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old railway gatehouse next to yew tree house, 1975
old railway gatehouse 1975
Railway Cottage
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Building
the By
pass
1977
grass track of railway line 1975
Last vehicle through the railway arch before demolition
Podmore Bridge March 1978
WW2 dig for victory poster
The Wright Family lived in Church Farm (now Oak Manor Care Home) in the centre of the village. These adverts date from 1949
Women worked on the land during WW2
Scarning United Charities still exists
George
Miller was the Master at the School and the Parish Clerk
October 1993
Early 1840's map
showing proposed
route of
the railway across Podmore Farm
The building in Chapel Lane is now a private residence
This
is a section of the
village tithe map from about 1840 showing what was later Church Farm
and now Oak Manor
Congregational
Chapel
winter 1981
The old Congregational Chapel buildings
The original chapel was in what used to be called Podmore lane (now Chapel Lane) north of the Railway line (Now the A47 trunk road) There was also a Methodist Chapel a short distance further south.
Pony and cart outside Chapel 1982
Congregational Chapel 1984
Chapel interior
Centre of the village in about 1910
Postcard of Scarning Church
Scarning Church choir
Scarning Church after the road widening and prior to the milestone being moved a few metres nearer to Dereham
Road widening outside the Church
Postcard of Village Hall early 1900's
Road works 1950's
Village Hall 1905
At the crossroads 1920
Scarning Church
Norman Eagle Harvesting in 1977
Tractor
Norman Eagle Harvesting in 1977
Harvesting at Brookside Farm 1954
Threshing at Podmore
Tractor
Black Horse Public House 1970's?
Black Horse Public House 1983 now a private residence
Boddies House was between the Black Horse and Chapel Lane
Chris Farnham's farm
Corner House, formerly New Inn
Cottage at Scarning Dale
Cottages next to Black Horse
Junction of shipdham road mid 1950's
Manor Farm
Osier cottage Chapel Lane
Osier cottage Chapel Lane ex Sunnydale ex Allison's Farm
Park Farm September 1971
Podmore farm cottage Chapel lane
Podmore Farmhouse
Poplar Farmhouse
Cattle Arch bridge
It is situated just off the A47 to the east of Drayton Hall lane. Before the demise of the railway and the construction of the re-routed A47 this track would have been accessed from Fen Road.
Black Horse This postcard published by Geo Coleby of Dereham was submitted by Dave Pilbrow
New watermain snaking across Scarning 2008
Last train before demolition of rail bridge
Here are some pictures of Chestnut Farm dating from 1962
