Official Guide to North Walsham 2023-2024
Everything you need to know about North Walsham and the local area for visitors and residents alike in a full colour, 160 page book. Up to date information on groups, services, businesses, events and stuff to see in the North Walsham area along with extensive history of the town in words and photos.
Everything you need to know about North Walsham and the local area for visitors and residents alike in a full colour, 160 page book. Up to date information on groups, services, businesses, events and stuff to see in the North Walsham area along with extensive history of the town in words and photos.
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Historical North Walsham 149
1892 Paston school pavilion constructed on
Station Road.
The Mitre Tavern in Mitre Tavern Yard
closed.
1897 Market Cross restored as a permanent
memorial to Queen Victoria’s Diamond
Jubilee.
Randell’s in the Market Place built.
1899 Salvation Army Hall, Hall Lane built.
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1900 Steam Laundry built.
1901 Town Hall, Kings Arms Street built.
1902 Youngman’s Mill, Yarmouth Road
ceased working.
1903 Church Yard fenced.
The Lawn private girls’ school opened.
Original police station.
1904 Rose & Crown on Bacton Road closed
(became H. Grey Stores).
1906 Steam laundry burned down.
Agricultural Workers Union founded at
The Angel Hotel.
The Horseshoes in Mitre Tavern Yard
closed.
1911 Coronation celebration in Market Place
for King George V.
1912 Drinking Fountain (in front of Market
Cross) unveiled.
Newsham Fire Engine positioned in
Market Cross.
Picturedrome cinema opened.
1914 Market Cross conveyed to the town by
the ecclesiastical commissioners.
1916 Co-op on Market Street burns down.
1919 North Walsham Girls High School
opens.
1921 East window of St Nicholas’ church
erected as memorial to North Walsham
men who fell 1914-1918.
New Co-Op on Market Street opens.
1922 Drinking Fountain moved to M&GN
Railway.
Buxton Villas, Station Road built.
Market Place first metalled surface.
Current bell housing (lower) installed
on church tower.
1924 Cottage Hospital built.
1925 Rackstraws in Market Street opened.
Opening of North Walsham Cottage Hospital.
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