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    Swaffham, Norfolk

    Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated 12 miles (19 kilometres) east of King’s Lynn and 31 miles (50 kilometres) west of Norwich. Henry James Titlow was postmaster here at the turn of the century according to Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk.

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    Terrington St Clement, Norfolk

    Terrington St Clement is a village and civil parish in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk borough and district in Norfolk, England. It is in the drained marshlands to the south of the Wash, 7 miles (11 km) west of King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Terrington St Clement in area is the largest village in Norfolk, and the second largest in the country. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk tells us that John Ellis was the postmaster at the turn of the century. Here’s what I think is a later image, just to give a clearer view of the church.

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    Tivetshall, Norfolk

    Tivetshall is a civil parish in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The parish includes the villages of Tivetshall St Margaret and Tivetshall St Mary. The name “Tivetshall” means ‘Nook of land’. ~Wikipedia. If it still survives, I have yet to locate this building. There is an example of the Tivetshall postmark on a King George V stamp on the reverse.

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    Sea Palling, Norfolk

    Sea Palling is a village and civil parish covering 11.05 km2 (4.27 sq mi) in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 19.6 miles (31.5 km) south-east of Cromer, 19.6 miles (31.5 km) north-east of Norwich. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk shows us that Alfred Feather was postmaster here at the turn of the century.

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    Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk

    Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen is a civil parish and village in the English county of Norfolk. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of King’s Lynn on the west bank of the River Great Ouse. The villages name means ‘Wicga’s nook of land’. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk shows that William Matthew Narborough was postmaster here at the turn of the century. This postcard dates from 1908. I am so far unable to find the location now.

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    Bramerton, Norfolk

    Bramerton is a village in South Norfolk 4¾ miles (7½ km) south-east of Norwich, just north of the main A146 Norwich-Lowestoft road and on the south bank of the River Yare. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk shows a William Cooke was postmaster here around the turn of the century. The postcard is labelled “Cooke’s Series”. I have this postcard noted as 1917, but I think the image is earlier than that.

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    Brooke, Norfolk

    Brooke is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, about 7 miles south of Norwich and roughly equidistant from Norwich and Bungay. The villages name simply means ‘Brook’. ~Wikipedia. Richard Fryer Yallop was the postmaster at the turn of the century according to Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk. This postcard was posted in 1908.

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    Weasenham St Peter, Norfolk

    Weasenham St Peter is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village’s name means ‘Weosa’s homestead or village’. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk reports Thomas Livermore Deadman was postmaster around this time – what a name!

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    Bintree, Norfolk

    Bintree is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, about nine miles (14 km) southeast of Fakenham. The village’s name means ‘Bynna’s tree’. ~Wikipedia. This scene still exists despite being cut through by the new road. The tree seems to be the same, and you can see the decorative building in the background. William Chapman was the postmaster here, around this time, according to Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk (Bintry).

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    Swainsthorpe, Norfolk

    Swainsthorpe is a village in the English County of Norfolk in England. It lies on the A140 road, approximately 5 miles south of Norwich, and just north of Newton Flotman. The villages name means ‘Sveinn’s outlying farm/settlement’. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk shows that Thomas James Andrews was the postmaster around this time.

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    Marham, Norfolk

    Marham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, approximate 12 miles (19 km) away from King’s Lynn. The villages name means ‘Pool homestead/village’ or ‘hemmed-in land with a pool’. ~WIkipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk shows that Robert Parlett was postmaster here at that time. The sign above the door reads “R. PARTLETT, GROCER & TEA DEALER”. With a Post Office sign hanging below it. This is one of the best post office images I have come across; there’s so much going on here. Staff, posties, a wide range of bikes, and even a Royal…

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    Bawdeswell, Norfolk

    Bawdeswell is a small rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is on a Roman road that ran east-west between Durobrivae near modern Peterborough and Smallburgh, crossing the Fen Causeway. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Balderwella. It was the home of Chaucer’s Reeve in The Reeve’s Prologue and Tale in the Canterbury Tales. ~Wikipedia. Kelly’s 1900 Directory of Norfolk shows that Mrs Sarah Catton was postmistress here at the turn of the century. The image is poor, but it appears to be her name “CATTON” above the door, so that is likely to be…