Picking up where we left off last week, 13th January, we’re heading now to South Walsham, home of my several-times great grandfather.
Looking back at the mill…
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Along the narrow lanes
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To South Walsham… church of St Mary
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Church of St Lawrence (now an arts centre). The two churches share the same churchyard, a common phenomenon in Norfolk
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Along the lane to the Broad
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South Walsham Broad connects to River Bure. In summer its busy with pleasure cruisers and yachts. All tucked up now for the winter months
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We stop here for lunch… but we’ve brought no bread for the swans
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Only one mallard today. He wants his bread too. Shame, we’ve only brought cheese and salad
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Oh, and here comes some more…
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Maybe they all want to star on my blog?
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All keen to audition!
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And that’s all for now folks.
I do hope I can get out this week and find some interesting places. Weather penned me in this past week; could happen again, it is winter. But if that happens, I have a plan or two of what to do. See you then
crispina kemp 
How deep blue the water is! Great shots and the swans are so majestic. Thanks for sharing
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As always, my pleasure. I love to share
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😍
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Thank you 🙂
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These are beautiful! 🙂 ❤
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Thank you, Deborah. It’s part of the Norfolk Broads
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Just as well you had no bread as it is the worst thing to feed those beautiful creatures! Gorgeous pictures, my friend.
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But people do. And the fact these swans headed for us as soon as we arrived said that clearly
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I know people do. They really shouldn’t 🙂 There are other things to feed them. Better off giving them a lettuce leaf or some grains 🙂
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I discovered this Thursday that shops now sell special swan & goose/duck food, they way they sell bird seeds. So not so naughty
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Excellent! Glad to hear it 🙂
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My daughter told me. Me, I’m ignorant of such things
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Haha! Now you’re not as you’ve been informed 😉
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🙂
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So why do two churches in Norfolk often share a churchyard?
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It’s a really technical answer and first you need to understand the origins and evolution of a parish, for the early medieval churches were the focus of the early parishes. Simplest to say, if churches were erected at the edge of the parish, they could share the consecrated churchyard… which was where much medieval business was transacted (in the eyes of God) But why Norfolk is so rich in them, I don’t know. It could be as an aftermath of the earliest Dane/Great Army ravages when much of the church structure and land division had to be renewed and/or reasserted
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Perhaps thinking they had greater security of the refuges for two parishes were adjacent? Just another guess.
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Perhaps. Are you thinking how churches were used as shelters during times of local skirmishes?
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Yes.
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After seeing your photos, there’s little doubt left about why swans symbolize beauty and grace: simply beautiful!
And how awesome is it that you know where your many-time-over-grandfather comes from! How far back to you know your family tree?
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I researched my roots during the years of an illness that kept me more of less housebound. There are so many threads that make up the tapestry that’s each of us, and it’s always easier to follow the male thread. But in answer, one some threads I found secure evidence dating to C17th. However, taking it on surname evidence, backed by dna, I can go back to C12th for Kemps, and 1086 (Domesday Book) for another (Vis de Loup)
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I’m glad you’ve recovered, and managed to turn that painful period into a productive one! I can’t imagine what a wondrous sense of history you must have, being able to trace your roots so many centuries back! Talk about being grounded in history… The stories you must be able to tell, the events that you can relate to!
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Sometimes all you find are names. But it does give you an interest in different periods of history, and especially local history
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