Welcome to all our members, volunteers and supporters
Come and discover the story of Dereham's Past
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum
now open for 2019
We plan to open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
from Saturday 4 May to Saturday 28 September
Normal opening times:
1.30pm to 4pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays
11am to 2pm on Fridays
but please check the Museum Opening Times link
for details of any days or times when we may be closed
Admission £2 adults
Children under 16 free with a paying adult.
now open for 2019
We plan to open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
from Saturday 4 May to Saturday 28 September
Normal opening times:
1.30pm to 4pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays
11am to 2pm on Fridays
but please check the Museum Opening Times link
for details of any days or times when we may be closed
Admission £2 adults
Children under 16 free with a paying adult.
Bishop Bonner’s Cottage Museum was opened on 4 May for this 2019 season by Hilary Bushell the Mayor of Dereham. Thank you to all those who visited the museum: it was a great start to the year. Jonathan Boston the President of the Dereham Heritage Trust gave those present a personal recollection of the last person to have lived in the cottage, Jack Allison, known too many in the town as ‘One Armed Jack’, a veteran of World War One.
Find out more about Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum of local history - and the group of volunteers who run it from the Dereham Heritage Trust.
At the AGM in February 2019 the Dereham Antiquarian Society decided to change its name to the Dereham Heritage Trust. This was to give the organisation a more up to date image relevant to the world in which we now live, while also acknowledging that the conservation of the town’s heritage, in all its forms, is a key part of our activities.
Would you like to help us keep the museum open?
We urgently need more volunteers to help us preserve and interpret the town's heritage, if you are interested please email
ken-hawkins@tiscali.co.uk .
Please come and join us, membership of the Trust is open to all.
For further information, please choose from the menu on the left-hand side, or above if you are using a mobile phone.
At the AGM in February 2019 the Dereham Antiquarian Society decided to change its name to the Dereham Heritage Trust. This was to give the organisation a more up to date image relevant to the world in which we now live, while also acknowledging that the conservation of the town’s heritage, in all its forms, is a key part of our activities.
Would you like to help us keep the museum open?
We urgently need more volunteers to help us preserve and interpret the town's heritage, if you are interested please email
ken-hawkins@tiscali.co.uk .
Please come and join us, membership of the Trust is open to all.
For further information, please choose from the menu on the left-hand side, or above if you are using a mobile phone.
Our next talk is on
Wednesday 12 June 2019
History of the Wool Trade in Norfolk
Speaker: Joy Evitt
Trinity Methodist Church Hall,
Theatre Street, Dereham,
NR19 2EP
at 7.30pm
Admission is £1 for members of Dereham Heritage Trust and £3 for non-members. Refreshments are included. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
Wednesday 12 June 2019
History of the Wool Trade in Norfolk
Speaker: Joy Evitt
Trinity Methodist Church Hall,
Theatre Street, Dereham,
NR19 2EP
at 7.30pm
Admission is £1 for members of Dereham Heritage Trust and £3 for non-members. Refreshments are included. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
"Pretty, quiet Dereham, thou pattern of an English town".
Quotation from Lavengro by George Borrow, one of Dereham's famous sons, born in 1803.
Quotation from Lavengro by George Borrow, one of Dereham's famous sons, born in 1803.
