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The Buckenham Ledger

This post is about a ‘putting-out’ ledger recording work by linen weavers in the employ of T. W. & J. Buckenham in the village of North Lopham, Norfolk, between 1876 and 1911. The ledger is in the collection of Norfolk Museums at Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse / Museum of Norfolk Life (ref GRSRM: 1988.50.1) . … Continue reading The Buckenham Ledger

“One Green Oasis”

An extract about the linen weaving village of North Lopham from the Report of the Parliamentary Commission on Hand-Loom Weavers (1840). . . The photograph above was taken around 1913.(1) The view along The Street in North Lopham is quite similar today, if somewhat spoilt by the paraphernalia of traffic, and was probably very similar … Continue reading “One Green Oasis”