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Come and discover the story of Dereham's Past

Dereham Heritage Trust​

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Welcome to all our members, volunteers ​and supporters


Next event - 12 April
Graeme Brown will talk about Narborough Bone Mill - a brief history of bone milling and the progress of the Narborough Bone Mill restoration project to date.
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Our monthly talks take place on every 2nd Wednesday at Trinity Methodist Church Hall - see the Talks page for more details.
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MUSEUM  The Museum is in Bishop Bonner's Cottages, near the parish church, but is now CLOSED for the winter.  We expect to open in May for the 2023 season, with displays on life and work in Dereham in the past.
Updated 13 March 2023

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Dereham Heritage Trust was founded in 1953 as Dereham Antiquarian Society, and changed its name in 2019. We run a programme of monthly talks, a small museum, and a town archive. Find out more by clicking the links on the left.

​Would you like to help us keep the museum open?  We always welcome 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.


"Pretty, quiet Dereham, thou pattern of an English town".
Quotation from Lavengro by George Borrow, one of Dereham's famous sons, born in 1803.

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