Welcome to the story of Dereham's Past
This year we are celebrating two special anniversaries : 60 years of the Dereham Antiquarian Society 1953 - 2013; and 50 years of the Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum 1963 - 2013, by the launch of this new website, and a free admission day to the museum on its birthday of 11th May.
Discover more about Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum of local history and archaeology - and the group of volunteers who run it from the Dereham Antiquarian Society.
Interested in history? Local, family, archaeology - whatever! 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.
"Pretty, quiet Dereham, thou pattern of an English town".
Quotation from Lavengro by George Borrow, one of Dereham's famous sons, born in 1803.
Our Next Event:
Wednesday 11 December
The Old and the New China
Gill Page
An illustrated talk comparing the modern face of China to its famous ancient monuments and buildings.
Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, at 7.30pm
Interested in history? Local, family, archaeology - whatever! 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.
"Pretty, quiet Dereham, thou pattern of an English town".
Quotation from Lavengro by George Borrow, one of Dereham's famous sons, born in 1803.
Our Next Event:
Wednesday 11 December
The Old and the New China
Gill Page
An illustrated talk comparing the modern face of China to its famous ancient monuments and buildings.
Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, at 7.30pm
