Welcome to the story of Dereham's Past
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum is open 10th May 4th to October 2014. see opening times
Discover more about Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum of local history - and the group of volunteers who run it from the Dereham Antiquarian Society.
Interested in history? Local, family, archaeology - whatever! We need more volunteers to help us preserve the town's heritage. Please come and join us, membership of the Society 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.
Interested in history? Local, family, archaeology - whatever! We need more volunteers to help us preserve the town's heritage. Please come and join us, membership of the Society 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.
Thank you to everyone that objected to one of Dereham's Oldest Buildings being Demolition
The time to comment on the planning application to demolish the cottage has now closed. JD Wetherspoon who own the Romany Rye in Church Street applied to demolish its Grade 2 listed building in the Conservation Area in Church St #Dereham. They want to have a beer garden on the site. It is one of the oldest buildings in the town, dating to the early 1600s we have so few left we can't lose any more. You can see the plans and read all the 90+ formal comments submitted on the two planning applications at the following two links under the documents section. http://planning.breckland.gov.uk/OcellaWeb/planningDetails?reference=3PL%2F2014%2F0523%2FF and http://planning.breckland.gov.uk/OcellaWeb/planningDetails?reference=3PL%2F2014%2F0524%2FLB
The English Heritage comments are very interesting reading the PDF file can be downloaded below
The time to comment on the planning application to demolish the cottage has now closed. JD Wetherspoon who own the Romany Rye in Church Street applied to demolish its Grade 2 listed building in the Conservation Area in Church St #Dereham. They want to have a beer garden on the site. It is one of the oldest buildings in the town, dating to the early 1600s we have so few left we can't lose any more. You can see the plans and read all the 90+ formal comments submitted on the two planning applications at the following two links under the documents section. http://planning.breckland.gov.uk/OcellaWeb/planningDetails?reference=3PL%2F2014%2F0523%2FF and http://planning.breckland.gov.uk/OcellaWeb/planningDetails?reference=3PL%2F2014%2F0524%2FLB
The English Heritage comments are very interesting reading the PDF file can be downloaded below
| english_heritage_comments.pdf |
| threat_to_dereham_heritage__-_eastern_daily_press.pdf |
World War One Exhibition at Museum
Help us commemorate the centenary of World War One over the next four years. Have you any Dereham related photos, letters, postcards or mementoes that we could record for display in the museum, and to include in the DAS town archive for generations to come? If so please contact us on
bbcmuseum@outlook.com or up load a digital copy with description here on contact us
Help us commemorate the centenary of World War One over the next four years. Have you any Dereham related photos, letters, postcards or mementoes that we could record for display in the museum, and to include in the DAS town archive for generations to come? If so please contact us on
bbcmuseum@outlook.com or up load a digital copy with description here on contact us
Our Next Evening Talk
Wednesday July 9th 2014
A Striking Village
The story of the Norfolk village of Burston’s School Strike 1914-1939, the longest strike in British history - An illustrated talk by Anne May, whose family were closely involved with the strike.
Talk at Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, NR19 2EP at 7.30pm
Admission for each evening talk is £1 for members and £3 for non-members. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
A Striking Village
The story of the Norfolk village of Burston’s School Strike 1914-1939, the longest strike in British history - An illustrated talk by Anne May, whose family were closely involved with the strike.
Talk at Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, NR19 2EP at 7.30pm
Admission for each evening talk is £1 for members and £3 for non-members. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
Image from http://burstonstrikeschool.wordpress.com
"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.
