The Smith Collection

THE SMITH COLLECTION.

THE THORPE HISTORY GROUP.

THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY. THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THERE. (L.P.Hartley)

FILE NO. 1. THORPE INCLOSURE

Notice of inclosure and list of claims(2) 1800.Survey & valuation of the Parish 1800.

Commons and waste ground. Owners, size & value of land. Estate owners, size& value of land. (2) Inclosure map 1801.Enclosure of Mousehold. Thorpe Low Common inclosure. Particular survey & valuation 1800. Enclosure allotments Mousehold 1800.

Inclosure of the Pound. Thomas Vere Chute – Manor of Thorpe. Station Marshes.

Miscellaneous.

FILE No. 2. FARMS & ESTATES IN THORPE.

Summary of farms & estates. Brick Kiln Farm, Laundry Lane. Brook Farm called High House Farm. Lime Kiln Farm. Racecourse Farm. White Farm. Thorpe Common.

Land owners Tithe apportionments. Other farms. Racecourse & Cottage Farm.

Great Lumleys. Extract from the Rev. Humfrey’s account book.

FILE No. 3. THE PARISH CHURCH. (SEE ALSO FILES 13, 22, 63, 71.)

Photographs of the old Parish Church. Work on the ruins and new window. The Rev. Canon Brian Pearson. Sale of Thorpe Rectory 1811. Account of church built 1866.

.Work on the ruins & new window. Church bells. Church screen. Savings Bank takes over Old Rectory. Bequest of Mrs. De Carle Smith. Winifred George & St. Andrew’s Centre. Margaret (Daisy) O’Dwyer. The poor of the parish. Thorpe charities. The Town & Church Houses. Mary Chapman Bethel & Hospital Club. Early hospitals. Chapman’s Charity & will.

FILE NO.4. WILLS, PERSONS & FAMILIES.

Local officials Norwich Union. Parish Councillors 1895 onwards. Mayors of Norwich. Wills. Muriel Ames. June & Godfrey Arnison. Cdr. Ashby. Harry Barber. & 19th Century relations. Elsie Bertram. The Bingham family. Brian Bowen. Cecil & Ken Bricklebank. Henry Burke. Mike Burrows. Rudolf Carson. Grace & Alfred Chapman. Jim, Henry & William Clabburn. Eric Cocks. Edmund Cotman. Frank Cubitt (see also File 5). Dr. Dalrymple. John Docwra. Brian Fitzmaurice. Terry George. Freda Gibson. Daphne Harmer. Agnes Harvey. William Harvey. Herring family. Samuel Hobrough. Jack Norton. Nora Howard. John Howes. Thomas Jarrold. Thomas Jeckyll. Jex family. Jack Jenner. W.E.Johns. Dr. Rosemarie Lincoln. Levi McCarthy. General Money. Jean Morris Algernon Newbegin ( see also File 9). Hilda Parker. Edward Paston. Patteson family. William Peachman. Postle family. Charles Powles. Nick Price. Dorothy Pull. John Rayner. William Scott. Colin Self. Peter Trudgill. Ward family (see also File 9.) John Waters. Hannah Weeds (see also File 13) Francis West. Louis Willett. St. William. Sir Charles Windham.

FILE No. 5. PEOPLE.(SEE ALSO FILE 18.)

Mr. & Mrs. Bell. Morse family (see also File 15.) Old Parish Hall, Chapel Lane. Nobby Clarke. The Gordon P.H. Angling Club. Russell James First Mayor of Thorpe St. Andrew. Nicholas Norgate. Dolly Strangleman & Lucy Waters. Dr. Davidson & Red Cross. Thorpe Cubs. 1st Thorpe St. Andrew Scouts. Mr. & Mrs. Burton. Funeral of Major Cubitt (see also File 4) Ice cream cart 1935. Thorpe Horticultural Society Show 1939.Citizens of no mean city. Oddfellows meeting, ex-servicemen’s party, Parish Church annual Sunday School party.

FILE No. 6. WIDENING THE BOTTOM OF THUNDER LANE.

Photographs by George Swain, Thorpe History Group (see also File 7.) Letter about missing milestone and Boundary Lane stone.

FILE NO. 7. THUNDER LANE, THORPE NARROWS, SOUTHERN BYPASS.

St. William’s Way, Thunder Lane (see also File 6), Laundry Lane junction. Widening 1959/60. Johnson’s Charity Tree. Prior to widening 1959/60. The White House. Bottom of Thunder Lane during widening and widening completed. Bottom of Thunder Lane prior to widening. Thorpe narrows prior to widening Thorpe narrows widening. Thorpe narrows prior to demolition of the north side. Demolition of the north side. Bottom of School Lane prior to demolition(see also File.11.) Thorpe narrows east and west views. Laying sewers. Plan of Thorpe narrows. Building the Southern By-pass.

FILE No. 8. SOUTH AVENUE TO HOSPITAL.

Thorpe Tower. Water colour J.J.Cotman. Thorpe Gardens P.H. (now The Rushcutters.) Lodge Oaklands Drive. Chelsea Cottage. The Old Rectory.

The White House Thunder Lane (see also File 7.) Whitlingham station. The Roxley. Red Lion Farm. Larchwood. A.S.High grocery & A.H.Gambling fish. Gray’s stores. Chandlers. Primrose Estate. Rosebery Terrace & Primrose Crescent. Bungalow Lane.

Railway bridge. Thorpe Octagonal (Round) House. 209 Yarmouth Road. The Griffin. County Lunatic Asylum & War Hospital. The Vale of Thorpe. Whitlingham ‘bends’ & railway Line. Moving riverside bungalow. Postwick Grove.

FILE No.9. RIVER & YARMOUTH ROAD (WEST TO EAST.)

Thorpe Road, Matlock Road, Cremorne Road. The Villa. Cremorne Gardens. ‘Cottage by the River) J. Thirtle. Thorpe Village. Thorpe Hall (see also Files ,14,16, 67.) ‘Sea Wolf’ & ‘Sea Warrior. Mrs. Ward. Ward girls, Thorpe Hall? Manor House & Walpole Manor. Barn conversion. J.S.Cotman’s father’s house. View of houses on Yarmouth Road. Views from the river Walpole House. Walpole House, Cotman House, Town House. The Manor House viewed from the river. Cotman House, Walpole House, Newbegin’s observatory. The Town House. Jenner’s boathouse. Thorpe narrows widening ( see also File. 7.) Santa Lucia (see also file 67) & Point House. Thorpe House. Dredging the River Yare. Parker’s store. Rotten Row, Chapel Lane. Church tower being demolished 1953. River Green, shops. Tower in Weston Woods. River views. Tree damage after 1957 storm. Boats at River Green. Three Tuns bridge. Old Rectory 103 Yarmouth Road. 105 Yarmouth Road. Paradise Place. Thorpe reach & wherry. The Red Lion. Do you recognise this house? Thorpe cemetery.

FILE No.10. BYGONE THORPE.

5 Roads. Size & population of the parish. Tithe, glebe & common land . Town/Church House. Old churches. High House( see also files 19,67) Water frolic. Thorpe Wood. Railway crash (See also file 11.) Westons/Thorpe House. Bad weather. Trees. Pleasure Garden. Turnpike. Thorpe Lodge (see also Files 10,12,14,16,26) Rowing. River Green/War Memorial. Village nurse (see also File 11) Birds. Street names. Diary of a medical student. Hospital. Rectories. Laundry Lane (see also File 7.) Red Cross & wartime hospital. James Hobrough & boat building. Harvey charity. Population. Harvey family. Pinebanks ‘Folly.’(see also File 14.) Dale family. Mousehold heath. Thomas Vere. Schools. Tramway. River pollution. Farms (see also File 2.)Vestry meetings(Note: the above items are from a “Did You Know?” series and are interspersed with a wide range of reports of clubs, societies and other activities.)

FILE No.11. MISCELLANEOUS.

Fragmented history of Thorpe. Parish documents. Coe’s Norfolk. Bloomfield’s Thorpe-by-Norwich. Thorpe terriers. Armstrong’s History of Norfolk 1871. Norfolk Tour. The Beauties of England & Wales 1810. 1086 Domesday. Grant of the Manor of Thorpe by Edward V1 in 1547. The Eastern Arboretum. Tenancy agreements 1896,1909. Map of the City of Norwich & its hamlets 1553-1558. Thorpe Old School & Hillside Avenue School 1937. Letter from Harry Barber re. River Green 1962. Our Village No. 6 Thorpe-next-Norwich by Harry Barber. Heroes of the Redan 1854. Letter from the Parish Clerk re. the Boundary milestone 1993. Arson at the Stanmore Tennis Club 1998. Ordinance survey 1888. Hurricane & floods 1912. Hailstorm 1843. Village nurse (see also File 10.) Village clubs. Letter from the Parish Clerk re. Conservation 1970. The Richmond of Norfolk. Jonathan Mardle Thorpe St, Andrew1981. School Lane (see also File 7.) British Legion quiz about Thorpe. George Knights. Yare Rowing Club. Yare Boat Club, rowing feats. Frostbite Sailing Club. Events which have shaped Thorpe St. Andrew E.E.N 2002. The Beacon 1995. Thorpe Residents Association 1996. The Train Disaster(see also files 10,11, 49,69) Award of Civic Community Plaque 1998. Chapel Lane subsidence 2001. Mobile phone mast Whitlingham 2001. Collection of porcelain plates. Proposed closure of Yarmouth Road Post Office 2003. The police & Thorpe St. Andrew.

FILE No. 12. WALTER BOWYER’S ALBUM OF THORPE ST.ANDREW 1986-1988.

Wide ranging miscellany of properties & views of Thorpe St. Andrew.

FILE No.13. WAR MEMORIAL,CEMETERY & CHURCH GRAVEYARD.(SEE ALSO FILES 3,22,63,71)

The myth of St. Catherine’s church. Programme for the dedication of the War Memorial 1919. Dedication and unveiling of the addition to the War Memorial 1948. Picture of the War Memorial. Consecration of the burial ground extension 1987. Memorial of Elizabeth& Philip Martineau. Tomb of Robert Hales. Graves of : Hannah Weeds (see also File 4.),William& Mary weeds, Thomas Clarke, William Girling, George & Emily Girling, 2nd. Lt. Laurence Wilson, Pte. J.E.Allen, George& Annie Moore, ? Steglitz, Francis Waterson, Charles Edward Fox, Flt. Sgt. D.A.Bryant, George Thurston, James Riseborough, James Woodrow, Robert Cattermole, indecipherable, Harriet & John Rayner, John Lewis Douglas. Sheep grazing the churchyard. Theft of 100 coping stones from the Cemetery. Poor condition of the Cemetery,

FILE No.14 BUILDINGS THORPE HAMLET TO SANTA LUCIA.

Thorpe Denes Thorpe Road 1906. Thorpe Denes demolition. Greyhound track. Thorpe Lodge(see also files 10,16,26,67) front elevation, sale details 1924 hall & drawing room. View over the Yare valley, detail of garden wall, change to Council offices. Side drive, lawn, gates to Thorpe Lodge, coach house and stables (see also Files 10& 12) Restoration of gazebo 1979. Thorpe Lodge gazebo 1992. Smugglers’ lair news item1978. Pinebanks 1880. The ‘Folly.’(see also Files 10,67.) Beech Hill 1895,1901,1904 (see also File 15 – Morse family.) Whitlingham Country Park. Thorpe St. Andrew & the Island. Aerial views of Thorpe St. Andrew & the River Yare. Old view of Thorpe. Thorpe Old Hall & condition. Before re-build, staircase. 17th Century door, linen fold panelling. Demolition of chapel, Thorpe Hall original building. Thorpe Hall 1987. Jane Burke in Thorpe Hall. Gate to Thorpe Old Hall. Proposed development of Thorpe Old Hall 1980s.(see also File 9.) Mac’s Café. Lodge to Manor House. The Gables (later Stork Nursing Home.) Panorama Thorpe Street/Narrows (see also File 7.) Walpole House, Cotman House (see also Files 4,9.) Thorpe Village. View from the river (see also file 9.) The Manor House. Edmund Cotman. River bank, Yarmouth Road. Hollywood Cottage. View of river front. Point House, Tower Hill. The King’s Head. Old Thorpe House 1994. Thorpe Narrows (see also File 7.) 24-26 Yarmouth Road. Changing Norfolk village, Santa Lucia, Point House, Dale’s Farm. Thorpe House School (see also File 10.), The Foundry. The King’s Head & School Lane cottages. Thorpe Village school. Three drawings by J.J.Cotman. The Guild House, Yarmouth Road.

FILE No. 15. THE MORSE PAVILION.THE MORSE FAMILY. BEECH HILL.

Official opening of the Morse Pavilion, Lady Morse, 1936. Morse Pavilion 1936. Sir George Morse Brewery Director. Brewery move to Limited Liability 1883-1895. ‘A detective in the Pavilion.’ Beech Hill & Morse family (see also File 14.) Formal occasion at Beech Hill. Beech Hill & others open to the public, admission 1 shilling. Memoirs of Mrs. N.Aldous (nee Morse.) Lady Morse plants a tree on the River Green to mark the coronation of George V1 1937. Official opening of the new Morse Pavilion 2005.

FILE No.16. VIEWS FROM THE RIVER,

Thorpe Lodge stable block, Thorpe Lodge (see also Files 10,12 14.) Demolition of barns Thorpe Old Hall (see also Files 9&14.) Tower Hill. Shell petrol station, Town House Hotel. River Yare west end. Railway crossing. Power station. River Yare west end with Holly Lodge & Ivy Cottage in the background. River Yare west end, King’s Head P.H. (see also File 14.) The Guild House Yarmouth Road, Santa Lucia Yarmouth Road (see also File 14.) Parish church & ruin(see also Files 3, 22.) The Homestead Yarmouth Road. Chapel Lane. River Green, Post Office, flats, Post Office Court. Hearts cruisers. Thorpe Gardens P.H. 107 Yarmouth Road listed building. Whitlingham marshes.

FILE No.17. BUILDINGS NORTH THORPE.

‘Yare View’ Thunder Lane. High House Farm (see also File 2.) The Spinney Estates. Howard’s Stores, Tuddenham’s Butchers. The Cottage P.H. The Roman Catholic Church St. William’s Way. Thorpe Avenue. Thorpe Grammar School. Lake in the grounds of ‘Woodlands.’ ‘ Woodlands’ now the Oasis(see also file 67) Thorpe gravel pits. Eastern Crescent, Primrose Hollow. Pound Lane. Thunder lane 1937.(see also File 6.) Hillcrest Road & Furze Road 1937. Thorpe Avenue. Spinney Road, Beechwood Drive 1937. Thorpe Avenue, Thunder Lane (see also File 7.) The Gordon P.H.

FILE No.18. PEOPLE.SEE ALSO FILE 5.

Wedding of Ellen White & Claude Firman 1914. Wedding group 1914. Retirement of Claude & Ellen Firman 1978. Claude & Ellen Firman’s Golden Wedding 1964. death of Ellen Firman 1979. Walter Moore. Ward family at Thorpe Gardens(see also File 9.) Thorpe Football Club. Tables & benches on the River Green in recognition of 45 years service of Mr. Frost & Mrs.Firman. Red Lion P.H. Bowls Club. George Rice’s father. George Rice Special Constable. Diamond Wedding of George & Marjorie Rice. Closure of Forkes’ Bakery. C. Read & Robert Dale at the Norfolk Show. Thorpe Bowls Club Outing. Swimming pool at the Roxley. Unveiling Thorpe Village

Sign on the River Green 1958. Wash day at Boundary Lane. St. Andrew’s Hospital bowls team. The Church of the Good Shepherd on its original site 1936. Pinebanks 1936 (see also Files 10,14,67.) The Blyth family & Red Lion P.H. Noel Tyrer County Arts Bowls Club. Thorpe St. Andrew Parish Council Roxley Hall 1943. Read family & the Rev. Phelps. Order of Buffaloes King’s Head P.H.Garden. Thorpe Cricket Club 1906. 24th Norwich Scouts. Death of Ivan Woodcock. Woodcock’s funeral.

FILENo.19. SOUTH THORPE, POINT HOUSE TO SOUTH AVENUE (SEE ALSO FILE 38 F0R THORPE ARTISTS.)

Sale of Point House. Aerial view of Thorpe St. Andrew & the Island. Sale of Flat 3 St. Andrew’s Court. ‘Thorpe Watering’ J.H.Cotman Photograph of the Parish Church. Thorpe Village looking west. Picture of old Parish Church R. Ladbroke 1816. Church after the gale 1895. Old Parish Church & the Faculty to “ruin it”(for all references to the church see also File 3.) Back of the Buck Inn. Photograph of the church from the Buck Yard. Buck Inn. Late 19th/early 20th Century view of the church. River Green ,Parker’s Stores. Demolition of he church spire 1953, interior of the church. Demolition of the church spire. Frost’s Garage & Cafe demolished to make the Buck car park. Main Street ( now Yarmouth Road.) Painting of the church by R.Tallack. View from the church tower March 2010, The Buck. The River Green. The wall of ‘Dunollie’(see also file 67) & drive to High House (now a block of flats and South Avenue.) View of River Green from the Island. ‘River Green’ J.J.Cotman. ‘Thorpe Staithe’ J.Thirtle c.1829. ‘Thorpe;’ J.J.Cotman. ‘River Yare near Thorpe Church’ George Cooke. ‘Thorpe River Green’ William F. Austin. ‘Loading marl onto keels’ ‘Thorpe Staithe’ Charles Catton. ‘Thorpe Church’ J.Thirtle. ‘View from Thorpe Gardens’ William F. Austin. Thorpe Church after restoration, Thorpe Church & River Green. The loop of the River Yare, Thorpe village. ‘River Scene’ A. Stannard, Yarmouth Road after widening Thorpe Narrows (See also file 7.) View of the River Yare. Town sign River Green 2010. River Green & War Memorial 2010. “Morning Flight.” Parker’s Stores and Harley’s Barber Shop.