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- Norfolk County Council Norfolk County Council – responsible for education, highways and social services.
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- Aylsham Local History Society Taking the history lead in this project.
- Aylsham Town Council Giving full support to the project
- Aylsham Wildlife Trust The wildlife trust studies in and around Aylsham
- Brampton Parish Council The Parish Council for Brampton – email bopc@hotmail.co.uk
- Broads Authority Principal conservation agency for the Broads
- Broads Review website A great website reviewing locations around the Broads
- Bure Valley Railway Although not actively involved the BVR runs parallel to the navigation and great views of it are afforded from the train or footpath.
- Buxton Mill Brampton Mill Holiday Apartment
- Buxton Parish Council Buxton with Lammas PC – this site includes some Bure photographs.
- Captain Ahabs Watery Tales This is a blog site with some crackingly good photographs of the navigation.
- Coltishall Parish Council Website for Coltishall
- East Anglian Waterways Association An association with an interest in all navigable waterways in East Anglia past, present and future.
- Hautbois Activity Centre Hautbois Residential and Activity Centre offers the perfect venue for training, conferences, activity or residential breaks. Hautbois is owned by Girlguiding Anglia, and is open to bookings from Guide & Scout Groups, Schools, Businesses and private gr
- Horstead Parish Council Website for Horstead
- Inland Waterways Association The website for the local branch of the IWA
- Inland Waterways Association (local branch) Website for the Ipswich branch of the IWA
- Jim Shead Jim is a waterways historian and photographer with an interest in this and other waterways. He has a dedicated Aylsham Navigation page on his site.
- Mary Hardy's Diary The result of 25 years of transcribing and research by Margaret Bird – this is an important social history with direct relevance to the Navigation.
- Museum of the Broads The primary museum collating, conserving and displaying the history of the Broads. The Aylsham Navigation was part of the Broads network
- Norfolk Art Place Norfolk Art Place is a new business, specialising in the supply of art products from Norfolk-based artists, and services to artists. They say they are passionate about art, about Norfolk, and about the wonderful variety of art and artists in our county. I
- Norfolk Federation of Women’s Institutes Part of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, the largest voluntary organisation for women in the UK
- Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Based at Gressenhall this is the prime site and organisation for the industrial history of the County.
- Norfolk Mills A really good site with info about the navigation. This site has permitted use of some of its material by us and we are grateful. Thanks.
- Norfolk Wherry Trust Owners, preservers and operators of the Albion
- Postcards from the Broads A site full of interesting old photographs from all around the Broads.
- Richardsons Boating Holidays Richardsons have supported us – other boatyards are available
- The Canoe Man Organised trips by canoe throughout the Broads including the Aylsham Navigation.
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Early Beginnings
A couple of weeks ago I was at a meeting where somebody, I can’t remember who, remarked that the real start of the Aylsham Navigation was the Black Boys Hotel. The initial proposers of the Aylsham Navigation Act 1773 were … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog, January 2011
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Locking
Locks on waterways are dangerous places that you wouldn’t want to fall in to and if you get the process wrong could end up by sinking the boat. On the narrow canals there are a number of sinkings each year … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog, January 2011
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A muse of fancy
I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the Navigation had not been wiped out in 1912. Potentially it would have survived until this very day and Aylsham would be a Broads Holiday destination. There would undoubtedly be a boatyard … Continue reading
Posted in Bure Blog, January 2011
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History alive
As I write this I have in front of me an extract from the Day Book of the Navigation for February 1907 which has been provided courtesy of the Aylsham Town Archive. A copy can be found in the “Our … Continue reading
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The morning after the night before
I bet you thought that this was going to be some admission of a debauched night – well I’m sorry to disappoint although …. on second thoughts. Yesterday evening we held a Project meeting in Coltishall Village Hall which was … Continue reading
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Rain
Every river has a complex relationship with the weather and in particular rain in which I include other forms of precipitation such as snow. The Bure is no exception; it is, after all, rain fed. The water in the river … Continue reading
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Coastal Connection 2
The whole purpose of the navigation was to connect Aylsham and the other communities on the navigation with the sea at Great Yarmouth. This was a port of altogether different proportions to Cromer (see Coastal Connections 1) having a long … Continue reading
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Coastal Connection 1
Before it all started the nearest sea port to this area was Cromer which is a little hard to believe as it is not a natural harbour but at one time it was bustling with cargo ships. With no harbour … Continue reading
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An intriguing piece of information
Well that’s it – all over for another year and now back to business. Talking of which we have our next meeting on the 18th January at Coltishall Village Hall (7.30pm) at which a variety of interesting matters will be … Continue reading
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