Welcome to all our members, volunteers and supporters
Come and discover the story of Dereham's Past
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum is now closed until 2019
when we plan to open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
from Saturday 4 May to Saturday 28 September
Normal opening times are from 1.30pm to 4pm
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.
Find out more about Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum of local history - and the group of volunteers who run it from the Dereham Antiquarian Society.
Archaeological terms explained: Antiquarian - Someone who studies
the past as a hobby rather than as a profession.
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 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.
Archaeological terms explained: Antiquarian - Someone who studies
the past as a hobby rather than as a profession.
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 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.
Our next talk is on
Wednesday 14 November 2018
Elementary education in Victorian rural Norfolk
A major achievement of the Victorian period was that by 1900 most children, even in the smallest villages were in school for a meaningful length of time. This lecture will look at how this was achieved across the county using both the written evidence and what the buildings themselves can tell us about changing approaches to education.
Speaker: Susanna Wade Martins
Trinity Methodist Church Hall,
Theatre Street, Dereham,
NR19 2EP
at 7.30pm
Admission is £1 for members of Dereham Antiquarian Society and £3 for non-members. Refreshments are included. Visitors are always welcome, with the fee payable on the door.
Wednesday 14 November 2018
Elementary education in Victorian rural Norfolk
A major achievement of the Victorian period was that by 1900 most children, even in the smallest villages were in school for a meaningful length of time. This lecture will look at how this was achieved across the county using both the written evidence and what the buildings themselves can tell us about changing approaches to education.
Speaker: Susanna Wade Martins
Trinity Methodist Church Hall,
Theatre Street, Dereham,
NR19 2EP
at 7.30pm
Admission is £1 for members of Dereham Antiquarian Society 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.
