Local History
If you are interested in local history there are a several good books available at the libraries.
If you are able to add any important local dates to the "Time Line" below or information for the A-Z of Local History page please contact us.
Time Line
- c3000 BCFlint axe-heads and arrow-heads found locally show the area was inhabited during Stone Age
- c1000 BCBeaker fragments found near Taverham Hall show the area was inhabited during Bronze Age
- 0
- 43Roman invasion of Britain
- 60Revolt against Roman rule led by Boudicca
- 100
- c150Roman pottery and coins found locally show area was inhabited during Roman times
- 200
- c250"Blood's Dale" in Drayton the scene of a battle during a Saxon raid on the area
- 300
- c350Death of Saint Margaret
- 400
- 410Emperor Honorius withdraws last Roman army units from Britain
- 500
- 600
- 700
- c750Norwich comes into existence as series of small settlements on both banks of River Wensum
- 800
- 870Death of Saint Edmund
- 900
- 1000
- 1016Death of Saint Walstan
- 1061Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham created
- 1086Domesday Book compiled
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- c1320Wayside Cross erected
- 1348The Black Death reaches Norfolk and an estimated one third of local population perishes
- 1381Widespread unrest throughout Norfolk during the "Peasant's Revolt"
- 1400
- 1432Sir John Fastolf acquires Drayton Manor and builds Drayton Lodge
- 1459Drayton Lodge inherited by John Paston on death of Sir John Fastolf
- St.Edmunds Church, struck by lightning and badly damaged
- 1465Duke of Suffolk attacks Drayton Manor and destroys Drayton Lodge
- 1500
- 1549Kett's Rebellion
- 1600
- 1642-48English Civil War (Norfolk is mainly neutral and is not one of the major theares of war)
- 1678Red Lion Inn at Drayton built
- 1700
- 1701Earliest mention of paper production at Taverham Mill
- 1774James Woodforde appointed Parson of Weston Longville
- 1800
- 1830"Swing" Riots occur in 150 Norfolk parishes
- 1831Census records population of Taverham as 191
- 1845Gazeteer published showing Drayton has 372 inhabitants whilst Taverham has 211
- Lord of the manor and principal landowner is Nathaniel Micklethwaite
- 1850Tower of St.Margarets Church, Drayton collapses
- 1851Census records population of Taverham as 201
- 1857Old Taverham Hall demolished
- 1858Construction of Taverham Hall begins
- 1882Themelthorpe to Norwich Railway built (now disused and forms part of Marriott's Way)
- c1884Map of Taverham published
- c1892Map of Drayton published
- 1899Closure of Taverham Mill
- 1900
- 1914-18World War I
- 1939-45 World War II
- 1965Taverham Newsletter first published
- 1968Drayton Village Sign erected.
- Silver Fox Inn built (named after nearby Silver Fox Fur Farm that existed between the wars)
- 1970 Taverham Village Sign erected
- 2000