Travelling south from Oxborough through Norfolk I spotted this at the junction of the A1035 and A 135. A pillar surmounted by a crucifix on a square base:-

Reverse view. Names for West Tofts and Cranwich:-

The main inscription is to the Lynford Estate:-

Names for Mundford, West Tofts and Cranwich:-

On our way down south last May Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk was one of our intended stopping points. It’s a country house surrounded by a moat and was built by the Bedingfield family who have lived in it ever since though it is now in the care of the National Trust.

Parterre:-

Entrance gatehouse. Apparently only two windows are the same:-

The house has undergone several renovations/updatings over the years and betrays different architectural styles arising  from each change. In the next few photos we move clockwise from the gatehouse round the building.

Gatehouse and bridge to courtyard :-

The room on the lower corner here is now the café:-

Due to internal reconstruction there is a floor running across the upper part of the lower windows here to accommodate the café:-

Large Window. One of the many updatings/reconstructions the Hall has undergone:-

From Retford we carried on south and stopped at Downham Market in Norfolk.

It has a distinctive clock tower in the market square.

Reeds Homestore has lovely stained glass and rounded windows:-

This building also had stained glass windows:-

Some very traditional buildings:-

I hadn’t planned on stopping there so hadn’t looked up the town’s War Memorial beforehand so as a result we didn’t spot it but there are pictures of it to be found on the internet.

Next stop after King’s Lynn was Thetford, still in Norfolk. It is the birthplace of Thomas Paine, writer of the Rights of Man and one of the inspirers of the American Revolution.

His statue is prominent in the town:-

This memorial to the men of the 359^th Fighter Group, 8^th US Air Force, was close by:-

On the way in we had passed this brick-built Art Deco Fire Station:-

Could this once have been a Woolworth’s?

Though there were folks around we didn’t hear anyone speaking English for about ten minutes:-

Someone though had been watching Dad’s Army:-

Thetford War Memorial:-

Great War dedication:-

1939-45 dedication:-

Prominent poppy above door; even more so on chimney on Royal British Legion building:-