Author: Margaret Dowland
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Beechlands Park
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.
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Chapel Street
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…
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Who are these soldiers?
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…
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Our Houses
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.
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Village schools
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.
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The Pig and Whistle
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…
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Sir William Cubitt
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
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The Cottrell Family
Never heard of them ? No neither had I until it they were mentioned in the archive by Kenneth Walpole he said he had been researching them and that was all we had. So this is what I have managed to find out. I hope it is of some interest and it definitely links to…
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Our Houses
As part of Our Houses project we have added our first house on Pit street Lilac cottage. Thanks to Rosemary for her help. read about it here.
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Pubs of Southrepps
Did you know that Southrepps had four pubs and several beer houses in the 19th century? Learn more about them all here.