MY FAMILY & BARROWAY DROVE – Vicky Howling.
In earlier times Barroway Drove was in the fen marsh, but on higher ground & dry during the summer months. The land was eventually improved by drains known as tongs. The village is mainly one long straight road. Vicky said she had always lived in Barroway Drove except for a few months, after which she […]
Barroway Drove History. – Vicky Howling
Barroway Drove is a small, elongated village just outside Downham Market, in Norfolk,and Vicky Howling has lived there for most of her life [apart from a few months spent in King’s Lynn] and her family have lived there since the early 1800’s. Her G.G.G.Grandfather had a house built there for his retirement in 1886, so […]