Catalogue entries

1-10 Draft minutes of parish council meetings. 1990

Draft minutes of parish council meetings. 1989

Draft minutes of parish council meetings, with some related papers.

Draft minutes of parish council meetings, with some related papers. 1987

Miscellaneous cuttings from local newspapers about parish council activities. 1984, 1998-2000

Miscellaneous official papers relating to elections, mainly of parish councillors. 1982-87

Minutes and other records of Hethersett Parish Council, newscuttings, etc.

PARISH COUNCIL

Account book containing receipts and expenditure of: Hethersett Welcome Home Fund Hethersett Peace Memorial Fund, Hethersett Memorial Playing Field1945, 1946-60, 1961-79, 18/2 Bundle of financial […]

Records of Hethersett Memorial Fund and the Memorial Playing Field

FUND

Hethersett Society, Adopt a Tree map. [in roll] n.d.

Hethersett Parish Map by Nora Pearson, 1997, published by the Hethersett Society assisted by a grant from Norfolk Rural Community Council, May 1998. [in tube] […]

Map of Norfolk. [in tube] 1995

Map of Norfolk parishes. [in tube] 1971

Photocopies: Hethersett Village Plan, March 1971, and O.S. Maps of Hethersett, 1969-70. [in roll] 1969-71

O.S. 1:25,000, Sheet TG10, Hethersett and district, 1952. [in tube] 1952

OS map, Sheet LXXV.2, 1:25,00, of Keswick, etc. [in tube] 1928

O.S. map, Sheet LXXV.1, 1:25,00, of Intwood, Cantley Farm, etc. [in tube] 1928

Photocopy of O.S .map, Sheet LXII.16, 1:25,00, or about 25” to the mile, of Hethersett. 25m [in tube] 1907

Photocopies of O.S. map of Wymondham, 1882, revised 1905. [in tube] 1905

6” O.S. Map, Sheet LXII SE, of Great and Little Melton and Bawburgh, 1887, and 6” O.S. Map. Sheet LXIV NE .of Hethersett, 1887. [in […]

Tracing of O.S. map. [in tube] 1882

Map of estate in Hethersett to be sold by Messrs Butcher by auction. (photocopy of EVL153/2/20, 452 x 9 in Norfolk Record Office). [in tube] […]

Miscellaneous photocopies of maps, mainly Ordnance Survey. [in A3 envelope] 19th-early 20th cent.

Miscellanea including modern duplicated sketch maps showing footpaths, the shortest routes between churches, and features of the parishes of Hethersett, Great Melton and Wymondham. n.d.

Maps of routes for walks in Hethersett and Ketteringham. n.d.

Woodhall Manor map. n.d.

Norfolk Record Office parish map. 1984

Map of Norfolk parishes. c.1923

Map of deaneries within the Archdeaconries of Sudbury and Suffolk in 1836. (photocopy) 1836

Street plan of Norwich. 20th cent.

Partly diagrammatic map of Norwich parishes. n.d.

Map of Norwich, engraved by T. Starling. (photocopy) n.d.

Plan of Hethersett with locations of historic buildings (reproduced in Hethersett Heritage). [A3, in plastic cover] 1997

Plan of Hethersett with locations of historic buildings (reproduced in Hethersett Heritage). 1999

Map of Steepletower estate, Hethersett, prepared by the Hethersett Society. 1997

Tree Preservation Order plan showing individual trees and woodland, area north and west of Wood Hall. 1992

Location plan and site plan for new Scout Group H.Q., 1978, and for Hethersett House, Henstead Road, 1981. 1978, 1981

Sketch map of Hethersett, annotated to show common land before enclosure, and roads made at the time of the enclosure. 1975

Misc. photocopies from O.S. maps of Hethersett and district. late 19th-20th cent.

O.S. maps, 6” to mile. (photocopy) 1907-08

O.S. map showing part of Hethersett. (photocopy) 1905

O.S. map of Hethersett and district, 6” to mile, Sheet LXXIV. (photocopy) 1887

Miscellaneous photocopies, A4 size, from O.S. map, 6” to 1 mile, mainly Hethersett and district. 1884-89

Maps of Hethersett and district: photocopies from Ordnance Survey map, 25.344 inches to the mile, Sheets LXXIV 4, 8, 12. 1882

Plan of estate in Hethersett in the occupation of Mr J. L. Bale. (photocopy) 1864

Estate map of part of Hethersett, north and east of the church, showing named fields. (photocopy of MC 1827/54, 850 x 1, in Norfolk Record […]

Bryant’s map of Norfolk showing Hethersett and area west as far as Watton. (photocopies) 1826

Detail showing Lynch Green Common from Hethersett enclosure map. (photocopy, with annotations) 1799

Faden’s map, showing common land. Photocopy of section for Hethersett and district with East Tuddenham to north west, and Tharston to south east. 1797

Plan of the estate of Mrs Elizabeth Chambers lying in Hethersett, Norfolk, surveyed by T. & C. Nelson. Copy made from tracing, with further dyeline […]

Photocopies of strip maps (in colour) of roads in Norfolk from John Ogilby’s Britannia … being a Geographical Description of the Principal Roads thereof (1675), […]

Reproduction of map of Norfolk, described by Christopher Saxton, augmented by J. Speede, with photocopy. 1610

Maps of Hethersett and the surrounding district

Newscutting: opening of Hethersett Village Hall. (Mercury) 30 Sept. 1994

Newscutting: regional manager of Wilcon Homes hands over £285,000 cheque for village hall. n.d.

Newscutting: fate of the proposed Hethersett community centre is uncertain. (E.E.N.) 7 Feb. 1990

Newscutting: row over proposed community centre in Hethersett. 5 Jan. 1988

Letter to the residents of Hethersett from D. J. Boore, Chairman, and John Howard, Clerk, Hethersett Parish Council, listing reasons for not supporting the proposed […]

Newscutting: questionnaire for villagers to fill in stating what kind of community centre they would like. (The Mercury and Advertiser) 8 Mar. 1985

Newscutting: report on possibility of community centre is being compiled; other village news. (Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury) 29 June 1984

Newscutting: need for community complex, review of ‘A Tomb with a View’ by Hethersett Players. (Wymondham & Attleborough Mercury) 6 Apr. 1984

Newscuttings: party for senior citizens at Hethersett Methodist Church Hall, 10 Feb. 1984; proposal for community centre cum sports hall, 27 July 1984. (Wymondham & […]

Newscuttings, etc., about Hethersett Community Centre/Village Hall,

COMMUNITY CENTRE

Newscuttings: open day at Hethersett Library to celebrate 150 years of public libraries; Hethersett Library to receive the Community Legal Service Quality Mark on behalf […]

Newscutting about open day of the Hethersett Archive, housed in Hethersett Library. (E.N.) 9 Mar. 1999

Newscutting about an activity day for children of five to eight at Hethersett Library. (E.E.N.) 19 Aug. 1997

Newscutting with photograph of senior library assistant, Kate Mortley, cutting the cake to celebrate her 21 years at the library; photograph of 21st birthday celebrations. […]

Colour photographs of children and a school group in Hethersett Library. n.d.

Notebook containing notice of official opening (as above), newscutting about cassette collection, poems by K. Bygrave on a fossilised apple or quince, dates when members […]

Notice of official opening of Hethersett Branch Library by Frank Thistlethwaite, Vice Chancellor of the University of East Anglia. 2 June 1972

Newscutting about imminent completion of new Hethersett Library. (Norfolk & Suffolk Journal) 3 Mar. 1972

Miscellaneous papers and photographs relating to Hethersett Library

LIBRARY

Newscutting: photograph of the old A.A. box and message board beside Kett’s Oak. (E.N.) 6 Nov. 2000

Newscutting of article on Kett’s Oak by Rosemary Tilbrook. 14 Jan. 1995

Leaflet on Kett’s Oak, by South Norfolk Council Tourism Department, with newscutting from The Mercury, 25 Nov. 1994. 1994

Annotated bibliography of Kett’s Rebellion by Local Studies Department, Norfolk County Library, Norwich Division. Dec. 1981

‘Captain of Mischief’ by Russell B. B. Smith: photocopy of article in Norfolk Fair (March/April 1969), pp 28-31.1969

Note about planting of a young oak beside Kett’s Oak to mark the coronation, from Norfolk Magazine, No. 63 (Summer 1953), p. 26. 1953

‘Kett’s Rebellion’ by J. Plumstead: photocopy of article in The Norfolk Annual (Oct. 1937), pp 6-10, and of two letters about its publication. 1937

‘Preservation of Kett’s Oak’ by Sydney H. Long, M.D. (Transactions of Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists Society, Part IV, Vol. XIII (1932/33), pp 356-7). 1932/33

Photographs of Kett’s Oak, including picture of Sam Marshall, Wymondham general dealer, with his cart in front of the oak, c.1905. (photocopies) c.1905, n.d.

Transcript of note from Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists’ Society, Notes & Queries (1904), p. 36, about renovation of Kett’s Oak seventy years previously by Philip […]

Photocopy of pages from J. Grigor, The Eastern Arboretum (1841), pp 323-5, about fine trees in grounds of houses in Hethersett, with history and engraving […]

Kett’s Oak: pencil sketch by B. S. Norgate. (photocopy, original in Castle Museum) 1825

Miscellaneous papers about Kett’s Rebellion of 1549 and Kett’s Oak

REBELLION AND KETT’S OAK

Album containing copies of engravings of houses in Hethersett, newscuttings relating to sales, notes, etc., by Gwen E. Hughes. [volume – yellow cover] n.d.

File containing colour photographs of buildings in Hethersett with notes by Gwen Hughes, earlier black and white photographs, some by Tom Nokes, miscellaneous newscuttings 1970s-80s […]

Album containing colour photographs of buildings, printed material, reproductions of postcards and maps, notes of population; photographs of cottages with early 20th century sale particulars, […]

Album entitled ‘styles of building in Hethersett’ containing colour photographs, mainly of houses, photographs of Tom Nokes’s postcards, early 20 cent. [volume – white cover] […]

Album of colour photographs of houses in Hethersett, some demolished, with notes by Gwen Hughes, n.d.; black and white photographs by J. C. Barringer of […]

Proofs of Hethersett: two hundred years of change, compiled by Gwen Hughes, with colour illustrations of many buildings. n.d.

Notes by Gwen Hughes on Hethersett history, buildings, etc. including letter from C. Carus, Chief Planning Officer, South Norfolk District Council, 1977, stating that demolition […]

Notebook of Gwen Hughes on costs and sales of Pictures from the Past. 1983

Photocopy of Kelly’s Directory, 1933, and pages from Hethersett in Pictures from the Past, compiled by Gwen Hughes. 1983

Notes and correspondence about publication of Selections from Hethersett History. n.d., 1977

Notes by Gwen Hughes on local history, titles of books, personal expenditure, etc. (notebook) 1970s

Notes by Gwen Hughes from trades directories, registers of voters, and other local sources, lists of books, and drafts for Hethersett History. [1785-1851]

Notes by Gwen Hughes for starting village survey, containing bibliography and notes from original sources. Much of the material was subsequently published in Selections from […]

Papers about population change and education in Norfolk, including letters between Mrs Beryl Jones, British Federation of University Women, Study of Population Change, and Mrs […]

Notes and compilations by Gwen E. Hughes, local historian

AND OTHER RESEARCH: NOTES AND COMPILATIONS BY GWEN E. HUGHES

The Ancient House, Thetford 1977

Iron Age Coinage in Norfolk 1977

The Wheelwright in Norfolk n.d.

The Norfolk Pillar, Nelson’s Monument in Great Yarmouth 1977

Brewing in Norwich 1977

Broadland 1977

Nature Reserves in Norfolk n.d.

Burrell’s of Thetford [makers of steam engines] 1979

King’s Lynn and the Glassmaking Industry 1979

Museums and Galleries of the Norfolk Museums Service 1979

Museums and Galleries of the Norfolk Museums Service 1979

Norfolk agriculture (basic information, no bibliography) Jan. 1984 Norfolk Museums Service Information Sheets:

Record searchers, Norfolk Record Office (2 copies) Jan. 1987

Earlham and the Gurneys Oct. 1980

Flint and flint knapping May 1968

Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) Oct. 1970

Juliana of Norwich June 1969

Thetford July 1969

Kett’s rebellion Dec. 1981

East Anglian newspapers: summary list of holdings of Local Studies Department Oct. 1980

Statues in Norwich Oct. 1971

Peddars Way Feb. 1970

Windmills of East Anglia June 1982

St William of Norwich (1132-44) n.d.

Trade Union and labour movement in Norfolk: late 19th and early 20th cent. Nov. 1974

Local places with associations with America July 1971

George Borrow (1803-81) Mar. 1981

Dwile flonking n.d.

Norfolk and region dialect Dec. 1978

Civil War and Commonwealth news books and pamphlets, c.1641-1659 Sept. 1971

John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) n.d.

Edith Cavell (1865-1915) Apr. 1976

Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82) Dec. 1981

Black Shuck and East Anglian dog demons Dec. 1978

Directories in Local Studies Department Aug. 1981

Parish register transcripts Jan. 1982

Maps of Norwich Apr. 1982

Discovering your family history Apr. 1982

House history Apr. 1982

Village history Apr. 1982

Municipal history of Norwich May 1968

Norwich: an introductory booklist Jan. 1982

Norfolk: introductory booklist Dec. 1981

Bibliographies of local subjects compiled by Norfolk County Library

AND OTHER RESEARCH: BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND INFORMATION SHEETS

My family tree: blank forms for use by children in drawing up their family tree, produced by the Hethersett Society. 1999

Do you wish to trace your ancestors? Blank forms for drawing up a family tree, produced by the Hethersett Society. 1999

Description of holdings in the Hethersett Archive. July 1998

List of material relating to Hethersett in the Norfolk Studies Library, Norwich. n.d.

Outline list of the Back Papers, received by the Norfolk Record Office on deposit from Major D. H. L. Back. 1969

Part of a catalogue of deeds relating to property of Richard Hanbury Gurney in Hethersett, including bonds, copy wills, extracts from court roll, etc., 18th-19th […]

Catalogue of the Flowerdew Papers, 13th-17th cent. n.d.

Catalogues and general papers relating to historical research

AND OTHER RESEARCH: GENERAL

Hethersett Heritage, drafts. [file] 1999

Hethersett, listed and other buildings: volume containing original drawings by Nora Pearson, 1997-99, photographs, architectural notes, drawings by David Arnall, etc., compiled by B. Ewart, […]

Notice of AGM of Hethersett Society, on 3 April 2000, with minutes of previous AGM, 29 March 1999; invitation to the launch on 24 November […]

Map of Hethersett by Nora Pearson, with copy of article in the Evening News about the presentation of the original map to the Hethersett Library, […]

The Norfolk Society (The County of Norfolk Branch of The Council for the Preservation of Rural England): agenda and papers for the AGM held at […]

Artwork for the cover of the Hethersett Handbook, produced by the Hethersett Society; leaflet with programme, etc. n.d., 1990-94

Notes on review and restoration of village footpath signposts, with photographs (scheme entered in ‘Village Venture’ competition); photographs of signposts, new trees, library, children’s poster […]

Programme and membership cards of the Hethersett Society, many signed by Bea and Gene Ewart; letter from Nora Pearson to Miss Janet Smith thanking her […]

Under-5’s Factsheet: information for mothers of children under five about services and amenities in Hethersett. Sept. 1980

Hethersett Handbook: local reference books produced by the Hethersett Society. 1975-92

Typescript handbook by the Hethersett Amenity Society, containing introduction by R. C. Richardson, chairman of the Parish Council, general information, a sketch map, village societies […]

Constitution of the Hethersett Amenity Society. [1971]

Records, publications, etc., of the Hethersett Society (formerly the Hethersett Amenity Society)

SOCIETY

Hethersett: Norfolk Parish Studies: collection number 3: containing extracts from Victoria County History for Norfolk, local directories, photocopies of sale plans, newscuttings, maps, etc., produced […]

News sheets from the Hethersett Millennium Committee about planned events and project to compile a record of the village in the year 2000. n.d.

Notes on items of medical interest from C. Mackie, Norfolk Annals (1901), reference to rector of Hethersett in Parson Woodforde’s diaries, etc. n.d.

Typescript information sheet on the history of Hethersett, Kett’s rebellion, local place names, enclosures, schools, buildings, etc. n.d.

Partial tree survey of Hethersett, with map. 1999

Typescript history of the Humbleyard Medical Practice. 27 July 1999

‘The Ring Man’s Tale’ by John Andrews (pseudonym) in Treasure Hunting, May 1997: article about the discovery with a metal detector of a gold ring […]

Printed appeal from John Howard, Clerk to the Parish Council, to residents of Hethersett to stop feeding the ducks which have become a public nuisance. […]

Photocopy from M. Celling, Place Names in the Landscape (1984), pp 162-163, on Old English words hlenc and hlinc [origin of Lynch Green]. 1984

Typescript notes on parish of Hethersett, manors, maps, population, modern services, with maps showing settlement details from the 1799 enclosure map, age of buildings in […]

‘Lynch Green: maps, recollections, crafts’: booklet by Miss Gwen E. Hughes containing annotated copy of part of the tithe map of 1846, notes on properties, […]

Notes of air raid incidents at Hethersett. 1940-44

History of the Norfolk & Norwich Horticultural Society, by Arthur W Preston and John E. T. Pollard, former Honorary Secretaries: centenary booklet containing a portrait […]

Parish History, 1877: photocopy of pages from parish magazine containing lists of baptisms, marriages and burials, history of Norfolk, parish news, Hethersett parish church receipts […]

Photocopy of page from C. Mackie, Norfolk Annals (1901), about a serious disturbance at Hethersett racecourse. 1876

Typescript extracts from parish magazines 1872-1902, notes on the rebuilding the Chancel of St Remigius in 1898, and notes about the church and rectory, 1874-99. […]

Hethersett Town House Book: transcripts of disbursements (mainly for building work), April-June 1673, and payments for carpenter’s or joiner’s work, 1704. (photocopy) 1673, 1704

Photocopy of translation of entries in the Domesday Book relating to the lands of Godric the Sewer in Hethersett, from the Victoria County History, Vol. […]

Map showing archaeological sites in Hethersett. n.d.

Miscellaneous papers relating to the history of Hethersett

HISTORY

Scrapbook kept by Frank and Jill Wroth of Nuhow, Great Melton Road, Hethersett, containing sale particulars of house in Mulbarton, 1955, bills for fitting carpets, […]

Mrs K. Woods: account with Mr Peek for groceries. (notebook) [MS Series] ?1970s

Miscellaneous bills to Mr and Mrs K. N. Woods for car purchase and repairs, petrol, coal, meal, etc. [MS Series] 1960s-77

Account of K. N. Woods with Milk Marketing Board. [MS Series] Aug. 1953

K. N. Woods, Hill Farm Dairy, Great Melton: milk round book. [MS Series] 1936-37