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We are always doing
our best to get information about
Brundall to as many people as
possible, and so have been producing
all sorts of items from our archive in
different ways to enable this to
happen.Take a look at our collection
of books and other items for sale...
We don't do online sales, but they are
available at our meetings, or for
availability, delivery and postage
options contact enquiries@brundallvillagehistory.org.uk
 Rescue
of a Garden: Restoring a
Lost Garden in Brundall,
by Janet Muter
This lovely book
describes the history and
restoration of a beautiful garden
at Lake House, Brundall, by Janet
Muter.
In 1881 Dr
Michael Beverley bought an area
of land with a mere, known
locally as Little Switzerland
because of its wooded slopes.
Then began many
years of dedicated work to
transform it into a magnificent
garden, visited and admired by
thousands of people. In1919
Frederick Holmes Cooper, a
cinema magnate, bought the gardens, which
continued to thrive.
Times changed,
and new homes were built on
the land - but in the 1990s
Janet Muter and her husband
bought a new home there, and
acquired part of the garden
with trees and water features.
Much restoration was required,
and many people have enjoyed
the garden, which has been
opened under the National
Gardens Scheme. This is Janet's story
of her epic project.
 Brundall
Past & Present in
Photographs
This full colour book,
containing over 100 photographs,
reproduces vintage images from
the Group's Community Archive
alongside contemporary views,
taken on or near the same spot
by Carla Hodgson.
Historical captions by Barbara
Ayers provide fascinating
insights into why and how
certain changes have taken
place.
The publication of
the book has been sponsored by
KIER and Eastern Windows and
Doors Ltd. to both of whom we
extend our grateful thanks.
It is available in
Jarrolds of London Street,
Norwich; City Bookshop in Davey
Place, Norwich; Brundall Home
Hardware in Links Avenue,
Brundall, and S S Mitchell
Newsagents, Blofield, priced
at £7.50.
Copies can also
be purchased via our email
address: enquiries@brundallvillagehistory.org.uk
 Houses
of Brundall and Braydeston,
Volume 1
This was the first
book we published ourselves
and it came out in time for
Christmas 2011.The sub-title
of the book is '...and
occupants past and present'.
Each chapter covers
a single house and most were
by different members of the
Group. We found while
researching for this book,
that some houses had changed
their names over the years.
For instance, Lavender Cottage
in Cucumber Lane, was
previously Rose Cottage. It
was built by Henry Read in
1891.
Houses
included are: Barn Terrace, off
The Street; Hillcrest, 66 The
Street; Inglebank, 54 The
Street; The White House, 44 The
Street; Kenmare House, 27 The
Street; Glenview, 6 Blofield
Road.
The book is
illustrated by many black and
white photographs both old and
new. It is still available
price £5.
 Houses of
Brundall and Braydeston,
Volume 2
This cover shows
the wisteria on the front of
Coppersmead, 'The Wisteria
House'.<
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volume of our series of books
about houses in Brundall was
published in 2013.
This time there are seven
chapters as follows:-
Chapter 1 - Rectors and
rectories
Chapter 2 - The Log Cabin fire
Chapter 3 - The Redclyffe
House fire
Chapter 4 - The Holm House and
Hillside fires
Chapter 5 - Coppersmead, The
Wisteria House
Chapter 6 - Jesmond, 3
Braydeston Avenue
Chapter 7 - Braydeston House,
9 The Street
The book is
illustrated by many black and
white photographs both old and
new. It is still available
price £5.
Trees
of Brundall and Braydeston
 This book is made up
of eleven leaflets which the
then Tree Warden of Brundall,
John Fleetwood, wrote over
several years. It is
illustrated with pictures taken
in the summer and winter to show
the trees in the different
seasons.
Did you know that the robinia tree
outside what used to be the
Lavender House restaurant is
believed to be the oldest tree in
Brundall?
The book is
still available priced at
£5.
Saint
Laurence, Brundall
Once again, this
book produced in 2015, is
mostly pictures, with
introductions to each chapter
written by Barbara Ayers, and
includes chapters on Early
History, more recent
developments, Windows,
Memorials and Clock, Rectors
and Rectories, Church Room and
Churchyard.
This cover is from a
painting by George Hallums,
a resident of Brundall.
The
book is still available
priced at £3.
 Auxiliary
War Hospital, Brundall
Brundall House was
believed to have been
built about 1815-1820
and the parklands
stretched from the river
Yare to to what is now
Berryfields. In 1914
Herbert King Finch
purchased the estate and
shortly after, offered
the House to the to the
Red Cross to become an
Auxiliary War
Hospital. It
continued until October
1916 when it was closed.
Price £3.
Find
out more about the
book's content here
Other
publications and notelets
Bits and
Pieces by Wendy Ward
This
book, although
not strictly
about
Brundall, was
published by
Brundall Local
History Group
and is the
work of Wendy
Ward, our
former
chairman,
former web
editor (and
website
creator) and
long-serving
committee
member.
She has been a
resident of
Brundall for
the last fifty
years and has
been a member
of the BLHG
since its
inception.
She has been
persuaded to
have her book
put into our
shop for sale
as it is one
of our
publications.
Find out more about the book - and Wendy
- here
The Susie
Long
Collection of
notelets
Susannah
(Susie) Long
was born in
Lowestoft in
1883 and came
to Brundall
with her
parents in
1890. Susie
studied at
Norwich Art
School.
Her grandson,
Chris Wood,
who still
lives in
Brundall, lent
us a small
portfolio he
had of Susie's
work from this
period, and
later, which
we have turned
into several
greetings
cards.
They are very
much of their
period, but
show just how
talented Susie
was.
Find out more about Susie and see her work as our
notelets
Our
notelets of
old Brundall
The first
items we
publishded for
sale were six
series of
notelets, six
in each pack,
which sold for
£2.50 a pack.
They proved to
be very
popular, and
some, though
not all, are
still
available.
They include
street scenes,
the railway,
village
houses,
churches and
more.
See
our notelets
here
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Our first publication
The Book of
Brundall and Braydeston: a Tale of Two Norfolk
Parishes was produced in 2007 by the
twenty people invited to a meeting at Brundall
Library in the summer of 2005, by the then
Library Manager, Barbara Ayers.
Each person was asked to research subjects of
interest to them, or items about which they were
especially informed.
As can be imagined, it took nearly two years to
gather all the information together, and four of
the members edited it before it was sent to the
publisher.
The book was published by Halsgrove in their
'Community Histories' series.
Before publication it was necessary for 300
subscribers to be sought in order that 1,000
copies would be printed.
This title is now out of print, but copies are
sometimes to be found on the net on Amazon Books
or second-hand book sellers. The price new
was £19.99.
These are
some of the co-authors at one of their
meetings in Brundall Library in
2005. They are, from left to
right:
Peter Barrington, Barbara
Ayers, Doreen Oliver, Robin Middleton, Golda
Conneely, Wendy Ward, Elisabeth Greenwood,
Jackie Warnes, Joan Adams, John Stableford,
John Thomson, Ann-Marie Simpson, Gerry
Hawkins.
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