River Wissey Lovell Fuller

Welcome to Stoke Ferry

Includes the Wissey Valley villages of Boughton, Stoke Ferry, Wereham, West Dereham, Whittington and Wretton

Stoke Ferry History

September 2020

On Saturday the 5th of November 1831 the Norfolk Chronicle reported; “We are sorry have to record...

September Gardening

September 2020

September is a relaxed time in the garden as the fight to keep plants watered and deadheaded has...

Ron’s Rambles

September 2020

Working from Home The Corona virus has forced people to work from home where possible and modern...

Ron’s Rambles

September 2020

UK Foreign Policy China China has come under a lot of attack from the UK government. The...

October Gardening

September 2020

The nights are drawing in, October will see the clocks going back, and possibly the first frosts of...

My Westminster Autumn update... Liz Truss MP

September 2020

Autumn is always a busy time of year- a new school, new challenges or perhaps a new trade deal! I've...

Glad that I live am I - that the Sky is Blue

September 2020

. I am sure, like me, you have good days and bad days. Worry about a loved ones health, looming...

COUNTRYSIDE NOTES Sept 2020 PART 1 ROMANY GYPSIES

September 2020

A few ago I researched the life of a true Romany bred gypsy woman because her story was so...

COUNTRYSIDE NOTES OCTOBER 2020 Romany Gypsies PART 2

September 2020

As a child in Sussex I remember sometimes seeing a gypsy family camped along a nearby country lane....

Boughton New

September 2020

s September 13th 2020. The first service at Boughton since March 12th, so we were very pleased to...

2Agriculture Newsletter

September 2020

News from the Mill, On the 2nd June 2020, 2 Agriculture hosted the first local village liaison...

19th Century Game Laws; complicated and socially challenging. Jim McNeill, Stoke Ferry

September 2020

The Game Laws of England in the 1800s derived from the Forest Laws set down at the time of the...

Wretton PC Minutes May 2020

August 2020

1207/05/2020 MINUTES OF WRETTON PARISH COUNCIL VIRTUAL MEETING HELD ON MAY 4TH 2020 Present: Cllr...

WHAT DOES THE DOCTOR THINK THIS MONTH? July 2020

August 2020

Have magpies, the squirrel or, perhaps, the rabbits become the new Bluebells? Those of you who have...

WHAT DOES THE DOCTOR THINK THIS MONTH? August 2020

August 2020

AUGUST, 2020 We are still in lockdown, taking the view that, having been isolated for four months,...

WEREHAM NEWS JULY

August 2020

MOBILE POST OFFICE will park near the village pond on the following days/times, depending on current...

Wereham News August 2020

August 2020

WEREHAM PARISH COUNCIL Next Meeting Date - Tuesday 8 September 2020 at 7.00 pm Agenda items must be...

The Very Beginning of Motoring

August 2020

Karl Benz, a German engineer, is credited with producing the world’s first motor car driven by an...

The Blue Bell update

August 2020

Bank Holiday Monday Fun Stoke Ferry IS The Blue Bell Bank Holiday Monday Fun Stoke Ferry IS The Blue...

Spinning a Yarn

August 2020

In the twenty years between 1769-89 at least 238 women spinners who lived in Norfolk were convicted...

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