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    • Early history
    • Peasants’ revolt 1381
    • The Market Place
    • North Walsham’s underground history
    • The Paston family
  • Churches
    • St Nicholas church
    • Church of the Sacred Heart
  • Transport
    • North Walsham and Dilham Canal.
    • Two railway stations
    • The town’s early fire pump and engine
  • Education
    • North Walsham County Primary School
    • Paston School
  • First world war
    • The Home Front in the First World War
  • Second world war
    • World War 2, the defences of North Walsham
    • North Walsham Auxiliary Unit
  • Industries
    • Water mills
    • Wind mills
    • McLean family – photography and mineral water
    • Randell Ltd
    • Duncan Industries
    • Crane Fruehauf
    • Norfolk Canneries
    • Ploughshare sculptures
    • North Walsham Steam Laundry
  • Entertainment
    • Fisher’s Theatre
    • Cinemas
  • Memoirs
    • Walter Whiteside
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Local Links

North Walsham Archive Facebook Page 7,000 members, tens of thousands of images 

Aylsham Heritage Centre
Located in the old church rooms in the grounds of St Michael’s Church

Fakenham Community Archive
The archive group for the fakenham area.

Francis Frith Collection
Nostalgic Photos, maps, Books and Memories of Britain.

George Plunkett – Norfolk Photographs
Photographs of Norfolk – by parish.

Holt & District Archive Group

Norfolk Community Archives Network
Interactive website for community archiving groups in Norfolk.

Old Maps
Britain’s most comprehensive historical map archive.

Norfolk Historic Maps.
Get lost studying these interesting old maps. (Oh the irony of getting lost on a map website!)

Norfolk Historic Map Explorer.
Have fun overlaying maps from different eras over a chose area.

Norfolk County Council Library
The North Walsham section of the County Library website.

Norfolk Mills
Information on North Walsham Mills can be found in here along with many other places.

North Walsham & Dilham Canal Trust
Working to protect, conserve and improve the canal for the benefit of the community & environment.

Public Houses in North Walsham
Complete list with details of the history of pubs in North Walsham.

The North Walsham Guide
A guide to everything North Walsham by the people of North Walsham.

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