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Industry & Businesses

This page is an index to information about some of the past industries and businesses Martham is known for. There are several so this list will grow over time. Click on a topic and you will be taken to a fresh page.

  • Bensleys Coaches
  • Blackcurrant Farming (Wm. Bracey).
  • Brickmaking at Martham
  • Chapman’s Butchers
  • Co-op, The Green
  • Diary of William Rising, dated 1815
  • Farming in Martham c1800 based on Thomas Francis.
  • Farming in Martham 1853 to 1878. Based on the diary of Humphrey Dyble.
  • Fruit picking by Kathleen Fathers c1904
  • Jeary family butchers
  • Kirby’s businesses.
  • Kirkland Drapers
  • Lown & Co. Coal Merchants
  • Martham Boat Building Company, Cess.
  • Mushroom Farm.
  • Occupations of the people of Martham before 1800
  • Wherrymen of Martham

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Martham location map

All these items were found in Martham

Saxon Brooch
Tudor. Dress decoration C1550.
Henry VII groat
Saxon Brooch in Roman style
Top of Saxon Long Brooch c600AD
Severus Alexander 222-235
2nd/3rd century Roman plate brooch with stone missing
Tetricus 270-273
Roman bird decoration, perhaps off a pot lid
Maximianus 297-310
Crispus 323-324
Constantine I. 287-293. Obverse.
1st century Dolfin Brooch
Carusius 287-293
Victorian silver thimble
Middle Saxon. Chip carved bird. Casket mount.
Roman ring with blue glass
Medieval silver short cross penny
Medieval beehive thimble
Medieval horse harness
Iron Age terret ring
Iron Age Terret Ring
Henry III silver penny 1251-1275
Obverse of Hadrian 117-138
Bronze Age  macehead
Edward silver penny 1272-1462
Edward I silver penny. 1272-1307
Medieval ecclesiastical gold ring
Saxon Brooch
Tudor. Dress decoration C1550.
Henry VII groat
Saxon Brooch in Roman style
Top of Saxon Long Brooch c600AD
Severus Alexander 222-235
2nd/3rd century Roman plate brooch with stone missing
Tetricus 270-273
Roman bird decoration, perhaps off a pot lid
Maximianus 297-310
Crispus 323-324
Constantine I. 287-293. Obverse.
1st century Dolfin Brooch
Carusius 287-293
Victorian silver thimble
Middle Saxon. Chip carved bird. Casket mount.
Roman ring with blue glass
Medieval silver short cross penny
Medieval beehive thimble
Medieval horse harness
Iron Age terret ring
Iron Age Terret Ring
Henry III silver penny 1251-1275
Obverse of Hadrian 117-138
Bronze Age macehead
Edward silver penny 1272-1462
Edward I silver penny. 1272-1307
Medieval ecclesiastical gold ring
Seal of William de Martham c1085
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