A Farthing for the Ferryman

A Farthing for the Ferryman is the history of a small corner of West Norfolk from its earliest known inhabitants to the present day.   Even before the last ice age, people lived in this area. Finds in Brecklands include axes, spears and daggers from the early Paleolithic era and by 2500 BC nearby Grime’s Graves was an extensive flint mine. Later still, the Iceni, Romans, Saxons and Danes all impacted the area.   The focal point of this story is the ancient town of Stoke Ferry on the ba