Welcome to the story of Dereham's Past
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum reopens on 10th May 2014.
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.
World War One
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
"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 Events:
Wednesday 12 March 2014
The Mysterious Green Man
Mr & Mrs Worton
Exploring the legend of the Green Man from pre-Christian times, and where to find different depictions in Norfolk Churches etc.
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.
World War One
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
"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 Events:
Wednesday 12 March 2014
The Mysterious Green Man
Mr & Mrs Worton
Exploring the legend of the Green Man from pre-Christian times, and where to find different depictions in Norfolk Churches etc.
Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Theatre Street, Dereham, at 7.30pm.
