Neatishead, Irstead & Barton Turf Community Heritage Group

Our 2024 programme is now available. 

Exhibition to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy Landings
Stories of those from our villages who served during WW2 and those who remained behind – what was life like.

Sunday 9th June, 2-5pm, New Victory Hall, Neatishead
All welcome.  Refreshments available.

If you can help with our research and have information on any of those from our villages who served, however small, please do get in touch – this will add to our archives in order that these stories are not forgotten.  

Summer 2022/2023
We organised walks to discover our Parish Boundaries.  The first took place in April 2022 when we explored Barton Fen and found the Hundred Stream – the former course of the River Ant, which follows the Parish Boundary between Barton Turf and Stalham.  In July we took a boat trip down the River Ant criss-crossing the Irstead Parish Boundary then walked the footpaths of Irstead.  Finally three walks have taken place covering  the Neatishead footpaths, touching on the Parish Boundary

About the Group   Neatishead, Irstead and Barton Turf Community Heritage Group (NIBCHG) aims to acknowledge and encourage the interests of people in the local history of the three villages.  We pursue original research that is made available to all; share information amongst the members of the group so as to add to the body of knowledge; we are building a local archive of documents (or copies of documents), illustrations and artefacts relating to the local history of Neatishead, Irstead & Barton Turf and the surrounding area; will gather oral histories; are mounting exhibitions of an historical nature; and have created a website.

The group’s work complements and builds on the resources of Neatishead Nostalgia, Irstead Memories and the Barton Turf History Project.

The group was awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund’ WW1: then and now, for a two year project entitled “Living through World War One in three Norfolk Broadland Villages – Neatishead, Irstead and Barton Turf” which centred around life in our three communities just before, during and just after World War One, to coincide with the centenary commemorations 2014 – 2018.  In August 2014 exhibitions were held in the five churches in our three villages during Open Churches Week and a further exhibition at the New Victory Hall was held over Remembrance Weekend in November 2015 when the memorial plaque to the 136 men from our villages who served during WW1 was dedicated. Information about the project can be found on a dedicated website and on the WW1 Centenary page.  Even though the funding for the project has now ended, we are still interested to receive any information about the men who served during WW1 and /or life in the three villages 100 years ago.

Battles Over – A Nation’s Tribute.  On 11 November 2018, the United Kingdom and its friends overseas marked the day 100 years ago when the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War.  NIBCHG commemorated the Armistice with events over the course of the weekend, 9th, 10th, 11th November in the New Victory Hall, Neatishead – “Tomorrow is Yours” a sequel to the WW1 drama “When I Come Home” , displays to illustrate how the villages marked the day and  the changes that came about because of the war and an ecumenical service on Remembrance Sunday remembered the fallen from our villages.

Meetings
Details of forthcoming presentations, meetings and display can be found on the Monthly Meetings page

St Benet’s Abbey 1000 year celebrations – read more

 Copyright
We should be grateful if you do not copy anything from our website without the permission of NIBCHG.  The material used comes from many different sources and has been given to NIBCHG for its sole use.  If you would like to use any material displayed on the website, please contact us by email with full details and we will be happy to help.