Flitcham cum Appleton Village Newsletter MARCH 2015

A BIG Thank you Bingo to Roger Young for consistently In Aid of St Marys Church Flitcham producing such an informative and varied newsletter each and every month come A bingo evening will be held at the rain or shine. As guest editor this month I Ffolkes Arms, Hillington on Monday know how hard it can be to put together 16th March, eyes down at 7.30pm. (If you such a publication. We rely so heavily on would like to donate a prize please ring the villagers contributions and know Liz Osborne 01485 600285) Great Prizes! without your thoughtfulness, during your Thank you and Happy New Year - Buffy busy daily lives, such a newsletter could Ross not exist! Ancestry Night Thank you Roger and all Contributors. Every fourth Sunday of the month (7pm

Justine Cullum Flitcham Community Centre) an invite to anyone who is interested in not only try- ing to trace their past relatives, but also, possible ways of doing so. Sarah and Flitcham Bell Sally will run the evening, both having a good deal of experience in family research. The idea is to give people the Football Club chance to come to an informal gathering, where the complete novice with little or Not since the days of playing teams like no computer skills can feel comfortable Syderstone and Wighton some 20 years amongst the more experience, to do The Annual ago, have Flitcham outfit had a run of family research. The evening is free. If winning games, over half a season or a you could bring your own laptops that Flitcham Yard campaign. would be very useful, but is in no way a requirement as all will be encouraged and Flitcham Yard Sale day is Sunday 5th So well done to the Squad! involved. April stating at 9am with a plethora of we look forward to seeing you there Andrew Jarvis stall items for sale throughout the village. With refreshments, delicious homemade cakes with burgers & hot dogs at the Village Parties Community Centre. Please contact me for a stall number, stalls £2.00. Take the work out of preparing your house for a party and have it and the for additional information please contact Flitcham Community Centre. Justine Cullum 01485 601 564

Room hire £7.50 per hr (members)

£10.00 per hr (non-members) Flitcham Club

Coffee Morning secretary Sue Allen 600 119 or email Opening Hours [email protected] Monday 7.30pm – 11.00pm EVERY Friday 10am until midday from Tuesday 7.30 – 11.00pm 10th April onwards. Come and have a Wednesday 7.30pm – 11.00pm drink with homemade cakes. Meet old Flitcham Social Thursday 7.30pm – 11.00pm friends and / or make new ones in a Friday 5pm – 11.00pm relaxed friendly atmosphere at Flitcham Club Committee Saturday 7.30 – 11.00pm Community Centre. With local Flitcham Sunday 12pm – 3pm produce and a small selection of local 7.30pm – 11.00pm Welcome Sarah Jary as a new and most crafts, goods and books for sale. welcomed member to the Social Club ALL WELCOME Committee. Free local paper available to all

CHURCH SERVICES FOUND FLITCHAM men’s very large grey 40 gram wool Palm Sunday 29th March gloves ‘Thinsulate’ call: 01485 601 564 HISTORY

8.00 am Holy Communion Sandringham Roman Occupation 11.00 am Mattins USEFUL CONTACT Evidence has found that there was substantial settlement within the parish NUMBERS during the period of Roman occupation in Monday 30th March . In 1940 archaeologist found a

10am Holy Communion Parish Council Chairman villa and bath house on slopes Sandringham Richard Gray: 01485 600 114 overlooking smaller settlements in the river valley. These Tuesday 31st March substantial buildings were found in Flitcham Social Club Chairman 10 am Holy Communion Paul Addyman: 01485 600 790 Denbeck Wood, a little north west of Castle Rising Flitcham near Appleton. The excavations [at Trinity] Community Centre Chairman revealed the main house, which had Neil Farrow: 07930 552 962 glazed windows and a tessellated floor, Wednesday 1st April and a courtyard surrounded by small

10am Holy Communion Village Activities buildings along with the bath house which Joan Gray: 01485 600 114 had pink painted wall plaster. The dig also 7pm Holy Communion found a number of Roman artefacts which Flitcham Football & Cricket Club included coins, pottery, brooches and Andrew Jarvis: 01485 609 025 other metalwork dating from the 3rd to the early 4th centuries. Another building Bowls Club was discovered near Flitcham Hall on the Kings Lynn Sandra Bidewell: 01485 601 045 northern side of Common Drove. On this site, pottery, flue tiles and other Hospital League Wolf Folk Club architectural fragments were unearthed. Roger Young: 01485 600 948 These two buildings are part of a group of The Kings Lynn Hospitals League of villas in the area, including others Friends Christmas Dinner Appeal in the Good Companions at and Gayton. village of Flitcham raised £180.89 for Patsy: 01485 544 358 December 2014. Many thanks to all Saxon Period contributors. Mobile Library During the excavations of the Denbeck Information: 01603 638 117 Wood villa other artefacts were found I also collect used postage stamps for the from the Saxon period. These included League of Friends. I live at 50 Abbey Free Benefits Advice early Saxon pottery, brooches and other Road, so if you have any to bring me, they Information: 0800 638 117 metalwork, as well as Middle and Late are always grateful for these to sell on for Saxon pottery and metalwork. their funds. Flitcham St Mary Church Sally Stanton: 01485 609 099 The Domesday Book Thank you and regards Yvonne Sturman Buffy Ross: 01485 600 018 Flitcham has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085 where its population, land Chimney Sweeps ownership and productive resources were Paul Addyman: 01485 600 790 extensively detailed. In the survey FOR SALE Flitcham is recorded by the name Car Repairs of Flicham, Phlicham and Plic(e)ham. TIMBER Neil Farrow: 07930 552 962 The main tenants being the Bishop of Rough sawn timber Bayeux, William de Warenne and Robert Posts and planks and Ranulf Fitz Walter from Roger Bigot. Various sizes The survey also list that there are 4 mills, Kevin Piggott 07771 920 690 ADVERTISE HERE a church, 3 acres (12,000 m2) of meadow, paunage for 27 swine, 3 cows, 1 beast for TV FREE carriage and 180 sheep. In the Domesday flat screen TV: wall mountable 26”, book the size of woodland was normally Acoustic-Solutions-TV (age unknown) - Tell everyone about your club and given as the number of swine a £30.00. Tis the ex Flitcham club TV. advertise here free for new memberships wood could support in this case 27 pigs. Contact in the first instance Paul or if you have something to sell!

Addyman on 07740 647 782 contact Roger Young 01485 600 948 Who knew!

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