Catalogue description LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING PHOTOGRAPHS BELONGING TO W.G. CLARKE AND HIS FAMILY

Listed alphabetically by place in the following order:

NORFOLK

SUFFOLK

UNIDENTIFIED

MC 365: ROUGH INDEX (numbers equate to file reference)

BUILDINGS ABBEYS, CATHEDRALS 44, 53, 104, 133, 141, 142, 174

CASTLES 23, 72, 132, 152, 189

CHURCHES, TOUR IN 1930s 1, 3, 25, 54, 38, 41, 42, 46, 53, 58, 61, 64, 112, 123, 124, 129, 178, 179, 185 [numbers 64 and 123 endorsed 'R.C.']

CHURCHES, OTHER 2, 18-21, 26, 40, 43-45, 47, 59, 60, 62, 68, 71, 90-98, 108, 141, 155, 174, 177, 182

CITY WALLS 100, 101

HALLS 66, 109, 120

HOUSES 32, 37, 70, 99, 102, 103, 180, 181

LIGHTHOUSES 35

WATERMILLS 49, 67, 168, 174

WINDMILLS 27, 127, 128

RURAL INDUSTRIES

BUILDING WORK 71

FARMWORK 121, 225, 226

FURRYING 20A

SHEEPSHEARING 28

SHOOTING 245

SWANNING 111

NATURE

BIRDS 4-8, 111, 122, 233, 246-248

PLANTS 11-15, 55, 113-115

TREES 65, 69, 130, 131, 243

LANDSCAPE VIEWS 9, 10, 16, 17, 22, 31, 56, 105, 116-119, 191, 192, 228, 231, 232

MERES 33, 34, 196, 227

FLOODING 50-52, 63, 73-89, 182-183

INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHERS

BEDFORD, E.J. 11-15, 113-115, 123

'R.C.' [= Rainbird Clarke?] 64, 123 (and probably those listed under 'churches tour', 1930s in subject index)

COEN, A.W. 119

GAZE, R. 55

GREEN, H.T. 126, 150, 151, 188

HEWITT, H.D. 32, 34, 70, 144, 244

MANNING, F. 48, 131, 246

MANNING, F. watercolour 231

RUMBELOW, P.E. 233

RYE, G. 28, 34

TANSLEY, H.H. 116-118

MS 113 List of vertebrate animals found in the neighbourhood of Thetford 1897, printed from Transactions of Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society vol. 1. With MS notes of sightings etc. down to 1925. With some newspaper cuttings.

MS 114 The commons of Norfolk 1910, printed from Transactions of Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists society vol. IX. with MS notes, newspaper cuttings.

MS 115 The meres of Wretham Heath 1903, printed from Transactions of Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society vol. VII. With MS notes (including record of amount of water in the meres 1903-1905), newspaper cuttings.

MS 116 Breckland and its Vegetation, and the Flora of a Norwich Waste Patch, reprinted from Transactions of Norfolk and Naturalists Society vol. X. With MS notes.

MS 117 Norfolk Lakes and Meres, reprinted from Transactions of Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists Society vol. XI. with MS notes.

MS 118 Natural History Notes 1890-1896 - MS notes with related letters, newspaper cuttings etc.

MS 119 Natural History Notes 1896-1897 - MS notes with a large number of newspaper articles most re nature, a few on Norfolk history eg. Norfolk in Civil War, 800th anniversary of Norwich Cathedral, George Borrow. With some original photographs inc. Punchbowl Mere Croxton, stuffed owls, unidentified hedge and others too faded to be identifiable.

MS 120 The Thomas Paine centenary 1909 - collection of newspaper articles with MS copy of letter from W.G.C. to F.H. Millington and with Millington's reply September 1907.

MS 121 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re Thetford: General; evolution of a community; corporate life; social life; education.

MS 122 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re Thetford: visitors; legends and ghost stories; the three parish churches; open field system. With printed plan of Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association showground at Thetford 1912.

MS 123 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re Thetford: personalia and general.

MS 124 Newspaper article and MS notes by W.G.C. re Thetford: prehistoric Thetford; earthworks; relics; ruined churches.

MS 125 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re Thetford: nonconformity; parliamentary history; military matters; trade and commerce; sanitation; crime; isolation hospital; King Edward's coronation; general matters.

MS 126 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re prehistory.

MS 127 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re natural history.

MS 128 Newspaper articles and MS notes by W.G.C. re Norfolk in prehistoric times.

MS 129 Newspaper articles and MS Notes by W.G.C. re Norfolk Earthworks.

MS 130 Typescript of 'In Breckland Wilds' with MS amendations; with typescript appreciation of W.G.C. by H.J. Massingham.

MS 4212 Newspaper articles re Breckland 1895-1897.

MS 4213 Newspaper articles under the heading 'Jottings from Breckland' in Thetford and Watton Times 1900-1906

MS 4214 Newspaper articles under the heading 'Jottings from Breckland' in Thetford and Watton Times 1906-1915.

MS 4215 Newspaper articles re Thetford 1894-1897

MS 4216 Newspaper articles re East Anglia

MS 4217 Miscellaneous articles 1896-1898. Mainly local but includes an article on Lincoln Cathedral and Castle.

MS 4218 Newspaper articles re Norfolk 1894-1898

MS 4452 Box file of newspaper articles by W.G.C. with lists and articles by him and related notes; with typescript appreciation of W.G.C.

MS 4622 Analysis by W.G.C. of building materials used in Breckland 1932.

MS 6176 A Flora of Norfolk ed. W.A. Nicholson, London 1914. With MS notes.

MS 6177 A Naturalists Calendar Leonard Blomefield, Cambridge 1922. With MS notes.

MS 6178 An Introduction to the Study of British Birds H.A. Macpherson, London 1891. With MS notes.

MS 6179 Birds Nesting and Birdskinning Edward Newman and Miller Christy, London 1888. With MS notes.

MS 6180 File of misc. Norfolk papers with note from S. Crome on back of photograph of his father John Crome, 1873; misc. notes and correspondence; poem on Thetford's new market pump; printed maps of Norfolk coloured by W.G.C. to show distribution of chalk flora and W.G.C.'s botanical tours, 1908-1913; parts of printed O.S. maps of Swannington, Attlebridge, Ringland, Weston Longville and Hockering, fields numbered.

MS 10604 Norfolk footpaths (copied from original notebook in possession of T.D. Copeman, 1920): typescript of 389 footpaths in Norfolk arranged by district; with addition of 'the longest footpath in Norfolk' (Eccles Road Station to Norwich).

MS 11607 Collection of photographs and postcards belonging to the Clarke family. Renumbered as MC 365: SEE MC 365 list

MC 447 Presscuttings of W.G. Clarke, with list of articles by W.G.C. compiled by R. Rainbird Clarke.

MS 11607

Received by norfolk Record Office on an unknown date

• Norfolk
• Suffolk

W.G. Clarke was born on 7th January 1877. He joined the staff of the Norwich Mercury in 1895, later becoming a sub-editor. After the First World War he joined the staff of the Eastern Daily Press on which he remained until his death on 14th June 1925. He was a member of many local societies and published a large number of articles on the natural history and archaeology of Norfolk, especially relating to Thetford and the Breckland area. 'In Breckland Wilds' was published after his death.