About Swaffham

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He invented double-barrelled torpedo tubes.

From 1944 until 1955, when the National Health Service was being set up, she was chairman of the General Nursing Council.

The town was always a favourite place for the Nelson family

A cousin of Howard Carter who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun

In 1869 the company began an engineering works on the Marketplace and continued to expand the business.

He was invited to join a team of archaeologists in Egypt as a tomb painting copyist and soon developed a love for archaeology.

Very early on he became immersed in the National Union of Agricultural Workers in Lincolnshire

He was buried in the church and his tomb is still there in the chancel.

The Pedlar?

In the early 20th century the family let, and later sold, the market rights to the Swaffham Urban Council

Pedlar of Swaffham

The Pedlar of Swaffham is an English folktale from Swaffham, Norfolk.

Swaffham Market Place

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