTH WALSHAM TOWN TALKby Jack MaddisonSecretary of the North Walsham & District Chamber of Trade & Commerce.At long last the sh...
  • Norfolk Fair - September 1974
    Extract from "Norfolk Fair" Magazine - September 1974 QUITE A LOT HAS happened in our town since my last Letter.We have formed a North Walsham Society which is affiliated to the Norfolk Society and, ...
  • North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Mag
    North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975 Editorial The North East Norfolk Country Churchman' magazine committee's enthusiasm for this Centenary Issue has proved quite infect...
  • North Walsham - a town that looks ahead
    A TOWN THAT LOOKS AHEADBY R. V. NASH, Clerk to the Urban Council First published in "Norfolk Fair" magazine - November/December 1967 North Walsham is a market town only a short distance from the sea...
  • North Walsham 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975" FROM THE PARISHESNORTH WALSHAM 1875-1975 In 1875 North Walsham was a small market town with a population of 2,842 people and a rat...
  • North Walsham Carnival - July 9th 1995
    North Walsham Carnival 1995 Also includes...North Walsham TownVJ Day service at North Walsham Park 19/08/1995
  • NORTH WALSHAM FARMING & LAND USE
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. NORTH WALSHAM FARMING & LAND USE North Walsham harvesting 1943   Farming in North Walsham parish, as Domesday and the market records show, ...
  • North Walsham Glass Prints
    North Walsham Glass Prints We're regularly asked if it's possible to obtain printed copies of North Walsham photos from our archives. We have printed copies for people but they take a lot of time a...
  • North Walsham History
    Interesting North Walsham & District Searches North Walsham's early history The appearance of 'Walsham' in the Domesday Book survey of 1080 tells us that it was a small settlement belonging to t...
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  • NORTH WALSHAM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
    North Walsham in the Nineteenth Century. By The Historical Research Group of the North Walsham Branch of the Workers' Educational Association.Edited by Pam Warren Foreword by Christopher BarringerPub...
  • North Walsham Memories by Edna Stone
    North Walsham Memoriesby Edna Stone I have lived in North Walsham for all of my 71 years so may not be the oldest resident to get in touch with you, but thought you might be interested in a few rando...
  • North Walsham Past & Present
    NORTH WALSHAM PAST & PRESENT S. Emerson B. Sc.M. R. Granger B. A.R. S. Joby M. Sc. (Econ.) Published 1975 @page_preview@
  • North Walsham Timeline
    1900 - Steam Laundry built1901 - Town Hall, Kings Arms Street built1902 - Youngman's Mill, yarmouth Road ceased working1903 - Church Yard fenced1903 - The Lawn private girls' school opened1903 - Origi...
  • North Walsham Workhouse
    North Walsham Workhouse The old workhouse on Mundesley Road has often been asked about via our facebook group and via this website so I thought I'd share this text from the book "North Walsham i...
  • Official Guide to North Walsham 1955
    OFFICIAL GUIDETONORTH WALSHAMProduced by the Publicity Committee of theNORTH WALSHAM & DISTRICT CHAMBER OF TRADE & COMMERCEwith the authority of the NORTH WALSHAM URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL1955 ...
  • OPENING OF THE NORTH WALSHAM RAILWAY.
    The railway  between the market town of North Walsham and the city of Norwich, which has been in course of construction for several years past, has at length been completed. On Friday and Saturda...
  • Paston 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES PASTON 1875-1975 The Rev. Thomas Cooper was the Incumbent of Paston a hundred years ago. He was a single man - hi...
  • Personal Recollections of North Walsham
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  • Personal Recollections of North Walsham from Russe
    Thanks to Russell Sparke ( a member of our committee) who has taken the time to write down his memories of the area where he grew up around the second world war time. Memories of my early environment...
  • Police
    From a scrapbook compiled by Bertie Fuller in the 1950’s and donated to the Heritage Centre. As it is handwritten in old copperplate with blots, Judy Van Lawick has transcribed it as best she ...
  • RAILWAYS
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. RAILWAYS North Walsham remained one of the last important market towns in England to lack a railway. This was not for lack of efforts to build one. Fr...
  • Randell's Foundry on Mundesley/Bacton Road
    Layout of Randell's Foundry on Mundesley/Bacton Road sketched and documented by Russell Sparke, 20th June, 2018Foundry - Floor moulding -Plough shares Circular pig feed pans, Roll Rings and end boxes,...
  • Randell's ironmongers
    Randell's ironmongers. Please note: This article was written by Mike Ling in 2003 so some of the current references may not be so current! Photograph 1 shows Fred Randell standing before his ironmon...
  • Recollections of North Walsham by Donny Farrow
    Recollections of North Walsham by Donny Farrow Documented by Russell Sparke Some recollections by Donny Farrow of a part of North Walsham of his childhood and what he has since learned as told to me...
  • Short History of Bromholm Priory, Bacton, Norfolk
    A SHORT RECORD OF BROMOLM PRIORYBACTON, NORFOLKTHE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THIS PAMPHLET TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RESTORATION FUND OF BACTON CHURCHPRICE  ONE SHILLINGA SHORT RECORD OF BROMHOLM PRIO...
  • Sloley 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES SLOLEY 1875-1975 In common with most villages, Sloley was a reasonably self-sufficient parish 100 years ago. The ...
  • Smallburgh 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES SMALLBURGH 1875-1975 In 1875 the population of Smallburgh was about 450 - not very different from what it is toda...
  • SOILS
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. SOILS In geological terms, the Ice Age ended so recently that the soils are largely similar to the material from which they were formed. Most of the p...
  • Strawberry Hall to the primrose woods.
    NORFOLK RAMBLES Strawberry Hall to the primrose woods. A  springtime walk,  which began at North Walsham, skirted the Westwick cherry orchards, white with blossom, and finished at Worstead...
  • Strolling in North Walsham with C. H. CRIPSEY
    Strolling in North Walsham with C. H. CRIPSEY First published in "Norfolk Fair" magazine - November/December 1967 THE overcast sky was breaking up on a late September Monday morning as I drove over ...
  • Swafield 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES SWAFIELD 1875-1975 Swafield today is a village where people live - but go elsewhere for work, shops, schools and ...
  • THE LATEST FASHIONS
    THE LATEST FASHIONS AND THE BEST IN WINES COME TO NORTH WALSHAM 1803 Miss Colk will return from London on Monday next with a very considerable and fashionable assortment of MILLINERY and PRINTS, of w...
  • The LeGrice family
    The LeGrice family. Please note: This article was written by Mike Ling in 2003 so some of the current references may not be so current! The LeGrice family have been able to trace their name back to ...
  • The Ling family’s association with North Walsham
    The Ling family’s association with North Walsham Methodist Church(an account by David Ling)
My grandfather, Frederick Ling was born in Aspley Green, Bedfordshire on 11 February 1872 ...
  • THE NORTH WALSHAM & DILHAM CANAL
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. THE NORTH WALSHAM & DILHAM CANAL Ten years before this canal received its Act, Arthur Young wrote: "Without coal mines, or a great demand for coal...
  • THE PEASANT'S REVOLT
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. THE PEASANT'S REVOLT The development of North Walsham and its farming are dealt with in other sections. A national event in which North Walsham figure...
  • The Remarkable Occurrence at North Walsham
    The Remarkable Occurrence at North Walsham:The Story and an Investigation by Ron Fiske. The Remarkable Occurrence, herein described, took place in the Norfolk Market Place town of North Walsham in th...
  • The Shops That Sold Everything - Robert Bagshaw
    But to the schoolboy cyclist of that time the carbide lamp was much more than a source of light - it was a status symbol. Its presence on the front of his machine indicated he had at last been grant...
  • TURNPIKE & CANAL
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. TURNPIKE & CANAL The 18th century has been called the "Age. of Improvement", referring mainly to farming and industry, but could equally well be a...
  • Walcot 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES WALCOT 1875-1975 A hundred years ago Walcot was a small parish with about a hundred inhabitants, most of whom wor...
  • WATER SUPPLIES
    North Walsham Past and Present. Published 1975. WATER SUPPLIES Rivers are usually polluted, so it has always been safer to use water from underground in Norfolk. Wate is usually found in porous sand...
  • Waxham cum Palling 1875 - 1975
    "North East Norfolk Country Churchman Centenery Magazine 1875-1975"FROM THE PARISHES WAXHAM CUM PALLING "THOSE WERE THE DAYS!" 1875-1975 (an exttact from the notes of O. G. Ready)In the choir of Wax...
  • When Death stalked a North Walsham Stage
    When Death stalked a North Walsham Stage (A True Story) Extract from "The Christmas Dragon" Christmas 1943A Miscellany devised & compiled by soldiers of a battalion of The Royal Berkshire Regime...
  • World War II Letter from Frances in North Walsham
    This isn't from the press but it seemed like the best section to add this into for now. A letter sent from Frances to her Dad on 24th June 1940 from North Walsham. Thank you to Helen Eales for contrib...