Rural and Social History

HOW WE USED TO LIVE - Rural and Social History

Rural and Social History. By using old newspapers and books, census returns and historical documents, along with extensive genealogical research, it has been possible to take a glimpse into the past and get a feel of how we used to live with the help of the people who lived out their lives in those earlier times.

County of Norfolk, England.

Castle Acre A-L and South Acre: The Men at War

Castle Acre K-Z and Newton by Castle Acre: The Men at War

Little Dunham and Great Dunham: The Men at War

Necton and North Pickenham: The Men at War

Sporle with Palgrave: The People A-Bar

Sporle with Palgrave: The People Bar-Bon

Sporle with Palgrave: The People Bou-But

Sporle with Palgrave: The People C-Col

Sporle with Palgrave: The People Coo-Cus

Sporle with Palgrave: The People D

Sporle with Palgrave: The People E

Sporle with Palgrave: The People F-Fou

Sporle with Palgrave: The People Fox-Goo

Sporle with Palgrave: The People Gre-Gru

Sporle with Palgrave: The People I-M

Sporle with Palgrave (mostly): Chapels and Non-conformists

Sporle with Palgrave (mostly): Schools, Scholars, Masters and Mistresses

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1850-1854

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1855-1859

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1860-1864

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1865-1869

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1870-1874

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1875-1879

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1880-1884

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1885-1889

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1890-1891

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1892-1893

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1894-1895

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1896-1897

Sporle with Palgrave: Local Newspaper Extracts 1898-1899

Sporle with Palgrave: The Men at War

Swaffham: The Men at War A-B

Swaffham: The Men at War C-G

Swaffham: The Men at War H-K

Swaffham: The Men at War L-R

Swaffham: The Men at War S-Z

A COUNTRY YEAR - A Common Place Book of the wild Norfolk, and occasionally Suffolk, that our ancestors knew so well. Their very lives evolved around the changing seasons, and the coming and going of the flora and fauna was an intricate part of their existence.