Santon Downham

SantonDownham.Org

Welcome to the Santon Downham Village website, where you will find information on the history of the unique village and local news and events.

We setup the website as a resource for people who live in or simply love the village. We started to build the site in February 2004, and it has gone through several iterations - the latest one in January 2008. You can accesss the old site here. Please be aware these pages are "as found" on the archive - some bits certainly don't work/display as the should.

The site contains information from the 22 villages local history millennium project, sponsored by Forest Heath District Council. This project led to a book and a website. The 22 Villages site has now gone but we have republished most of Santon Downham's content here.

Please note that many of the web pages drawn from the original 22 villages site are somewhat out of date as they were written several years ago - though most relate to village history which of course still applies.

News

Old Photographs added ~ 18-Aug-2010 Some more old photographs of the hall and village have been added (thanks John Dyer).. Old Views and Photographs ... More

333 Bus service ends ~ 12-Aug-2010 Despite protests the 333 bus service will cease at the end of August. Withdrawel of funding is blamed. Santon Downham will only be served by the 200 and... More

Police Direct - Update ~ 31-Jul-2010 Three men were sentenced on Wednesday 28th July to a total of nine and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglaries across... More

July weather extreme ~ 27-Jul-2010 July has seen Santon Downham claim new records for weather being both the wettest (30.8mm) and the hotest in the UK. See Weather for more details. ... More

Captain Mainwaring comes home ~ 20-Jun-2010 Captain Mainwaring of Dad's Army fame has returned once more to Theford in the form of a life-size bronze cast of the character, played by Arthur Lowe. The new... More

Forthcoming Events

Sep 2010

Oct 2010

See What\'s On for a full list

We are happy to include events, pictures, articles and so on - contact us if you have anything you would like adding.

Recent Updates

22-08-2010 Newsletter
22-08-2010 All Saints
18-08-2010 Home
18-08-2010 Old Photographs added
18-08-2010 Photographs

Note on copyright: Photos and articles on this site come from a variety of sources. If you wish to republish any of the material, please let us know and we will try to put you in touch with the copyright holder. The photos on the site are of too low a resolution for printing - we may also be able to arrange for you to be supplied with higher resolution copies for printing for your own use.