MUSEUM4WATTON

Reg. charity no1164831

400 YEARS OF HISTORY SAVED FOR THE TOWN OF WATTON

The Museum4Watton group, which is working towards opening a museum in the town, has just received another major piece of  Watton’s history as part of it’s collection of exhibits.

Chris Hutchings  (pictured) the group’s chairman recently saw that a very large group of documents regarding Watton was being sold at Auction and successfully bid for them. He has generously given them on permanent loan to the group for display and research.

The several thousand pages consist of the records of the Court Baron of the Manor of Watton Hall from the 1600’s up to 1924 (when Courts Baron were abolished) together with many other legal documents covering the four centuries.

Many of the earlier documents are at least partly in Latin and possibly old English and are very difficult to read. The group would be very grateful for any  help in deciphering them.

Trustee John Greenbrook said “ It is of the utmost importance that this sort of record is kept in it’s home town and is accessible to the public for both general interest and research. We are extremely grateful to Chris for his generosity in obtaining them for Watton.”

It is hoped that it may be possible to open a museum in the first half of 2017 when such items can be displayed and available for research in a controlled environment.