Rocklands, Norfolk

The Villages of Rockland All Saints and Rockland St Peter

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Rockland All Saints - The Street

The southern end of The Street. The large building on the left was a carpenter's workshop, from which the top floor has been removed, and converted to a bungalow. To the right is the old Post Office.

 

This was a Grocers and Bakers Shop, whilst a shoe maker worked in a shop at the near end.
It is now a house and pottery centre

 

The School was built in 1875 at a cost of £400 for 120 Children.

 

The Fish Shop, which has now been converted to a private house
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This shop used to sell groceries, haberdashery etc. It is now a private house

 

Looking up The Street, on the right is the old Post Office with the White Hart beyond

 

This bakery, which was run by two generations of the Dove family, also sold sausages and meat on a Thursday. It later became a more general store, and is now the only shop in the village and the Post Office

 


The Coal House, which stood on the present site of the Village Hall,was used to store coal which was distributed to parishoners in need. This was funded from the income from land, belonging to the village, that after enclosure was leased out.
It was demolished in the 1950s when the Village Hall was built.


Fen Street

 

Map of 1895

Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey