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BAWDESWELL - population 790 (yr 2000) |
About Bawdeswell - a summary
Bawdeswell Parish Council - website Download Leaflets (.pdf files) - street map and walks www.bawdeswell.net - An alternative Gateway to the Internet Friends of Bawdeswell Church - News & Events The Reeve's Tale - Parish Magazine website Download
(.pdf files) - Church Guide |
CONTENTS |
The Chaucer Connection The Canterbury Tales immortalised the Reeve of Bawdeswell. Did Chaucer have any connection with the village? |
Chaucer House The oldest house in the village. Did it have any connection with Chaucer? |
Bawdeswell Heath Mentioned in the Reeve's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer. |
Bawdeswell's Churches Medieval fell down.
Victorian destroyed by |
The Tollhouse Part of the old Norwich to FakenhamTurnpike. |
Bawdeswell Hall A Dutch Gabled Mansion(1683 )with a fine walled garden. |
The Gurney Family & Barclays Bank Founder members. |
Elizabeth Fry A member of the Gurney family, famous as a prison reformer. |
The Eglinton Family builders of Bawdeswell Hall. |
The Lloyd Family lost Bylaugh Estate at gambling and moved to Bawdeswell Hall. |
The Stoughton Family Also once lived in Bawdeswell Hall. |
The Schools Community Primary, |
(formerly The Ram Inn) |
Bell Inn (former Coaching Inn) |
Church View (former Workhouse) |
OTHER LOCAL TOPICS |
Sateliteimages of the area |
Old Maps of the area. |
Bylaugh Hall Early Steel-framed building. Lost at gambling. Its more recent history. |
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Much of the material drawn on is
from Lorna Downs college project of 1982/83. |