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Introduction
The origin of the place name Thurgarton posted 15/o4/2010
Thurgarton village plan -1990 to 1730 posted 30/7/2011
Beating the bounds – a perambulation of Thurgarton parish posted 17/12/2010
Chronological History
Roman Thurgarton posted 4/3/2011
Mediaeval Thurgarton
Was there a castle in Thurgarton ? posted 30/03/201023
The Foundation of Thurgarton Priory posted 17/8/2010
Scandal at the Priory posted 23/5/2011
Mediaeval Doodlings in Thurgarton Priory posted 8 /02/2011
The mediaeval library of Thurgarton Priory posted 30/8/2011
Walter Hilton posted 17/8/2011
Misericords from Thurgarton Priory posted 21/02/2011
Mediaeval Tiles of Thurgarton Priory posted 17/3/2011
The surrender of the Augustinian Priory of St. Peter, Thurgarton posted 13/02/2010
Elizabethan Thurgarton
Making ones mark in Elizabethan Thurgarton posted 12/05/2010
The lost village of Horsepool posted 23/7/2010
17th century
The Civil War and Thurgarton posted 6/6/2010
Farming
Land use in Thurgarton – The earliest maps of Thurgarton posted 7/7/2010
Enclosure in Thurgarton posted 20/20/2010
The second oldest sheepwash bridge in England posted 5/02/2010
A farming family – The Featherstones of Thurgarton posted 29/12/2010
Visitor’s to Thurgarton Hall
Paradise on earth? Lord Torrington and Rev Powell visit Thurgarton posted 8/10/2010
The squire of England posted 11/03/2010
Lt. Cecil Gilbert-Cooper’s visit to Thurgarton in 1869 posted 25/11/2010
Thurgarton church in the first issue of the London Illustrated News posted 25/5/2011
Memoirs of village life
Christmas in Thurgarton a hundred years ago posted 27/12/2009
Miss Mabel Mott’s memoirs of Thurgarton posted 9/11/2011
Jim Bentley’s memoirs, part1 – The farming year posted 27/7/2010
Jim Bentley’s memoirs, part 2 – Life in the farmhouse posted 27/7/2010
Jim Bentley’s memoirs , part 3 -village life posted 28/7/2010
Jim Bentley’s memoirs part 4 – World War 2 posted 29/7/2010
Images of village events and scenes
The coronation of Edward 7th – photograph of Thurgarton posted 27/12/200942
Coronation celebrations in Thurgarton – photographs from 1902 -1953 posted 11/03/2010
School photographs of Thurgarton Primary School (1890-1974) posted 30/03/2010
Images of Beck Street posted 9/04/2010
Images of Thurgarton-before the motor posted 11/7/2010
Thurgarton in World War 1 and 2
Lest we forget posted 8/11/20103
World War 1 – postcards from the front. posted 21/7/2011
WW2 evacuees in Thurgarton posted 24/01/2010
Thurgarton prepares for the Nazi invasion posted 22/01/2011
Lancaster Bomber L7578 posted 20/8/2011
Village buildings and landmarks
The coming of the railway to Thurgarton posted 28/9/2010
Thurgarton Pinfold and Smithy posted 4/5/2011
The stones of Thurgarton posted 02/05/2010
Thurgarton open air school posted 24/01/2010
The Old Rectory at Thurgarton posted 14/1/2011
Thurgarton village hall posted 14/6/2011
The largest clock in the county posted 23/3/11
Folklore
Thurgarton Folklore - Brown Monks,Boggarts and Bellarmines/posted 18/11/2011
Thankyou for all your effort in recording the history of Thurgarton. A photo of the house of Manor farm was a constant in our house in Western Australia. It was pleasing to see that it remains in good repair. Only aunty Alice features in my memories, particularly her remonstration that I should “eat up coz your not a baby now” when I struggled with mum’s boiled cabbage, aged 5. Reading Jim Bentley’s volumes made me realise how little I know of my heritage. Thanks to your effort I now know much more.