The internet reaches people that word of mouth never can. PPeople from all over the world visit this website.
This is the section for memories to be recorded for posterity. We would love to hear from anybody with memories of Scarning village life to contact us with a view to putting them on this site. If you have any memories, anecdotes or photos please let us know and we may be able to use them to include them here There is an email link at the bottom of this page. The village has been associated with many famous people
including Horatio Nelson’s father who attended the school in Scarning.
Click on this link to see who lived
in Scarning in 1901 Perhaps you know of or remember someone listed
in this census. Perhaps you wondered who lived in your house all those
years ago, or maybe you are researching your family tree. If so the
following documents may be of interest, just click on the images to
find out more. 1813 to 1880 Baptisms Scarning St Peter & St Paul
GravestonesClick on the picture below to search records up to 1981![]() A record is kept in the church and anyone wishing to consult the register should contact Alf Webdale on 01362 687558 or Alan Glister on 01362 696674 who will ensure that the enquirer has access to the register. Who lived in the village in 1921 and 1954?Click on the first image below to see the electoral roll for 1921 and the second for 1954 Who died defending the country?Click on the image below ![]() Terry Woods has sent
this picture of his grandfather David
Johnson holding his mother Olive Florence May Woods (nee
Johnson) and was taken, he believes, about the middle to late 1915.
L/Cpl Johnson who is remembered on the war memorial in the village
churchyard died of injuries to his left leg in May 1916. The
Commonwealth War Grave headstone photo was taken in Worthing churchyard. ![]() If there is sufficient interest it would be possible to have sections for families as well as individual people. If you have photographs I can scan them in a form suitable for inclusion with any text you might like to submit. Please e-mail Richard Allan at mail@scarning.info by clicking the logo below. |
Adcock familyCharmian Woods is interested in the Adcock family, in particular Abel Adcock who died on the 13th of November 1914 age 75, at Podmore Scarning, Mary Ann Adcock, his wife who died in 1926, and also Albert his son, and Lily P Adcock his sons wife, she noticed by looking at the links on this site, that they were on the 1921 electoral roll. And she knows that Albert and Lily are buried St Peter and St Paul. She hopes to find out where Mary Ann and Abel are buried, and to get in contact with anyone that is related to them,She has done some research back on the Adcocks so far to around 1760, and has a few BMD certs as well, that she would love to share with fellow relations. Her e-mail address is charmainewoods@live.co.uk, She hopes to come visit Scarning at some point, once she has done some more research. Search for a relativeIn January 1945, a British Mosquito, which had taken off from Swanton Morley, crash landed in Scarning near Broadway Farm. The plane was loaded with bombs and ammunition. The pilot and co pilot were trapped in the burning wreckage and would have died had it not been for the prompt action of Walter Ward, James Andrews and Herbert Farrow, who risked their own lives to pull them out moments before the plane exploded. The men were each awarded the British Empire Medal for their gallantry. A relative of one of the men is trying to find out more about him. In 1945, James Andrews was living at 2 Council Houses, Scarning. Before that he lived at Fen Road. If you have any information about James Andrews, or the events of January 1945, please contact Antoinette Thorpe at antoinette.thorpe@icloud.com ![]() ![]() Antoinette Thorpe writes: All the letters were showing their appreciation and admiration for James Andrews. He had apparently ran to a burning plane and rescued two officers, in the words of one of the officers, James put his own safety last as there was a great danger of exploding petrol tanks and ammunition. For this he was awarded the medal. He clearly had saved these two men's lives. Along with the package were some photo's of who we assume to be James Andrews and a silver tankard with an inscription from the rescued officers. One was FLt Harold White D.F.C and the other FLt Michael Allen D.F.C. Of the Royal Air Force. We do not know who this young man was but would love to trace any of his living relatives to pass over his medal. UPDATE 12/2/14 Can you help?Ruth Eglen from Mutzig in France would love to hear from anyone who has an interest or who can help tracing her family. She says: "We have managed to trace our family back to Richard Eglon and Elizabeth Cooke/Cocke, married in Scarning 12 October 1698. Richard was born in 1680, but after that the trail has gone cold! I don't know if Elizabeth was from Scarning, or further afield - haven't been able to find anything more about her. My branch of the family has now become Eglen, and mostly still live in the Norfolk area - although I now live in France. I was wondering if anybody has any futher information you could add - maybe there are Eglons/Egglins/Eglens etc (or any other variations of the name!) in the cemetry? Or perhaps Eglens (etc) still in the village." Sheila Parker [nee Walpole]wrote:Hello, I just wish to say what an interesting web
site that has brought such joy to me through your information and
old photo's. Many of my ancestors resided in and around Scarning,
my father being born there in 1907. Sadly both his parents died
1911& 1916 when he was a small boy and are buried in the
Parish Churchyard so the old lovely pictures give me a real
insight to what the village was like in their time. The 1918
School picture is a special delight as there is a chance he could be on
it! ![]() Scarning School in 1918 Can you help?Dale Wiseman is interested in finding out about some of his ancestors who lived and worked in Scarning for about 100 years.The family in question is that of George Cross,his first wife Mary and his second wife Martha Rogers,who lived for a long time at the Carpenters Arms.They lived in Scarning between 1800 and 1900.If anyone has any information or are related please could they contact him at: dale.wiseman@ntlworld.com Brian Stanley (mother's maiden name Cuthbert) has been researching his maternal grandparents line and has discovered that they originate from Scarning in the late 1780s. The name is originally recorded as Cudbird in 1841 but it transforms in later years to Cuthbird, Cathbert and finally Cuthbert. The earliest record is of Susannah Cudbird born in 1786 a widow living at Daffy Green with her son Samuel born in 1819 and daughter Hannah born in 1826. David and Mary Cuthbert were his Great grandparents and he in turn was the grandson of the Susannah born in 1786. David lived in Scarning until the late 1870's when he moved to London and became a policeman. Sometime between 1901 and 1911 he retired to Bressingham. Brian has discovered that Susanna was married to a David Cuthbird and they had twins David and Sarah both baptised on 31 Oct 1819. In the Parish Register the name is spelled Cuthbird. He suspects the variation in spellings is a result of the local accent at that time. He wondered if any local residents had any information on the origin of the name or the family. bdstanley@virginmedia.com Robert Stockwell [robert@stockwellr.plus.com] writes: Dear Residents of Scarning, |