88. Debbie A - 2010-06-28 12:52:44
Researching some Norfolk villages. Very good site and full of
information for a village that is quite small. Quite fancy a visit now. 
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93. Steve Greef - 2010-09-02 17:50:14 |
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I never tire of looking at your wonderful Colkirk Site |
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92. Louise Gailey - 2010-08-24 10:22:03 |
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Am trying to research my mother’s family, in particular her great grandfather - Robert Catton. Robert married??? Rose and at some point they moved to London. Am looking for this Robert’s family. There are 2 possibilities. Can you help please ????? Many thanks, in advance |
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91. Raymond Watts - 2010-07-27 19:33:22 |
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I am researching family istory and have found many relations in the 19th century with surname Wright mainly Agricultural Labourers |
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90. graham lewis - 2010-07-16 13:42:09 |
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m y grandmother was born in colkirk in may 1899 her birth name was southerland seems a beautiful village |
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89. Susan Breakell - 2010-06-29 14:20:34 |
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Thanks for your message Anne (Rogers) - and sorry for the delay. My father lived in Colkirk during 1920s/1930s with the Bartabys (possibly his great uncle/aunt - think her name was Jane). He eventually moved to Africa in late 1940s and we would spend summer holidays in Colkirk when we visited the UK. If you have progressed with your Bartaby tree please let me know! |
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88. Debbie A - 2010-06-28 12:52:44 |
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Researching some Norfolk villages. Very good site and full of
information for a village that is quite small. Quite fancy a visit now. |
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87. Peter Sweet - 2010-06-09 13:59:33 |
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Doing a little research into my ancestor Rev James Sweet after inheriting an item given to him by his ’congregation and friends’ when he left Woodville in 1854. |
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86. Sallie & Peter Cassidy - 2010-04-20 04:29:10 |
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We lived at The Elms {now Poppywell} from 1984-1991. Crown Road. Very
fond memories and still good frinds in the area. |
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85. Geri Rees - 2010-03-29 12:06:41 |
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Just doing a little research as some friends and I will be staying in
Colkirk in May. Its a very interesting and usful site. I particularly
liked Mary Jane Sweets water colours.. they are delightful. Thankyou |
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84. Keith - 2010-03-13 23:44:55 |
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Thanks. Great site by the way. |
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83. Phillip Wright - 2010-03-12 21:44:29 |
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Hello What great memories some great photos of my Dad Eric Wright, My
Grandad and Great Grandad........really moving. My farther is sadly with
us no more and laid to rest in Old Newton Suffolk.It would be great to
meet any one who new him. |
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81. Celia Catton - 2010-03-11 00:38:51 |
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I feel I have really connected with my Colkirk ancestors through this
great site. My family lived and worked at Colkirk House in (and
before)1851 and the War Memorial commemorates many young Cattons who
lost their lives in the Great War. Thank you for taking the time to help
us ’outsiders’connect with our past. |
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80. Pauline Wright- Simpkin - 2010-03-09 20:21:59 |
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Hi, found this website while i was searching for my
relatives....fantastic...i think my cousins live in Colkirk. I am
waiting to make contact. Thank you webmaster. |
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79. Andre Heal - 2010-03-03 11:45:01 |
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My house is called, "Pattesley House" and I just looked up "Pattesley" out of curiosity. The house was named in 1898 - presumably there was a connection with the village. |
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78. Claire - 2009-12-30 01:03:38 |
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What a great web site, I have traced my Nelson family back to Colkirk in the late 1600’s. |
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77. Rebecca Ward - 2009-12-09 15:35:27 |
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I’m so proud of my dad (Ashley Ward)for currently raising money for Colkirk Pre- School by selling raffle tickets at Ward Of Fakenham. A strip of raffle tickets are £1. Please buy yours at Wards! ;) |
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76. Anthony Hoare - 2009-11-30 10:45:30 |
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What a wonderful village resource. |
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75. Tom Compton - 2009-11-22 18:26:12 |
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Hello all. Lets all give Geoff a pat on the back (not to hard) for this great site. I am wondering if anyone as any information on the forgotten Colkirk blacksmith William EASTICK who I think was the blacksmith in Dereham road before the Wrights. In 1869 Easticks daughter Elizabeth married a Henry Wright. Can anyone remember the layout of the buildings at the forge, Geoff and I are always looking for photos of the forge and chapel in Dereham road or people in the street with the forge or chapel in the background (weddings)? All the best Tom |
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74. Anne Rogers - 2009-11-11 20:29:46 |
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Read Susan Breakall’s reply to my email. Sorry not to get back sooner.
Would love to know about your father and who in the Bartaby family took
him in and where? |
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73. Rosa Maria - 2009-11-11 16:35:39 |
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Hello |
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72. GORDON GALE. - 2009-11-09 08:44:18 |
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Thanks alot for your COLKIRK WEBSITE GEOFF.I appreciate it very much.I was married in COLKIRK CHURCH on Aug 18,1951 and hope to be buried in COLKIRK CHURCH YARD.I,am now 83yrs old. |
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71. David Wyatt - 2009-11-02 00:20:33 |
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My family tree was almost at a standstill until I happened upon this
wonderful site. Thanks to all the hard work of contributors to the site
I can actually put faces to my very old relatives. I am open to the
exchange of mutual information. The earliest relative I have on my tree
is Tristram Harper about 1618, and James Rutland about 1742 |
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70. Jack Howling - 2009-10-31 12:19:41 |
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signed in for school project |
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69. Lis Haslam - 2009-10-23 13:26:55 |
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We are trying to find out more about the area in general (we live at
Weasenham) and have found your website fascinating - thank you for such
an interesting read |
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68. Helen - 2009-10-19 10:27:32 |
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I think the web site is great - we have just purchased a house in
Dereham Road and are looking forward to moving in soon. It is great to
see there is a real community as we are moving from Surrey and we will
need a little help settling in. |
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67. John Parker - 2009-10-10 13:06:17 |
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Great website. I had a dream last night about Colkirk (30 years after leaving)so I decided to take a look at the website which brought it all back again. It was an emotional dream oddly, but the website made me smile. Great memories living down Dereham rd. The banhams were always kind enough to let us play tennis on their court, Pat and Rose use to let me have a few drinks in the Crown when I should have been home studying for my GCEs, the barn dances at the Joices were great fun and to top it all, prize bingo in the hall, a brace of pheasants and a bag of spuds top prize. Long may it continue |
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66. Maryanne Pearce - 2009-09-25 12:43:09 |
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Have found the website really helpful with my move to the village! It
was great to see that everyone takes such pride in their past, present
and future. |
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65. James Aldous - 2009-09-15 13:51:15 |
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Really enjoyed looking at your website, found a couple of pictures of
family members who used to live in the village - Jack Aldous and Violet
Aldous (Harrison). Many thanks for all the hard work!!! Regards |
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64. Susan Breakell - 2009-08-18 16:50:42 |
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Read Anne’s note with interest as my father (John Breakell born in 1920s) was brought up by the Bartabys. |
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Not been across of late, but when we do looking forward to a chat |
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62. Anne Rogers - 2009-07-25 12:39:27 |
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I am researching Batterby/Bartaby. George Batterby was born in Colkirk in 1739. I cant find where his father was born and when, all I know is that he was called George and buried in St Mary’s churchyard, Colkirk in 1748. Can anyone help please? Thank you. Anne |
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61. Ed Russell - 2009-06-09 10:22:33 |
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I am researching my ancestors who came from your beautiful village. His
name was John Lake, born 6 Jan. 1802. Sailing on the Ocean departing
from Portmouth on 1 Jan 1820 and arriving at Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth,
South Africa) on 15 April 1820. |
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60. Kerrie Halilovic - 2009-05-29 05:25:11 |
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Enjoyed seeing pictures of my great grandparents Herbert and Eberlener CATTON from Kerrie in Australia |
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59. Margaret Stock - 2009-05-26 22:17:42 |
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My husbands family are descendants of Richard Holland of Colkirk the
family originated in Swineshead Lincolnshire and his decedents were
Rectors at Sedgeford |
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58. Paul Meek - 2009-05-25 13:59:17 |
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We have just discovered that our decendent John Meek was married in
Colkirk in 1763 to Elizabth Pearce and being from Australia I wanted to
get a feel for your Parish. We hope future searches will yield more
information on our family and its link to Colkirk. |
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57. David Whittredge - 2009-05-17 00:11:52 |
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I am the 4th generation that has been searching of the origin of our
English ancestor William Whitred and finally I have found it thanks to
the Internet and all those tireless catalogers of parish records. His
village was of course Colkirk, which he left with his wife and son in
1632-1635. I am delighted and charmed to discover you and this excellent
website and hope to pay you a visit this summer. |
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Hi to everybody in Colkirk, |
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55. Graham Collison - 2009-03-13 19:32:52 |
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Because of my family history research I visited your beautiful kept
village of Colkirk last year, which is a credit to the parishioners. |
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Norfolk is a lovely area, so your village must be so too, I was stationed at RAF Marham in `60/`61 and found Norfolk to be a really homely county, proper country folk. |
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53. Stephen James - 2009-02-25 04:21:21 |
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My granmothers family(Johnson)came from Colkirk, I have traced them back to the early 1800’s. Looking forward to visiting the village later this year..in the hope of meeting a distant relation or two. |
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52. Susan Breakell - 2009-02-20 13:54:05 |
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Brought back many childhood memories of our family visits to Colkirk in 1950s. My father John Breakell was brought up in Colkirk - and my brother John and I attended his school during our visits from Africa. I recall playing in the nearby fields to our cottage and of course frequent visits to the sweet shop! |
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51. Vicky Catton - 2009-02-17 20:05:58 |
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Thank You so much for putting these pictures on this site! i have seen
my grandad, Albert (Bumper) Catton in his early days now! He was such a
handsome man! Its nice to know that he does still lives on!, not only in
his families hearts & memories... |
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50. Tony Nelson - 2009-02-09 19:17:03 |
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Hello i have traced my family tree back to the Nelsons in Colkirk.Hope to visit with the family one day,looks a lovely place.I am an Aussie so i hope you`ll let me back there,lol. |
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49. David Whiteside - 2009-01-29 19:34:39 |
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I refer to Paul Rosenthall . I aam Sorry I forgot Elsie and I ddo remember well you coming for drinks with me, I will not try and put a number on them, but really used to enjoy our selves.Still go in the Crown but not so often now. |
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48. Lin Shukla (nee Linda Reed) - 2009-01-16 01:37:29 |
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I have no connection with Colkirk, unfortunately, but just happened upon
your page of photos and history and was so charmed by it! I’m from
California, living near San Francisco, but my maternal grandmother came
from Aberdeen (a Grant), and her husband was from Birmingham (a
Brockington), so I do have UK roots. Whether or not that’s why I’m a
hopeless Anglophile, I don’t know! I’ve visited the UK several times,
but only gotten as close to your village as Barton Mills near
Mildenhall. Hopefully someday I can visit Colkirk and the lovely
surroundings. I love seeing the photos of your village, especially the
faces of past residents. They’re wonderful to see. |
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47. Mike Dodman - 2009-01-11 23:43:32 |
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Fascinating. Three generations of my family were born in Colkirk -
Thomas DODMAN in 1776 (his father having moved from Hempton), David in
1800 and then my great gr/father Christmas in 1843. And to think that
around the time he was born, Colkirk only had 48 dwellings. The family
then moved westwards, my grandfather Allen being born in E. Rudham in
1881. They then moved towards Norwich (where I was born) and I have
finished up in the Midlands, via Ipswich and Cardiff!! |
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46. Sheila Danks - 2009-01-07 14:38:58 |
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My Great Great Great Grandfather (Robert Beart) who was a horse dealer
lived at Colkirk House about 1851. He had lots of children, governess
and servants etc. His wife was Sophia Beart. Frank Beart (his 4th child)
was my Great Great Grandfather who enlisted in the Army and was posted
to India. This began the start of four generations born and living in
India. |
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45. Paul Rosenthal - 2009-01-06 16:46:46 |
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I agree with Sandra R...what an interesting site...then of course I
would as we shared the same grandfather. |
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44. yvonne and chris osborne - 2009-01-04 19:43:50 |
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lovely photos saw our aunt sheila wix on one photograph |
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As for your previous visitor I am also a descendant of the Nelsons of Colkirk and just stopped by to say hello! |
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42. JAMIE BENNETT - 2008-12-27 19:38:41 |
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Hi great website |
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Merry X-Mas From Patrick Sam Lori Smyth U.S.A God Bless |
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40. Steve Greef - 2008-11-14 21:45:22 |
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Never have I met such friendly people as the people of Colkirk, thank
you for making my wife Megan & myself so welcome |
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39. Mike Stamford - 2008-11-10 17:51:57 |
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We live in Abu Dhabi - but my parents live in Whissonsett Road. |
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38. David Whiteside - 2008-11-02 19:56:55 |
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There are so many interesting people mentioned on this site who I Know, I don’t know where to start. Eric and Stanley wright were friends of mine. Shirley Laing (Wix) I went to school with and now keep in touch with. I know the Crane family aand was in the army with Peter. Alan of cause is still in the village.I was born here in 1935. |
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37. Shirley Laing(nee Wix) - 2008-10-24 10:14:06 |
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The message from Nigel Walker interested me. I knew the Crane family very well. Ruth was one of my best friends, sadly I havnt had any contact for many years. I was at the village school from 1941 - 1947. Shirley Laing (nee Wix) |
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36. Sandra Rushton Nee Wright - 2008-10-11 09:47:26 |
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What an interesting site. My grandfather was Leonard Wright who is
pictured. |
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35. Steve Greef - 2008-10-05 21:46:14 |
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The site gets better each time I visit it. Going to attempt to find Colkirk very soon, along with Oxwick |
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34. sarah - 2008-09-26 08:04:48 |
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I lived in colkirk for the 10 happyest years of my life. my dad was priest there and the people were so lovely. |
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33. VANESSA CHRISTIE - 2008-09-17 21:47:48 |
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I am researching my family history and my great great grandfather, Isaac
Johnson was born in Colkirk. The website is very interesting. |
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32. Lisa Rosenthal - 2008-09-10 18:12:18 |
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What a fab site, I am currently researching my late gradmothers family
tree and they have strong links to Colkirk, my great great grandad was
the blacksmith and I have just been able to see a photo of my Grandma’s
Uncle’s Wedding!! Just wish she could have seen. Hope to discover more
get in touch with someone who can explain more. thanks |
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31. Tessa Spencer - 2008-08-26 11:51:30 |
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I enjoyed looking at the website. |
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30. Heather Gooch - 2008-08-11 20:12:12 |
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My grandfather John James Green lived at Heath Farm where Edith my
mother and siblings were born. Lovely to find my gt grandfather and
other relatives on this web site. |
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29. Stephen Parker - 2008-07-28 11:23:18 |
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This is a great web site. I had totally forgotten what a beautiful village Colkirk was. I am married with 3 boys and live in Australia. I lived in Colkirk for most of my childhood. I went to the village primary school but wasn’t a great student, I spent most of my childhood roaming around the country side, I could still walk for miles around the village with my eyes closed. We all love Australia but this village is still a big part of me. Good on ya’ Colkirk. |
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28. maureen whiteside - 2008-07-16 09:23:43 |
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27. Nigel WALKER - 2008-07-06 14:38:18 |
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I was asked to look on the internet by my mother who was Margaret Crane,
sister of Alan, Ida, Pat, Ruth, Peter. |
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26. s.a.mendham - 2008-07-04 11:01:53 |
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we have been in the village now for 31 years and have enjoyed living here karl & lucille both went to the school and got on very well , |
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25. Ralph Batten - 2008-06-11 09:14:41 |
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I was a pupil at Colkirk from 1954 to 1957 I then went on to Fakenham S
M. My self and Paul Hudson used to cycle from East Raynham to Colkirk
school every day. |
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24. Shirley Laing(nee Wix) - 2008-05-26 12:14:55 |
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I was born in Colkirk 1936 and went to school there. I was taught by Mr Jarvis. Mrs Jarvis also taught needlework. I was married by Rev Peter Bradshaw in 1955. Happy times... I will be pleased to hear from anyone who remembers the Wix family. |
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23. celia richardson(nee Bradshaw) - 2008-05-06 20:18:19 |
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22. Sharon Kirk - 2008-04-28 16:38:23 |
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Fantastic website as researching my family history, (from Scotland) so great to be able to view the village where the Bartaby & Nelson families orginate from. If anyone has any information about Fred Bartaby, born 1868 (he was my great grandfather) or the Nelsons that we like to share I would be really happy to hear from them. |
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21. Tom Lyons - 2008-04-18 13:24:05 |
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G`day all.It is many years since I last visited Norfolk, having lived in Brisbane for the last 49 years. I have fond memories of the place,as I spent my honeymoon in Harleston in 1952. I would like to visit again, but sadly that is only a dream now.Good luck to all in Colkirk. Tom Lyons...... |
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20. Helen Seiver - 2008-04-15 06:23:07 |
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It is great to see small communities with their own web sites. Congratulations from another small community person in Western Australia who recently discovered her 4th cousin in your community. |
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19. Anne Rogers - 2008-03-24 13:16:37 |
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A great site. I have found out some information about a Bartaby who is a
member of my family. |
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18. Jenny Patience - 2008-02-14 18:29:16 |
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Just like the village of Colkirk, your website is delightful to visit!
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17. Steve Greef - 2008-02-12 18:45:45 |
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A wonderful site, always a pleasure to visit |
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16. Yvonne Cathrine/Roger Greef - 2008-02-07 15:38:21 |
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We were very interested to find the piece about our grandfather R G
Greef and his wife Eliza. There were two other children Ruby and Jack
(our father) who were brought up by relatives in North Shields. Jack
later returned to Norfolk and lived with an aunt in Oxwick. |
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15. Gary - 2008-02-06 20:50:42 |
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Hi Geoff & Jenny,what a great web site that was to look through.But you know we will be back soon to see you & your lovely village very soon.Kind regards Gary & Lyn. |
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14. Sylvia (nee Catton) Australia - 2008-01-31 07:02:41 |
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Enjoyed looking through the site once again. Will be back. |
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13. Steve Greef - 2008-01-27 21:23:50 |
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Splendid site. Growing all the time. will certainly visit again. Nice to see some of my family in the oldie pictures on this site, Thank You |
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12. Joanne Godwin - 2008-01-24 19:48:46 |
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Hi, I lived in Colkirk until my family moved to Scotland, some 16 years ago. We all returned last year for a brief visit and still have dear friends (Liz and Bernard Smith!) in the village. I have just looked through your website and it was lovely to see the photos and read the history. many happy memories brought forward again. Thanks. |
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11. Leonard Codling - 2007-10-09 22:29:39 |
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Thanks to Geoff Clark who suggested I go to this website, my brother and
I attended school here from 1955 to 1961, I have many happy memories of
those times. I do have a school photo from that time which I must look
up and pass on to you, Mr Jarvis I recall lived in the adjacent school
house and they kept the garden lovely. I also remember Mrs Nelson’s
smiling face in the kitchen, I also remember running across the
playground and falling heavily, I was lifted up by an older girl whose
name escapes me, and led off to have my grazes tended to, such a lovely
period of my life. I now live in fakenham with my Irish wife of 34
years, we have 3 grown up children who all live in fakenham,2 boys and 1
girl, 2 married 1 single , I will be back to visit you again . |
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10. Janet Banks - 2007-09-25 19:43:06 |
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Am tracing my COLLISON family history--a Thomas Collison made a will in
Colkirk in 1605 is one of the earliest references I have come across.
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9. Rosemary Pearce - 2007-09-16 21:12:01 |
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I heard about the website through my father Arthur George Nelson who was
born in Colkirk in 1921. I have printed off the information for him as
he has lived in Gloucestershire for |
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8. Veronica Green - 2007-09-07 18:51:29 |
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I found this very interesting as I was born in Colkirk in 1947. Was nice to see all of the pictures and of the people from the old times. |
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7. Bob Wayne - 2007-08-23 21:52:54 |
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Yes I found a picture with me outside the church in the 1950s (or rather
I remember the photo) and one of Father Fred Wayne’s back at the
opening of the graveyard extension. |
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6. Gavin Halls - 2007-08-11 11:37:48 |
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Lived in the village from late 70’s through the 80’s in Gainsborough House, Market Hill. Have many good memories of the village. A fantastic place to grow up playing cricket and football on the campyngland then moving on from that to The Crown as years progressed. |
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5. Heather - 2007-08-10 00:28:09 |
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Hello from Tasmania - One of my ancestors - Susan Whatley was born in Colkirk in 1807 - she came out here in 1836. I was delighted to find your site and all the more so because of the very interesting photographs. Genealogy isn’t very interesting if it is simply a collection of names and dates,so thankyou for adding more colour to the picture |
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4. Maureen Smith - 2007-07-29 13:35:09 |
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Have just spent an interesting Sunday afternoon reading this website. Absolutely fascinating. Look forward to more photos. Keep up the good work Geoff. |
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3. Jill & Dean Cook - 2007-05-30 11:05:27 |
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This is an excellent insight into the history of Colkirk and so informative. It clearly explains how the village has become what it is today. An excellent pice of work, well done. |
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2. Mike High - 2007-04-11 21:59:12 |
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Only just found this site, born in village 1946, so great to see so many familiar faces, especially my late father, Bill, and his mates. |
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