| B-17 bomber crash |
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On Monday 24th January 1944, at 7 am, B17s, of the 100th Bomb Group, (known as the bloody hundredth, for the losses they suffered during the war) took off from their base at Thorpe Abbots, near Dickle |
| Village pump request |
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Can anyone please tell me anything about the village pump in Shelfanger, located next to the bus shelter on Church St? |
| Bobby family in Shelfanger |
Hello, I am a descendant of the Bobby family in Shelfanger. From what I gather, they were there many generations. I live in America, my great-grandmother having come over the Atlantic around 1900. |
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| The Post Office |
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The Post Office was run from the nurseries by Mr. and Mrs. George Welton from 1939 to 1965, when they retired. The Post Office was situated in the "shop" where Mr. |
| Domesday |
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The Domesday book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conquerer, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements. |
| Folk and Facts |
Click on the Village Folk links below to explore this section |
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| Charities Of Roger Dade & Sarah Franklin |
Roger Dade bequeathed 3 acres of land in 1596, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Shelfanger. |
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| The Crown Public House |
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The Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp. 734-746 shows the following entry relating to PUBLIC HOUSES including Hotels, Inns & Taverns: |
| School |
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Owing to the fact that the log books of Shelfanger School, now closed, are in the County Library and cannot be studied for 50 years, the more recent happenings in the school have to be gathered from t |
| Rectory Researched |
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At the turn of the century Rev. W.R. Harrison lived in the Rectory and he was an extremely scholarly gent. |
| Cross Keys |
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The Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, pp. 734-746 shows the following entry relating to PUBLIC HOUSES including Hotels, Inns & Taverns: |
| Baptist Chapel |
The old Baptist Chapel, founded in 1765 in Common Road, now used for light industrial work, was closed in 1964. |
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| Methodist Church |
The first Methodist Church in Shelfanger was built in 1843, though the oldest stones to be found in the graveyard date from 1880. |
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| All Saints Church |
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The church stands on the main road from Diss to Winfarthing. |
| "Longevitaris" or The Shelfanger Spa Water |
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On 7th August: 1842 born to Sir Henry and Lady Farrington, a son Anthony Charles. |
| Our History |
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Shelfanger has a long and rich past, explore the sections below and visit our timeline Please visit Architecture and Folk and facts sections |
| Architecture |
Click on the Architecture links below to explore this section |
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| Wartime |
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During the 1st World War, many men from Shelfanger went into the services and the list of names on the plaque on the Church Tower shows how many men from the small village gave their lives. |
| Laundry |
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Mary Simmonds (née Welton) had many other memories of Shelfanger in the early 1900's. |
| Pond secret? |
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It was about seventy years ago when doors in a Shelfanger farmhouse started opening and slamming on their own, when a towel roller in the kitchen began spinning violently as if powered by an unseen ha |
