Southrepps History Hub

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Author: Margaret Dowland

  • Warren Road

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    Warren Road is in Lower Street, and we are pleased to add our first house in the, Our Houses project; Larks Rise. You can also see a postcard of Warren Road in the 1920s/30s as well as the 1886 OS map. Click here. If you have any memories of The Hill please contact us.

  • The Golden Family

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    This months question is about the Golden families. While researching the properties of Lower Street we found the location of the shop run by Benjamin Golden in 1828, and then his son James Joseph Golden until 1913. It was the Orchards in Pit Street. Do you know anything more about the shop or the Golden…

  • The Reading Room

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    The 1905 Ordnance Survey map of Lower Street shows a Reading Room. See if you agree with our research suggesting where it was located. Discover its history and how it evolved to give us today’s Lower Street Social Club. Click here. As always we would be delighted to hear from you if you can add…

  • Beechlands Park

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    Read the new introduction to Beechlands Park, complete with 1907 map and aerial view. We also have information on two of the houses in this development. Can you add yours? Click here to read about it.

  • Chapel Street

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    Is your house in Chapel Street ? Do you want to know the history of Chapel Street ? Using maps, census returns and Parish data Colin tells the history of Chapel Street and of his own house Cobble Cottage. Read it here Please send us a photograph and history of your house. Contact us if…

  • Who are these soldiers?

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    Thanks to Alison Oliver we have these photographs of four soldiers of the Great War. Unfortunately we know nothing about them. We would very much like to add them to our WWI pages so if there is anything you can tell us about them we would be delighted to hear from you using our contact…

  • Our Houses

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    We have added to two more houses on Lower Street as well as a map to help with location. Click here to read about them. Thank you to the owners for their help in this project. If you know anything more, or wish to correct information don’t hesitate to contact us.

  • Village schools

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    When one thinks of schools in Southrepps the immediate thought is of Antingham and Southrepps School. Which is not in Southrepps at all. We do have some tantalising clues to the existence of private schools running in Upper Street as early as the 1660s. Click here to read more.

  • The Pig and Whistle

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    We know there was a beer house in Lower Street in 1883 run by Sarah Golden. We believe it was called the Pig and Whistle. Have you heard of the Pig and Whistle or any other beer house? Do you know where in Chapel Road it might have been? If you have any information please…

  • Sir William Cubitt

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    Famous Victorian Civil Engineer William Cubitt worked with his father Joseph at Southrepps mill Lower Street between 1790 and 1801. It was here, he first learnt his technical skills repairing the village mill. To read more click here