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    Book: Old Norfolk Post Offices Second Edition

    I have released the second edition of my book Old Norfolk Post Offices. Ten years later! This new edition sees yet more images added and additional sub-postmasters and postmistresses identified. Some of the old images have been updated with better quality scans. You can find more details and purchase the digital version here, if you wish. Or, for the print option, you can visit this page. A further print option for UK and Overseas orders can be found at The Great British Bookshop. There are a lot more details in the links above. Thanks for reading!

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    Sedgeford, Norfolk

    Sedgeford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about 5 miles south of the North Sea and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of the Wash. It is 36 miles northwest of Norwich. ~Wikipedia. Still there today in much the same form. George Harry Jacobs was the postmaster there around 1900 according to Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk.

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    Freethorpe, Norfolk

    Freethorpe is a village and civil parish in the English of Norfolk. The village is located 7.2 miles (11.6 km) southwest of Great Yarmouth and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Great Yarmouth, located within the Norfolk Broads. ~Wikipedia. As can be seen, the building remains with some alterations. Charles John Brock was the postmaster there around 1900 according to Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk.

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    Barnham Broom, Norfolk

    Barnham Broom is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated on the River Yare, 9 miles (15 km) West of Norwich and 4 miles (6 km) North-West of Wymondham. ~Wikipedia. Still there, and at the time of the Google image taken in 2019 still a post office. This postcard may be from the 1930s; there is no postmark.

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    Whissonsett, Norfolk

    Whissonsett is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 5.0 miles (8.0 km) south of Fakenham and 23 miles (37 km) west-north-west of Norwich. ~Wikipedia. This building is still there, with a few modifications.

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    Thursford, Norfolk

    Thursford is a village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, eastern England. The village is 16.3 miles southwest of Cromer, 24.5 miles northwest of Norwich and 121 miles north-east of London. ~Wikipedia. This appears to be the building now. Note the rise in the garden wall.

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    Ludham, Norfolk

    Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the Norfolk Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne. ~Wikipedia. As can be seen, the building is still there; it’s the central building in the distance, as is the King’s Arms with its distinctive sign framework. Kelly’s Directory for 1900 lists John Chaplin Junior as the postmaster then. This postcard dates to about 1909 from other ones I have seen. I have a partial postmark:

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    Garboldisham, Norfolk

    Garboldisham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 7.1 miles (11.4 km) northwest of Diss and 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Norwich. ~Wikipedia. This still appears to be a post office today. Frederick Barret Lawrence was the postmaster in 1900, according to Kelly’s directory.

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    Trunch, Norfolk

    Trunch is a village and parish in Norfolk, England, situated three miles north of North Walsham and two miles from the coast at Mundesley. ~Wikipedia. I believe this to be the house shown in the old view. Heavily modified, but there are some distinguishing features, such as the window positions, the retained outline of the left end, a wall pin on the same end and so on.

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    Acle, Norfolk

    Acle is a market town on the River Bure on the Norfolk Broads in Norfolk, located halfway between Norwich and Great Yarmouth. It has the only bridge across the River Bure between Wroxham and Great Yarmouth. ~Wikipedia. William Laight was postmaster here in 1900 according to Kelly’s Directory.

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    Great Ryburgh, Norfolk

    Great Ryburgh is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ryburgh, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. ~WIkipedia. According to Kelly’s the postmistress around 1900 was Miss Martha Ann Richardson.

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    Dersingham, Norfolk

    Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of King’s Lynn and 70 km (43 mi) north-west of the city of Norwich, opening onto The Wash. ~Wikipedia. Miss Alice Maude Beckett was the Postmistress here in or around 1900, according to Kelly’s Directory. I assume the post office was one of these buildings.