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Fakenham Lancaster Heritage Trail
Along with some fascinating stories and facts through the centuries, the Fakenham Heritage Trail website offers a unique opportunity for both visitors and the local community to discover how this thriving town has developed into what it is today. |
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Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History The Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History is the only surviving town gasworks in England and Wales, complete with all equipment used for the manufacture of gas from coal: retorts, condenser, purifiers, meter and gasholder. The museum is housed in the town’s former gasworks, which ceased production of gas from the heating of coal in 1965 following the discovery of natural gas in the North Sea. |
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Fakenham Local History Society
Fakenham Local History Society was founded in January 1952, the first talk being on the history of Fakenham. There were initially 33 members, who paid an annual subscription of five shillings. We meet in the Salvation Army Citadel, Oak Street, Fakenham at 7.30 pm on the second Monday of every month from September to June..... Do come along and get to know us, our town and its fascinating history! |
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Cawston Heritage Centre
The Heritage Centre is in association with the Cawston Historical Society and consists of memorabilia, photos, newspaper clippings, documents, family history, maps, books, CD's DVD's, video tapes and old property documents etc. All materials can be viewed at the Village Hall |
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Fakenham and Wells Libraries
Facebook site covering Fakenham and Wells Libraries in Norfolk. Managed by Norfolk County Council Oak Street, Fakenham, and Station Road Wells-Next-The-Sea. |
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Active Fakenham
Active Fakenham works with local clubs and organisations to organise and promote activities that enrich the health and wellbeing of residents and visitors. |
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First Focus - working with and for our community
"Helping people in Fakenham and the surrounding areas who are in need by providing information, a social centre, access to training, clubs and support groups". First Focus offers a friendly way to access information on issues around health, disability, social matters and education/training. As a social centre, volunteers welcome visitors to call in for a coffee and a friendly chat any time the centre is open. |
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Fakenham and District Sun Your local paper, delivered free to over 11,000 homes in the Fakenham area. |
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RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre
RAF Sculthorpe has had an extensive life from it birth in 1940s to its closure in 1992. This page shares the history of this once great strategic base. |
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Rescue Wooden Boats Rescue Wooden Boats are based at Stiffkey on the North Norfolk coast and are passionate about conserving maritime heritage. They restore examples of working wooden boats, tell their stories about those of the last generation of seafaring communities to use them through film and photos, show the crafts and skills used and actively involve people, especially young people, in learning about all this. |
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North Norfolk Bottles
A fascinating website which will appeal to collectors, local historians and genealogists. The site includes a comprehensive pictorial of bottles and ephemera used by mineral water manufacturers, wine and spirit merchants and brewers in Victorian and Edwardian Norfolk. |
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Fakenham Life 'Fakenham Life' – A colourful look at Fakenham today, seen through the lens of local photographer Keith Osborn. |
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Norfolk at the Pictures
Norfolk at the Pictures is a project to collect and preserve memories of cinema-going in Norfolk. It is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and delivered by Cinema Plus at Cinema City in Norwich. Click on the image to reminisce or share your memories of cinema-going in Norfolk. |
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George Plunkett's Photographs of old Norwich
George Plunkett's 'Photographs of old Norwich' is a wonderful website packed with nostalgic pictures of Norwich and beyond. Like many of our towns and cities, Norfolk’s capital underwent dramatic change throughout much of the 20th century, gladly George Plunkett had the foresight to record the changing face of Norwich for posterity. |
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Picture Norfolk
The 'Picture Norfolk' catalogue search page is a brilliant way of discover the unique character of Norfolk through fascinating images of people, places and events. There are over 17,000 images (with information) in the collection which reflect stories of Norfolk life and history. Also discoverable on Flickr |
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Norfolk Heritage Explorer
A website which offers a unique opportunity to access the Norfolk Historic Environment Record database online.The Norfolk HER is the definitive database of the county's archaeological sites and historic buildings. It contains over 60,000 records describing the archaeology of Norfolk from the earliest evidence for human occupation from 750,000 BC up to the present day. |
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Walsingham Memories Walsingham Memories is a website dedicated to those who were born or grew up in the Walsingham area; suggesting that if you were a child of Walsingham who played on the Rec, went after conkers up the lawn or even chased about down the meadows amongst the wild rhubarb this site is for you. |
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The Snoring Villages The Snoring Villages: a website for those researching their family trees and for anybody curious about the history of these two Norfolk villages. |
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The Thursford Archive
A village archive dedicated to gathering together and making available a growing collection of historical and present day photographs, artifacts, memories and information. |
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Fakenham.info
Fakenham.info is the ‘central hub’ of online information for Fakenham. For residents, it’s a one-stop-shop for finding out about town events, area news, searching for businesses and local tradesmen and generally keeping up-to-date with what’s going on. For visitors, it lists what’s on in Fakenham and promotes the town and the local community. |
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The Fakenham Society
For over 40 years the Society has arranged a fortnightly series of talks throughout the winter on a wide variety of topics. Everybody is welcome at the Society's meetings. We are a friendly crowd and during the evening there is time for socialising over a tea or coffee during a break. This advances one of the Society’s aims of promoting friendships and community spirit. |
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Fakenham Parish Church
Fakenham Parish Church is the centre of a thriving congregation, serving the community. Open every day of the year, the church welcomes many thousands of visitors each year; also as a Diocesan ‘Gateway Church’ it helps visitors to enjoy the towns and the surrounding glorious Norfolk coast. |
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Great Ryburgh Parish Church
St. Andrew's, the parish church of Great Ryburgh, stands at the eastern entrance to the village, close to the River Wensum. It was here that the mediaeval pilgrims crossed the river on their way to Walsingham. |
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Fakenham Town Council Website
Fakenham Town Council website is where you can find out about the town council's responsibilities and the councillors and committees you need to contact along with links to other useful local government information. The Fakenham Town Council website has now been redesigned to work in conjunction with other town sites. |
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Stanhoe Stanhoe is a typical small West Norfolk village with a history dating back over 1,200 years. The Stanhoe village website is packed with useful, up-to-date information which not only benefits the community but is useful to visitors, too. The local history section shows the village both past and present through old photographs, documents and through sound recordings of people’s memories. |
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Gressenhall
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse takes you on a fascinating journey through 400 years of Norfolk history. With a huge variety of indoor displays, beautiful grounds, historic workhouse and a traditional farm you will find plenty to see and do. The museum is a great day out whether you want to learn about the lives of Norfolk people in the past or relax and have a good time with your friends and family. You'll need a whole day to begin to discover all its wonders. |
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Pudding Norton and Testerton Parish
Pudding Norton and Testerton parish is situated just south of Fakenham. The parish of Pudding Norton borders the river Wensum just south of Fakenham in north Norfolk. Pudding Norton comprises some 1,400 acres of predominantly arable farmland. In 1935 Pudding Norton parish was united with the small parish of Testerton, which extends south from the River Wensum along the eastern border of Pudding Norton. |
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Docking Heritage Group
Formed in 2007, the Docking Heritage Group’s aim is to research, record and present the history of Docking in a way that encourages others to take an interest in and appreciate their local heritage. Regular group meetings are held throughout the year together with an annual two day exhibition, which has proved very popular with local people and visitors. |
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Syderstone Community archive
The Syderstone family history and local photographic archive group has a growing collection of local pictures and information connected with the village and people of Syderstone, including village events, sporting teams, school life, military life, family history and photos. At present, photographs, documents and family histories are displayed at the twice yearly ‘Old Syderstonians’ Reunion, but it is hoped in due course to be able to permanently display all the information gathered in the village hall for public viewing. For further information click on the link or contact Sheila Riches on 01485 578171 or Avril MacArthur on 01485 578588. |
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Sculthorpe Village Website
Sculthorpe Village website is a NEW LOOK community website which has been created to help residents, businesses and visitors of Sculthorpe Village gain access to valuable information and resources. |
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Britain from Above
More than 15,000 images from one of the earliest and most significant collections of aerial photography of the UK have been made freely accessible online to the public for the first time. Britain from Above, a new website launched by English Heritage and the Royal Commissions on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and Wales, features some of the oldest and most valuable images of the Aerofilms Collection, a unique and important archive of over 1 million aerial photographs taken between 1919 and 2006. |
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The East Anglian Film Archive
In November 2011 the East Anglian Film Archive completed a major cataloguing and digitisation programme designed to enable far wider access to its holdings by the people of the East of England, and further afield. Direct links to some local Archive footage: - Norfolk Railway Closures, Melton Constable - 1960 - North Creake GI Brides - 1960 - Boxing Day Hunt at Raynham Hall - 1961 - Rail Closures Fakenham - 1964 - Pea Thrashing at East Raynham - 1962 - Disused Railways and Stations In Norfolk including glimpses of Fakenham East and West Stations. - Fakenham Primary School - Children's Treasures - 1962. |
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North Walsham & District Community Archive
North Walsham & District Community Archive was formally launched on the 5th June 2007. It was a joint project between the Norfolk County Council Cultural Services Departments of Adult Education, Libraries and Museums working in conjunction with the existing archives. However, the North Walsham archive has recently decided to host its own website, which is available for the people of North Walsham and the surrounding villages and also anybody wishing to find out more about the area. |
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Colkirk village website
The Colkirk village website features a wealth of information, listing all aspects of village and community life. |
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Whissonsett Web
Set in the heart of rural Norfolk, the village of Whissonsett is situated between the market towns of Fakenham and Dereham. Whissonsett is surrounded by farmland and orchards; the village itself encircles a beautiful 14th century church. Whissonsett Web is a very informative and interesting website listing all aspects of village and community life and events. |
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Norfolk Mills
'Norfolk Mills' is an extensive website containing a huge amount of historical and genealogical data of over 900 Norfolk mills coupled with over 2,200 photographs. In addition to an extensive network of links, Norfolk Mills has its own built-in search engine, which makes the task of searching quick and easy. Highly recommended. |
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WISEArchive
An online public archive about older people - their memories and experiences of their working lives. WISEArchive preserves the working life stories of people in the UK in order to recognise and value the contribution they have made to society: find stories of the working lives of older people, in a growing catalogue of occupations. |
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The National Directory of Community Archives
A website set up to support and promote community archives in the UK, run by the Community Archives and Heritage Group. |
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