‘The Parish of Stow Bedon Breckles and Lower Stow Bedon’ Published on the Web

The book ‘The Parish of Stow Bedon Breckles and Lower Stow Bedon’ was researched and produced as a local community project in the parishes covered by the book in 2005. It was funded by a grant from ‘Awards for All’ and was given free to parishioners and interested parties. The book is now sadly out of print. Working with Rosemary Macintosh we are pleased to have helped in making it accessible once more to parishioners and researchers. The project is greatful to Gary Pearce for the preparation of the original material for digital publication.
The Parish of Stow Bedon Breckles and Lower Stow Bedon. This document has been temporally removed from the web for updating.

The 1910 Book 'The Land of Babes in the Wood' by Rev Charles Kent is now freely available on the Web

The Land of the "Babes in the Woods" or The Breckland of Norfolk

This book was written by Rev. Charles Kent, M.A of Merton in Norfolk and published in 1910,he drew heavily apron the papers and notes of his predecessor Rev. George Crabbe of Merton that had been left at the church and rectory. It is one of the few books that has covered the Wayland area in any depth.  You will find a wonderful range of topics such as superstitions, highwaymen and local traditions. There are chapters on Watton, Merton, Thompson, Stow Bedon, Breccles, Tottington, Carbrooke, Caston, Griston and Scoulton.
                                                                                                        The 'Capturing Our Wayland Heritage' project is working to make out of print reference books, such as this, easily accessible to researchers. The text is searchable and the whole book can be downloaded as a PDF from Google Docs once there click on the file button (top left) and a drop down menu will give the option to download. The book, from Sue White's collection, was scanned, edited and the PDF prepared by Gary Pearce.