THE SMITH COLLECTION.
THE THORPE HISTORY GROUP.
THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY. THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
THERE. (L.P.Hartley)
FILE NO. 1. THORPE INCLOSURE
Notice of inclosure and list of claims(2) 1800.Survey & valuation of the Parish 1800.
Commons and waste ground. Owners, size & value of land. Estate owners, size&
value of land. (2) Inclosure map 1801.Enclosure of Mousehold. Thorpe Low Common
inclosure. Particular survey & valuation 1800. Enclosure allotments Mousehold 1800.
Inclosure of the Pound. Thomas Vere Chute – Manor of Thorpe. Station Marshes.
Miscellaneous.
FILE No. 2. FARMS & ESTATES IN THORPE.
Summary of farms & estates. Brick Kiln Farm, Laundry Lane. Brook Farm called
High House Farm. Lime Kiln Farm. Racecourse Farm. White Farm. Thorpe Common.
Land owners Tithe apportionments. Other farms. Racecourse & Cottage Farm.
Great Lumleys. Extract from the Rev. Humfrey’s account book.
FILE No. 3. THE PARISH CHURCH. (SEE ALSO FILES 13, 22, 63, 71.)
Photographs of the old Parish Church. Work on the ruins and new window. The Rev.
Canon Brian Pearson. Sale of Thorpe Rectory 1811. Account of church built 1866.
.Work on the ruins & new window. Church bells. Church screen. Savings Bank takes
over Old Rectory. Bequest of Mrs. De Carle Smith. Winifred George & St. Andrew’s
Centre. Margaret (Daisy) O’Dwyer. The poor of the parish. Thorpe charities. The
Town & Church Houses. Mary Chapman Bethel & Hospital Club. Early hospitals.
Chapman’s Charity & will.
FILE NO.4. WILLS, PERSONS & FAMILIES.
Local officials Norwich Union. Parish Councillors 1895 onwards. Mayors of
Norwich. Wills. Muriel Ames. June & Godfrey Arnison. Cdr. Ashby. Harry Barber. &
19th Century relations. Elsie Bertram. The Bingham family. Brian Bowen. Cecil &
Ken Bricklebank. Henry Burke. Mike Burrows. Rudolf Carson. Grace & Alfred
Chapman. Jim, Henry & William Clabburn. Eric Cocks. Edmund Cotman. Frank
Cubitt (see also File 5). Dr. Dalrymple. John Docwra. Brian Fitzmaurice. Terry
George. Freda Gibson. Daphne Harmer. Agnes Harvey. William Harvey. Herring
family. Samuel Hobrough. Jack Norton. Nora Howard. John Howes. Thomas Jarrold.
Thomas Jeckyll. Jex family. Jack Jenner. W.E.Johns. Dr. Rosemarie Lincoln. Levi
McCarthy. General Money. Jean Morris Algernon Newbegin ( see also File 9). Hilda
Parker. Edward Paston. Patteson family. William Peachman. Postle family. Charles
Powles. Nick Price. Dorothy Pull. John Rayner. William Scott. Colin Self. Peter
Trudgill. Ward family (see also File 9.) John Waters. Hannah Weeds (see also File
13) Francis West. Louis Willett. St. William. Sir Charles Windham.
FILE No. 5. PEOPLE.(SEE ALSO FILE 18.)
Mr. & Mrs. Bell. Morse family (see also File 15.) Old Parish Hall, Chapel Lane.
Nobby Clarke. The Gordon P.H. Angling Club. Russell James First Mayor of Thorpe
St. Andrew. Nicholas Norgate. Dolly Strangleman & Lucy Waters. Dr. Davidson &
Red Cross. Thorpe Cubs. 1st Thorpe St. Andrew Scouts. Mr. & Mrs. Burton. Funeral
of Major Cubitt (see also File 4) Ice cream cart 1935. Thorpe Horticultural Society
Show 1939.Citizens of no mean city. Oddfellows meeting, ex-servicemen’s party,
Parish Church annual Sunday School party.
FILE No. 6. WIDENING THE BOTTOM OF THUNDER LANE.
Photographs by George Swain, Thorpe History Group (see also File 7.) Letter about
missing milestone and Boundary Lane stone.
FILE NO. 7. THUNDER LANE, THORPE NARROWS, SOUTHERN BYPASS.
St. William’s Way, Thunder Lane (see also File 6), Laundry Lane junction. Widening
1959/60. Johnson’s Charity Tree. Prior to widening 1959/60. The White House.
Bottom of Thunder Lane during widening and widening completed. Bottom of
Thunder Lane prior to widening. Thorpe narrows prior to widening Thorpe narrows
widening. Thorpe narrows prior to demolition of the north side. Demolition of the
north side. Bottom of School Lane prior to demolition(see also File.11.) Thorpe
narrows east and west views. Laying sewers. Plan of Thorpe narrows. Building the
Southern By-pass.
FILE No. 8. SOUTH AVENUE TO HOSPITAL.
Thorpe Tower. Water colour J.J.Cotman. Thorpe Gardens P.H. (now The
Rushcutters.) Lodge Oaklands Drive. Chelsea Cottage. The Old Rectory.
The White House Thunder Lane (see also File 7.) Whitlingham station. The Roxley.
Red Lion Farm. Larchwood. A.S.High grocery & A.H.Gambling fish. Gray’s stores.
Chandlers. Primrose Estate. Rosebery Terrace & Primrose Crescent. Bungalow Lane.
Railway bridge. Thorpe Octagonal (Round) House. 209 Yarmouth Road. The Griffin.
County Lunatic Asylum & War Hospital. The Vale of Thorpe. Whitlingham ‘bends’
& railway Line. Moving riverside bungalow. Postwick Grove.
FILE No.9. RIVER & YARMOUTH ROAD (WEST TO EAST.)
Thorpe Road, Matlock Road, Cremorne Road. The Villa. Cremorne Gardens.
‘Cottage by the River) J. Thirtle. Thorpe Village. Thorpe Hall (see also Files ,14,16,
67.) ‘Sea Wolf’ & ‘Sea Warrior. Mrs. Ward. Ward girls, Thorpe Hall? Manor House
& Walpole Manor. Barn conversion. J.S.Cotman’s father’s house. View of houses on
Yarmouth Road. Views from the river Walpole House. Walpole House, Cotman
House, Town House. The Manor House viewed from the river. Cotman House,
Walpole House, Newbegin’s observatory. The Town House. Jenner’s boathouse.
Thorpe narrows widening ( see also File. 7.) Santa Lucia (see also file 67) & Point
House. Thorpe House. Dredging the River Yare. Parker’s store. Rotten Row, Chapel
Lane. Church tower being demolished 1953. River Green, shops. Tower in Weston
Woods. River views. Tree damage after 1957 storm. Boats at River Green. Three
Tuns bridge. Old Rectory 103 Yarmouth Road. 105 Yarmouth Road. Paradise Place.
Thorpe reach & wherry. The Red Lion. Do you recognise this house? Thorpe
cemetery.
FILE No.10. BYGONE THORPE.
5 Roads. Size & population of the parish. Tithe, glebe & common land . Town/Church
House. Old churches. High House( see also files 19,67) Water frolic. Thorpe Wood.
Railway crash (See also file 11.) Westons/Thorpe House. Bad weather. Trees.
Pleasure Garden. Turnpike. Thorpe Lodge (see also Files 10,12,14,16,26) Rowing.
River Green/War Memorial. Village nurse (see also File 11) Birds. Street names.
Diary of a medical student. Hospital. Rectories. Laundry Lane (see also File 7.) Red
Cross & wartime hospital. James Hobrough & boat building. Harvey charity.
Population. Harvey family. Pinebanks ‘Folly.’(see also File 14.) Dale family.
Mousehold heath. Thomas Vere. Schools. Tramway. River pollution. Farms (see also
File 2.)Vestry meetings(Note: the above items are from a “Did You Know?” series
and are interspersed with a wide range of reports of clubs, societies and other
activities.)
FILE No.11. MISCELLANEOUS.
Fragmented history of Thorpe. Parish documents. Coe’s Norfolk. Bloomfield’s
Thorpe-by-Norwich. Thorpe terriers. Armstrong’s History of Norfolk 1871. Norfolk
Tour. The Beauties of England & Wales 1810. 1086 Domesday. Grant of the Manor
of Thorpe by Edward V1 in 1547. The Eastern Arboretum. Tenancy agreements
1896,1909. Map of the City of Norwich & its hamlets 1553-1558. Thorpe Old School
& Hillside Avenue School 1937. Letter from Harry Barber re. River Green 1962. Our
Village No. 6 Thorpe-next-Norwich by Harry Barber. Heroes of the Redan 1854.
Letter from the Parish Clerk re. the Boundary milestone 1993. Arson at the Stanmore
Tennis Club 1998. Ordinance survey 1888. Hurricane & floods 1912. Hailstorm
1843. Village nurse (see also File 10.) Village clubs. Letter from the Parish Clerk re.
Conservation 1970. The Richmond of Norfolk. Jonathan Mardle Thorpe St,
Andrew1981. School Lane (see also File 7.) British Legion quiz about Thorpe.
George Knights. Yare Rowing Club. Yare Boat Club, rowing feats. Frostbite Sailing
Club. Events which have shaped Thorpe St. Andrew E.E.N 2002. The Beacon 1995.
Thorpe Residents Association 1996. The Train Disaster(see also files 10,11, 49,69)
Award of Civic Community Plaque 1998. Chapel Lane subsidence 2001. Mobile
phone mast Whitlingham 2001. Collection of porcelain plates. Proposed closure of
Yarmouth Road Post Office 2003. The police & Thorpe St. Andrew.
FILE No. 12. WALTER BOWYER’S ALBUM OF THORPE ST.ANDREW 19861988.
Wide ranging miscellany of properties & views of Thorpe St. Andrew.
FILE No.13. WAR MEMORIAL,CEMETERY & CHURCH GRAVEYARD.(SEE
ALSO FILES 3,22,63,71)
The myth of St. Catherine’s church. Programme for the dedication of the War
Memorial 1919. Dedication and unveiling of the addition to the War Memorial 1948.
Picture of the War Memorial. Consecration of the burial ground extension 1987.
Memorial of Elizabeth& Philip Martineau. Tomb of Robert Hales. Graves of : Hannah
Weeds (see also File 4.),William& Mary weeds, Thomas Clarke, William Girling,
George & Emily Girling, 2nd. Lt. Laurence Wilson, Pte. J.E.Allen, George& Annie
Moore, ? Steglitz, Francis Waterson, Charles Edward Fox, Flt. Sgt. D.A.Bryant,
George Thurston, James Riseborough, James Woodrow, Robert Cattermole,
indecipherable, Harriet & John Rayner, John Lewis Douglas. Sheep grazing the
churchyard. Theft of 100 coping stones from the Cemetery. Poor condition of the
Cemetery,
FILE No.14 BUILDINGS THORPE HAMLET TO SANTA LUCIA.
Thorpe Denes Thorpe Road 1906. Thorpe Denes demolition. Greyhound track.
Thorpe Lodge(see also files 10,16,26,67) front elevation, sale details 1924 hall &
drawing room. View over the Yare valley, detail of garden wall, change to Council
offices. Side drive, lawn, gates to Thorpe Lodge, coach house and stables (see also
Files 10& 12) Restoration of gazebo 1979. Thorpe Lodge gazebo 1992. Smugglers’
lair news item1978. Pinebanks 1880. The ‘Folly.’(see also Files 10,67.) Beech Hill
1895,1901,1904 (see also File 15 – Morse family.) Whitlingham Country Park.
Thorpe St. Andrew & the Island. Aerial views of Thorpe St. Andrew & the River
Yare. Old view of Thorpe. Thorpe Old Hall & condition. Before re-build, staircase.
17th Century door, linen fold panelling. Demolition of chapel, Thorpe Hall original
building. Thorpe Hall 1987. Jane Burke in Thorpe Hall. Gate to Thorpe Old Hall.
Proposed development of Thorpe Old Hall 1980s.(see also File 9.) Mac’s Café.
Lodge to Manor House. The Gables (later Stork Nursing Home.) Panorama Thorpe
Street/Narrows (see also File 7.) Walpole House, Cotman House (see also Files 4,9.)
Thorpe Village. View from the river (see also file 9.) The Manor House. Edmund
Cotman. River bank, Yarmouth Road. Hollywood Cottage. View of river front. Point
House, Tower Hill. The King’s Head. Old Thorpe House 1994. Thorpe Narrows (see
also File 7.) 24-26 Yarmouth Road. Changing Norfolk village, Santa Lucia, Point
House, Dale’s Farm. Thorpe House School (see also File 10.), The Foundry. The
King’s Head & School Lane cottages. Thorpe Village school. Three drawings by
J.J.Cotman. The Guild House, Yarmouth Road.
FILE No. 15. THE MORSE PAVILION.THE MORSE FAMILY. BEECH HILL.
Official opening of the Morse Pavilion, Lady Morse, 1936. Morse Pavilion 1936. Sir
George Morse Brewery Director. Brewery move to Limited Liability 1883-1895. ‘A
detective in the Pavilion.’ Beech Hill & Morse family (see also File 14.) Formal
occasion at Beech Hill. Beech Hill & others open to the public, admission 1 shilling.
Memoirs of Mrs. N.Aldous (nee Morse.) Lady Morse plants a tree on the River Green
to mark the coronation of George V1 1937. Official opening of the new Morse
Pavilion 2005.
FILE No.16. VIEWS FROM THE RIVER,
Thorpe Lodge stable block, Thorpe Lodge (see also Files 10,12 14.) Demolition of
barns Thorpe Old Hall (see also Files 9&14.) Tower Hill. Shell petrol station, Town
House Hotel. River Yare west end. Railway crossing. Power station. River Yare west
end with Holly Lodge & Ivy Cottage in the background. River Yare west end, King’s
Head P.H. (see also File 14.) The Guild House Yarmouth Road, Santa Lucia
Yarmouth Road (see also File 14.) Parish church & ruin(see also Files 3, 22.) The
Homestead Yarmouth Road. Chapel Lane. River Green, Post Office, flats, Post Office
Court. Hearts cruisers. Thorpe Gardens P.H. 107 Yarmouth Road listed building.
Whitlingham marshes.
FILE No.17. BUILDINGS NORTH THORPE.
‘Yare View’ Thunder Lane. High House Farm (see also File 2.) The Spinney Estates.
Howard’s Stores, Tuddenham’s Butchers. The Cottage P.H. The Roman Catholic
Church St. William’s Way. Thorpe Avenue. Thorpe Grammar School. Lake in the
grounds of ‘Woodlands.’ ‘ Woodlands’ now the Oasis(see also file 67) Thorpe gravel
pits. Eastern Crescent, Primrose Hollow. Pound Lane. Thunder lane 1937.(see also
File 6.) Hillcrest Road & Furze Road 1937. Thorpe Avenue. Spinney Road,
Beechwood Drive 1937. Thorpe Avenue, Thunder Lane (see also File 7.) The Gordon
P.H.
FILE No.18. PEOPLE.SEE ALSO FILE 5.
Wedding of Ellen White & Claude Firman 1914. Wedding group 1914. Retirement of
Claude & Ellen Firman 1978. Claude & Ellen Firman’s Golden Wedding 1964. death
of Ellen Firman 1979. Walter Moore. Ward family at Thorpe Gardens(see also File 9.)
Thorpe Football Club. Tables & benches on the River Green in recognition of 45
years service of Mr. Frost & Mrs.Firman. Red Lion P.H. Bowls Club. George Rice’s
father. George Rice Special Constable. Diamond Wedding of George & Marjorie
Rice. Closure of Forkes’ Bakery. C. Read & Robert Dale at the Norfolk Show. Thorpe
Bowls Club Outing. Swimming pool at the Roxley. Unveiling Thorpe Village
Sign on the River Green 1958. Wash day at Boundary Lane. St. Andrew’s Hospital
bowls team. The Church of the Good Shepherd on its original site 1936. Pinebanks
1936 (see also Files 10,14,67.) The Blyth family & Red Lion P.H. Noel Tyrer County
Arts Bowls Club. Thorpe St. Andrew Parish Council Roxley Hall 1943. Read family
& the Rev. Phelps. Order of Buffaloes King’s Head P.H.Garden. Thorpe Cricket Club
1906. 24th Norwich Scouts. Death of Ivan Woodcock. Woodcock’s funeral.
FILENo.19. SOUTH THORPE, POINT HOUSE TO SOUTH AVENUE (SEE ALSO
FILE 38 F0R THORPE ARTISTS.)
Sale of Point House. Aerial view of Thorpe St. Andrew & the Island. Sale of Flat 3 St.
Andrew’s Court. ‘Thorpe Watering’ J.H.Cotman Photograph of the Parish Church.
Thorpe Village looking west. Picture of old Parish Church R. Ladbroke 1816.
Church after the gale 1895. Old Parish Church & the Faculty to “ruin it”(for all
references to the church see also File 3.) Back of the Buck Inn. Photograph of the
church from the Buck Yard. Buck Inn. Late 19th/early 20th Century view of the
church. River Green ,Parker’s Stores. Demolition of he church spire 1953, interior of
the church. Demolition of the church spire. Frost’s Garage & Cafe demolished to
make the Buck car park. Main Street ( now Yarmouth Road.) Painting of the church
by R.Tallack. View from the church tower March 2010, The Buck. The River Green.
The wall of ‘Dunollie’(see also file 67) & drive to High House (now a block of flats
and South Avenue.) View of River Green from the Island. ‘River Green’ J.J.Cotman.
‘Thorpe Staithe’ J.Thirtle c.1829. ‘Thorpe;’ J.J.Cotman. ‘River Yare near Thorpe
Church’ George Cooke. ‘Thorpe River Green’ William F. Austin. ‘Loading marl onto
keels’ ‘Thorpe Staithe’ Charles Catton. ‘Thorpe Church’ J.Thirtle. ‘View from
Thorpe Gardens’ William F. Austin. Thorpe Church after restoration, Thorpe Church
& River Green. The loop of the River Yare, Thorpe village. ‘River Scene’ A.
Stannard, Yarmouth Road after widening Thorpe Narrows (See also file 7.) View of
the River Yare. Town sign River Green 2010. River Green & War Memorial 2010.
“Morning Flight.” Parker’s Stores and Harley’s Barber Shop.
FILE No. 20 SCHOOLS.
Thorpe National School 1935, sports day at Hemblington. Thorpe Village School
1920s. Thorpe Village School winning Folkdance team 1930s. Retirement of Mr.
Parker Head of Hillside Avenue School. St. William’s School staff 1950s/60s. Sports
day at St. William’s School 1957. Retirement of Mr. Rump Head of St. William’s
School 1964. Thorpe Schools from 1587. Thorpe schools 1863-1896. Thorpe Old
School. Notes on schools 1876 –1959. The National School opened 1841. Plan to
demolish Thorpe Old School refused by Broadland District Council 27/12/02. Hillside
Avenue School prospectus. Item on Hillside Avenue School. The National School.
Plan to convert the Old School to offices 2003. Official opening of Thorpe Grammar
School 21/10/1958. Change to a County High School 1977. Photograph Thorpe
National School c.1900. Notice of a plan to establish a new Secondary School for
Boys & a new Secondary School for Girls 1949. Letter from Canham Consultants on
the history of the Old School.
FILE No.21. ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF VIEWS OF THORPE ST.
ANDREW.(SEE ALSO FILE 25.)
FILE No. 22. THE PARISH CHURCH (SEE ALSO FILES 3,63.)
The church after the gale 1895. Church bells. ‘Parish Life’ 1959, 2002.
Churchwardens 1748-1909. Picture of the church. Old Rectory built 1866. Illustration
of the church. Old Thorpe Church beside the Buck Inn. Church House(s). The three
churches of Thorpe St. Andrew. Consecration of the new church 2/6/ 1866.
Thorpe New Church. Sketch Of Thorpe Church 1816. Addition of tower & spire to
the New Church. ‘The Present Church.’ Glebe Terriers. Thorpe Terriers. Excerpt from
the Vestry Book Easter 1784. Vestry meeting 18886 to consider the proposed
Norwich Tramway. Popish recusants 1604. Vicars/rectors 1200-1909, Churchwardens
1819-1909. The Herring family. Accounts of the Rectory of Thorpe 1753/4. The Rev.
Humfrey’s Tithe Book. Profile of the Rev. Humfrey. Golden Wedding of John &
Elizabeth Patteson 1896. ‘ Resurrection men stole a body from the church.’
FILE No.23. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
60 happy years Stanmore Road, Janet Smith 1999. Stanmore Road & Thorpe
Narrows, Janet Smith 2000. School Lane & Thorpe Narrows, Mrs. O White 1986.
Documents re. School Lane. Diary of T.Shepherd Norwich Hospital medical student
1858-1860. High House, Hazel Addis, née Wilson.(see also file 65.) Hillside Avenue
School, Phyll Hardie 1976. Henry Lipscombe Noble 1887-1988. Marriage certificate
Frederic Noble. Thorpe-next-Norwich census. Advertisements by local tradesmen.
Reminiscences by Janet Smith. Obituary June Arnison. Thorpe St. Andrew between
the wars, Henry Bussey. Memoirs of Mrs. N.Aldous (nee Morse)(see also File 15.)
1988. Street names & occupants 1919-1939. Memoirs of Thorpe in the days of Ernest
Grief, Undertaker. Thorpe between the wars, Alfred Jenner 1988. Village characters,
Alfred Jenner 1988. Reminiscences, Gilbert Howard 1985. The Rev. Peter Bowman’s
arrival as a Curate in 1941, 1988. “Coming up out of the Water”, the Rev. Peter
Bowman. “Red Cross Hospitals in Thorpe”, the Rev. Canon Brian Pearson 1988.
Laundry Lane, George King 1980s. Colin Self’s comments on events in Thorpe St.
Andrew 1988. Recollections of Hillside Avenue School 1937-39,Pamela Stuart 1987.
Memoirs of Mrs. R Rye. 102-106 Yarmouth Road, Bertie Whitaker 1988. ‘I helped to
build the railway’, Henry Bussey (see also file 36.). ‘From School to Pensioner.’
Derek Patfield.
FILE NO. 24. THE INNS OF THORPE ST. ANDREW.(SEE ALSO FILE 62)
The Rushcutters, name changes & deeds from 1745. Planning applications 1998,2002.
The pub with a history. The Boat & Bottle. Request for details of the history of the
Rushcutters. History errors in the Rushcutters’ snacks menu. Early history, Trevor
Nuthall. Description of the Rushcutters. ‘Hert Varke.’ Robert Cattermole. Invitation
to rename the Boat& Bottle. Re-opening after £27,000 refit 1998. Thorpe Gardens.
The Three Tuns to Thorpe Gardens 1832 – 1916. Bernard Cullingford. John Hart
boatbuilder. Rushcutters advertisements. Signs of pubs of Thorpe St. Andrew. Old
pleasure gardens 1925. ‘Pubs Over the City Walls’, D. McDonald 2001. The Buck
Inn. The Lord Mancroft/Millhouse. Change of name of the Griffin to ‘Gunga Din.’
The King’s Head. Major extension to the Oaklands. The Red Lion.
FILE No.25. PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THORPE ST ANDREW. (SEE ALSO
FILE 21.)
FILE No. 26. THE HARVEY FAMILY. THORPE WATER FROLIC.
Crown Bank failure. ‘Death and Disgrace in Victorian Norwich.’ Cheques drawn on
Harvey’s & Hudson’s Bank 1859. Accidental death of Lt. Col. John Harvey 1921.
Death of Lt. Col. John Harvey 1842. Gen. Sir Robert Harvey. Harvey family. John
Harvey Mayor of Norwich 1727. Sir Robert Harvey’s Tharston estate. Edward
Harvey 1826-1906. Family tree John Harvey 1755-1842. Harvey family. Three
generations of the Harvey family. Frances Kerrison married Lt. Col. John Harvey.
Career of Gen. Sir Robert John Harvey. John Harvey Mayor of Norwich 1792. 18-20
Colegate. Harvey graves Thorpe cemetery. Account of the life and military career of
General Sir Robert Harvey. Water Frolic (see also file 34,49.). Faces.
FILE No. 27. THORPE ST.ANDREW MISCELLANEOUS.
Photo negatives of: River Green, Dale’s Farm, Church snow scene, Thorpe Narrows,
St. Lucia, Thorpe House. Pound Lane local plan. Footpaths. Bye-laws. Gargle Hill
(Gargytt.) Parish notes 1961-64 A.G.Lacey. Yarmouth Road to St. Andrew’s Hospital
Trevor Nuthall Dec.2000. Brief notes on notable buildings. Report on archaeological
excavation on the River Green 2002. Norfolk Quarter Sessions 1652. First telephone
exchange opened in Norwich 1883. Register of Parochial Charities.
FILE No.28 THORPE HOUSE & SCHOOL.
Thorpe House, the Weston family. Indenture of Charles Weston 1864. Thorpe House.
Charles Weston & son. Thorpe House School. Thorpe High School 1909. The Dowse
family. Pupils Thorpe High School. Mr.& Mrs.Dowse. Dancing & races Thorpe
House School 1931. Dancing display 1940. Sports day 1940. Thorpe House School
prospectus Principals Mr. & Mrs. Earnshaw. Letter from Thorpe house School 1953.
Thorpe house School prospectus Principal Mrs. H. Devenish. ‘Sunny Hill (Thorpe
House.) Future of Thorpe House School 1961. Thorpe House Press & centenary of the
school. Retirement of Mrs. Florence Hunt Headmistress 1998. Cloth marking the
school’s centenary. Restoration of Old Thorpe House 1986. Sale of Old Thorpe
House. Prize giving 1997. Open morning Thorpe House School. Text from Margaret
Duncan. Merger with Langley School 2010.
FILE No. 29. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM – CLIFFORD TEMPLE.
F1LE No. 30. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM – THORPE YOUTH & COMMUNITY
CENTRE. (SEE ALSO FILES 31,32&37)
FILE NO. 31. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM – THORPE YOUTH &COMMUNITY
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE CLUB.(SEE ALSO FILES 30,32& 37)
FILE No.32. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM – THORPE YOUTH & COMMUNITY
CENTRE.
Darts match Winter 1980/81. Staff team weekend at Holt Hall. Raft trials at
Whitlingham and dinner afterwards. Raft race River Wensum 1981. Weekend at Holt
Hall summer 1981. (see also files 30,31&37)
FILE NO. 33. THE OLD PARISH HALL.
Mission Hall Improvement Fund 1910. Red Cross. Some unidentified photographs.
Recollections of the Old Parish hall Viv. Roberts. Letter from the Parish Council
objecting to the proposed demolition of the Old Parish Hall, June 1987. Letter from
Broadland District Council that there were insufficient grounds to refuse consent for
the demolition, July 1987.
FILE NO.34. THORPE HISTORY GROUP (SEE ALSO FILE 49.)
List of members 2004/2005. Map of South Thorpe. Programme of History Group’s
meetings. Ode by Viv. Roberts on closing of the Group. Poster of exhibition to
commemorate World Wars I.&II. Poster for exhibition of an “Active Village” Thorpe
St. Andrew Open Gardens afternoon. The big clean-up 1990. A walk through Old
Thorpe. Recording the changes. A question of identity. The Water Frolic (see also file
26,49)
FILE No. 35. CHALK, MARL, GRAVEL, WHITLINGHAM.
Wherries on the Yare. Early chalk tramways in Whitlingham. The Vale of Thorpe.
Marl pits. Yare valley gravel works by the Crown Point Estate. St. Andrew’s church
Whitlingham. Farm Houses & farms. Notes on marl including reference to the failure
of Crown Bank (see also File 26.) A Norfolk sandpit.
FILE NO. 36. WORLD WAR I. WORLD WAR II. (SEE ALSO FILES 8, 40)
Canteen in annexe Norfolk War Hospital. Patients & river outing. Red Cross
detachments. Note on ‘Sunnyhill’ made available to the Red Cross and patients.
Organisation of the Red Cross. Norfolk War (St. Andrew’s) Hospital Lecture given by
the Rev. Canon Brian Pearson on Red Cross hospitals in World War I. Memoirs of the
Rev. Walter Allen 1941- 45. Wartime pillboxes & Thorpe defences. ‘Salute the
Soldier’ week. ‘If Invasion Comes.’ The Invasion Committee. Memories of the first
air raid Walter Hague 1988. When the Indians came to Thorpe. ARP Wardens. Travel
permits Mr.& Mrs. A.Wilson 1943. Locations of pillboxes. ‘I helped to build the
railway’, Henry Bussey (see also file 23.) Air raid precautions Thorpe Hamlet/Thorpe
St. Andrew 1939-45 Gilbert Howard. ARP Wardens. Red Cross. Thorpe Home
Guard. VE Day 50th anniversary celebrations.
FILE No.37. TWO PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS OF THORPE YOUTH &
COMMUNITYY CENTRE. (SEE ALSO FILES 30,31& 32.)
Albums 1989 & 1991.
FILE No.38. ARTISTS’ VIEWS OF THORPE. (SEE ALSO FILE 19 FOR
ARTISTS.)
Artists’ views of Thorpe. Mandell’s Gallery. ‘Water Frolic’ (see also files 26,34.) ,J
Stannard. ‘Thorpe Staithe’, John Thirtle. Phillip Hepworth, Letter from Norwich.
‘@Thorpe’ J.J.Cotman. King’s Head gardens, Thorpe. ‘The Yare at Thorpe’, John
Crome. Celebrating Norfolk, EDP 1993. Mystery paintings of Whitlingham &
Bramerton. Whitlingham from Thorpe Grove. Views of Thorpe 1876.’Cottage by the
River’, John Thirtle c. 1814/17. ‘Views of Thorpe’ J.J.Cotman 1876. Scenery of the
rivers of Norfolk John Thirtle 1777-1829 John Crome 1768-1821. John Stark 17971859. Joseph Stannard 1791-1830. Alfred Stannard 1806-1887.
FILE No.39. CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI 1937. FESTIVAL OF
BRITAIN 1951. CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1953. GOLDEN
JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II 2002.(SEE ALSO FILE 71.)
Coronation celebrations at the Recreation Ground 1937. Photograph in front of the
Morse Pavilion 1937. Festival of Britain 1951.The Rev. Fielding conducts a service.
Large crowd at the Thorpe Festival fair. Festival Times winter 2001. Festival
programme. Letter from the Festival of Britain Society 2001. Memoirs of the Thorpe
Festival by the Rev. Jack Burton . Getting ready for the Festival. A ‘Merrie England
Revel’ 1951. Coronation celebrations 1953. Letter from Dorothy Dawe. Details of
coronation festivities programme. Coronation celebrations raffle tickets. Ticket for a
seat in Parliamentary Square June 1953. Commemoration pottery. Agenda of a
meeting of the Parish Council Coronation Committee. Coronation Committee’s
accounts. Telegram from the Queen’s Private Secretary. Thorpe Sea Scouts. Crowds
at the coronation celebrations. Coronation Celebrations Committee receipt forms.
New frames for hanging baskets. W.I. presentation of ‘Merrie England.’ Dancing at
‘Merrie England’ presentation. Evening News report on the celebrations.
Minutes
& agenda of the meetings of the Golden Jubilee Events Committee. Thunder Lane
street party. Boats at the River Green. Letter from the Parish Council inviting
residents to a meeting to discuss events for the celebration in June 2002. Letter from
The Parish Council to all groups, organisations, schools etc. enclosing a copy of a
meeting of the Celebrations Committee. Letter from the Thorpe PCC asking for help
in arranging flower festivals in three churches. Letter from the Parish Council
inviting stallholders to make bookings. Special edition of the Beacon {issue 32)
listing the events which will take place on 2nd & 3rd June 2002. Thorpe Parish Church
Flower Festival. Flower Festival at the Church of Our Lady Mother of God. Poster
for the Jubilee events.
FILE No, 40. St. ANDREW’S HOSPITAL (SEE ALSO FILES 8, 36).
Access to patients’ records. Site plan. The Norfolk County Asylum. Inspection of the
Norfolk County Asylum 1903. “St. Andrew’s Hospital”, Viv. Roberts,1980s. “St.
Andrew’s Hospital 1814-1914” E.F. Cannell. The Eastern Counties Hospital for
Idiots, enlargement of the Asylum 1881. “The Progress of a Century 1814-1914” E.F.
Cannell. Events relating to the Asylum 1861-1879. Diversion of the Turnpike Road
1850. Nurses & patients 1900. Demolition of the old chimney St. Andrew’s Hospital
1977.William Smith Gatekeeper St. Andrew’s Hospital. Auxiliary hospitals of the
British Red Cross Society & St. John Ambulance 1914-1919. Report of the Amenities
Committee Norfolk War Memorial 1919. Photograph Norfolk War Hospital. Account
of the Norfolk Hospital by Gertrude Fletcher an Australian nurse. Letter from Mrs.
Margaret Hunt 1988. Transport St. Andrew’s Hospital. Picture of nurses & patients
sent by Ron Mace. Letter from Margaret Faulkner nurse at the Norfolk War Hospital
1915-1918. Memorial for the Hospital cemetery & protest against the closure of the
Hospital church. Photographs of patients recovering World war I. Service of
thanksgiving for the life & work of St. Andrew’s Hospital 1966. St. Andrew’s
Hospital farewell service 1988. Opening of the Norvic Clinic by Lord Glenarthur
1988. Extension of the Norvic Clinic 1998.
FILE No.41. BOUNDARY TAKEOVER ATTEMPTS. THORPE LOCAL PLAN.
Proposed annexation of Thorpe, Norwich Mercury 1893. Notice of a Preliminary
Meeting at St. William’s School 22nd November 1965. Letter from the Parish Council
inviting residents to a meeting at St. William’s School 9th March 1966. Letter from
the Parish Council to the Royal Commission on Local Government 14th July
1966.Letter from the Parish Council inviting residents to a Mammoth Fete to
celebrate the refusal of the proposed takeover. Thorpe St. Andrew District Plan.
Introduction to the Local Plan. Letter from Charles Coyle on traffic problems at
Primrose Crescent. Letter from the Parish Council on fly tipping. Proposal by the
Parish Council to appoint an Amenities Officer & the Chairman’ s response to
criticism of the plan. Conservation plans. Maps of the proposed conservation areas.
FILE No.42. BUSINESS PARKS IN THORPE ST. ANDREW & POSTWICK.
Anger at proposed road changes, Norwich Mercury 1988. Presentation of Broadland
Business Park. Photographs of the area. The Terrace Restaurant. Demolition of the
railway bridge. Plan of St. Andrew’s Business Park. Planning in Broadland,
Broadland District Council. Broadland Business Plans. St. Andrew’s Business Park.
Building for the Future EDP 1995. Article by Mr. John Fisher complaining of
residents’ lack of interest in the proposed Broadland Business Park. Broadland News
Winter Edition.
FILE No.43. PLANNING APPLICATIONS.
Town House Hotel. Woodside Road. Brick Kiln Farm Estate. Margaret Crescent/Hilly
Plantation. Booty Road. Ring Road/Laundry Lane. Armstrong Road. Woodside.
Motel on Yarmouth Road. Thunder Lane. Tracey Road/Firtree Road. Roxley House.
Gargyle Hill Estate. Public conveniences on the River Green. Bungalows & garage
Spinney Road. Applications J.S.Edwards, F.Wright, Beane Bros. Flats behind
Richmond Court. Garages into shops 33 Yarmouth Road, proposed flats. Chapel of
Ease & car park St.William’s Way. Concrete batching plant. Woodside Road corner.
Development north of Dale’s Loke. Four detached dwellings J.J.Miller. Appeal by
W.R.Edmunds. Davis’ Estates Ltd. Residential development & offices J.W.Draper.
Appeal by P.H.Pointer Ltd. Laurel Court. Pointer’s pit open space plan. Development
at the junction of South Avenue & Yarmouth Road. Development east of Pound Lane.
Planned development on land bordered by South Hill Road, Laundry Lane, Cyril
Road, Charles Avenue. Thorpe Mews. Concrete silos at Whitlingham Lane. Appeals
by P.J.Bygrave, H.Bannister. Application to build at the back of 147 Yarmouth Road.
Appeals by R.A.Coe, J.Batch. Application by C.Warner to convert existing garage
and build a new garage. Appeal by E.E.Woolterton. Avenue Green (Henby Way.)
Advertisement at the King’s Head. Miscellaneous correspondence on planning
matters. Planning application Lime Tree Avenue including the original auction
documents for Lime Tree Avenue in 1923.
FILE NO.44. ALLOTMENTS.
Allotments Committee Minute Book. Allotments receipts book. Applications for
allotments. Plan of Hillside Avenue allotments. Regulations for Hillside Avenue
allotments 1943. Allotment News 1976 .Form acknowledging receipt of regulations
and agreeing to them. Form of agreement for letting allotments. Tenancy agreements.
FILE No.45. GENERAL & LOCAL ELECTIONS. WARD BOUNDARY
CHANGES.
Election literature: The Green Party, The Ratepayers’ Association, Independent, The
Natural Law Party, The Labour Party, The Conservative Party, The Liberal Democrat
Party. Division of the Parish into 3 wards 1976. Annual Parish Meeting 1974. Casual
vacancy on the Parish Council 1974. Notice of Poll 1976. Notice of election of Parish
Councillors 1973. Result of Parish Council elections 1976. Arrangements for 1973
elections. Notice of Poll 1973.Result of election for District Council. 1973Declaration
of the result of the Poll for the Parish Council 1967.
FILE NO. 46. SCHOOLS (SEE ALSO FILES 20,47.)
Hillside Avenue School. Thorpe St. Andrew School.. St. William’s School.
Retirement of two Thorpe Heads. Norfolk Public Examination Results 1992.
Education in Norfolk 1950-1960. Lifting restrictions on schools’ ‘non-electric days.’
Letter from the Parish Council 1968 congratulating Mr. & Mrs. Tagg on their son &
daughter being selected for the Olympic Games. Review of Managing Bodies for
Schools 1977. Notice of a new Primary School 1949. Notice of new Secondary
Schools for 300 boys & 300 girls
File No. 47. SCHOOLS.(SEE ALSO FILES 20.46.).
Sports Day Thorpe House. Photograph Thorpe House. Sale particulars Old Thorpe
House. Retirement of Mrs. Sexton. Class photograph Thorpe Old School. Photograph
‘Sunny Hill’ now Thorpe House. Thorpe House Centenary. Brochures . Publicity.
Thorpe High School, now Thorpe House School. School histories Alan Dures Child’s
School Book. Requisition for Bye-Laws respecting attendance of children at school.
Proposed technical classes. Uninstructed children of the poor 1818. Excerpts from
school log books. Photograph of children at the National School 1952. Merger of
Thorpe Secondary Schools. NCC lease on the Old School. Yare Valley Adult
Education Centre.
FILE NO. 48. THORPE St .ANDREW.BROADLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Official Street Map Thorpe St. Andrew. The Official Guide Thorpe St. Andrew. Map
of Thorpe-next-Norwich. Broadland District Council Official Guide. Broadland
District Council planning information. Broadland District Council Official map &
Guide.
FILE No. 49. THORPE HISTORY GROUP (SEE ALSO FILE 34.)
Information & invitation to new members. Unveiling Railway Disaster Plaque
Girling’s Lane 1990.(se also files 1,69.) World War II exhibition. Request for pictures
of Thorpe St. Andrew. Photographs of an exhibition at the Dussindale centre 1990.
Exhibition at the Yare Valley Adult Education Centre. Tour of the Parish Church.
Letter from Patrick Thompson. 1987.Housewarming at Thorpe Hall. Bygone film
show at the Roxley Hall. Talk on Thorpe Hamlet & Mousehold Geoffrey Goreham.
Festival at St. Andrew’s Hospital 1987. Thorpe St. Andrew Garden Afternoon.
Answers to a quiz. Railway Sunday July 1986. Invitation to meetings. Adult
Education 1987-8. Meetings August-November 1988. A Walk Through Old Thorpe.
Invitation to join the Group. Exhibition at the yare Valley Adult Education Centre.
Thorpe Village Past & Present. Recommendations for setting up the Group 1986.
Water Frolic(see also files 4,26.)
FILE No.50. OLD PARISH MAPS..
Ordnance Survey Thorpe St. Andrew, TG 2610/2710. Thorpe St. Andrew. NCC map
of proposed footbridge St. William’s Way/Ring Road. Proposed RDC housing
development. Map of Thorpe. Blofield & Flegg RDC TPO Thorpe St. Andrew.
Broadland District Council Wilcon Site(Henby Way) off Gordon Avenue. Thorpenext-Norwich. Blofield & Flegg RDC proposed extension to the Laundry Lane Estate.
Blofield & Flegg RDC TPO No.1,1962. Ordnance sheet TG21 SE. Ordnance Survey
TG 2409/2509. Broadland District Council Crown Point Estate. Unidentified map.
FILE No. 51. ESTATE & HOUSE SALES.(SEE ALSO FILE 66.)
Unidentified house. 42 Yarmouth Road. 77 Yarmouth Road. 180 Yarmouth Road. 15
White Farm Lane. ‘Four Seasons.’ 16 Thorpe Hall Close. The Avenue Green (Henby
Way) Collection. Ferry View developments. 178 & 75B Yarmouth Road. 34 High
House South Avenue. 24/26 Yarmouth Road. 49 Yarmouth Road. Riverside plots.
Townhouses Yarmouth Road. 61 Bishop’s Close. 7 Chapel Lane. 29 Pound Lane.
Whitlingham Station industrial/storage unit. Churchfield Green. Cottage & plot near
the River Green. 10 Thunder Lane. 7 School Lane. Properties Camellia Court. House
on South Avenue. Plot Yarmouth Road. 85 Yarmouth Road. 4 Tower Hill. 2 Common
Lane. The Old Chapel & The Nave St. Andrew’s Park. Bungalow Yarmouth Road.
The Manor House. 20 Boundary Lane. Local Plan & Conservation Area. Trustee
Savings Bank. Mooring plots Yarmouth Road.
FILE No.52. TRANSPORT. SOUTHERN BY-PASS. TURNPIKE.
Vestry meeting to consider promotion of Norwich Tramways. Map of the Ring Road.
Paterson’s ‘Roads’ 1820s. Permission for the sites of village signs. Consideration of
By-pass speed limits. Holiday traffic through Thorpe Narrows. Part collapse of the
Hospital bridge. Plan Thunder Lane to Pound Lane. Proposed street lighting
Yarmouth Road. Concern over heavy traffic through Thorpe. Review of speed limits.
Southern By-pass. Effects of Southern By-pass. Constructing Southern By-pass &
viaduct. Opinion on Outer Ring Road. Invitation to comment on the proposed Bypass. Approval of the Southern By-pass. Completion of the Southern By-pass. Ring
Road numbering.
FILE No. 53. St. ANDREW’S HOSPITAL (SEE ALSO FILES 36,40.)
The Norfolk County Asylum. Lecture by the Rev Canon Brian Pearson on the work
of ‘Coonor’ & the Red Cross Hospitals. Career at St. Andrew’s Hospital. View of the
Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum. Plan of the Asylum. Photograph of the Hospital,
nurses & patients. Transport at the Hospital. ‘Sunny Hill’ Red Cross Hospital.
‘Coonor.’ Letter from Margaret Faulkner nurse at the Hospital 1915-1918. Thorpe
Asylum opened 1811 for the reception of 40 male pauper lunatics. Service of
Thanksgiving 1996. Grave of William Girling. Photographs of The Norfolk War
Hospital . Nurses at Whitlingham Station. Soldiers on a river outing World War I.
Norwich Omnibus Company bus to Thorpe village. Unidentified. Sale of land.
Celebration at St. Andrew’s Hospital. Nurses’ re-union. Sports Day.
FILE No. 54. WORLD WARS I & II. WAR MEMORIAL.
“I’m thinking of you everyday.” Funeral of Major Cubitt. ‘THE GREAT WAR,
Battle of the Somme.’ Ration book & identity cards World War II. Digging sand for
sandbags. The Beacon – three day celebration of VE Day. The War Memorial.
Warship Week 1942. ‘When Indians Came to Thorpe.’ Memories of wartime, 1990.
Reminiscences of Thorpe St. Andrew 1939-45, Gilbert Howard. Salute the Soldier
Week. The Road to War.
FILE No.55. SHOPS & BUSINESSES.
Miscellaneous assortment of leaflets, brochures & advertising representing every
aspect of commercial life in Thorpe St. Andrew.
FILE NO. 56. PARISH COUNCIL,VILLAGE SIGN. BYE-LAWS.’ Snippets `18951995.’’ Thorpe St. Andrew 1895-1979’,Harry Barber. Unveiling the
villagesign,1958. Bye-laws, Standing Orders, Sanitary Authority. Bye-laws Rural
District of Blofield 1895. Parish Council River Green mooring fees. Meeting of the
Lighting & Watering Committee 1895. Bye-laws Thorpe Recreation Ground.
Proposed annexation of Thorpe 1893(See also file 41,) Vestry meeting 1886 to
consider the proposed Norwich Tramways. Pantomime stars at Thorpe Ratepayers
New Year’s Eve dance. Council documents held by the Thorpe History Group. Parish
Council precepts 1895-1932. Government of local affairs, responsibilities of local
councils, list of Parish, District & County Councillors. Parish Councillors 1896-1976.
Draft for ‘Thorpe St. Andrew 1895-1979’ by Harry Barber. Award for Best Kept
Village 1992. Agreement for the use of Norwich Fire Brigade 1936.
FILE No.57 SOCIETIES, CLUBS, THEATRICALS, SPORT.’ Thorpe Players
Present.’ The Thorpe Occasional Players. Lists of clubs & societies. 24th Norwich
Scouts. Awards to Royal British Legion volunteers. Royal British Legion search for
new premises. Happy days at the Old Parish Hall. 1st Thorpe Guides. Jeannie
Bricklebank 1992. 15th Norwich Air Scouts. Thorpe Men’s Institute. Thorpe Village
Women’s Institute. ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’ Thorpe & District Athletics
Club. Thorpe Football Club 1903/4. Gordon P.H. Angling Club. A football team. St.
Andrew’s choirboys’ football team. St. Andrew’s Hospital football team. Thorpe
Cricket Club 1906/7. Norwich Union Athletics Association. St. Andrew’s Football
Club 1987/8. Correspondence between the Parish Council & St. Andrew’s Football
Club.
FILE No. 58. THE NORVIC CLINIC.
Opposition to the proposed clinic. Report on the objections, Letters of objection.
Newspaper articles. Thorpe Residents Action Group. Facts, minutes of meetings,
reports by various official bodies. Arguments in favour of the proposed clinic
Approval granted 1991. Photographs of the clinic.
FILE No. 59. GENERAL HISTORY,CENSUSES, ELECTORAL ROLLS,
ENCLOSURE ACTS ( SEE ALSO FILE 1}Supple’s History of Thorpe St. Andrew.
Lecture by Walter Rye, ’Old Thorpe.’ Opposition to the proposed takeover by
Norwich City Council (see also file 4.) Thunder storm 1843. The Health of Thorpe.
Parish officially named Thorpe St. Andrew, 1955. Description of Thorpe ?18th
century. Meeting of the Parochial Sanitary Committee,1940. Derivations of the name
of Thorpe. Inquest on the death of Florence Cooke, aged 8, knocked down by a
horse& cart. Ancient map of Norwich & the surrounding areas. White’s Norfolk
Directory 1859. Domesday geography of Eastern England. Kelly’s Directory 1937.
Armstrong’s History of Norfolk. The Beauties of England 1810. White’s Directory of
Norfolk 1845. Newspaper supplements. Thorpe Low Common enclosure 1863 (see
also file 1.) Churchwardens’ accounts. Register of electors 1832. Poll list Blofield
Hundred 1802. Hunt & Co’s East Norfolk. Thorpe in the Hundred of Blofield
‘History & Antiquities of the County of Norfolk’, Armstrong 1781. A Fragmented
History of Thorpe. ‘Thorpe-by-Norwich’ 1902..
FILE No. 60. ROADS,STREETS, TRANSPORT, FOOTPATHS.
Proposed plan for the widening of Thorpe Narrows & widening under way (see also
file 7.) Waiting restrictions on St. William’s Way. Danger at the junction of St.
William’s Way & Thunder Lane. Complaint by Thorpe Ratepayers Association.
Footpaths, rights of way and side of roads. Origins of street names1919-1939. Survey
of private road from Western Avenue. ‘Roadworks on the way Again’, Yarmouth
Road. The Private Street Works Act. Old map of the Thorpe area. Home Watch on
Avenue Green (Henby Way.) Boulderside Close. Official opening of Brenda James
Close. Complaints of the road surface on Chapel Lane. Request for the restoration of
Common Lane. Conveyance of the land between the railway line & the cemetery.
Request for a “Steep Hill” sign on Eastern Crescent. Blofield Rural District’s takeover
of Hillside Avenue, Hillside Road, Laundry Lane 1954. Map of Woodside Road,
Tracey Road, Armstrong Road, Beechwood Drive. Speed limits in Thorpe. Request
for the speed limit on Plumstead Road to be reconsidered. Rectory Close. School
Lane, South Avenue. Johnson Charity Tree, Albert Place, Thunder Lane (see also file
7.) Tracey Road, Piper Road, Armstrong Road, Thunder Lane. Water Lane. Diversion
of public footpaths.
FILE NO.61. SEWERAGE, SEWAGE, GAS, STREET LIGHTING.
Legal action against The Mayor, Aldermen & citizens of the City of Norwich in
Chancery for polluting the River Yare. Whitlingham Sewage Farm. Reports&
proposals on sewerage & sewage disposal. Gas lighting contracts. Meeting of
Lighting & Watering Committee. British Gas Corporation lease. Agreement for street
lighting 1945. Bill of Quantities for lighting the A47 Trunk Road 1963. Agreement
under Section 83 of the Highways Act 1959.Street lighting on the A47 Harvey Lane
to Postwick Lane. Costs of lighting the A47. Eastern Electricity lighting charges.
Report on the condition of a column on Spinney road. Plans of street lighting
locations.
FILE No. 62. INNS & HOTELS (SEE ALSO FILE 24)
Licensing Sessions 1965. The King’s Head. The Cottage. The Old Rectory. The
Oaklands. The Buck. The Griffin. The Town House Hotel. Thorpe Gardens I(later
named The Boat & Bottle, The Rushcutters.)
FILE NO. 63. THE PARISH CHURCH, THE CEMETERY, CHAPELS,
CHARITIES (SEE ALSO FILES 3,13,22,71.)
Plan of churches in Thorpe. Hillcrest chapel. St. Catherine’s chapel,’ The corpse in
Thorpe Wood.’ The Parish Church. The cemetery. Chapels.
FILE No.64. DUSSINDALE. SAINSBURY’S.
Norfolk Archaeology- Dussindale (see p.54.) Pound Lane local Plan. Application site
plan. New retail centre. Report on Pound Lane Local Plan. Plans for pub & church on
Dussindale. Norfolk Quarter Sessions petition from Dussing Dale 1652.Request for
views on sport. Development of Community Area. New hall well booked. Battle lost
over names for roads. Lease from Norfolk County Council for allotments. Norwich
planners warned not to attempt to take land east of Pound Lane. The Dussindale
Centre. J.S.Bloor house builders. Open spaces & footpath adoption. Dussindale Park
landscape plan. Birth of a village. Relevant newspaper articles. Arguments over link
with Kett’s rebellion.. Public notice of proposed residential development in Thorpe.
Residents’ meeting 18th March 1974 to discuss the proposed Dussindale development
Fears over the closure of Pound lane. Objection to the proposed development.
Sainsbury’s brochures.
FILE 65.HIGH HOUSE, THE GROVE, GROVE HOUSE.(SEE ALSO FILES
10,19,23)
Reminiscences of Hazel Addis (nee Wilson.) High House. Members of the Wilson &
Morse families at High House. Plan of the Grove Estate. List of properties owned by
the Estate. Plan of High House farm, later Brook Farm. Sketch map of the Grove
Estate. Estate of Thomas Batley. Map of High House surrounds. Cheques & credits of
Gurney’s & Birkbeck’s Bank. Abstract of title & will of William Birkbeck. Occupants
of the Grove before the Birkbecks. Payment to Henry Birkbeck. The Birkbeck family.
The Manor of Thorpe came to William Birkbeck 1874. Letter describing the interior
of High House. Extension of High House by Thomas Jeckyll. Photograph of High
House.
FILE No.66. PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
Proposed development of Brook Farm. House in Thorpe. Sale of Point House.
Building a wall at Point House. Photograph of Point House. Conveyance of 7 School
Lane. Conversion of 63Yarmouth Road. Sale of ‘Idle Hour.’ Sale of Stone Cottage.
Post Office opens at 71/73 Yarmouth Road. Temporary closure of Yarmouth Road
Post Office. Sale of The Homestead. List of Post Office owners. Sale of Post
Office/Village Store.77 Yarmouth Road. Letter from Rosemary Sheppard.. View from
the scaffolding of the Church steeple. Sale of Larchwood. Larchwood opens as a
Residential Nursing Home 1993. Oaklands Hotel. Barber Close. Sale of the ‘Sugar
House’, now 30 Yarmouth Road. Sale of Walpole House. Details of Holly Lodge &
the Willett family. Sale of Well Close, Pound Lane. Sale of ‘Cottage Orne.’ Octagon
Cottage. Picture of Octagon Cottage. ‘The Oaks’, Harvey Lane. The Dell, Yarmouth
Road. Refusal of Church plan of flats at Yare Hill. Notices of properties for sale.
‘Newlands’ off Yarmouth Road.
FILE No. 67. MAJOR PROPERTIES.
Woodlands, now the Oasis (see also file 17.) ‘Donollie’(see also file19.) Thorpe
Hurst. Thorpe Lodge (see also files 10,12,14, 16, 26.) High House (see also files
10,19.) Santa Lucia Hotel (see also file 14.) Pinebanks \(see also File 14.) Thorpe
Old Hall (see also files 9,14,16.)
FILE NO. 68. PERSONAL MEMOIRS.
Duplicate memoirs, Hazel Addis, Alfred Jenner. Incomplete anonymous memoir.
Thorpe St. Andrew in the early 20s. Thoughts as Rector of Thorpe, the Revd. Canon
Brian Pearson. Memories of life in Thorpe in the 1930s, Moira Thirkettle. Notes by
Mrs. Inglebride. Notes on, & photographs of, 102,104,106 Yarmouth Road. Notes on
2 School Lane from Mrs. G.White.
FILE No. 69. THE GREAT RAILWAY DISASTER,1874 (SEE ALSO FILES
11,49). .LOCAL RAILWAYS.
Plaque on Girling’s Lane commemorating the crash. Account by Sir Peter Eade.
Report of the Court of Inquiry. List of some of the names involved. Report by Mrs.
Pat Prior. Graves of engine drivers Thomas Clarke & Edward Frazier Tombstone of
an engine driver. Account by L.T.C.Rolf. Newspaper reports. Account from Mackie’s
Norfolk Annals. Pictures of the scene. Whitlingham station. Indenture between Isaac
Coaks & the East Norfolk Railway. Railway Sunday. Excursion to Great Yarmouth.
Owners of land affected by the railway. Yarmouth to Norwich Railway. Large picture
of Whitlingham station.
FILE No.70. THE RIVER YARE SEPIA COLLECTION.
Scenes of the River Yare & craft at Thorpe St. Andrew.
FILE NO.71. THE CHURCH,THE BUCK, THE RIVER GREEN,NAVIGATION
PLANS.
Photographs of the Church (see also files 3,13,22,63.) Unveiling the War Memorial
Tablet. Photographs of the Buck (see also file24.) Letter from Harry Barber. Appeal
for development at Horsewater. Photographs of the River Green The Lord of the
Manor wants to stop itinerant preachers using the River Green,1901. The Thorpe
Women’s institute plant a tree on the River Green on the occasion of the Queen’s
Silver Jubilee (see also file 39.) Pictures of the River Green. Aerial photograph 1914.
Plans to straighten the River Yare. Navigation for ships. Norwich & Yarmouth
Navigation Sheet.
FILE No.72. THE RIVER YARE,CRAFT ON THE RIVER, BOATYARDS. The
Hazel family. A potted history of Thorpe Island. ‘Morning Flight’ Boat dwellers
facing eviction 2005. Old Pleasure Gardens. Steam packet to Yarmouth. ‘The
Frostbites.’ Yare Rowing Club. Arson at two boathouses & a summer house. Great
oarsmen of the Yare. The Rushcutters. Oars, engine & sails. The King’s Head (now
the River Garden.) The Horsewater (see also file 71.) Richmond of Norfolk. The
Town House. The big freeze. Thorpe in winter. Craft on the river. Description of the
River Yare. Claim that ‘the entire course of the River Yare extending to Hardley
Cross’ is within the boundary of the City of Norwich,1906. The Norwich-Yarmouth
controversy. The Ward family. Hart(Hearts) boatyard. Sale of Thorpe boatyard. Ward
boatyard. Hobrough contractor. List of boatyards in Thorpe. Jenner’s boatyard.
Comic representation of the users of the river.1988.
FILE No. 73. PHOTOGRAPHS.
An eclectic mix of photographs of activities in, & views of, Thorpe St. Andrew.
FILE No. 74. PHOTOGRAPHS.
Views of Thorpe St Andrew.
Photographs of the river & marshes in Thorpe St. Andrew & Whitlingham.
EXHIBITION ITEMS.
Business Park Presentation. Aerial view 1960s. Thorpe Gravel Pits. Ltd. & proposed
development (Henby Way.) Maps & plans of Thorpe St. Andrew.
LARGE ITEMS.
Two pictures of the Water Frolic(see also files 34,49.) ‘Gunga Din’/The Oaklands.
The Town House/The Cottage. Hart & Son. Notice of Poll 1946. The King’s Head.
The Hobrough photograph Collection. Thorpe-near-Norwich c.1844. Maps & plans of
Thorpe St. Andrew.
EXTRA LARGE ITEMS.
Festival of Britain 1951. Ordnance Survey maps 1967-71. Staff Norfolk War
Hospital. Photographs of Thorpe Inns. Whitlingham Signal Box. Indenture Isaac
Coaks & the East Norfolk Railway Company. Plan of Norfolk County Asylum.
Businesses & details of Thorpe St. Andrew. WHERE IS IT? Picture quiz & answers.
ON DISPLAY.
Poster of J Hart & Son. Coronation celebrations. River Green flood,1912.
SERENDIPITY.
A conglomeration of superfluous, duplicate & unrelated items.
“WE ARE WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE WERE”.