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In October 1982 I compiled on behalf of the
Costessey Society, a list of all buildings considered to be of
historic interest in the village of Costessey. This was to
comply with the Secretary of State for the Environment's
guidelines. These lists have been used for this record but
have been extended to include all properties listed in the
1840 Tithe Award, and the text has been arranged in order that
the reader can be taken on a photographic tour of the village
as it would have been between the mid 1800 period and the
early 1900 period. Where old photographs have not been
available, present day photographs have been used, and as
these were taken in 1995 they have not been dated after their
identification number which coincides with the section number which
a full description can be found.
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the buildings had been recorded in the 'Gunton Papers'
produced by H.E. Gunton after he had retired from the post of Parish Clerk in 1958. He had used photographs produced by two earlier
photographers, Francis Welch, postmaster of Costessey
1906-1942, and Ernest Ottaway, baker and grocer, Central
Stores, Costessey 1901-1920. All of this work has been lodged
at he Norwich Central Library and destroyed in the
multi-million pound blaze in August 1994. Fortunately in 1990,
I spent many days in the Norwich Central Library photographing
on to negative film all the photographs pertaining to the 'Gunton
Papers' and these negatives can now be used to replace all
those lost in the blaze. In addition, photographs offered to
me
when interviewing the occupiers of the old houses, together
with those taken by Hallam Ashley FRPS, a Costessey
photographer in 1951 and myself in 1995, are included in this
record. |
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the Costessey Society presented a copy of the 'Gunton Papers'
to the Costessey Branch Library. Tim East, Parish Councilor,
obtained a copy of this and loaned it to me, and Group Capt.
Ron Hill presented me with his copy of the 1839 Tithe Award
map. These records have been researched, all properties
identified and the Tithe Award number shown against the
heading of each section as is the letter (L), where
applicable, which indicates that the property is a listed
building. Also, in 1994, the office of Messrs Pemeroy and
Sons, the Costessey Estate solicitors, of Wymondham was
cleared of all Estate documents which were passed over to me
as a temporary custodian. They contained much historical
information which has been included in this record. |
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Thanks are due to many
Costessey residents who were very helpful during my interviews
with them, especially those who loaned me their photographs of
the past. My grateful thanks are also due to Mrs Sylvia Yates
who has read through this record and, with regard to its literacy
composition, has suggested improvements, and to Mr Tim East
who has explored various avenues regarding the publication of
this book,
'Costessey A Look into The Past' |
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Ernest G. Gage
Costessey
December 1997 |
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