epw039263 ENGLAND (1932). The town, Thetford, from the north-east, 1932

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Title [EPW039263] The town, Thetford, from the north-east, 1932
Reference EPW039263
Date July-1932
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Place name THETFORD
Parish THETFORD
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 587380, 283418
Longitude / Latitude 0.75563785144571, 52.416232856784
National Grid Reference TL874834

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The yard of Thomas Doran, steam roller contractor.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:34:39 PM
The church of St Mary-the-Less, now redundant.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:32:09 PM
St Cuthbert's Church.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:29:34 PM
The Harbord Almshouses built late 17thC.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:27:33 PM
Grove Lane formerly Botany Bay Lane 19thC.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:25:16 PM
United Reform Chapel opened as an Independent Chapel in 1818.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:23:41 PM
Cottage Hospital opened in 1898 on land given by T.S. Bidwell.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:22:11 PM
Vicarage Road, formerly a track leading to a windmill and mill house. Began to be developed as a residential road in the 1890s.

d.osborne
Thursday 14th of May 2015 01:20:25 PM
The Municipal Cemetery opened in the mid-1850s.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:35:32 PM
The London Road.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:32:15 PM
The Gas Works retort house.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:30:42 PM
This field boundary survives today as a public footpath between a school playing field and gardens of Nelson Crescent former council houses on the north side.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:29:16 PM
Scots Pine trees probably planted late 18th or early 19thC as field boundary markers. This belt of trees is still standing in 2015.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:26:31 PM
The Gas Works established in this site in the mid-1840s.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:23:04 PM
Norwich Road County School for Infants.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:21:20 PM
Norwich Road County School for Girls.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:19:58 PM
Norwich Road County School for Boys built as a Board School in the 1870s.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:18:20 PM
Row of small, flint cottages known in 19thC as Botany Bay.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:16:28 PM
Chalk pit related to the local lime burning industry.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:14:22 PM
Large chalk pit related to the former local lime burning industry.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:13:12 PM
Site of former lime kilns and chalk pits related to the local lime burning industry that had ceased by early years of the 20thC.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:11:47 PM
Vicarage Road.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:09:21 PM
Lime Kiln Lane at its junction with the Norwich Road.

d.osborne
Tuesday 5th of May 2015 03:08:12 PM

steve
Friday 18th of July 2014 10:23:58 AM
The present Red Lion was built on this site in 1837 replacing an earlier inn that was purchased by the Corporation of Thetford early in the 17th century and probably stood where the War Memorial is today.

d.osborne
Saturday 18th of April 2015 10:13:20 PM

steve
Friday 18th of July 2014 10:22:24 AM
The earliest reference that I have found to the Black Horse is 1770. It was then occupied by Johnathan Newell, a local lime burner whose kilns were situated close by where Lime Kiln Lane is today.

d.osborne
Saturday 18th of April 2015 10:10:32 PM