Dereham History

Bishop Bonner’s Cottage Museum - Timber framed & thatched 1500s building - local history - Dereham Heritage Trust & Town Archive - Chair Trevor Ogden

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Bishop Bonners Cottage Museum is now closed and will be reopening next spring.

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11 January Talk by- Tim Holt-Wilson, Norfolk’s Earth Heritage - geology and geomorphology including the stories encoded in its rocks and fossils and the evolution of its physical landscape. Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, NR19 2EP at 7.30pm £3 non members

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#WorldEmbroideryDay one of the embroideries in our collection made by a Mr Twaites in the Red Cross Hospital housed in Dereham Vicarage while recovering from his wounds in the first would war 1914-18

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Have you discovered the note in the secret pocket in The Really Woolly Mammoth yet?
Find it St. Nicholas Church, Dereham and make a day of it. Nearby find: @midnorfolkrly @DerehamWindmill & @BonnersMuseum along with some lovely walks and cafes ☕️🍰 *Check venue opening times

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When in taking in the new John Fenn exhibition on the #Pastonletters, be sure to take a wander around the charming market town of Dereham and admire it's fine historic buildings. Watch out for Fenn's beautiful Georgian home 'Hill House' and @BonnersMuseum itself seen below

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@kreeve A Norfolk example of similar tiles on the gable end of Bishop Bonner’s Cottages, Dereham. Photo c1865 before the cottages were restored in 1905. Many of the original tiles survive institute to be seen on the cottages today at @BonnersMuseum

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Fenn exhibition opens today @BonnersMuseum. Learn more about the Dereham's power couple and John Fenn's instrumental role in preserving the #pastonletters. Exhibition open Friday 10-1pm and Sat 10-4pm.

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The Bishop Bonner Cottage Museum #Dereham #Norfolk opens today for the new season

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Date for your diary: new exhibition on John and Ellenor Fenn opening April 29 @BonnersMuseum in Dereham. John Fenn was instrumental in protecting the #Pastonletters and preserving a vital primary source for British history; the earliest surviving letter collection in the world.

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Talk tonight 13th April - 7.30pm at Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre St, Dereham NR19. By Joy Evitt, - ‘The History of the Norfolk Wool Trade.’ It covers the history of the wool industry in Norfolk from Roman times and how important it was to the prosperity of the county

[Trevor Ogden @TrevorOgden13]

Today in 1477, Margery Brews wrote to “my right well-beloved Valentine John Paston”. Margery’s father would not increase her dowry, so John’s father refused consent. "If you love me, you will not forsake me for it." Dereham Museum, opens 29 Apr @BonnersMuseum @Pastonfootprint

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Really good to see the last of Dereham's Wayfinding Panels in place, close to the gable end of Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum. Mainly the work of Sue Walker White. @BonnersMuseum @NorfolkHeritage

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New insights offered by Fenn's engagement diaries and @SocAntiquaries application and annotations (in the public domain for the 1st time) helped inform this @pastonfootprint & @BonnersMuseum exhibition. A real insight into 'Dereham's Georgian power couple': not to be missed!

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#AllMetalMonday The missing ironwork churchyard gates to #Dereham church, removed in 1979 as part of an improvement scheme and shown in a photograph from our collection c1960. Their location now or fate is unknown if you know where they are let us know.

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We've almost cleared a room in Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum, Dereham, ready for the new exhibition on John and Ellenor Fenn and the Paston letters, opening April 29th. @BonnersMuseum @pastonfootprint

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@NorfolkHeritage Find out more about John de Narde on https://t.co/kiFKXoe56A

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#MementoMoriMonday
In memory of Jean De Narde,
Son of a Notary Public of St. Malo;
A French prisoner of war, who, having escaped from the Bell tower of this church, was pursued and shot by a soldier on duty, October 6th, 1799, aged 28 years. #Dereham #Norfolk #MonumentMonday

[Trevor Ogden @TrevorOgden13]

Today's bright sun highlighted the restored pargeting on Bishop Bonner's cottages. @BonnersMuseum

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@HeritageFundM_E Thank you 🙏

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One of our treasures is the earliest photograph of Bishop Bonners Cottages #Dereham it dates to the 1870s and was taken by local photographer W Brunton. #HeritageTreasures #Norfolk