There was a presentation on St Mary’s Church focussing on its’ links with the Fuller family and the Mayflower both in the 17th and 21st...

We were taken on a guided tour through the town stepping inside some buildings which are not normally accessible to the general public....

A guided walk showed visitors signs of the huge amount of wealth brought to the town by the Scotch Cattle Trade in the late 18th and up...

We were treated to a 00 gauge model railway illustrating Harleston Station as it might have been in the early 20th century with...

A kind resident opened their doors to visitors in a guided tour of their house. Domestic and commercial rooms from an 18th Century...

A trail was created for younger visitors as a walk around the church in search of animals. Some are in plain sight, some more hidden, and...

An audio trail leads visitors on a journey through the history of St Marys Church, and her association with the Fuller family who...

A local leaflet was designed and printed which included even more events than those registered in the national scheme. An army of local...

Harleston has taken part in Heritage Open Days for many years. The Historical Society decided to involve many more volunteer groups from...

Follow a trail of buildings dating back to 1600s with photos of now and then during their evolution.

16 and 18 Old Market Place form part of one of the oldest buildings in town with some of the rear wing dating back to before 1400! In...

There are many surviving mediaeval wooden lecterns in English country churches, St Mary’s itself has one, made from oak, but metal...

This building has been featured in this walk to represent all the other, numerous buildings in this town that hide their true age behind...

A 17thC Building with later bay window. Over the years a Spicers, ‘The Plough’, a Pork Butchers, a Tea Shop then a chippy the building...

Now combined with No 5, this 17th C building housed 2 businesses in the Victorian Era. The steep roof indicates originally thatched....

Before 1600 this was variously ‘The White Hart’ or the 'White Horse', the Market Bell rang from the adjoining chapel and Tolls were...

Two premises in one 17th C building, the left-hand side lost its upper floor when the ceiling was raised for a new plate glass window...

Between the chemists and the bakery we find Old Post office Yard, for many years Lillistone’s Yard named for the Bakers that stood on the...

You might assume Georgian or Victorian but that raised pediment and expanse of glass hide a 17thC interior still visible inside today. No...

One of the few of our buildings revealing its age from the outside! The Ancient House has been known as Brimstone Tenemants, school,...