INTRODUCTION
As the title suggests this survey is centred largely but not exclusively, around the people who worked for the railway at Melton Constable from the Navvies who helped to build it to the very last people who remained there until its closure.  The M&GN was often seen as a ‘family’ railway where siblings often followed their peers, many of whom would have spent the majority of their working lives there, sometimes into what we would consider to be old age and family connections are one of the areas I am especially interested in.
This survey enlarges on the family information of the Melton employees which is contained in M&GN Staff list Excel spreadsheet by the inclusion of non-railway family members which would be impractical on a spreadsheet.  Although the majority of family information is centred on railway families there are some entries where a non-railway family has links to several railway families either by marriage into or by later becoming a railway employee.  There are also a few references to totally non-railway connected family members who live in the locality, most likely this will have come from people who have sent me information from their researches and it seems churlish not to include it.

EXPLANATION OF HOW THE SURVEY IS CONSTRUCTED
The starting point for any family is as far back in time as necessary to group the Melton railway employee into a family unit, there is no geographical limit for this search but recorded information is usually limited to the surrounding villages from where employees would have travelled to work to Melton on a daily basis.  If the offspring of parents then go on to have their own family then their employment information will be recorded there rather than with their parents, if they have not left home up until the time where it is possible to check their information (currently up to the 1911 census) their information will be included with the rest of the family.
Usually a family listing will be the family name followed by the fathers, mothers, and children’s names and dates of birth although this can be variable.  If the children are still living with their parents while working for the railway, their information is included within the family. If their family and employment information is listed elsewhere, usually by having married, they will be listed separately as a family, this usually occurs for the male members of the family.
Throughout the survey the expression ‘worked for the railway’ should be taken to mean the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway or in a few instances the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Committee, if it was for any other company then that company will be mentioned by name.

NOTES REGARDING QUOTED DATES
There are several reoccurring dates in this document which will probably, but not definitely, point to where the information has been obtained from, the most common are as follows.  Dates showing as April 1871, 1881, 1891 etc. are most likely to have been taken from census records which can currently be accessed up to 1911.  There may be a few shown as June 1939, these may have been taken from the pre-war survey of all UK citizens in preparation for the forthcoming hostilities which is dated as 29th September 1939.
When the Midland Railway and Great Northern Railway took over the running of the former Eastern and Midlands Railway east of Kings Lynn they carried out a survey of all existing staff and a date of August 1893 has been assumed for the survey.  Likewise, when the London and North Eastern Railway was about to assume overall control of the stations, they also carried out a survey, and the date of September 1936 has been assumed.
Where the Register of Electors has been used to establish an approximate date the month of August for the year(s) in question has been assumed.
The dates quoted are when it has been reported that the employee was at that particular location and doing the stated job, in many of the cases where the dates from and to/until are recorded it is quite possible that they were doing the job prior to or after the dates quoted but I have not obtained any evidence to prove it.

ABBS, Father = George Love (b1862 Runton), Mother = Ellen Wortley (b1863 Swanton Novers), children = Phoebe, Ernest William (b 8th February 1900 Swanton Novers), family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  George was a Labourer in the works from April 1901 until April 1911, Ernest, also known as Billy, began his career as a Junior Clerk in the Loco Dept. stores Office on 19th July 1915.  He was transferred to the Engineer’s Dept. works time Office on 15th November 1915 and then to the Loco Dept. time Office on 17th July 1916.  He joined the forces on 12th April 1918 and returned to Melton on 24th November 1919 and was then working in Engineer’s Dept. works time Office again.  He moved to the Engineer’s Office itself on 10th July 1922 and was re-graded as a grade 5 Clerk on 8th February 1923 and remained there until he moved to the District Engineer’s’ Office at Peterborough on 7th February 1937.  During that period he was shown as being a Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office from 1929 until the works closed.  He was a member of the Melton Park cricket club.
ABBS, J was a Signalman in the West box in 1945.
ABRAM, Father = Clement Hugh, Mother = Mabel Mary Loose, daughter of Charles Loose, children = Clem, Frank and one other son.  Clem senior was a Postman in Briston before becoming a farmer at Hunworth and Thornage.  His only connection with the railway was during the Second World War when he was in the Home Guard and he managed to shoot away part of the embankment whilst testing a gun.  All the children were involved in farming.  Mabel was a teacher at Fulmodestone School.
ABRAMS, Frank was a Fireman in April 1891 lodging at 7 Astley Terrace with William Batley.
ADAMS, Alan, also known as Granddad, lived Rectory Corner Briston C1940 (presumably related to Billy Adams), was a Passed Cleaner in 1940 and a Fireman in 1942, later leaving the M&GN.
ADAMS, Alfred Edward (b 1st qtr 1878 Durham) lived 3(?) Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 6) from August 1900 until August 1903 was a railway Engine Stoker (Fireman?).
ADAMS, Billy, also known as Puff, lived Rectory Corner Briston C1940, (presumably related to Alan Adams) was a Coalman from about 1941 until 1952, possibly the same person who was in the Carriage and Wagon works prior to its closure.
ADAMS, Husband = Samuel Robert (b 3rd qtr 1900 Brinton), son of William, Wife = Millicent Jessie Newson, also known as Mollie, daughter of Walter James Newson.  Samuel lived at 9 Gordon Rd (named Googee) in June 1934 and married Millicent in the 4th qtr of 1935 and lived in 6 Melton St in June 1956.  Samuel, also known as Stones, was a Fireman possibly from 1924 until 1940; he was a Passed Fireman from 1940 until 1950 and was a Driver when the railway closed.
ADAMS, Father = Walter (b 2nd qtr 1858 Briston), Mother = Ann Elizabeth Simpson Reynolds (b 1st qtr 1858 Holt), children = Herbert Reynolds (b1879 Gresham, Norfolk), Walter (b 3rd qtr 1880 Briston), Ernest (b 3rd qtr 1882 Briston), Blanche Beatrice (b 4th qtr 1884 Briston), Anna Elizabeth (b 1st qtr 1890 Melton), Edward George (b 2nd qtr 1891 Melton), Alice Maude (b1903 Hindolveston), Alfred Arthur (b 2nd qtr 1895 Hindolveston) family lived High Field near Melton in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Walter senior was a Labourer in the works from April 1901 until April 1911, Herbert was a Labourer in April 1901, Walter junior was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Carriage and Wagon Examiner in April 191, Ernest was a Labourer in April 1901, Edward was an Apprentice Riveter probably from 1904 to 1911 and is listed as a Labourer in April 1911 and lodging in Foul Anchor near Tydd along with many other employees from Melton and other locations and was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time, when he retired he was working in the Guestwick PW gang.  His son George has supplied information about the early life of Arthur Attoe as they lodged with his parents in 8 Providence Place, Briston until Arthur’s mother died whereupon the family moved to Woodfield, Briston.  Anna married William Girling.
ADAMS, William (b1888 Briston) lodged Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer in the works.
ADAMS Father = William (b1872 North Walsham), Mother = Amelia Susannah Howard (b1878 North Walsham), children = Samuel Robert (b 3rd qtr 1900 Brinton), Harriett Annie (b 4th qtr 1901 Brinton), Hannah Sarah (b 1st qtr 1907 Melton), Amelia (b 2nd qtr 1910 Melton), William Albert (b1912), family lived 9 Gordon Rd (named Googee), from August 1907 until 1956.  William senior, also known as Billy, was a Carriage Lifter from April 1911 to 1934 but is also shown as being a Wagon Builder in 1922.  Harriett, also known as Jenny, began her M&GN career on 29th November 1936 working as a Refreshment Room Attendant and remained there until the railway closed.  Hannah began her M&GN career in 1935 as a Refreshment Room Attendant and also remained there until the railway closed.  Amelia married Bertie Elijah Rowe in the 4th qtr 1934.  William junior, also known as Abby, began his M&GN career in May 1926 as a Mess Room Attendant before beginning his apprenticeship as a Trimmer in November 1926.  He was made redundant when his apprenticeship finished in 1933 but was taken on again in 1934 and remained until the works closed whereupon he moved to Boston and later Peterborough, then leaving railway service to work as a Trimmer for Vauxhall Motors in Luton.  Harriett and Sarah still lived here in 1956 and an Amelia, presumably their mother, was also shown living here in 1956.
ADAMS, first name unknown, worked in the Fitting Shop circa 1900.
ADAMS, first name unknown, was a Driver during the Second World War.
ADAMSON, William Charles (b 4th qtr 1881 Lowestoft) lodged 2(?) Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 45 Briston Rd) in April 1901with Arthur Millard was an Apprentice Iron Driller.
ADDISON, Edward (b 6th April 1872 Dersingham, Norfolk), lived Briningham in April 1901 began his M&GN career on 15th July 1890, but as what is not known.  He was a Shunter from circa 1889 until April 1901 and a Goods Guard at South Lynn from April 1911 until July 1936.
ALEXANDER, Father = A C, child = Tommy Malcolm, family lived 8 Melton St and later moved into 28 Melton St.  A C was the Assistant Resident Civil Engineer (Chief Signal and Telegraph Inspector) from 1927 until 18th (?) September 1933 when he moved to Edinburgh to become the Assistant to the Signal and Telegraph Assistant to the Chief Engineer, Scotland, Tommy worked in the Drawing Office for a while before his father moved away; he was a member of the Melton Constable Cricket team in the 1930’s?
ALEXANDER, Miss Dorothy, was a Clerk in the Telegraph Office from 1930 until 1934.
ALLEN, A N, was Shed foremen when he retired, but what date that was is unknown, he died on 20th April 1936.  Most probably this is Augustine Newcomb Allen who was foreman at Peterborough in 1911.
ALLEN, Frederick William (b1883 Little Walsingham), lodged with Edward James Peck near the Chequers Inn, Briston in April 1901, was a Painter.
ALLEN, Harry James (b1880 Glandford, Norfolk), lived 18 Gordon Rd from August 1914 until August 1915.  He was a Signalman at Yarmouth Beach and Norwich City before taking up a similar job in both (?) boxes at Melton between about April 1911 and 1921.  He later moved to Kings Lynn as Signalling (?) Inspector at TMO.  He was NUR Secretary and a North Norfolk Councillor and Magistrate on the Holt bench from April 1926.
ALLEN, Maurice D, began his career as an Oiler and Greaser presumably in the Wagon Dept. before transferring to the Loco Dept., he is shown as being a Passed Fireman from 1949 until 1952.
ALLISON, Husband = Alfred G, son of James Edward, Wife = (?) Betty Z Bunnett, family lived 26 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from 15 Colville Rd) in June 1956.  Alfred was a Wheel Tapper in 1940 and is also shown as being a Relief Carriage and Wagon Examiner.
ALLISON, Benjamin, (b1864 Lyng) began his career in 1899 presumably as a Platelayer as that was his job from April 1901 to April 1911, presumably at Whitwell and Reepham.  He retired circa October 1929 from Melton at which date his job was shown as Underman.
ALLISON D B, worked in the Loco Dept. from 1950 until 1958, going then on to Stratford and later March.
ALLISON, Husband = Geoffrey F, (b 1st qtr 1924) son of James Edward Allison, Wife = Vera I English, daughter of Joshua English, family were living at 12 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from 6) with Vera’s parents in June 1956.  Geoffrey was a Cleaner from 1940 until 1942 and a Fireman from about 1947 until the line closed whereupon he moved to Stratford.
ALLISON, Father = George Henry (b 3rd December 1889 Bale), Mother = Emily Clarke, children = Julie, Eunice, George, Robert S, Eric.  George lived Bale in April 1911, then Astley Terrace (possibly after he and Emily were married in the 3rd qtr of 1914), then 23 Melton St from June 1934 to June 1956.  George senior, also known as Juicy began his M&GN career by April 1911 probably as a Labourer, he was a Platelayer from circa 1913 until circa 1930 when became a Ganger at Melton and remained as such until he retired on 2nd December 1954.
ALLISON, Father = Herbert James (b 2nd qtr 1911), son of James Edward, Mother = Emma Rose Morgan (b 1st qtr 1910 Melton), daughter of Frederick William Morgan, children = Brian, Michael, family lived 26 Colville Rd in June 1934 and 25 Melton St in June 1956.  Herbert was a Clerk’s Messenger but at what date is not known.  The 1939 War Survey described his occupation as ‘Relayer Railway Engineering & Maintenance Staff’, given his previous and subsequent job descriptions this was quite possibly office based rather than manual labour.  He was a Charge Hand in the Machine Room in the Sheet Factory from September 1952 until 1959.  Emma, also known as Rosie, was an Attendant in the Clerks’ Mess Room.  Michael died young.
ALLISON, J began as a Cleaner in 1946, when the line closed he transferred to Peterborough.
ALLISON, Father = James Edward (b 4th qtr 1874 Bale), Mother = Mabel May Ford, children = Reginald William, Percy Charles, Herbert James, Geoffrey F, Alfred, Hilda, Florence, Audrey, family lived 26 Colville Rd in June 1934.  James, also known as Jimmy was a Carriage Fitter in April 1911 and is shown as being a Blacksmith in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1927 until December 1936, his brother Richard also worked for the railway.  Audrey married Jack Hancy Junior.
ALLISON, Jimmy, was a member of the Permanent Way Gang.
ALLISON, Percy Charles (b 4th qtr 1909 Briston), son of James Edward, lived 26 Colville Rd in June 1934 and 5 Woodfield, Briston in 1958, Percy worked in the Permanent Way Dept. and appears to have been in the forces in 1934.
ALLISON, Husband = Reginald William (b 1st qtr 1908 Sharrington), son of James Edward, Wife = Doreen V Taberham (b 2nd qtr 1914), Reginald moved from 26 Colville Rd in late 1934/early 1935 having married Doreen in the 2nd qtr 1935, family lived 42 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 18) in 1956.  Reginald, also known as Sweats, began his M&GN career in June 1927 as a Cleaner.  He was stood off in September, returning again in June 1928 as a Labourer in the Loco Shed, then a Steam Raiser, then as Assistant Boiler Washer to Alexander (Gus) Hutchins from 1940 to 1942, eventually taking over from him when he retired (possibly by December 1946), and remaining as such until the line closed.  Doreen Allison had worked in the station bookstall for about 20 years circa 1963.
ALLISON, Husband = Richard (b1872 Bale), Wife = Elizabeth Warnes (b1875 Bale), sister of William Warnes.  Richard and Elizabeth were married in the 1st qtr of 1898 and lived in 12 Melton St from August 1899 until August 1901 and Sharrington in April 1911.  Richard was a Carriage Lifter from August 1900 until the works closed; his job description in the 1911 census was shown as Labourer.  His brother James Edward also worked for the railway.
ALLISON, Husband = Robert S (b 1st qtr 1930), son of George Henry, Wife = Joy A Palmer, family lived 69 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from Ferndale Terrace) in June 1956.  Robert was a Signal Linesman’s Assistant possibly from 1948 until 1959.
ANDERSON, James (b 6th April 1864 Tittleshall), lodged 8 The Street, Briningham from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briningham in April 1911 with the family of Henry George Oliver, for all of that period.  James began his M&GN career on 3rd May 1886, but as what is not known, he was a Goods Guard from April 1891, until April 1911, by the time he retired circa October 1929 he had moved to Yarmouth Beach but still as a Goods Guard.
ANDERSON, Father = John (b1850 Leverington, Cambs), child = John Richard Anderson (b1873 Kings Lynn).  John senior was a Signalman probably at South Lynn in April 1881, moving to Melton by August 1885, presumably as a Signalman once more although his job has not been identified.  He died (in service?) in the 4th qtr of 1889.  A John Anderson is shown as living in 13 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1889, presumably this John.
ANDERSON, Husband = John Richard (b1873 Kings Lynn), son of John Anderson, Wife = Anna-Maria Everitt (b1868 Baconsthorpe), son of Mark Everitt.  John lived near the Horseshoes Inn, Briston in April 1891 presumably with his widowed Mother, he and Anna were married in the 2nd qtr of 1896 and lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1900 until June 1934.  John was an Apprentice Mechanic in April 1891, whether this was for the railway is not known but he later became a Turner in the Machine Shop (Capstan Lathe Operator?) from April 1901 until January 1934.
ANDRESS, F, was a Tracer in Melton works until closure whereupon he moved to Liverpool St (Engineers), possibly the same person as Frederick Andrews.
ANDREWS, Fred, was a Signalman in the West box in the 1950’s and a Relief Signalman in 1958.
ANDREWS, Frederick was Assistant Architect from 1929 until the works closed whereupon he went to Norwich.
ANDREWS, Father = Henry (b1830 Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset), child = David Andrews Vickery.  Henry came to the M&GN from the Metropolitan Railway possibly circa 1883.  From the vague wording in William Marriott’s memoirs it appears that Henry was probably the Chief Permanent Way Inspector who resigned circa February 1890 and was succeeded by his son David.  As David Vickery is known to have held that position it is presumed that Henry was the previous incumbent!  By the 1891 census he had moved to Gaywood and is described as a ‘Railway Contractor’.  For some reason, as yet unknown, both Henry and his son David were known as Vickery but Henry and all of David’s children were registered in the name of Andrews!
ANDREWS, S was a Passed Fireman from January to May 1943.
ANDREWS, Husband = William John, (b 2nd qtr 1875 Aylsham), Wife (probably) = Ethel Eliza Codling (b1886 Hindolveston).  William lodged Wood Norton in April 1901 with Robert Wright and was a Fireman in April 1901, a Driver in April 1911 living in Mundesley and later a Driver at Cromer Beach.
ANTHONY, Herbert David (b1886 Briningham) lived Brinton in April 1911 and was a Cleaner in April 1911, a Fireman in 1917 later and becoming a Driver.  He lived in the Council Houses at some unknown date and is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.
ARMITAGE, Father = Thomas Robson (b 1st qtr 1859 Yorkshire), Mother = Elizabeth (b1865 Tilbury, Essex), children = Ellen Mizpah (b 4th qtr 1888 Leeds), Robson (b1890 Leeds), Gladys (b1896 Briston), family lived 23 Colville Rd from August 1898 until August 1901, Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901, Avondale House, Briston Rd (later numbered 65 Briston Rd) where Elizabeth was the Caretaker, and later at 14 Gordon Rd from June 1934 until June 1956.  Thomas was possibly a Fitter from August 1898 until he died in the second qtr of 1900, the family then moved to Burgh Beck Rd.  Ellen, was a Shop contracts Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office from 1935 until the works closed.  She was a Clerk at Norwich City station (probably following the works closure) until 1945, commuting daily from Melton.
ARMSTRONG Father = James (b 6th March 1859 Langley Green near Birmingham (Oldbury, Worcs in 1901 and 1911 census’), Mother = Hannah Lewis (b1862 Oldbury, Worcs), children = Martha Elizabeth (b 2nd qtr 1879 Oldbury, Worcs), John James (b 3rd qtr 1881, Oldbury, Worcs), Lilian (Lily) (b1884 Melton), Ethel and Edith (b 4th qtr 1888 in Melton), Lewis (b 4th qtr 1891 Melton), Millicent Beryl (b 2nd qtr 1899 Melton), Reginald Claud (b 4th qtr 1900 Melton), Doris (b 1st qtr 1902 Melton), family lived 8 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1899 and 11 Colville Rd from August 1900 until August 1914.  James is recorded as beginning his M&GN career in 1879 but as son John was born in 1881 in Worcs there is some doubt about this date.  He was at Fakenham for two years before moving to Melton but what he did is unknown.  He was Foreman in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1891 until he retired about October 1928, retiring to the Manchester area where he died in 1939 just before the outbreak of World War Two.  He was the brother in law of John Waldron, both having married sisters.  John was an Apprentice Loco Pattern Maker in April 1901, Lewis, was an Apprentice Carriage upholsterer in April 1911, Reginald was also an apprentice but what he did is not known.  Martha married George Burgess Clark (senior), Lilian married Albert Edward Palmer.
ARNOLD, Husband = Arthur George (b 3rd qtr 1881 Briston), Wife = Estelle Victorine Sergeant (b1856 France), Arthur lived Briston in April 1901 and in April 1911 having married Estelle (who was French) in the 4th qtr 1903.  Arthur, was an Apprentice Blacksmith in April 1901 but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He was a Turner in the Machine Shop from April 1911 until 1924 and is shown as being Foreman of the Machine Shop from about 1928 until the works closed whereupon he retired.  In 1958 they were living in ‘Woodville’, Holt Rd.
ASHMAN, Husband = Robert (b1865 Necton, Norfolk), Wife = Sophia Yarham Moore (b1866 Thurning).  Robert lodged at 2 Burgh Stubbs, Briningham in April 1891 and lived Briningham by April 1901 having married Sophia in the 2nd qtr 1898, Burgh Beck Rd from August 1903 until August 1908 and 3 Ferndale Terrace from August 1909 until August 1914, later moving to Yarmouth presumably after he had retired.  Robert was a Loco Fitter from April 1891 until April 1911, although described as a Brass Turner in April 1901, he was a Turner in the Machine Shop from May 1917 until he retired circa November 1929.
ASLETT, Alfred H, nephew of Alfred Aslett, was a pupil of William Marriott possibly from October 1884 until 1886.
ATTOE, Father = Arthur Hipperson Rudling (b 28th September 1900 Norwich), Mother = Christina Mary Daw (b 1st qtr 1910 Snettisham), child = Brian A E Rudling (b 1st qtr 1937 Briston).  Arthur and Christina were married on the 14th December 1935 in Snettisham, Norfolk and lived in No. 2 Council Cottages, Fakenham Rd at the time of the 1939 war census, and 157 Fakenham Rd Briston, 1958 (this may be the same house but renumbered).  Arthur appears to have been born Arthur Hipperson Rudling and in the 1901 census he is shown as ‘boarding’ with the family of William Crowe, in the 1911 census he is shown as Arthur Attoe, son of Alfred and Beatrice Attoe living in Ridlington near North Walsham.  His on-line marriage entry shows both Arthur H Attoe and Arthur H Rudling as marrying Christina.  Their son Brian is recorded as Brian A E Rudling in the on-line register.  Whether Arthur was ‘unofficially’ adopted by Alfred and Beatrice Attoe and he just adopted their name whilst still being ‘legally’ Arthur Rudling may never be discovered.  Since I originally wrote this ‘profile’ I have received some further information from a former Briston resident George Adams who wrote My father and mother lodged with Mrs Attoe at what is now called Providence Place, Briston, number 8 (this was presumably after her husband Albert had died, see later).  My mother worked for Mrs Attoe as a domestic help (his father Edward Adams worked on the Permanent Way), we called Mrs Attoe nanny.  Alfred and Beatrice were quite closely related, possibly cousins or half cousins, and their children died at birth so Beatrice decided to adopt and she chose a child with ‘locked’ knees, she massaged his legs for several years until he was able to walk but he always walked in a stilted manner.  At one time Alfred and Beatrice ran the Half Moon pub in Briston, Alfred died after falling from a removal van when the horse moved unexpectedly.  Arthur, also known as Rations, began his M&GN career on 5th November 1917 as a Junior Porter at Melton Constable and joined the NUR on the 17th November 1917, it appears from their records that he had previously been an Agricultural Labour.  He was made a Grade 2 Porter on 28th September 1918 until May 1923, also learning Shunting duties during this period.  He then became District Relief Porter until May 1928, initially at Melton but then at South Lynn from 4th February 1924 until May 1925, returning then to Melton and doing Summer Season relief duties at West Runton from May to September for the 3 years 1923 to 1925.  He was made a Temporary Guard from May 1928 to August 1930, being passed as a Guard in May 1928, and from May 1929 he worked as Temporary Guard /Class 3 Relief Shunter duties as required until 1st January 1931 when he was made a Class 1 Leading Shunter.  He finally became a full time Guard on 13th November 1932 and remained as such until May 1940 when he started working Relief Station Inspector duties until being made Station Inspector in March 1944 and remained as such until the line closed.  He then became District Carriage Cleaner Inspector at Norwich Thorpe on 2nd March 1959 until he retired on 28th September 1965./
ATTOE, first name unknown, was a Blacksmith’s Striker.
BACKLEY, Louis Edmund Barlete (b1894 Alderford) was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911.
BAILEY, Harry, was a Driver who came from the GER.
BAILEY, J, worked in the Civil Engineer’s Office.
BAILEY, Husband = John James (b 4th qtr 1878 Walpole St. Andrew), Wife = Alice Maria Wicks (b1879 Rochdale, Lancs), children = Alice Evelyn, Jessie Mildred and John William, all born in Sutton Bridge.  John married Alice in the 3rd qtr of 1903 in Lincoln at which time he was a Platelayer in the Sutton Bridge Gang (Gang no. 10).  It is not known when the family moved to Melton but he was a member of the Permanent Way Gang in August 1933.  The family lived 12 Astley Terrace in June 1934.
BAILEY, Husband = William Henry (b1875 Gunthorpe), Wife = Eliza Bambridge (b1874 Gunthorpe), sister of Walter Bambridge.  William lived Gunthorpe in April 1901 and married Eliza in the 3rd qtr 1904 and lived Sharrington in April 1911.  He was a Labourer in April 1901, a Stores Labourer in April 1911 and is shown as a Storeman from 1929 until 1936.
BAINBRIDGE, H, was an Apprentice Carpenter from 1929 until 1936.
BAINBRIDGE, H, was a Storeman from 1929 until 1936.
BALLS, Father = William James (b 2nd qtr 1849 Tittleshall), Mother = Emma Nickalls (b1854 Briston), child = Charles William (b 3rd qtr 1893 Briston), family lived Briston in April 1911.  William was a general Labourer in the Signal Dept. in April 1911, Charles was an Apprentice in the Signal Dept. in April 1911.
BAMBRIDGE, Husband = Walter (b1876 Gunthorpe) Wife = Rosa Elizabeth Kidd (b1877 Gunthorpe), family lived Sharrington in April 1911.  Walter was a Labourer, his sister’s Eliza Bambridge and Rose Anna Bambridge married William Henry Bailey and Henry Smith respectively.  (See note of caution with Henrys’ entry.)
BANGAY, J, was a Porter in November 1917, possibly this is James.
BANGAY, Father = James (b 4th qtr 1868 Briston) son of Richard, Mother = Leah Alice (b 3rd qtr 1874 Great Bircham), children = James Stanley (b1898 Briston), Leslie Authwaite (b 2nd qtr 1900 Briston).  James lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891 and family lived Hall St, Briston from April 1901 to 1933, there appears to be no record of James and Leah’s marriage and the only Leah Alice in the Docking registration district is listed as Sanfer or Saufer but an Alice Sandford with the correct DOB etc. is listed as a Servant in Middleton, Norfolk.  James was a Labourer in April 1891, he had worked at South Lynn in 1895, but as what is unknown; he was run over and lost a leg and was (transferred back?) to Melton, becoming a Storeman in the Carriage and Wagon works until the works closed.  Leslie was a Junior Porter by October 1917 when he sustained a minor injury.
BANGAY, Father = Richard, Mother = Margaret, children (all born Briston) = William (b 3rd qtr 1864), Robert (b 2nd qtr 1867), James (b 4th qtr 1868), Mary (b 1st qtr 1873), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891.  Richard was an Agricultural Servant in April 1891, Robert lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911, was a Labourer in the works from April 1891 until April 1911, Mary married Walter Henry Bussey.
BANGAY, W was an Axle Brass Fitter when he retired circa March 1927, this is probably William.
BANGAY, Husband = William (b 3rd qtr 1864 Briston) son of Richard, Wife = Ellenor Rosa Bambridge (b1866 Briston).  William married Ellenor in the 3rd qtr of 1889 and lived in Briston from April 1901 until April 1911.  He was a Wagon Lifter in April 1901 and a Labourer in the works in April 1911.  Probably the same person as W Bangay.
BANYER, Father = William Baden (b 9th December 1900 North Walsham), mother = Bessie G H Dove, children = Bernard William (b 13th June 1927 Stalham), Mary, Grace, Brian J, family lived 11 Astley Terrace in June 1956.  William began his M&GN career as a parcels boy in 1914 at Yarmouth Beach.  He was a Porter at Cromer Beach in 1920 (possibly for the Summer Season), and possibly in the same post at Stalham (?) in 1927.  He is shown as being a carter at Yarmouth Beach in 1936 and is thought to have been a Shunter at Melton Constable in 1940.  He was a Guard in 1956 also doing Relief platform Inspectors duties.  William died in service on 31st August 1958.  His father, also named William was a Signalman in Breydon South Box.  Bernard moved here via Great Yarmouth, he worked on the railway, but never the M&GN, he died on 20th September 2006.
BARBER, Shirley was a machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.
BARCLAY, John Reed Buchanan (b1890 Madras, India) was a Student (Pupil?) in April 1911 and lodged Briston Rd with Charles Frederick Tuffs.
BARNES, K, was a Passed Fireman who left the M&GN and went to York, possibly the same person as S Barnes.
BARNES, Ooskerway, was a cleaner.  What his real name was is not known but it is thought that it was his real name but pronounced in the ‘Melton shed language’.
BARNES, S, was a Driver (?) in 1940, possibly the same person as K Barnes.
BARNETT, Charles worked in the Civil Engineers Office in the 1930’s.
BARRETT Father = Arthur Hubert Walter (b 4th qtr 1897 Norwich), son of Arthur Thomas, Mother = Emily Leverick, daughter of George Leverick, child = Graham A G (b 1st qtr 1930).  Arthur and Emily got married in the 3rd qtr of 1923 and lived 17 Kitchener Rd from June 1934 to June 1956 (next door to Arthur’s parents) and it retained the number 17 when the houses were renumbered.  Arthur was a Fireman in 1940 and later a Driver until the line closed.  Graham was possibly a Porter and possibly later (?) a Shed Cleaner.
BARRETT, Father = Arthur Thomas (b1859 Norwich), mother = Miriam Mary Patrick (b1876 Lowestoft), children =, Arthur Hubert Walter (b 4th qtr 1897 Norwich), Cecil G (b1899 Norwich), Harold P S (b1904 Melton), Wilfred William (b1907 Melton), Eric J (b 2nd qtr 1920).  At the time of the 1911 census Eva Patrick (b 4th qtr 1895 Hellesdon) and listed as daughter was also living with them as was Walter Patrick, shown as father-in-law but in 1901 Eva was living with Walter in Norwich and listed as his granddaughter.  Arthur and Miriam were married in the 3rd qtr 1896 in the Blofield registration district.  The Barrett’s latterly occupied two adjacent houses in Kitchener Rd, Arthur and Miriam having moved into no. 18 when it was built in 1900, Miriam and Wilfred lived in the same house in June 1934, which was later renumbered to 15 and Miriam and Eric lived there in 1956.  Arthur senior was an Iron Turner in Norwich in April 1891 and living near City Station but it is not known if this was for the railway.  He was a Turner in the Machine Shop from April 1901 until about 1928, and died in the 2nd qtr of 1932. 
BARRETT, Father = Charles Edmund (b 16th September 1881 Kings Lynn), Mother = Edith Eliza Wakefield (b1882 Hindolveston), children = Edmund James (b 24th November 1906 Holt), Kathleen Mary, Robert Charles, Francis, Phyllis, Edith.  Charles lodged in Hindolveston in April 1901 and married Edith in the 1st qtr of 1906, they lived in Briston in one of the three houses just over the parish border from Melton Constable at an unknown date and in Gordon Rd from August 1908 until August 1915.  Charles, began his M&GN career as a junior in the Drawing Office on 4th December 1899.  He was made up to Draughtsman on 6th November 1901 and classified as grade 3 on 1st August 1919.  He was made Bridge Inspector on 1st September 1924 and Permanent Way Sub Inspector in 1929 (date unknown) for the Norwich line and remained as such until he retired on 16th September 1941.  He was transferred to the Norwich district on 5th October 1936 but remained at Melton.  He was a prominent NUR member, Justice of the Peace and District secretary of the National Deposit (Approved) Friendly Society in 1937.  Edmund began his M&GN career on 5th November 1928 as a Labourer in the Bridge Gang.  He moved to Holt as a Labourer in 1934 (date unknown) and returned to Melton, still as a Labourer on 12th April 1937.  He is recorded as being a Timekeeper from March 1938 but this is not recorded on his staff record.  There is an undated rise of 3/- per week sometime between 1937 and 1939 which may have been a change of job.  He left the M&GN on 20th May 1946 when he was promoted to Class 2 Permanent Way Inspector’s Timekeeper at Norwich Thorpe.
BARRETT, Husband = Wilfred William (b1907 Melton), son of Arthur Thomas, Wife = Alice Edwards, daughter of William Edwards.  Wilfred is shown as being in the forces (Navy) in 1934 and was killed in action on 10th December 1941 whilst serving on board HMS Prince of Wales.
Note re the names of Barstard, Barstead, Barsted or Bastard.  As the names seem to have been chopped and changed between generations, for the purposes of this document they have all been recorded as Barsted.
BARSTED, Husband = Albert Arthur (b1872 Hindolveston), Wife = Minnie Maria Emmerson (1876 Hellesdon).  Family lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901 and probably up to 1904 and Kitchener Rd from August 1905 until June 1934.  Albert was probably the Signalman in the East box from 1895 to about 1920, his brother Berry Edward also worked for the railway.
BARSTED, Alfred Charles (b 1st qtr 1888 Hindolveston) was a Ledger Clerk in April 1911 and living in Hindolveston.  His brothers Bernard Reuben and Frederick Samuel also worked for the railway.
BARSTED, B worked at Melton, but as what is not known, later worked for Fairey Aviation.
BARSTED, Husband =Bernard Reuben (b 1st qtr 1892 Hindolveston), Wife = Clara Harper (b 2nd qtr 1902 Barney, Norfolk), (it is likely that the Clara shown is the correct one but this has not yet been proven), sister of Willie Thomas Harper.  Bernard was living in Hindolveston in April 1911 and married Clara in the 3rd qtr of 1922.  Bernard, also known as Barney, was a Machinist’s Labourer in April 1911 and later became a Signalman at Whitwell and Reepham retiring from there about February 1957 after 42 years’ service.  He may also have been a Signalman at Melton Constable although this may have been his brother Frederick Samuel who also worked for the railway as did his other brother Alfred Charles.  Clara was a Porter/Crossing Keeper at Whitwell and Reepham from circa 1941 until she retired on 20th September 1952.
BARSTED, Father = Berry Edward (b 3rd qtr 1886 Hindolveston), Mother = Blanche Adelaide White (b1883 Great Snoring, Norfolk), children = Charles Alfred (b 3rd qtr 1906 Hindolveston), Edgar Edward (b 1st qtr 1908 Hindolveston), Norman Berry (b 4th qtr 1909 Hindolveston), Alice S (b 2nd qtr 1911 Hindolveston), Marjorie B (b 1st qtr 1913 Briston), Olive M (b 2nd qtr 1914 Briston), Ivy A (b 4th qtr 1915 Briston), Richard J (b 4th qtr 1916 Briston), George William (b 2nd qtr 1918 Briston), Hetty E (b 4th qtr 1919 Briston), David F (b 3rd qtr 1921 Briston), Douglas H (b 4th qtr 1922 Briston), Leonard A (b 2nd qtr 1924 Briston), family lived in Hindolveston from 1906 until April 1911 and 8 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 1) in June 1956.  Berry was a Shunter from 1907 to 1918 and a Goods Guard in September 1936, his brother Albert Arthur also worked for the railway.  Charles also known as Charlie was a Pattern Maker, later going to Laurence Scott.  Edgar, also known as Ted worked in the Loco Dept. in 1936, later moving to Toton.  Norman was a Boilersmith in 1936 and later moved to Gorton in Manchester.  Richard was also a Boilersmith, later moving to Toton.  Olive was a Refreshment Room Attendant in 1930, later moving to the Refreshment Room at Spalding.  David was a Painter and decorator in 1930, later serving in the Second World War, he did not return to railway service.  Ivy married Kenneth E Clark, Marjorie married James Charles Graveling in Nottingham in the 3rd qtr 1940.
BARSTED, Charles, worked at Melton, but as what is not known, later worked for Posts and Telegraphs in Sierra Leone.
BARSTED, Husband = Frederick, Wife = Olive M Jarvis, Frederick and Olive married in the 3rd qtr 1945 and lived at 20 Kitchener Rd (which had been renumbered from 10) in June 1956.  Frederick, also known as Sykes, started as a Cleaner in 1940 and became a Passed Cleaner in 1941.  He transferred to March in 1943 but returned to Melton in 1947 where he looked after the Stationary Boilers in the workshops until closure in 1965.
BARSTED, Husband = Frederick Samuel (b 11th December 1899), Wife = Dorothy Alice Smith were married in the 2nd qtr 1926.  Frederick was a Porter at Drayton circa 1920 and at Norwich City circa 1923.  He was a Signalman at Melton from circa 1927 to circa 1945, being in the East box in September 1936 and living at 2 Astley terrace from June 1934 to 1939.  His brothers Bernard Reuben and Alfred Charles also worked for the railway.
BARSTED, George, was in the Permanent Way Gang.
BARSTED, George William (b1918 Briston), son of Berry, George, was a Greaser from 1932 to 1933 when he was knocked down by a train, which left him with a deformed left foot.  He then went to Norwich Thorpe as a Gas Fitter on coaching stock before moving to Godley Junction near Manchester at the beginning of the war.  He later returned to Norwich Thorpe as a Gas Fitter on Restaurant Cars, moved to Stavely near Chesterfield as a Carriage and Wagon Examiner before moving to Spalding in a similar job before leaving the railway after 10 years at Spalding.
BARSTED, Father = Thomas Henry (b 3rd qtr 1872 Notting Hill Gate), Mother = Edith Mayes (b1873 Thornage), Children = Stephen Henry Mayes (b 3rd qtr 1893 Melton), Ada Sarah (b 4th qtr 1896 Briston).  Thomas was lodging in Keys Cottage, Main St, Thornage, with the family of Edith in April 1891.  Thomas and Edith were married in the 4th qtr of 1896 and were still living with her parents Stephen and Maria in April 1901 in Station Rd, Briston and probably in Kitchener Rd from August 1903 until August 1914 as Edith’s father lived there and they were shown as living in Melton in April 1911.  Stephen junior is listed in 1901 and 1911 as the grandson (of Stephen senior) so presumably was the son of Edith and Thomas, Ada was listed in 1901 as Mayes but as Bastard in 1911.  Thomas was a Cleaner in April 1891, a Bricklayer in April 1901 and Caretaker of the Railway Institute in April 1911.
BARSTED, R, was an Apprentice Carpenter from 1929 until 1936.
BARSTED, T, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
BARSTED, W, was a Signalman in the east box in 1945.
BARTON, first name unknown, was an Inspector (?) in March 1888.
BARTRAM, Bernard R lived 28 Melton St in June 1956, was a Fireman and later a Driver.  He went to Stratford when the line closed.  His father John was a Permanent Way Inspector at North Walsham.
BARTRAM, Ernest William, (b 2nd qtr 1897 Little Barningham, Norfolk), also known as Ernie, was Acting Relief Signalman in the East box in July 1959.
BARTRAM, Frederic (b 2nd qtr 1865 Norwich) lived 6 Grove Rd from August 1900 to April 1901, was a Carpenter.
BARTRAM, Husband = George (b1875 Itteringham), Wife = Desdemona Wright (b1878 Barningham Green), family lived Briston in April 1911.  George was a Labourer in April 1901, probably at Corpusty and a Platelayer from at least the 2nd qtr 1906 until April 1911 at Melton.
Note re the names of Barwick and Berwick.  As the two names seem to have been chopped and changed between generations and between offspring of the same parents, for the purposes of this document they have all been recorded as Barwick.
BARWICK, Father = Alfred (b 4th qtr 1862 Briston), son of James [1], Mother = Esther Ellen (Nellie) Roberts (b1866 Corpusty), child = Edith (b 4th qtr 1905 Melton).  Alfred lived Beam Cottage, Edgefield Rd; Briston in April 1901 with his widowed mother Hannah, family lived Horse Shoe Common, Briston in 1906 and 19 Gordon Rd from August 1905 to 1914, it appears from the electoral register that Alfred owned the house in Gordon Rd.  Alfred was a Boilersmith from April 1901 probably until the 1st qtr of 1914 when he died aged 51.  Edith, also known as Edie, worked in the Machine Room in the Sheet Factory.
BARWICK, Father = Alfred James Cletheroe (b1888 Briston) son of William, Mother = Catherine Frary, child = Helen (b 2nd qtr 1927), Alfred lived Briston in April 1911, family lived Creymere Rd, Briston, Alfred moved to 135 Hall St, Briston in 1958.  Alfred was a Fitter in April 1911, he lost a leg in the First World War and what he did on his return is unknown.  Helen married Robert Bunn.
BARWICK, Father = Bertie (b1896, Burgh, Norfolk) son of John Samuel, Mother = Ethel Jaques, children = Richard J, Molly W, family lived 147 Hall St, Briston from 1933 to 1958.  Bertie was a war-disabled pensioner from the First World War and made a living as a taxi Driver at Melton.  He was buried on the day that the M&GN closed!  Richard began his M&GN career on 2nd April 1945 as a Clerk in the Goods Office, moving later that year to the Booking Office where he remained until 1960, interrupted by national service in the R.A.S.C. from November 1948 until April 1950.  He moved to the Booking Office at Holt on 9th May 1960 until 3rd October 1960 when he moved again, this time to the Sheet Factory where he remained until 31st July 1965 when the Factory closed, going then to Norwich.  Molly began her M&GN career on 21st September 1964 as a Clerk in the Sheet Factory.  She was made redundant on 7th June 1965 when the Factory closed going then to Norwich.
BARWICK, Father = Charles William (b 4th qtr 1879 Saxthorpe), son of John Samuel, Mother = Ann Abbs (b1881 West Runton), children = Gladys Louisa (b 4th qtr 1901 East Runton), Dorothy Evelyn (b 1st qtr 1904 West Runton), Ronald C (b 21st July 1910 West Runton), Sidney J (b 2nd qtr 1913).  Charles was a Builder and Carpenter but as far as is known did not work on the railway.  Ronald also known as Ronnie was a Porter at Sheringham from December 1956 until the station closed on 2nd January 1967, he began his railway career on 26th November 1945 but where that was is not known; the other children did not work for the railway.
BARWICK, Father = Edward [1] (b 23rd January 1825 Briningham) son of Robert, Mother = Mary Ann Clarke from Thorpe, Norwich children = Henry R T, William, Abhia, Mary Ann, Edward, Emma (b1871 Briston).  Edward and Mary were married on 19th October 1847 at Thorpe, Norwich, family lived 122 Thorpe Rd, Norwich in 1851 but had moved to Hall St, Briston by 1871 and later moved to Edgefield Rd, Briston by 1891.  Edward senior died on 22nd May 1898 in Briston, Henry is not listed in the 1871 census.  Emma married Frederick William Morgan.
BARWICK, Father = Edward [2] (b1865 Briston), son of James [1], Mother = Susannah Augusta Dewing (b1873 Briston), Edward and Susannah were married in the 4th qtr of 1897, children = Thomas (b1900 Briston), Albert Edward (b1901 Briston), James William (b1902 Briston), Ernest Edward (b 4th qtr 1903 Briston), Eva (b1907 Briston), Stanley (b1909 Briston), Doris May (b1910 Briston), family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Edward was a Platelayer in April 1891 living in Edgefield Rd, Briston, with his widowed mother Hannah, he was a Wagon Examiner in April 1901 and a Carriage and Wagon Examiner from April 1911 until 1930 when he retired.  Stanley and James, also known as Joe (?) also worked for the railway, but what they did is not known.  Stanley moved to Stratford and James to somewhere in London.  Thomas, Eva and Doris did not work for the railway.  Eva’s daughter Florence married Norman Twiddy, a railway Lorry Driver at Fakenham West.
BARWICK, Father = Ernest Edward (b 4th qtr 1903 Briston), son of Edward [2], Mother = Olive Mary Marie Large (b 1st qtr 1908 Salthouse, Norfolk), children = David, Maurice, family lived 6 Astley Terrace in June 1934.  Ernest was a Carriage Lifter from 1927 until 1934 and went to March when the works closed.  Maurice also worked on the railway at March; David went into the RAF.
BARWICK, Father = Henry James (b 2nd qtr 1908 Briston), son of James [2], mother = Mary Ann Bertha Hagon (b1909 Edgefield), daughter of Alfred Hagon, children = Vera A (b 4th qtr 1932), Patricia E (b1934), Roger J (b1941), Pauline J (b1943), family lived 61 Reepham Rd, Briston in 1958.  Henry was a Platelayer at Melton and possibly Guestwick, Vera was a Booking Office Clerk in 1950 to circa May 1958 when she moved to the Telegraph Office at Peterborough after she married.
BARWICK, Father = James [1] (b1824 Briston), Mother = Hannah (b1826 Sheringham), children = William (b1848 Briston), Sarah Ann (b1851 Briston), John Samuel (b1853 Briston), Mary (b1856 Briston), Susannah (b1858 Briston), Robert Henry (b1859 Briston), James [2] (b 2nd qtr 1861 Briston), Alfred (b 4th qtr 1862 Briston), Edward [2] (b1865 Briston), family lived Burgh Rd, Briston (?) in April 1861, Briston from April 1871 to April 1881, Beam Cottage, Edgefield Rd, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901.  James senior was an Agricultural Labourer.  His widow Hannah remained in Beam Cottage in 1891 with James junior and Edward, in 1901 it was only Hannah and Alfred who remained there.
BARWICK, Father = James [2] (b 2nd qtr 1861 Briston), son of James [1], Mother = Sarah Strutt (b 1st qtr 1871 Thurning), children = Elizabeth (b1898 London), Henry James (b 2nd qtr 1908 Briston), Richard, Alice, family lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901.  James was an Agricultural Labourer in April 1891 at which time he was living in Beam Cottage, Edgefield Rd, Briston, with his widowed mother Hannah Barwick (see above).  He was a Ballast/Goods Guard from April 1901 until April 1911.
BARWICK, Father = John Samuel (b1853 Briston) son of James [1], mother = Rebecca Barnes Margetson (b1859 Corpusty), John and Rebecca were married in the 1st qtr of 1876, children = Mary Maria Margetson (b 1st qtr 1874 Corpusty), Matthew John (b 3rd qtr 1876 Corpusty), Elizabeth Ruth (Lizzie) (b1877 Corpusty), Charles William (b 4th qtr 1879 Saxthorpe), John Samuel (b 3rd qtr 1881 Corpusty), Agnes Martha (Aggie) (b 3rd qtr 1883 Cockthorpe), William James (b 2nd qtr 1885 Saxlingham), Frederick George (b 2nd qtr 1889 Saxlingham), Sidney (b 2nd qtr 1891 Dunton cum Doughton), Bertie (b1896, Burgh, Norfolk), Gladys (b1898 Burgh), Reggie (b1899 West Runton), Mary (b1901 Briston) family lived Ollands Farm, Briston in 1891 and Briston from April 1901 until April 1911.  John was a Yardman on a farm, William was a Labourer in the Stores Dept. in April 1911, Elizabeth went to America and later sent her stepson George Dyball from America to work in the Locomotive Dept. at Melton, but what he did is not known.
BARWICK, Husband = Matt, Wife = Ada, family lived 26 Melton St.  It is thought Matthew was a Guard.
BARWICK, Father = Matthew John (b 3rd qtr 1876 Corpusty), son of John Samuel, Mother = Ethel Jane Matthews (b1875 Allendale, Durham), they were married in the 4th qtr of 1899, children = Mabel Florence (b1900 Briston), Frederick George (b 3rd qtr 1901 Briston), Elsie (b1910 Briston), family lived West End, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Matthew, was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Platelayer (probably the same job) from 1910 until April 1911.  Frederick was an apprentice, but what he did and when is not known but he later went to Stratford.
BARWICK, Father = Robert (b circa 1787-1791), Mother = Margaret Peck, (b circa 1787-1791), children = Edward [1], Mary (twins?), Emma, Sarah, Alice (Abihu?).  Family lived in Briningham in 1825 and had moved to Gunthorpe by 1841.
BARWICK, Husband = Robert Henry (b1859 Briston), son of James [1], Wife = Martha Beasy Codling (b1865 Hindolveston), family lived near Fairstead, Briston in April 1891, Hindolveston in April 1901 with Martha’s mother and Briston in April 1911.  Robert was a Blacksmith’s Labourer in April 1891 and a Boilermaker in April 1911, the 1901 census entry states ‘formerly Boiler Smith’ and 1911 states ‘unemployed Boilersmith’, whether he was ever employed by the railway seems unlikely.
BARWICK, Father = William (b1848 Briston), son of James [1], mother = Mary Ann E Stimpson (b1856 Briston) (known as Polly), children = Emma Elizabeth (b1879 Briston), George William (b1884 Briston), Alfred James Cletheroe (b1888 Briston), James Henry Edward (b1894 Briston), Minnie Maria (b1896 Briston), plus one other son whose name is not known, family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1881 and Hall St, Briston in April 1891.  Emma married Herbert Jackson, Minnie married William Adams, James was killed in the First World War, George went to Wales as a gamekeeper and the other son also went to Wales but worked on the trams.  Polly later lived in one of the row of cottages known as Weavers Cottages but it is not known if William ever lived there.
BASEY, Husband = William Edward, Wife = Lena Maria Wade, daughter of George Wade, family lived Kitchener Rd in 1935 having married in the first qtr of that year.
BASS, Father = Henry (b1853 Loosley, Bucks), mother = Emma Willers (1851 Harston, Cambs), children = Ethelbert Harry (b1874 Cambridge), Ethel Laura K (b1878 Kings Lynn), family lived Tuns St, Fakenham in April 1881.  Henry was a Railway Labourer in April 1871 lodging in Harston, Cambs but whether this was with the family of Emma is not known, whether his time at Kings Lynn was connected with the railway is not known.  He was a Station Inspector at Fakenham in April 1881, Stationmaster there in 1883 before becoming the first Stationmaster at Melton, remaining there until at least August 1885 and living at 14 Melton St.  It appears he left the railway and was recorded as a licensed victualler in April 1891.
BASS, Thomas William (b1865 Kings Lynn) was a Storeman in the Boiler shop from August 1905 until he retired circa November 1929, he was living in Gordon Rd from August 1905 until August 1915.
BASTED, first name unknown, was a Lamp Repairer from 1929 until 1936.
BASTOW, Father = Seth (b 8th November 1860 Lichfield), Mother = Elizabeth Ann Watts, (b1861 Spalding), children = Harry (b 2nd qtr 1883 Hellesdon), Kate (b1885 Drayton), Gertrude M (b1887 Melton), Emma Elizabeth (Lizzie) (b1888 Melton), Hilda (b1880 Melton), Robert William (b1882 Melton), Norman James (b1885 Cromer), Fred King (b1903 Cromer), family lived 14 Melton St from August 1886 until August 1892.  Seth began his M&GN career as a Gate Lad at Counter Drain, followed by similar jobs at Moulton and Sutton Bridge.  He was transferred to the Great Northern, and returned to the M&GN on 27th November 1885, possibly as a Signalman, but where is not known.  He was Stationmaster at Hellesdon circa 1884 and Drayton circa 1886 prior to becoming Stationmaster at Melton possibly from August 1886 until July 1893.  He was Stationmaster at Cromer Beach in July 1893 and remained there until he retired on 31st July 1925.  He was a Sunday school teacher and local councillor at Melton.  Harry was an Apprentice engine Fitter in April 1901, presumably at Cromer as he was still living at home.  Robert was a Clerk in April 1911, presumably in Cromer as he was still living at home, by January 1933 he had moved to Sheringham and remained there until 1936.  He was Stationmaster at Tydd from 1944 to 1949 and the same position at Aylsham in 1949.  Norman was also a Clerk in April 1911, presumably also in Cromer as he was still living at home.  Fred was possibly a Porter at Cromer in the 1920’s.
BATEMAN, Richard was an Accounts Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office, possibly from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he went to Liverpool Street.
BATLEY, Husband = William (b 15th April 1857 Norwich), Wife = Jane Elizabeth Canham (b 26th December 1857 Banningham, Norfolk), family lived 7 Astley Terrace from August 1889 until August 1898 and 6 Railway Cottages, Cromer from 1899 until April 1901.  William, commenced his M&GN career on 28th March 1882 probably as a Porter and probably at Cromer.  He was a Porter at Melton from August 1890 and received a 3/- per week rise on 9th August 1891 which was presumably when he was promoted to Foreman Porter.  He remained as such until August 1899 when he moved to a similar job at Cromer Beach.  Jane began her M&GN career on 17th September 1889 presumably at Melton where she was the Ladies Waiting Room Attendant in July 1893.
BAYFIELD, Philip (b1865 Barningham) lodged The Street, Briningham, in April 1881 at which time he was a Navvy (presumably working on the Lynn & Fakenham).  His brother William was also a Navvy
BAYFIELD, William (b1863 Barningham) lodged The Street, Briningham, in April 1881 and Millgate St, Aylsham in April 1891, was a Navvy (presumably working on the Lynn & Fakenham) and a Platelayer at Aylsham in April 1891.  His brother Philip was also a Navvy
BEALES, Henry William (b 29th November 1865 Norwich) began his M&GN career in 1897 according to Committee minute 5396, but he was a Clerk from April 1891 until April 1901 living in 113 Connaught Rd, Norwich, but whether this was for the M&GN is not known.  He was a Clerk in May 1904 at Melton, Secretary of the Melton Ambulance Team in September 1906 and a Stores Clerk, possibly from April 1919 until October 1926.  He died in October 1926, presumably whilst still in service.
BEANE, Raymond (b1886 Hindringham) lived Sharrington in April 1911 was a Platelayer.
BEART Father = George (b1871 Chicago USA), lived in Norwich when he married in 1900, Mother = Laura Jeannette Plumstead (b1876 Barnsley, Yorkshire), children = Percy George (b1901 Briston), Ivy Laura (b1903 Melton), Doris Ada (b1905 Melton), Clifford Charles (b 5th July 1909 Melton), George lived 228 Heigham St, Norwich, in April 1891, family lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901, Burgh Beck Rd in August 1902 and 1 Colville Rd from August 1903 until June 1934.  George was a Tinsmith from April 1901 to 1936.  Percy was possibly an apprentice but following a family disagreement left home and joined the Canadian Navy, Clifford, was an Apprentice Tinsmith, presumably being made redundant in 1930, he moved to Tipton in the Midlands, staying with another ex-Melton family, but who they were is not known.  He eventually bought a house and his parents moved there when George retired and they had to move.
BEAVOR, Father = William John (b 13th April.1864 Harpley), Mother = Susannah Newell (b1867 Terrington St. Clement), children =Samuel Fisher (b1896 Briston), Dorothy May (b1899 Briston), family lived Retreat Villas (near the Wesleyan Chapel), Briston from April 1891 to April.1911 and Kitchener Rd in June 1934.  William began his M&GN career in July 1884, possibly as one of the original Signalmen in the East box up to 1889.  He was the first chairman of the Melton branch of the ASRS.  From 1891 until he retired circa October 1929 he was a Signalman in the West box and he is stated to have been a Relief Signalman at Melton, but when is not known.  His 1893 staff record records that he was a contractors Labourer for 2 years but whether this was during the building of the M&GN is not known.  Samuel was an Apprentice Carpenter in the works in April 1911; he joined the Royal Engineers in 1916 and left the railway in 1918, possibly not returning after war service.
BECK, William (b1885 Catfield) was a Telegraph Messenger in April 1901 living in Hindolveston.
BECKERTON, Jack, was a Gas Maker, possibly the same person as John
BECKERTON, Husband = John W, Wife = Edith M.  Nothing further known about John although he could be the same person as Jack the Gas Maker, family lived 8 Colville Rd in 1956.
BECKETT, Husband = Charles (b 2nd qtr 1874 Melton), Wife = Florence Miriam Seaman (b1874 Hindolveston), family lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911.  Charles was a House Painter in April 1901 but whether this was not for the railway is not known, he was a Wagon Painter in April 1911 at which time he was living in Hindolveston.  He was later shown as a Coach Painter from 1931 until the works closed.
BECKETT, Harry, also known as Nipsy, was a Coalman circa 1940
BECKETT, N, was a Carpenter in the Carriage and Wagon works in 1920.
BECKETT, William (b1864 Hindolveston), lived Fakenham Rd, Thornage from April 1901 until April 1911, was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Bricklayers’ Labourer in April 1911 (probably the same job).
BECKETT, first name unknown, worked in the Carriage Preparation Gang from 1927 to 1934, possibly Charles above.
BELL, Frederick, worked in the Fitting Shop in 1934 and 1935 and was possibly the Chargehand.
BELL, Graham, began at Melton Constable, probably as a Cleaner; he was later a Driver at Mexborough.
BELL, John Deller (b1852 Newcastle-on-Tyne) lived Costessey in April 1901 and Corpusty in April 1911 began his M&GN career in 1900 presumably as a Steam Crane Driver as that was his job from 1901 until December 1921 when he retired.
BELL, Father = John George (b 24th June 1856 Cargo Fleet, Yorkshire), Mother = Maria Anna Whyard (b1863 Stratford), daughter of Robert James Whyard, children = Kate (b1887 Melton), Mary (b1889 Melton), Thomas (b1890 Melton), Robert (b1892 Melton), Charles (b1901 Melton), family lived 5 Astley Terrace from August 1886 until August 1890, 9 Melton St from August 1891 until August 1905 and then back to Astley Terrace when he became Running Shed Foreman, but this time to no.1 from August 1906 until August 1914 (but probably until his death).  John began his M&GN career in 1881, coming from the North British Railway where he had been a Fireman.  He was a Driver in 1891 and later a Loco Inspector from 1904 until 1917 when he became Running Shed Foreman, possibly remaining as such until he died on 18th March 1926, although he was shown as being a Coal Inspector in 1912.  He was a member of the sectional conciliation board no 1 in 1912.  Robert was a Clerk in April 1911.  Maria moved to no. 4 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 49 Briston Rd) with her daughter after she was widowed.
BELL, Ted, was a Chargehand in the Boiler Shop in October 1934 until the works closed.
BELLWOOD, F John, was Shed Master at Melton for about two weeks circa July 1952 before moving to Colchester having allegedly been sent to Melton by mistake.
BELSON, Husband = Richard Bell (b 11th April 1844 St Mary’s Plain, Norwich), Wife = Marianne, family lived 2 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1893.  Richard, began his M&GN career on 24th September 1877, but where is not known, having previously worked on the North Eastern Railway.  He was Stationmaster at Ormesby in September 1878 until about June 1881 and was living at Ormesby St Margaret.  He was Stationmaster at North Walsham from about June 1881 until circa September 1882 and was then a Travelling (or Traffic) Inspector at Melton Constable from September 1882 probably until September 1894 when he left the M&GN and moved to the Cambrian Railways as Outdoor Assistant in the General Managers Office.  In the 1911 census he is shown as a Superannuated Railway Officer living in Caister.
BENTLEY, Joseph William (b 4th qtr 1859, Burwell, Cambridgeshire) began his M&GN career in Melton but as what is not known although he had previously worked for the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway as a wagon repairer.  He was transferred to South Lynn as a Carriage and Wagon Examiner in 1893 and remains as such until he retired in 1929.  His son George also worked for the railway.
BETTLES, Father = Charles Hubbard (b 2nd qtr 1865, Upwell, Norfolk), Mother = Sarah Hannah Barney (b1872 Aldborough, Norfolk), children = Florence Annie (b 2nd qtr 1892), Dorothy Rhoda I (b 3rd qtr 1905).  Charles was a Fireman in April 1891 and lodging at 20 Melton St with William Miller.  There was a Charles Bettles, Engine Driver (b1866 Wisbech), lodging in Wisbech in April 1901 but listed as single, whether this was the same person is not known, his wife Sarah was still living in Briston at that date with her parents.  Charles is thought to have died in the 2nd qtr 1909 in the Chesterton registration district and Sarah then married George Smith.
BETTS, Albert (b1878 Hedingham, Suffolk) was a Carriage and Wagon Labourer in April 1911, living in Burgh Beck Rd from August 1910 until August 1913.
BILLING, Walter, lived near Broughtons Market Garden, Briston was the Loco Running Foreman from circa March 1939 having come from Gorton and Shed Master from October 1940 until circa December 1944.
BIRD, George (b1868 Sheringham), was a Carpenter in April 1891 at which time he was lodging near Sykes Farm, Briston with James Lewis.  Whether he worked for the railway is not known.
BIRD, Stephen, (b1869 Hindolveston), was a Porter in April 1891 and was lodging with James Willimot in Edgefield Rd, Briston.
BIRD, Father = William G, child = Derek.  William had been a Clerk in the rates Dept. at TMO from 1925 until 1934.  He was Stationmaster at Lenwade in September 1936, Moulton in 1943 and a Relief Stationmaster at Melton in 1952 at which time he was living at 3 Melton St.
BISHOP, A, was a Fireman in November 1946.  He was a passenger in the brake van of the train which ended up in the river outside Norwich City on 5th November 1946.  Possibly John Bishop below.
BISHOP, John, was a Cleaner, later becoming a Fireman, possibly around 1947.  Possibly the same person as A Bishop above.
BLAXTER, Father = James Robert (b1861 Weasenham St. Peter), Mother = Sarah Ann Bailey (b1864 Whissonsett, Norfolk), children = Victor (b 3rd qtr 1897 Briningham), Dollie Elizabeth (b1905 Melton), family lived 6 The Street, Briningham in April 1891 and 6 Ferndale Terrace from August 1899 until June 1934.  James was an Iron Moulder in the foundry probably from April 1891 (census does not state railway), but definitely from April 1901, until he retired circa October 1928.  Dollie married Harry R Williamson.  After Sarah died in 1936, James moved to Norwich and lived with his daughter Dollie and son-in-law Harry R Williamson and was killed in the 3rd qtr 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War by a tractor cutting corn.
BLAXTER, Father = Victor (b 3rd qtr 1897 Briningham), son of James, Mother = Rose Lambert (b1898 Retford Ordsall), daughter of Henry Lambert, Victor and Rose were married in the 2nd qtr of 1925 as was her sister Maud Lambert who married Stanley John Williamson, whether this was a double ceremony is not known.  Children = Stella, Tony, family possibly lived 6 Ferndale Terrace at some time.  Victor was a Tinsmith in the Signal Dept. repairing signal lamps possibly about 1928 to 1930.  He is known to have moved to Sutton Bridge, but when, how long he stayed there and what he did is not known, and he appears to have returned again to Melton Constable.  His movements can be partly traced through his involvement with the ambulance classes as he was in the Melton Constable team in 1928, Sutton Bridge 1930-33, Holbeach in 1935 and back at Melton Constable in 1936, he later moved to Doncaster where he died.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.
BLEWITT, Charles Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1867 Doncaster) was a Fitter in April 1891 and lodging with James Clark at 22 Melton St.
BLYTH, William, also known as Darky, was a Platelayer (?) in the Extra Gang and living in Briston.  He fell off the end of a Ballast Wagon and his leg was severed at the thigh.  He died shortly after getting to Cromer hospital.  He was also rumoured to have been a good poacher in his spare time!
BLYTH, first name not known, was a Turner in April 1895
BODELL, J was a railway worker in the 1950’s but what he did is not known, possibly the same person as Jack below.
BODELL, Jack, was a Carriage Cleaner in the 1950's, possibly the same person a J above.
BOLLAND, Father = Frank, children = Dennis, Grace, Francis, Dorothy, family lived 19 Melton St.  Frank worked for the Forestry Commission.  Grace was a machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955; she later married Ken Riseborough, a Signalman at Holt.
BOND, Charles William (b 2nd qtr 1883 Field Dalling) was a Platelayer in April 1901 living Holt Rd, Field Dalling.  His brother John also worked for the railway.
BOND, John (b 2nd qtr 1881 Field Dalling) lived Holt Rd, Field Dalling in April 1901 and Melton in April 1911 was a Cleaner in April 1901 and a Fireman from April 1911 until 1917.  His brother Charles William also worked for the railway.
BOND, Ted (or Tom?), was a policeman from 1926 to the 1930’s, possibly Thomas below.
BOND, Husband = Thomas Crawford (b 3rd qtr 1873 Hempstead, Norfolk), Wife = Annie (b1877 Cley, Norfolk), family lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston, in April 1901, Kitchener Rd from August 1906 until August 1913 and Briston Rd from August 1914 until June 1934.  Thomas was a Fitter in April 1901 and a Storeman in April 1911, possibly the same person as Ted above.
BRADFIELD, Father = Charles Aubrey, Mother = Rosalie Hewgill (b1887 Gateshead), daughter of Charles Thomas Hewgill, Charles and Rosalie married in the 2nd qtr of 1919, child = Jean, family lived 7 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 14) in 1934.  Charles was probably a Blacksmiths Striker circa 1900 and is listed as such in April 1911, he was a Telegraph Lineman in 1920 but had retired by April 1939; he was also a member of the Ambulance team.
BRADFIELD, Husband = Richard (b1865 North Walsham), Wife = Thirza (b1863 North Walsham), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891 and Richard was a Machinist.
BRADLEY, W, was Yard Foreman from 1882 until the late 1880’s.
BRAND, Arthur Robert (b1902) known as Bob, was a Porter/Guard at Cromer Beach in September 1936 and later became a Guard at Melton.  He appears to have returned to Cromer, as he is known to have been there in August 1963.
BREAZE, W, was a Fitter’s Mate in the Fitting Shop from November 1921 until 1924.
BRETT, A, was a drilling Machine operator in the Machine Shop from May 1918 until 1924.
BRETT, Albert Arthur (b 2nd qtr1882 Melton) lived Hindolveston in April 1911 was a Labourer possibly he was a Coalman.  He was a Coalman/Ashman at Yarmouth Beach in 1917 and later a Swing Bridge Operator at Breydon Viaduct.
BRETT, Alfred John (b1873 Hindolveston) lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Coalman in April 1901 and a General Labourer in April 1911.
BROOKE, Husband = Charles Frederic (b1853 Huddersfield), Wife = Harriet Eliza Eastick (1855 Yarmouth), child = William Edward (b 1st qtr 1890 Melton, died 4th qtr 1894), family lived 10 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1908.  Charles was Foreman Fitter probably from August 1885 until late 1908 or early 1909 when he died in the 1st qtr 1909.  It appears from the Electoral Register that Charles owned a house (or houses) on Burgh Beck Rd from 1901 but continued to live in 10 Melton St at least until 1909.
BROOKS, B, was a goods Clerk in 1918 when he returned from the First World War.
BROOKS, Father = Matthew (b1870 Norwich), mother = Alice Martha (b1872 Sprowston, Norfolk), children = Edward James (b 2nd qtr 1895 Norwich), Arthur (b1st qtr 1897 Norwich), Sidney George (b 3rd qtr 1897 Norwich (?)), Ellen Ethel (b1900 Swanton Novers).  Matthew was a Shoe Smith in April 1901.  Edward probably began his M&GN career in the Telegraph Office, he later went on to become a Clerk at Yarmouth from September 1936 possibly until early 1944 and also a Relief Clerk in Norwich, possibly from June 1953 until 1956.  Arthur probably began his M&GN career in the Telegraph Office, he later went on to be a Clerk at several locations and eventually Stationmaster at Stalham.  Sidney probably began his M&GN career in the Telegraph Office, he was a Clerk on the Goods Staff from January 1933 until September 1936.  He was stationed at Sheringham and moved to the Traffic Staff at Thursford circa November 1940, later becoming Stationmaster at Thursford from 1941 until circa November 1949 followed by a similar job at Holt before returning to Melton on the Relief Staff.
BROOKS, Philip, worked in the Telegraph Office but nothing else is known about him, he has been recorded as being a son of Matthew but census evidence does not bear this out.
BROUGHTON, Sidney was a Clerk in the permanent way Dept.
BROUGHTON, Father = William Mitchell, (b 1st qtr 1894 Edgefield), Mother = Kate Violet Easter, child = Kitty, family lived 4 Colville Rd in June 1934.  William was a Wheelwright in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1927 to 1934.  He went to Stratford when the works closed.
BROWN, Amos (b 18th June 1859 Crowland, Lincs), lived The Street, Corpusty in April 1891 began his M&GN career on 20th November 1882, but as what is not known, his Staff Record states that he had been a Contractors Labourer, but whether this was on the construction of the railway is not known and the 1891 census shows that his children had been born in Fakenham and Holt in 1895 and 1898 so presumably he had worked for the railway there.  He was a Signalman at Corpusty but was later reduced to Porter/Signalman due to a broken blood vessel (?) and was a Porter at Corpusty from April 1891 until July 1893.  He later became Signalman at Briningham Junction.
BROWN, B was a member of the Station Staff circa 1925, but what he did is not known.
BROWN, Husband = Charles J (b 3rd qtr 1924), son of Jesse Harris Brown, Wife = Ann E Melbourne, daughter of John Thomas Melbourne, family lived in Briston in 1958.  Ann began her career on the M&GN in March 1958 as a stores Clerk in the Wagon Sheet Factory, being made redundant in September 1963 when the Factory closed.
BROWN, Father = Charles John S (b 1st qtr 1894 Carleton Rode), child = Brian, family lived 14 Melton St.  Charles was a Junior Clerk in April 1911 living in Gorleston-on-Sea so quite likely that is where he worked. He was a Relief Clerk from 1919 to 1930 having served in the army during the First World War.  He was Stationmaster at Massingham from 1930 until 1938, Stalham from 1938 until circa August 1941, and Relief Stationmaster from then until 1946 at Norwich DSO (District Superintendents Office?).  He was Stationmaster at Melton from circa December 1948 until circa June 1951 then Stationmaster at Cromer Beach until his death in service in 1957.  Brian began his M&GN career in 1941 as a Clerk at Stalham until 1943 when he went into the RAF.  He returned to Catfield in 1947 and remained there until becoming a Relief Clerk in 1949, remaining as such until 1951 when he went into the Divisional Staff Office.
BROWN, Clifford was a Coalman/Labourer circa 1940.  Clifford below?
BROWN, Husband = Clifford E W, Wife = Jean J, family lived 20 Melton St in June 1956.  Clifford was a Shunter in June 1956, Clifford above?
BROWN, F J W began his career on the M&GN circa September 1948 as Shed Master at Melton having previously been a Progressman at Cambridge.  He left circa June 1950, moving to Norwich as Mechanical Foreman Motive Power.  Previously he had covered for Richard Hardy as Acting Shed Master at South Lynn whilst Richard was away on other assignments.
BROWN, Jack, was a Fireman in 1940 and later a Passed Fireman.
BROWN, Father = Jesse Harris, (b 13th May 1880 Dereham), Wife = Bertha Augusta Miller (b1873 Trunch, Norfolk, died 1st qtr 1916) children = Frederic Neville Harris (b 4th qtr 1900 Briston), Kathleen Mary, Eva Jessica Harris, Roger Thelwall (b 4th qtr 1908 Briston), Doris Ellen Winifred, James Francis (b 1st qtr 1914), (all from first marriage), Charles J (b 3rd qtr 1924), (from second marriage), family lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Bertha died in the 1st qtr 1915 and Jesse married Sarah L Smith in the 3rd qtr 1924.  Jesse, began his M&GN career in 1899, having formerly been a Groom at stables in Dereham, as an Office Cleaner/Messenger, he was a Painter’s Labourer from April 1901 until April 1911.  In 1926 he became a Watchman/Gatekeeper until the works closed whereupon he moved to Stratford.  He also acted as Steward on the inspection saloon.  He returned from Stratford to a Labourer’s job at Norwich Thorpe after a short while and shortly after this he died of lung cancer in 1938.  Frederic was an Apprentice in the Fitting Shop from 1915 until circa 1922, moving to Kings Cross when his apprenticeship finished.  James was an Apprentice from circa 1927 until 1930 when he resigned to join the RAF, Roger, who married Nora Cook, was an Apprentice in the Machine Shop from circa 1925 until 1932 when he became established.  He remained in the Machine Shop until the works closed whereupon he moved to the motor vehicle Dept. at Norwich Thorpe.
BROWN, John presumably worked for the railway as he was recorded as living in 2 Astley Terrace from August 1887 until August 1891.  Either there is an error with the name or an error with the date as Alfred Clark is recorded as living there in April 1891 with lodger John Evans!
BROWN, Joyce worked in the Sheet Factory in September 1950.
BROWN, Husband = William (b1830 Norwich), Wife = Susannah (b1832 Hackford, Norfolk), family lived no. 23 gatehouse (Reepham Rd) in April 1891 when William was a Platelayer.  He was shown as a Railway Merchant whatever that is in April 1901 and still living in Briston.
BROWNE, Harry was a Fitter when the works closed whereupon he went to the Lowestoft concrete depot.
BROWNE, Father = James Herbert (b 3rd qtr 1861 Norwich) Mother = Catherine Francis (b1865 Norwich), children = Herbert James (b 1st qtr 1886 Norwich), Catherine Beatrice (b1888 Norwich), Ernest Charles (b1890 Norwich), Walter Anthony (b 3rd qtr 1892 Norwich), Frank W (b1898 Norwich), Frederick Redvers (b 4th qtr 1900 Melton), Winnifred (b1904 Melton), family lived 10 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 21) from April 1891 until June 1934, Frederick still lived there in June 1956.  James was a pattern maker in the Signal and Telegraph Dept. from April 1901 until the works closed.  He was an NUR representative and he also taught woodwork at evening classes and was involved with the football club.  Herbert was an Apprentice Gas Fitter and Whitesmith in April 1901.  Frederick was an Apprentice Coppersmith on 7th September 1915 when he was injured when a Loco tyre fell on him causing contused wounds of his right leg and a sprained left ankle, James Robert Simpson was also injured in the same accident.  Later he was Flagman in the Extra Gang, whether this was a light duty job as a result of his previous injuries is not known.  He later committed suicide in the 2nd qtr of 1957 by putting his head on the railway line; his body was discovered by Percy Claud Gaze.  Walter was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911.  Frederick still lived here in 1956.
BROWNE, first name not known, was a Gas Fitter from 1929 until 1936, possibly Herbert James junior although by 1911 he was working as a Gas Fitter for a Gas Company in Yarmouth, did he return?
BROWNSELL, Husband = Robert (b1869 Briston), Wife = Harriett Sarah A Chapman (b1867 Edgefield) daughter of James, were married in the 4th qtr 1891 and lived Reepham Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston In April 1911.  Robert was a Labourer between those dates, he is later shown as being a Metal Worker in the Carriage and Wagon Works from 1931 until December 1936.  Several of Harriett’s brother’s also worked for the railway.
BRUMMITT, Albert Channing (b 1st qtr 1877 Stratford, Essex), lived Astley Terrace from August 1903 until August 1911 and was a Loco Fitter in April 1911 and most likely between the dates given above.
BRUTY, John, was a ‘Bosch’ Attendant from 1927 until 1934.  Bosch as explained to me by Frank Morgan was a large tank of a hot caustic soda solution used for degreasing parts.
BRYANT, Arthur (b1887 Diss), lodged Kitchener Rd in April 1901 with his sister Eliza and brother-in-law Harry Plattin and was an Apprentice Coach Builder.
BRYANT, Father = Arthur, Mother = Lily Barbara Rudd (b1888 Cambridge), daughter of Robert Rowley Rudd, Arthur and Lily were married in the 4th qtr of 1909 presumably in Melton.  Children = John Robert (b 4th qtr 1909 Melton), George A (b 3rd qtr 1911), Victor, Douglas, Lily, family lodged 28 Colville Rd from August 1913 (April 1911?) until August 1914 with Robert and later lived there in June 1934.  Arthur was a Carpenter from 1929 until 1936, although his wife and son John were living in Melton in April 1911 where Arthur was is not known.  George was an Apprentice Carpenter also from 1929 to 1936.  John was an Apprentice Coach Painter in 1922; he later (?) joined the Army Engineer’s and was drowned whilst building a bridge.
BUCKENHAM, Father = Frederick George (b 1st qtr 1896 Swanton Novers), son of Thomas, Mother = Edith Violet S Hewit (Betty?), children = John, George, family lived 1 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 8) in June 1934.  Frederick was an Apprentice Boilermaker in April 1911, he joined the Coldstream Guards in 1914 and left the service of the ROD Royal Engineers in 1919.  He was later Assistant Foreman possibly from 1918 until about 1932 when he took over as Foreman (also described as Boiler Inspector?) from Josiah Monks, remaining thus until the works closed whereupon he went to Doncaster.  He is noted as being a Storeman, later moving to Stratford and later still, returning to Melton.  After Edith died he married Edith Morgan, the widow of George Albert whilst both were still living in Doncaster.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.
BUCKENHAM, George, (b1886 Fulmodeston? 1886) was a Turner in the Machine Shop probably from April 1911 until 1924.
BUCKENHAM, Father = Horace William T (b 3rd qtr 1894 Billingford), son of Thomas, Mother = Ada Basted, children = Frederick, Raymond, family lived 24 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 3) in 1956.  Horace, also known as Fred after his brother had left Melton was an Apprentice Coach Builder in April 1911 and later worked in the Sewage Works.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.
BUCKENHAM, Father = Thomas (b 1st qtr 1866 Stibbard), Mother = Maud May Johnson (b1872 Billingford), children = Horace William (b1895 Billingford), Frederick George (b1897 Swanton Novers).  Thomas lived in Stibbard in April 1891 with his brothers and widowed mother, family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901 and 20 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 11) from August 1906 until June 1934.  Thomas was an Iron Moulder in the Foundry Shop from April 1901 until 1930.  Maud’s brother Horace William Johnson also worked for the railway.
BUCKLEY, Louis Edmund Barlete (b 1st qtr 1894 Alderford, Norfolk) was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911 and living in Briston with his Mother and Step Father George Henry Cletheroe although at that date George was lodging away in Foul Anchor near Tydd along with many other employees from Melton and other locations and was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  Louis enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment in the 1st World War and was killed in action on 22nd November 1915.
BUDD, Kenneth, was a Fireman.
BULL, Henry (b1843), began his M&GN career in 1889 probably as a Driver in South Lynn and later Peterborough.  He was a Driver for 18 years and was Loco Running (Night?) Foreman from June 1910 until he retired on 2nd November 1915 lodging with Alexander Stewart Turbett who was recorded as Locomotive Day Foreman in April 1911 in a house named ‘Chudleigh’ (later numbered 28 Briston Rd?).
BULLARD, David, lived 17 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 16 Grove Rd) in 1942/43.  David was a Permanent Way Inspector from 8th December 1941 having transferred from a similar position at Boston, until leaving the M&GN and going to Retford on 31st December 1943.  It is thought that he lived at this address.
BULLEN, Alfred (b1872 Swanton Novers) was living with his brother William (who was Frederick James’ father) in April 1901 and is shown as being a Navvy (Railway)
BULLEN, Husband = Frederick James (b 1st qtr 1900 Swanton Novers), Wife = Lily Morgan (b 3rd qtr 1905 Melton) daughter of Frederick William Morgan, children = Alan F (b 3rd qtr 1934), Brenda L (b 2nd qtr 1931), family lived at 10 Council houses with Lily’s uncle George Albert Morgan before moving into 16 Kitchener Rd (which was later renumbered to 19), then 5 Melton St from June 1934 until June 1956 and later to 2 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 10).  Frederick, also known as Pots, began his M&GN career as a Cleaner after leaving the Army at the end of the First World War.  He later became a Driver from 1930 until the line closed whereupon he went to Norwich Thorpe until he retired in 1964.  His uncle Alfred Bullen also worked for the railway.  Lily worked in the Refreshment Rooms at Melton and later at Liverpool St.  Alan began his M&GN career in June 1950 as a Cleaner, having come from Carter’s of Drayton.  He became a Passed Cleaner and remained as such until the line closed; he then worked as a Track Dismantler, dismantling the old M&GN track work until about 1962 when he went to Norwich Thorpe.  Brenda was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory from the late 1940’s until about 1952.
BULLEN, G worked for the railway in July 1958, but what he did is not known (possibly Fireman).
BULLOCK, Frederick, (b1873 Weeting, Suffolk), was a Sawyer for the railway from April to June 1911, he was convicted of stealing a quantity of brass and copper and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with hard labour.
BULLOCK, Husband = John William (b 2nd qtr 1858 Swanton Novers), Wife = Adelaide Leeder (b 1868 Swanton Novers), daughter of James Leeder (junior), family lived The Street, Swanton Novers in April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  John began his M&GN career in 1895, but as what is not known.  He was a General Labourer in the Loco Works from April 1901 until November 1925 when he retired.
BULLOCK, Father = William Alfred (b 6th October 1865 Saxthorpe), Mother = Frances Riches (b1868 Corpusty), child = Edward William T (b 3rd qtr 1902 Melton).  William left school and became a Milk Lad and then a Groom for 6 years.  He began his M&GN career on 13th April 1885, but as what is not known.  He is shown as being a Signalman at Corpusty in 1890 before taking a similar job at Melton but he is listed as being a Porter from April 1891 until July 1893 at which time he was living in 5 Mill Lane, Briningham in April 1891 and later in Briston, so possibly Signalman is incorrect.  He was a Goods Guard from 1895 until 1918 and living at 3 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 6) from August 1900 until August 1914 and later to Kitchener Rd in June 1934.  Edward worked in the Telegraph Office before moving to TMO and South Lynn where he had numerous other jobs.
BUMFREY, C was a member of the station staff circa 1925.
BUMFREY, Father = Charles James (b1892 Brinton), 1st Wife = Florence Anna Reynolds (b 2nd qtr 1877), (d 3rd qtr 1924), children = Ernest C R (b 4th qtr 1916), Evelyn A A (b 2nd qtr 1919), Vida F E (b 1st qtr 1921), 2nd Wife = May Flint, child = Mary A (b 2nd qtr 1928), family lived 13 Melton St in June 1934.  Charles was a Goods Guard in September 1936 and (probably) the Secretary of the Hastings Arms Bowls Club 1937.   Ernest was a Guard. 
BUNKELL, Albert, was an Apprentice Carpenter in the Signal and Telegraph Dept. from 1929 until 1936.
BUNKELL, R, was a semi-skilled Painter in the Signal and Telegraph Dept. from 1929 until 1936.
BUNKELL, Reginald P, also known as Reggie or Primo, was an Apprentice in the Boiler Shop, later becoming a Riveter in the Boiler shop.  He was one of only a few Apprentices taken on who were not sons of railwaymen.  He is shown as leaving the railway when the works closed, but is also shown as being a Coalman in about 1946 and a Shedman in about 1948.  He was living at 22 Woodfield, Briston in October 1958.
BUNKLE, first name not known was a railway worker in the 1950’s but what he did is not known.
BUNN, A (b1881) was possibly a Cattle Porter in 1918 and a Goods Staff Porter in September 1936 and a Foreman in April 1941.
BUNN, Father = Alfred Robert, Mother = Blanche Ethel Jeary, children = Irene D (b 4th qtr 1922), Clifford W (b 3rd qtr 1925), Robert A (b 1st qtr 1928), Walter A (b 2nd qtr 1931), Penelope S B (Penny) (b 4th qtr 1938).  Alfred and Blanche were married in the 4th qtr 1921 and the family lived 19 Colville Rd in June 1934 and later moved to 28 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from 16 Colville Rd) by June 1956.  Alfred, also known as Gort, was a Driver possibly from 1924 until the line closed.  Irene, also known as Rene, married William Yarham, was a Booking Office Clerk, probably starting in about 1940 until about 1945.  She went to Brandon following William’s death but later returned and was there in November 1946 until 1950.  Irene later married Alan Barnard and moved to Holt and also worked in the Booking Office there, but at what date is not known.
BUNN, Fred (b1879 Thornage), was a Bricklayers Labourer in April 1901 and a Bricklayer in April 1911 living in Thornage between those dates, whether this was for the railway in 1901 is not known but in 1911 the census states ‘railway’.
BUNN, Husband = Robert A (b 1st qtr 1928), son of Alfred Robert, Wife = Helen Barwick, daughter of Alfred James Cletheroe Barwick.  Robert worked in the Sheet Factory.
BUNN, Husband = Samuel (b 4th qtr 1851 Great Fransham), Wife = Annie (b1856 Little Ryburgh), child = Bertie William (b1894 Briston), family lived Victoria Terrace, Briston in April 1891, Burgh Beck Rd from April 1900 until August 1901 and Gordon Rd from August 1902 until August 1914.  Samuel was an Iron and Brass Founder in April 1891 and a Brass Founder from April 1901 until April 1911 and probably August 1914.  Bertie was an Apprentice Boilersmith in April 1911.
BUNN, Father = Walter, son of Alfred Robert, mother = Doris Farror, children = Terry, Trevor, family lived 12 Astley Terrace.  Walter, always known as Mickey, started as a Cleaner and was a Fireman when the line closed whereupon he became a Gamekeeper at Gaywood near Kings Lynn.
BUNTING, Richard (b1924 Thursford), son of Percy the Signalman at Thursford was a Cleaner in 1940; he left the M&GN and went to Norwich Thorpe where he later became a Driver.
BUNTING, Father = William Henry (b1860 Plumstead, Kent), mother = Leah Brooks (b1862 Southmoor, Berks), children = William George Alfred (b 1st qtr 1883 Battersea, London), Henry George (b1886 Sydenham, Kent), Frederick Thomas S (b 2nd qtr 1887 Tilbury, Essex), Gertrude E (b 1st qtr 1889 Cromer), Charles E (b1890 Cromer), Robert (b1893 Cromer), Frank (b 2nd qtr 1895 Cromer), Grace (b 3rd qtr 1897 Hempton), Lucy (b 2nd qtr 1901 Briston), family lived 5 Railway Cottages, West Street, Cromer in April 1891 and Holt Rd, Briston in April 1901.  William senior began his M&GN career on 4th June 1887, his staff record states he was a signalman for 2 years but the location is unreadable.  The record states his age was 32 yet he had served 13 years with the Hull & Barnsley, 4 years with the London Chatham & Dover and 8 years with the South Eastern Railway!  His record states that he had been a Signalman for 2 years but the location is illegible, he was a Signalman at Cromer in April 1891 until at least the 2nd qtr 1895 and presumably a Signalman at Fakenham until at least the 3rd qtr 1897 and at Melton from April 1901 until 1902.  Henry was a Blacksmiths Striker in April 1901.  William junior was an Apprentice, but what he did is not known, at the time of the 1901 census he was living in London, both Willian and Henry joined the Army in 1914.
BURNHAM, William, was a Goods Guard from 1882 until 1884.
BURRELL-CORY, Husband = Arthur J, Wife = Vera D Dent, daughter of Reginald Robert Dent, family lived 1 Melton St in June 1956 with Vera’s parents before moving to 26 Colville Rd by 1958.  Arthur, who came from Edgefield, worked in the Sheet Factory, as did Vera.
BURROUGHS, H Sid, worked in Melton in August 1938 but what he did is not known, he was a Chargehand Wagon Repairer in about 1948 until approximately September 1949 when he went to Lincoln as a Carriage and Wagon Foreman, he had lived 27 Melton St.
BURTON, C, was a Platelayer in the Melton gang in 1934.
BURTON, Husband = Frederick James (b3rd qtr 1881 Corpusty), Wife = Maggie May Bailey (b1884 Potter Heigham), family lived 3 Melton St from August 1907 until August 1909, but what he did is not known, he had previously been a Clerk at Stalham in April 1901.  Maggie’s brother Charles George Bailey also worked for the railway.
BUSH, W, also known as Bill, was a Sub Ganger in the Extra Gang in 1936 until 1940.  When he retired on 7th February 1949 he was Acting Ganger in the Relaying Gang, possibly having been promoted to this grade in about November 1948 when Sid Spooner retired.
BUSSEY, Father = Arnold James Cole (b 3rd qtr 1862 Buxton, Norfolk), mother = Charlotte Howard (b 1864 Tuttington, Norfolk), children = Charles (b1889 Briston), Florence F (b1891 Briston), James Arnold (b1893 Briston), John (b1895 Briston), Robert H (b1897 Briston), Thomas W (b1900 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891, Tithe Barn Cottage, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Arnold was a Blacksmith from April 1891 until he retired circa March 1929, James was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911, although it is not known if this was for the railway.
BUSSEY, Charles (b1889 Briston) son of Arnold James lodged Briston in April 1911 with Willie Thomas Le Grys was a Carriage Builder.
BUSSEY, Herbert, was a Driver in 1939.  He transferred to Peterborough, but whether this was still on the M&GN is not known.
BUSSEY, Horace was an Apprentice (?) Boilersmith from 1927 until 1934, when his apprenticeship finished he went to Kings Cross.
BUSSEY, Father = Walter Henry (b 3rd December 1865 Heacham), mother = Mary Bangay (b 1st qtr 1873 Briston) daughter of Richard Bangay, children = Walter Sidney (b1893 Briston), Ernest Edward (b1894 Briston), Horace Richard (b1895 Briston), Hubert C (b1897 Sutton Bridge), Sylvester M (b1899 Melton), Mathew William (b 3rd qtr 1908). Walter was lodging with James Willimot in Edgefield Rd, Briston, in April 1891, family lived 29 Colville Rd from August 1898 until August 1914.  Walter began his M&GN career in 1890, probably as a Platelayer as that was his job in April 1891 (the census does not show his place of birth and his date of birth is 3 years different but there was no other Walter Bussey in Norfolk at that date).  What he was doing circa 1897 in Sutton Bridge when Hubert was born there is not known.  He was a Signal Fitter in April 1901 and a Signalling Inspector from April 1911 until January 1927.  His district in 1913 was from West Lynn to Norwich City, Cromer Beach, Mundesley, Yarmouth Beach and Breydon South.  Ernest was an Apprentice Interlocking Fitter in April 1911, he is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.  Horace was an Apprentice Boiler Riveter in April 1911.  Hubert was killed in the First World War.  Mathew began his M&GN career in January 1923 as an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner, when his apprenticeship finished he joined the Royal Navy.  One of Walter’s children (most likely Matthew) was a Temporary Porter at Murrow for the 1922 or 23 fruit season.
BUSSEY, Husband = Walter Sidney (b1893 Briston), son of Walter Henry, mother = Margaret A Leadley, child = Leonard N (b 1st qtr 1920).  Walter also known as Sid was probably an Apprentice Boilermaker in April 1911, at which time he was lodging at Foul Anchor near Tydd along with many other employees from Melton and other locations and was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  He was Chargehand in the Boiler shop from 1928 until closure whereupon he went to New England (PM002/6 states he went to Doncaster).  Leonard was an Apprentice Fitter from January 1934 until December 1936; he was not offered the opportunity to continue his apprenticeship with the railway and therefore went to work for the Gauge and Machine Tool Company.  He was awarded the MBE in 1979 for export sales.
BUTTERS, A, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
BUTTERS, Albert, also known as Big Cory, worked in the Boiler shop circa 1940.
BUTTERS, Father = Frederick (b1880 Hindolveston), mother = Edith Ellen Fish, child = Charles W (b 1st qtr 1913.  Frederick lived Melton in April 1901 and family lived Briston in April 1911.  Frederick was a Riveter/Plater in the Boiler shop from April 1901 until 1920.  Charles probably began his M&GN career at Melton Constable, he was a Fireman at Yarmouth Beach for at least one Summer Season prior to the Second World War as he lodged with Albert Morgan.  He was a Driver at Barnsley in April 1950 and when that closed in 1959 it is thought he went to Felixstowe.
BUTTERS G, was a Boilersmith in 1920.
BUTTERS, Father = Victor Charles (b 4th qtr 1866 Bintree, Norfolk), Mother = Mary Ann Pease (b1865 Shipdham, Norfolk), children = Arthur William (b1890 Shipdham), Frank (b1897 Briston), Maud (b1899 Briston), family lived 2 Grove Rd (later renumbered to no. 4) from August 1900 (having previously lived in Briston) until August 1914 and 8 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 16) from June 1934 until his death in the 2nd qtr 1935 presumably moving there when he retired.  Victor was a Boilersmith in April 1901 (also in April 1891 living in Bintree, but almost certainly that was not for the railway); in 1911 he is recorded as lodging in Foul Anchor near Tydd with Emanuel Bonet Gostolo, Signalman at Tydd and along with many other employees from Melton and other locations was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  He is later recorded as being a Riveter in either the Boiler Shop or the Tender Shop, although this could well be the same job as previously recorded.  Arthur was an Iron Moulder in April 1911.
CAGE, Husband = Charles Alfred (b1865 Ipswich), Wife = Violet Malinda Sexton (b1870 Felmingham).  Charles was a Loco Fitter from April 1891 until 1940 and was lodging with Donald Mann and family near Church Lane, Briston in April 1891.  He lived 5 Colville Rd from August 1896 until August 1899 and 13 Colville Rd from August 1900 until August 1909.
CAPPS, George, presumably worked for the railway as he was living in 5 Astley Terrace in August 1892, but what he did is not known.
CARMAN, Husband = Gordon R, Wife = Anni M, family lived 22 Melton St in June 1956.  Gordon was a Fireman.
CARMAN, Husband = Maurice N, Wife = Eva J, family lived in Sharrington circa 1940 and 12 Astley Terrace in June 1956.  Maurice was a Fireman possibly from March 1947 and transferred to Parkeston Quay when the line closed, later becoming a Driver before moving into management, he retired in 1993.
CARMAN, S, was a Fireman in March 1947.
CARR, Billy, probably worked in Melton Constable Works before going to Doncaster but it is not known what he did.
CARTER, A, was a Signalman in the West box circa 1945.
CARTER, Frank, was Chief Clerk in the Booking Office from 1918 until 1920 and was later Chief Clerk at North Walsham.
CARTER, John, was Chief Permanent Way Inspector from 1931 until 1936.
CHAMPION, Charles, (b1838/1840, Kent) was a Platelayer in April 1901 and living in Colville Rd, in 1911 he was shown as ‘formerly Foreman Platelayer’ living as an inmate in Walsingham, so he was probably in the workhouse there.
CHAPLIN, William, was a pupil in the Loco Dept. Drawing Office from 1920 until 1925.
CHAPMAN, A worked at Melton, but as what is not known, later joined the RAF.
CHAPMAN, Husband = Albert Edward (b 3rd qtr 1875 Letheringsett) son of James, Wife = Edith Matilda Todd (b1875 Roughton, Norfolk), Albert was a Wagon Lifter in April 1901 and probably from at least the 3rd qtr 1899 until the 1st qtr 1905 as the family lived in Hunworth and their children were born there between those dates, by April 1911 he was shown as being an Agricultural Labourer living in Letheringsett.
CHAPMAN, F, was a Carpenter from 1929 until 1936.
CHAPMAN, Husband = Frederick (b2ndqtr 1877 Hunworth) son of James, Wife = Sarah Ann Edwards (b1877 Edgefield), Frederick lived Hunworth in April 1901 with his mother and step-father Arthur Neal, and Edgefield in 1911 with Sarah.  He was a Carpenter in April 1901 and was shown as a Carpenter in the Permanent Way Department in April 1911 and remained as a Carpenter until the works closed.
CHAPMAN, H worked at Melton, but as what is not known, possibly went to Fairey Aviation.
CHAPMAN, Father = Henry James R (b1871 Harpley, Norfolk), 1st Mother = Georgina Mabel Jackson (b1872 Kensington, London), 2nd Mother = Anna Elizabeth Dennis, children = Arthur (b1902 Briningham), Herbert (b1904 Melton), Annie (b1906 Melton), Edwin (b1909 Melton). There appears to be no record of a Henry Chapman birth anywhere in Norfolk from 1868 to 1875.  Henry and Georgina were married in the 2nd qtr 1901 and it appears that she died in the 1st qtr of 1912 and he married Anna in the 3rd qtr of 1915.  Henry lodged Briston Rd in April 1901, family lived 6 Gordon Rd from August 1902 until June 1934.  Henry, also known as Harry or Hickey, was a Guard from April 1901 until April 1911, later becoming the works Shunter/Ballast Guard in the early 1930’s.  He was also a member of the Railway Institute football club and the Melton Park cricket club.  Edwin, also known as Eddie or Bo, was an Apprentice Boilermaker in 1928.  At age 21 he left the railway (made redundant at end of apprenticeship?) and went to Fairey Aviation.  Like his father he was also a member of the Railway Institute football club and the Melton Park cricket club.  The quote “Anna died young and Harry married again, his second Wife, whose name is not known, was a schoolteacher and they had one daughter” has been recorded by me (source currently unknown) but from BMD records it appears that Anna was his second wife so perhaps this quote should be reversed.
CHAPMAN, J, was an Apprentice Carpenter from 1929 until 1936.
CHAPMAN, Husband = James (b1843 Edgefield), Wife = Harriett Edwards (b1845 Edgefield), children = Harriett Sarah (b1866 Edgefield), James William (b1868 Little Thornage), George Henry (b1869 Letheringsett), Robert John (b 4th qtr 1870 Letheringsett), Matthew (b 1st qtr 1873 Letheringsett), Albert Edward (b 3rd qtr 1875 Letheringsett), Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1877 Hunworth), Jethroe (b 3rd qtr 1880 Hunworth).  James was an Agricultural Labourer but died in the 4th qtr of 1881, Harriett then married Arthur Neal in the 2nd qtr 1886 and they had a daughter Florence Mabel Neal.  Jethroe was a Carpenter from April 1901 until April 1911 and lived in Hunworth with his mother and step farther.  Harriett (daughter) married Robert Brownsell.
CHAPMAN, James, also known as Jimma, was a Fireman (Passed Cleaner?) possibly about 1940.
CHAPMAN, John, began his M&GN career as a Detective Officer in 1894, having come from the Midland.
CHAPMAN, Husband = Matthew (b 1st qtr 1873 Letheringsett) son of James, Wife = Ruth Wright (b1873 South Lynn), Matthew lived Holt Rd, Hunworth in April 1891 with his mother and step-father Arthur Neal, in April 1901, he and Ruth lived South Lynn where he was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner and in April 1911 they lived in Hunworth and Matthew was a Labourer in Melton.
CHAPMAN, Husband = Robert John, (b 4th qtr 1870 Letheringsett) son of James, Wife = Clara Ransom (b1864 Holt), family lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston in April 1901, Gordon Rd from August 1904 until August 1909 and Briston Rd from August 1910 until August 1914.  Robert was a Machine Minder in April 1901 and Metal Turner in April 1911.
CHASTNEY, Father = William Robert, (b 4th qtr 1877 Aldborough), Mother = Sarah Ann Bacon (b1876 Thurgaton, Norfolk), children = Stanley William (b 1st qtr 1902 Thurgaton), Herbert Frederick (b 3rd qtr 1906 Briningham), family lived Letheringsett in April 1901 Briningham in 1906 and Thornage in April 1911.  William was a Locksmith in April 1901but whether this was for the railway is not known, he was a Gas Fitter in April 1911 and possibly from 1906 when he was living in Briningham and it seems likely that he returned to being a Locksmith as a William Chestney is recorded as being such from 1926 to 1936.  Stanley began his M&GN career at Melton in 1917, but as what is not known.  In 1926 he transferred to Sutton Bridge as a Gas Fitter and remained in that job until becoming a Swing Bridge Operator there in 1946.  He retired in July 1969 but remained a Relief Swing Bridge Operator until early 1972.
CHENEY, Father = Thomas, Mother = Annie, children = names unknown.  Thomas was running the Hastings Arms from 1896 until 1916 when Lord Hastings dismissed him (for what reason is not known).  They then went to live in Gordon Rd but he became depressed and ill.  Whilst Annie was in Cambridge where she had found another pub looking for a publican he committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor during the night of 13th/ 14th August 1919.
CHILDS, Father = John Albert (b1890 Swafield, Norfolk), Mother = Irene Strike (b1890 Hindolveston), child = Beryl A.  John and Irene were married in the 2nd qtr of 1915, family lived 7 Astley Terrace 1929 to 1970’s.  John was reportedly a Porter at Hindolveston from 1911 until 1924, but as he was living in Swafield in April 1911 it seems unlikely that he was at Hindolveston at that time.  He served in the 24th division Cycle Corps of the Royal Norfolk Regiment from 1914 until 1919 and then became a Signalman at Guestwick until 1929 when he moved to the West box at Melton.  By September 1936 he was a Relief Signalman, a job he kept until 1953 when Irene became ill and needed attention and he then became a Guard.  He remained thus until he retired in 1955, but returned to work as a Temporary Ticket Collector until about 1961.
CHILVERS, Father = Frederick John (b1875 Burnham Overy, Norfolk), Mother = Edith Elizabeth Moore (b 1st qtr 1881 Briston), Frederick and Edith were married in the 4th qtr of 1902, children = Frederick (b & died 1st qtr 1904), Ruth (b 1st qtr 1907 Melton), Edith (b & died 1st qtr 1908), John Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1909 Melton), Helen (b 3rd qtr 1910 Melton), Leonard G (b 4th qtr 1913 Melton), Guy, Sid, the names of Guy and Sid were told to me by Melton residents and/or former employees, Guy could possibly be Leonard G and it appears that Sid, if he was originally a Melton resident, was from a different family.  Frederick lodged Ferndale Terrace in April 1901 with James Robert Blaxter, family lived Briston Rd from August 1904 until August 1914 before moving to 3 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 12) by June 1934.  Frederick was a Clerk from April 1901 until April 1911 and later shown as senior Paysheets Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. possibly from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he retired.  Guy was an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner, resigning in March 1935 to join the Royal Navy and later emigrating to Canada.  John also known as Jack, was an Apprentice Coachbuilder, Ruth was a Clerk from 1927 until 1934 and Sid, also known as Chilly, was a Driver at Spalding from 1952 to 1960.
CHINERY, Father = John (b1856 East Harling), mother = Elizabeth Ann Nash (b1859 Lenwade), children =Arthur John (b1884 Briston), Frederick Robert (b1896 Marylebone, London), family lived Stone Beck Nurseries in April 1891 and Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1901.  John was a Nursery man.  Arthur began his M&GN career at Melton as a Junior Clerk in 1898 and after many postings, including Lowestoft for the opening of the joint line and the Town Office at Yarmouth; he became Stationmaster at Stalham and later Long Sutton.  It is thought that he retired from there in February 1947 and went to live in Sheringham although other sources state that he was Stationmaster at Sheringham.  He served in the Railway Operating Dept. of the Royal Engineers for 3 years during the First World War.  Frederick began his M&GN career at Ormesby in March 1911 as a Junior Clerk and eventually became Stationmaster at Hemsby from where he retired in 1956.  He died on 1st July 1961 whilst visiting Arthur in Sheringham.  He also served in the Royal Engineers for 3 years during the First World War.
CLARK, Father = George Burgess, (b 8th April 1875 Ely), Mother = Martha Elizabeth Armstrong, eldest daughter of James Armstrong, children = Mary Audrey (b 31st January 1903 Melton), Enid Lillian (Lily) (b 15th July 1906 Melton), George Burgess (b 19th May 1908, Melton), Leslie James Burgess (b 19th November 1918, Melton).  George and Martha were married on 6th August 1901.  George was lodging with his maternal uncle, John Neal in 4 Astley Terrace from April 1891 until August 1900 then in Burgh Beck Rd, also with John.  It appears that he owned a house (or houses) in Burgh Beck Rd from August 1900 until August 1913 after which the family moved to ‘Mossgrayle’ (now 171 Fakenham Rd).  George senior began his M&GN career as an Apprentice in the Fitting Shop from April 1891 to 1894.  He also appears to have been an Apprentice in the Drawing Office and is shown in the 1901 census as a Draughtsman and in the 1911 census as being a Mechanical Draughtsman.  He was later the Chief Draughtsman in the Loco Dept. in the Mechanical Engineer’s Office, possibly from April 1919 until the works closed whereupon he retired.  He was a teacher at the evening classes and was choirmaster of the railway choir, he had been in the Territorial Army before being married, was Secretary of the railway mission until leaving Melton, leader of the Young Men’s bible class, local preacher and local ‘Independent’ councillor although an ardent Liberal.  He died at his home in Portsmouth on 14th February 1974, a few weeks short of his 99th birthday.  His uncle John Neal and Cousin Charles Porter also worked for the railway (Georges’ mother Mary Ann (nee Neal) married Charles’ father after Georges’ father had died; Mary Ann was John’s sister).  George junior began his M&GN career on 31st December 1923 as an Apprentice (Draughtsman?) in the Engineers Office.  He was promoted to Draughtsman on 19th May 1926 and remained as such until he transferred the District Engineers’ Office at Norwich on 11th May 1931 (at which time his job at Melton was recorded as Tracer).  He resigned on 1st July 1939, presumably prior to joining the Royal Engineers.  Mary, always known as Audrey worked in the Post Office and was a soloist in the Melton Choral Society; she married Horace Langley in 1928 in Calcutta.
Note re the names of Clark and Clarke.  As the two names seem to have been chopped and changed between generations, for the purposes of this document they have all been recorded as Clark unless it is known they definitely had the final ‘e’.
CLARK, Albert (b1881 Marylebone, London) lived Briston, 4.1911 was a Labourer in the Telegraph Dept. at Aylsham from April 1901 until 1907 and in the same job at Melton in April 1911.  His BMD entry records his name as Clarke but all other records list him as Clark.
CLARK, Father = Alfred (b 6th January 1863 Field Dalling) son of James [2], mother = Louisa Ellen H Bowers (b1869 Hingham, Norfolk), child = Nellie L (b1890 Norwich), family lived 2 Astley Terrace from April 1891 until August 1897.  Alfred had been a Machinist with his father although this was unlikely to have been for the railway.  His staff record states that he worked for the Loco Dept. in 1879 but where that would have been is also not known.  The 1881 census records him as being an Agricultural Labourer and his staff record shows that he started in the Traffic Dept. on 4th January 1884, but again where and as what is not known.  He was a Foreman Shunter but was reduced to a Porter-Guard around April 1893, but for what reason is not known.  The 1891 census again records him as being a Shunter but in December 1896 he states he had been a Guard for about 8 years.  His record notes that he was paying 3/6d per week rent for use of the company’s cottage, by 1901 he had left the M&GN and was a Guard at Tuxford.
CLARK, Alfred John, was a Driver in January 1908 and living in Melton Constable, possibly the same person as John.
CLARK, Father = Charles William (b1852/1862 Leamington Warwickshire), 1st Wife = Elizabeth Cletheroe (b1855 Briston), Mother = Mary Ann (b1856 Fulmodestone), child = Percy Charles Henry (b1896 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901, Briston in April 1911 and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1912 until August 1914.  Charles began his M&GN career in 1878, but as what is not known, there also appears to be no trace of him anywhere on M&GN territory in the 1881 census.  He was a Carpenter in April 1891, whether this was in the Signal Dept. where he was a Carpenter from April 1901 until April 1911 is not known.  He was a Signal Bracket Fitter when he retired in October 1926.  Percy was an Apprentice Joiner in the Signal Dept. in April 1911.
CLARK, G was a Driver from circa 1920 until 1925.
CLARK, Father = George Edward (b1878 Briningham), Mother = Florence May Cook, (b1880, Norwich), children = Leonard George (b1900 Fakenham), Eric Oswald, Dorothy Ann, Arthur James, Mabel Blanche, Percival Geoffrey Sydney (b 4th qtr 1913 Briningham?), Bertie R R (b 2nd qtr 1919 Briningham?), Edith M, George E (b 1st qtr 1925), Tom, family lived Fakenham in April 1901, Melton in April 1911 and Kitchener Rd in June 1934.  George senior, also known as Yorkie was a Platelayer at Fakenham in April 1901 and an Assistant Tuber in the Boiler Shop from April 1911 probably until the works closed whereupon he became an Assistant Tuber in the Loco Shed until 1942.  His brother James [4] also worked for the railway.  George junior, also known as Yorkie, was an Apprentice in the Drawing Office from 1929 until 1936 but is also shown as being an Apprentice Fitter from 1942 until 1945 and left the railway to join the RAF, so possibly there is some confusion about this person.  Percival, also known as Percy or Yorkie, was a Fitter.  Bertie was an Apprentice in 1936 but left the railway to join the Army.  Tom, although there seems to be no record of Tom being related to George, as I was told by residents and/or who worked in the Works I have kept him with George’s record until more information surfaces.  Tom worked in the Boiler Shop when the works closed whereupon he went to Doncaster.
CLARK, Father =Herbert John (b 1st qtr 1873 Field Dalling) son of William [1], Mother = Mary Anne Edge (b1871 North Creake), also known as Polly, child = Herbert (b1900 Melton), family lived 4 Melton St from August 1899 until August 1914.  It appears that Herbert owned a house (or houses) in Burgh Beck Rd from 1910 although he continued to live in Melton St.  Herbert senior, also known as Jack, was a Cleaner in Yarmouth in April 1891 and a Driver in Melton August 1889 until April 1911, he died in service on 6th March 1930 and his death was recorded in Yarmouth so he had probably relocated to there at some time.
CLARK, Husband = James [1] (b1808 Field Dalling), Wife = Elizabeth (b1811 Letheringsett, Norfolk), children = James [2] (b1834 Field Dalling), Ellen, William [1] (b1839 Field Dalling), Mark, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, John (b1843 Field Dalling), Margaret, Thursey, Robert.  James was an Agricultural Labourer in April 1851.
CLARK, Father = James [2] (b1834 Field Dalling), son of James [1], Wife = Jane Waterson (b1837 Stody), children = James (1857 Stody), Mark William (b1860 Field Dalling), Alfred (b 6th January 1863 Field Dalling), James [3] (b 22nd May 1864 Field Dalling), the first James listed appears to have died.  James was an Agricultural Labourer in April 1861, Janes’ brother Mark Waterson also worked for the railway.
CLARK, Father = James [3] (b 22nd May 1864 Field Dalling) son of James [2], mother =Elizabeth (b1861 Fakenham), children = Violet Elizabeth (b1894 Melton), Sidney George (b1897 Kings Lynn), family lived 22 Melton St in April 1891.  James was a Driver from April 1891 until he died in service in the 4th qtr of 1919 having moved to South Lynn by the time of the 1901 census.
CLARK, James [4] (b 2nd qtr 1883 Briningham) lived Briningham in April 1901 was an Apprentice Boilersmith.  His brother George Edward (Yorkie) also worked for the railway.
CLARK, James [5] was a Machinist in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. in 1922.
CLARK, Father = John (b1843 Field Dalling), son of James [1], Wife = Elizabeth, children = Harriett, Ernest Lewis (b1871 Field Dalling), Rosa, Clifton J, Ella, Lawrence, Wallace, Hubert F, Lewis R.  Ernest, was a Fireman in April 1891 lodging at 22 Melton St with his cousin James Clark [3], by 1901 he had moved to Peterborough where he was shown as a Driver but whether this was still for the M&GN is not known.
CLARK, Father = Kenneth E, mother = Ivy A Barsted, daughter of Berry Barsted, children = Norman, Lionel, Jeanette, Maureen, family lived 16 Melton St in June 1956.  Kenneth was a Bricklayer’s Labourer but not for the railway.
CLARK, M, was a Clerk in the MPD in 1959 before moving to TMO at Norwich (at closure?)
CLARK, Robert (b1857 New Walsingham) lodged Briston in April 1901 was a Labourer.
CLARK, Father =Samuel (b1857 Thorpe St. Andrew), mother = Caroline Gunton (b1858 Great Plumstead), children = Arthur W (b1878 Thorpe St. Andrew), Alice L (b1880 Thorpe St. Andrew), Kate M (b1882 Thorpe St. Andrew), John (b1885 New Swindon, Wiltshire), Ellen E (b1888 New Swindon, Wiltshire), Bertram (b1890, Briston), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891.  Samuel was a Boilersmith in April 1891.
CLARK, Father = William [1] (b1839 Field Dalling), son of James [1], Wife = Anne (b1841 Lammas, Norfolk), children = William, Edith Mary, Herbert John (1874 Field Dalling), Ernest E.
CLARK, William [2] (b1880 Sutton Bridge) was an Engineering Pupil in April 1901 visiting Edgar George Palmer at 1 Melton St at that date.  Whether he was a pupil with the M&GN is not known.
CLAXTON, John James (b 3rd qtr 1863 Watton, Norfolk) began his M&GN career in 1904 presumably as a Labourer as that was his job in April 1911, although at that date the family was living in Guist, and when he retired circa October 1929.  His 1901 census lists him as being a Postman or Sub Postmaster with all of his children born in 1896 and later being born in Melton.
CLAXTON, W, was a Machinist in the Fitting Shop from 1929 until 1936.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.
CLAXTON, first name unknown, was a Carpenter’s Mate from 1929 until 1936.
CLEGG, A worked for the railway in August 1963, but as what is not known.
Note re the names of Cletheroe and Clitheroe.  As the two names seem to have been chopped and changed between generations, for the purposes of this document they have all been recorded as Cletheroe.
CLETHEROE, Father = Albert Edward (b1878 Beckham, Norfolk), Mother = Alice Mabel Lubbock (b1883 Briston) sister of Sidney Lubbock, children = Winifred Annie, Cyril Edward (b4th qtr 1907 Briston), Albert Victor (b1910 Briston), Doris, family lived 32 Burgh Beck Rd from June 1934 to June 1956.  Albert senior was a Postman.  Albert junior was a Telegraph Messenger before becoming a Labourer in the Wagon Repair Shops in the late 1940’s (?).  He was killed on 14th February 1951 (which was his father’s birthday) whilst walking (without authority) between a train and a light engine in the station when the train unexpectedly reversed (see Bulletin 470/13).  He is recorded as Clitheroe in the BMD lists with father and brother being recorded as Cletheroe.  Cyril became a Passed Cleaner on 29th April 1929 and was a Fireman in 1940, leaving the M&GN in 1946 to run a bicycle shop in Holt, he retired as the Engineer at Holt Laundry.  Albert and Alice lived here in 1956.  Albert outlived Alice and all of his children except Cyril.
CLETHEROE, Husband = Arthur (b1856 Briston), Wife = Martha Anna Brett (b1859 Briston), family lived Holt Rd, Briston in April 1881 and Edgefield Rd, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901.  Arthur is shown as a Smith in April 1881 but whether this was for the railway is not known, he was a Blacksmith from April 1891, almost certainly for the railway, until he died in the 4th qtr of 1910.
CLETHEROE, Bertie (b1891 Briston), son of Florence Cletheroe, stepson of George Eggleton lived Briston in April 1911 and was an Apprentice Gas Fitter.  See George’s entry for additional information.
CLETHEROE, Husband = Charles William (b1862 Briston), Wife = Mary Ann Daglen, children = Hilda Maud (b1885 Briston), Frank J (1888 Briston), Minnie M (b1891 Thurning), Lily M (b1894 Thurning), Flora O (b1898 Edgefield).  Charles was a Labourer in April 1901, Mary Ann died in the 4th qtr 1900, and Hilda married Willie Thomas Le Grys.
CLETHEROE, Frederick Tann (b 1st qtr 1870 Briston) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer in the Stores, he is recorded as joining the Railway Operating Division in the First World War.
CLETHEROE, Father = George Henry (b1878 Reepham, Norfolk), Mother = Gertrude Mary Buckley (almost certainly the Widow of William Louis Buckley), they were married in the 3rd qtr of 1904 and were living in Briston in 1911 with their and Gertrude’s children from her previous marriage including Louis Edmund Barlete Buckley who was an Apprentice Fitter.  George was a Boilersmith’s Labourer lodging with his uncle Robert Dack in Gloucester Terrace, Briston, in April 1901, in 1911 he is shown as a Labourer lodging in Foul Anchor near Tydd along with many other employees from Melton and other locations and was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  His brother William Thomas Cletheroe also worked for the railway, their mother Mary Ann Sherwood and Robert Dacks’ wife Annie May Sherwood were sisters.
CLETHEROE, William Thomas (b1879 Reepham) was a Machinist in April 1901 lodging with his uncle Robert Dack in Gloucester Terrace, Briston.  His brother George Henry Cletheroe also worked for the railway their mother Mary Ann Sherwood and Robert Dacks’ wife Annie May Sherwood were sisters.
COBBIN, Henry Dawson (b1880 Grimston) was a Porter-Signalman in April 1911 and lodging in Briningham.  His twin brother William Robert Cobbin also worked for the railway.
COBBIN, Father = William Robert (b1880 Grimston), Mother = Maria Edith Secker (b1884 Hackford, Norfolk), children = Mildred Maud (b1905), William Robert (b1907 Booton, Norfolk).  William senior was a Porter Signalman, probably at Whitwell and Reepham station in April 1911 (assuming he worked for the M&GN as he was living in Reepham at that time).  He was a Signalman at Briningham Junction in September 1936.  His twin brother Henry Dawson Cobbin also worked for the railway. William junior was a Porter in September 1936 possibly living 11 Astley Terrace.
CODLING, Billy was Chief Clerk at North Walsham circa 1923; he still lived in Melton and cycled to work daily.  Presumably he had previously worked at Melton but as what is unknown.
CODLING, Father = Eden Albert (b1892 or 1897 Hindolveston), Mother = Emily Alice Laws, children = Albert, Edward, Doris.  Eden had lived Hindolveston in April 1911, family lived 1 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to no. 2) (this is thought to be the correct house) then 6 Burgh Beck Rd in June 1934 and later into a new bungalow in Briston Rd which he had had built and which was later occupied by Arthur Herbert Slegg.  Eden was a Goods Clerk from April 1911 to September 1936, he is also shown as working in the Telegraph Office from 1939 possibly until the line closed; although that would have taken him passed his normal retirement age so may be incorrect.
CODLING, Geoff R A, (b1928 Hindolveston) was a Driver (?) in February 1959 when the line closed whereupon he transferred to Hertford East.
CODLING, Father = George (b1867 Hindolveston) son of Perry Codling, Mother = Edith Wright (b1865 Cley next the Sea, Norfolk), widow of Thomas Edward Wright, child = Martha A Wright (b1886 Field Dalling).  George lived Hindolveston in April 1891, family also lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911.  George was a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1891 and a Tool Grinder from April 1901 until April 1911.  Martha married Rudolph Augustus Lawrence Eke.
CODLING, Father = Henry (b 7th October 1851 Swanton Novers), Mother = Elizabeth Annie Varden (b1849 London) from Briston, children = Sophia Elizabeth V (b 2nd qtr 1876 Swanton Novers), Charles William V (b 4th qtr 1878 Swanton Novers), Nora Estelle (b 1st qtr 1881 Swanton Novers), Mary Ann (b 2nd qtr 1884 Melton), Muriel Maud (b 4th qtr 1890 Melton).  Henry married Elizabeth in either March or April 1874 and, family lived in Swanton Novers from 1874 until 1881 at which time Henry was a Blacksmith.  They probably moved to Melton between 1881 and 1883 as Henry was running the Hastings Arms between then and 1893.  He was also the proprietor of the Refreshment Rooms on the station at the latter date.  Sophia married Thomas Steers and By April 1901, Henry, Elizabeth and Muriel were living in Halifax with them.
CODLING, N E, was a Goods Clerk in 1918 who also did Relief in the Telegraph Office and Booking Office.
CODLING, Father = Perry (b1830 Briston), Mother = Susannah (b1832 Melton Constable), Children = (all born Hindolveston), William George (b 1860), James Thomas (b1863), George (b1867), Charles (b1869), Richard (b1872), Elizabeth (b1874), Arthur (b1881).  Perry did not work for the railway.  Richard lived Hindolveston in April 1891 was a Blacksmith’s Striker, but whether this was for the railway is not known.  Elizabeth married Ernest Edmund Massingham.
COE, Husband = George Frederick, (b1879 Sunderland), Wife = Sarah Elizabeth Green (b1879 Saxlingham), family lived Edgefield in April 1911 was a Labourer, he was also living in Edgefield in April 1901 with his sister and brother-in-law but there was no information about his job.
COE, Robert, was an Underman when he retired on 27th July 1927.
COE, Robert, (b 3rd qtr 1866 Briston) was a Labourer in April 1901
COLEMAN, Anthony was a Fireman.
COLEMAN, William, was a Driver possibly around 1947, possibly the same person as A W Colman.
COLLINS, R was a Guard
COLLINS, Robert (b1905) was a Porter at Lowestoft from October 1926 until the M&GN staff there were withdrawn (1st March 1927) whereupon he became a Porter at Melton and remained as such until at least September 1936; he later became a Shunter.
COLLINS, W, was a Guard in November 1946.  He was the Guard on the train which ended up in the river outside Norwich City station on the 5th November 1946.
COLLISON, Edward John (b1846 Harpley) lodged High St, Swanton Novers from April 1891 until April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911 and was a Carpenter in between those dates.
COLLISON, William (b1875 Pentney), lived Mill House, Briston was a points Cleaner (?) in April 1891.
COLMAN, A, was a Storeman from 1929 until 1936.
COLMAN, Father = Arthur (b1857 Briningham), Mother = Louisa Codling (b1861 Hindolveston), children = Elvin (b1884 Briningham), Reginald (b1886 Briningham), Cyril (b1888 Briningham), Percy (b1892 Briston), Olive (b1898 Melton), family lived (?) Briston Rd next to the Railway Institute.  Arthur ran the first general stores in Melton from 1894, having previously worked for a wholesale grocer at Brinton (another source states he had been trained by his father at their grocery Shop in Thornage).  In 1912 he opened a garage with fuel pumps.  He retired in late 1934/early 1935 and went to live in Briningham near the Railway Junction, he was succeeded in the Shop by his son Reginald.  Olive died at the age of 21.
COLMAN, Arthur William (b 4th qtr 1889 Briningham) was a Cleaner in April 1911 living in Briningham.  Most likely he is the same person as Arthur W below but as yet this has not been proven.
COLMAN, Father = Arthur W, Mother = Ethel Maud Ling (b 4th qtr 1889 Briston), daughter of Henry (Lumpy) Ling, child = Anthony.  It appears that Ethel died in the 1st qtr 1924 and Arthur married Lily Rosa Bumphrey (b 3rd qtr 1901) in the 2nd qtr 1927, the family lived 20 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Arthur, also known as Cully, was a Driver from about 1939 until 1943 when he retired.  Most likely he is the same person as Arthur William above but as yet this has not been proven.  Anthony was a Cleaner and later a Fireman when the line closed.
COLMAN, Husband = Cyril (b1888 Briningham), son of Arthur, Wife = Harriett S A Strangleman (b 3rd qtr 1890 Briston) daughter of William Strangleman.  Cyril lived Briston Rd in April 1911, family lived Briston.  Cyril served in the Transport Corps in the First World War and then later worked with his brother Elvin in the cycle repair Shop on Briston Rd by the Thornage Rd.  Harriett, also known as Hetty, worked as a Painter at Melton and various stations during the First World War.  They did not have any children.
COLMAN, Father = Elvin (b1884 Briningham), son of Arthur, Mother = Sally Smith, daughter of a gamekeeper, children = Stanley, Percy, Olive, Bernard, Cicely, Rhoda, Elsie, John, family lived Briston Rd in April 1901.  Elvin was an Apprentice Tinsmith in April 1901 and then worked with his brother Cyril in the cycle repair Shop on Briston Rd by the Thornage Rd.
COLMAN, G, was a Labourer from 1929 until 1936.
COLMAN, John, worked in the Concrete Shop.
COLMAN, Father = Percy William (b 3rd qtr 1891 Briningham), son of Arthur, Mother = Lily E H Hendry, child = Douglas P.  Percy lived Briston Rd in April 1911.  Percy was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911, being made redundant when he finished his apprenticeship.  He moved to Norwich and lived with Lily’s parents at 59 Carrow Rd and worked at Panks electrical firm in Norwich before going to Laurence Scott where Douglas also worked later.
COLMAN, Father = Reginald (b1886 Briningham), son of Arthur, Mother = Ellen Cozens from Thornage, children = Sibyl Constance, Betty, Thomas, family lived (?) Briston Rd next to the Railway Institute.  Reginald worked in the family general store and took over when his father retired in 1934, Thomas taking over when Reginald retired until the Shop closed in March 1975.
COLMAN, Husband = Thomas (b1877 Briningham), Wife = Gertrude Maude Bambridge (b1877 Gunthorpe), family lived The Common, Briston in April 1901, no. 23 Gatehouse from April 1911 until September 1939.  Thomas was a Platelayer from April 1901 until 1914 and was Ganger in the Briston Gang from 1934 until September 1939.  Gertrude was the Female Crossing Keeper at no. 23 gates (Reepham Rd) from April 1911 until September 1939.  Thomas’ sister Harriett Colman married Robert Ernest Bailey Jarrett and Alice Maria Colman married Harry Cornish Southgate
COLMAN, William, (b 3rd qtr 1854 Hempton), began his M&GN career in 1888 but as what is not known, he was living in White horse St, Fakenham in 1891 with his widowed mother but with no job shown (there also in 1881 shown as Coach Painter) and with his brother in Great Ryburgh in 1901 listed as Painter.  He was listed as a Coach Painter in April 1911 and lodging in Briningham with Benjamin Jones.  He was a Painter in the Loco and Carriage and Wagon works in October 1924 when he retired.
COLMAN, first name not known, was a Driver circa 1934.
COOK, Arthur, was the Ganger in the Melton gang from 1918 until 1920.
COOK, Douglas, also known as Cookie, lived 5 Melton St.  He started on the M&GN as a Cleaner in 1940, transferred to Wells for one year (for promotion?) and returned to Melton Constable as a Fireman by 1947.  He was a Passed Fireman when he transferred to Parkeston Quay (for promotion again?) possibly in August 1958; he retired in 1986.
COOK, Husband = Douglas J, Wife = Margaret, family lived 24 Melton St in June 1956, possibly Douglas the Fireman from 5 Melton St.
COOK, Father = Henry Charles (b 3rd qtr 1874 Sutton, Norfolk), Mother = Ellen Eliza Aldis (b1878 Framingham Pigot, Norfolk), children = Hilda May (b 1st qtr 1903 Swanton Novers), Florence Mabel (b1905 Briston), Nora Constance (b1907 Briston), family lived Briston in April 1911.  Henry was a Leather Worker in the Carriage and Wagon works presumably from 1903 until December 1936 having previously been a Harness Maker in North Walsham in 1901.
COOK, Jack was a Shunter, presumably at Melton and lived in Woodfield, Briston.
COOK, Father = John W (b 1st qtr 1866 Fakenham), mother = Elizabeth M (b1869 Kingsland, Herefordshire), children = William S (b1897 Kennington), Thomas James E (b 4th qtr 1898 Fakenham), Harold (b1905 Briston), family lived Tithe Barn Cottage, Briston from April 1901 until April 1911.  John, may have worked for the railway in Fakenham, he was a Porter in 1901 and possibly until 1905, an Under Guard in 1911 and a Goods Guard from 1911 until 1920.  His brother Arthur Cook was a Platelayer and later Ganger at Fakenham, whether this was for the M&GN is not known but he may be the same Arthur Cook who was Ganger at Melton from 1891 to 1920.  His sister Edith Elizabeth married Arnard William Davey who was a Carman and later a Porter at Fakenham but again whether this was for the M&GN or the GER is not known.
COOK, Maurice, was a Cleaner in July 1958.
COOK, W, was a Porter.
COOK, W, was a Shunter in 1956.
COOK, W, was a Guard, possibly around 1947.
COOKE, G, was a Blacksmith from 1929 until 1936.
COOKE, W J, was Head Shunter in June 1958.
COOPER, Husband = David George (b1927), son of Henry George, Wife = Betty Violet Jones (b1930), daughter of Robert Jones, family lived 27 Melton St.  David, also known as Nana, began his M&GN career in 1943 as a Cleaner.  He was a Passed Cleaner in 1944 and a Fireman when the line closed.  Betty, began her M&GN career in 1945 in the Sheet Factory as a Sheet Repairer for about 2 years, then in the Machine Room until leaving in December 1950 when she married David.
COOPER, G, was a member of the station staff circa 1925.
COOPER, George H, (b1899), was a Porter at Hindolveston in 1927 and had become Leading Porter by September 1936 and remained as such until the line closed, moving then to a similar job at Melton until he retired in 1962 or 63.
COOPER, H, was a Lamp Repairer from 1929 until 1936.
COOPER, Father = Henry George, mother = Florence E Bumfrey, children = Leonard J, David George, family lived 1 Colville Rd from circa 1950 until June 1956.  Henry worked in the Concrete Dept. presumably moving to the Permanent Way Gang after the works closed, he died in about 1980.
COOPER, H T, worked on the railway (in Melton?), but what he did is not known.  He was a member of the ambulance team.
COOPER, Leonard, worked in the Building Dept. in 1940.
COOPER, Husband = Leonard J, son of Henry George, Wife = Daphnie R Wade daughter of Robert John Wade, family lived 39 Briston Rd from circa 1941 until 1951 then moved to Woodfield, Briston from 1951 until 1954 and then moved back to 37 Briston Rd from 1954 until June 1956.  Leonard was Chargehand in the Carriage and Wagon Works in the 1940’s and 1950’s; he died in May 2000.
COOPER, Maurice, was a Passed Cleaner in 1940, a Fireman in 1942 and a Passed Fireman possibly around 1947 until the line closed in 1959 whereupon he went to Hertford.  He possibly lived 22 Burgh Beck Rd.
COOPER, Husband = Maurice G, Wife = Lorna E, family lived 22 Burgh Beck Rd in June 1956, possibly Maurice the Fireman.
COOPER, Husband = Thomas (b1845 Wymondham, Norfolk), Wife = Mary Ann (b1840 Great Snoring, Norfolk), family lived near Church Lane, Briston, in April 1901 when Thomas, was a Labourer.
COOPER, first names not known, was a Goods Clerk in March 1951.
COPLAND, Father = William Walter (b 6th July 1852 Watton, Norfolk), mother = Rachel Elizabeth Harris (b1856 Hereford), children = Hedley Charles (b1876 Wood Norton), Amy Louise Batterham (b1880 East Dereham), Maud Helen (b 4th qtr 1881 Hempton), family lived Hempton in April 1881, Rosemary Lane, Highfield Terrace, Fakenham in April 1891 and 14 Melton St from August 1894 until August 1914.  William began his M&GN career on 29th March 1880, probably as a Porter at Fakenham where he served from April 1881 to September 1881.  He was a Travelling Inspector from circa September 1883 until August 1893 although he is shown as being Stationmaster at West Runton in 1888 (?), in 1893 he was appointed Temporary Stationmaster at Melton, later he became Stationmaster and Goods Agent at Melton from August 1895.  By December 1915 he had lost the job of Goods Agent and remained as Stationmaster until he retired on 31st March 1919 which was after his normal retirement age due to the staff shortages caused by the first world war, he died on 12th March 1936 in Sheringham.  Maud married Leonhard Piechowicz, he died circa 1915 and Maud returned to live with her parents with their daughter Rachel.  Family later moved to Sheringham.
COPP, Husband = Frederick (b1870 Bideford, Devon), Wife = Annie, family lived 3 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 7) from August 1904 until June 1934.  Frederick was a Carpenter in the Signal Dept. from April 1911 until 1936, he was in charge of the Railway Mission Sunday school.  They never had children.
COPPING, Father = Frank (b1875 Holt), Mother = Rosanna Buxton (b1876 Billingford), children (all born Briston) = Lilian V (b1900), Frederick (b1902), Hilda (b1904), Cecil (b1906), Elsie, (b1907) Alice (b1908), George (b1910), family lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Frank was a Fitter’s Labourer from April 1901 until April 1911 and is shown as being a Fitter in the Tender Shop from 1927 until 1934. Also living with the family in 1911 was Rosanna’s daughter Gladys Buxton (b1896 Lakenham, Norfolk).
CORK, Father = Ernest George (b 7th March 1860 North Walsham), mother = Jane Elizabeth Fuller (b1866 Edingthorpe, Norfolk), children = Elizabeth M (b1883 North Walsham), Edward Frederick (b1884 North Walsham), Murrell Arthur (b 3rd qtr 1885 Gaywood, Norfolk), Ernest (b1887 Holt), Emily Jane (b1890 Melton), Nellie (b1894 Melton), family lived briefly in Astley Terrace then 16 Melton St from April 1891 until August 1895, 16 Colville Rd from August 1896 until August 1901 then in Briston from 1904 until April 1911 (shown as Holley House).  Ernest began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is unknown, he appears to have served at North Walsham and possibly South Lynn and Holt before arriving at Melton.  He was Timekeeper between 1885 and January 1923, although is shown as being a Stores Clerk in April 1911 and Chief Loco Pay Bill Clerk from December 1923 until retirement on 7th March 1925.  He was a member of the Manchester Unity ‘Pride of Briston’ Lodge in 1909 and Secretary of the Railway Institute from 1900-1904.  Edward was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1901, he was still living with the family in 1911 but does not have any occupation shown.
CORK, G, was a railway worker in the 1950’s but what he did is not known.
CORK, George, was a Porter in July 1936 and probably until May 1939, probably the same person as G Cork above.
CORK, Father = George (b1864 Bradfield, Norfolk), Mother = Ethel Caroline Fincham (b1869 Wells, Norfolk), children = Ethel (b1890 Holt), George (b1899 Sheringham), Bertha (b1900 Sheringham), family  lived Cross St, Holt in April 1891, Weston Square, Chapel St, Holt in April 1901 and Hindolveston in April 1911.  George began his M&GN career in 1900; from April 1891 to April 1901 he was a Gas Stoker but as he was living in Holt it may not have been for the railway, he was a Labourer in the Loco Dept. from April 1911 until he retired circa October 1929.
CORNWELL, Walter (b1881 Snoring, Norfolk) was a Porter at North Walsham in April 1901 and a Guard at Peterborough in April 1911, presumably these were for the M&GN as he was a Goods Guard at Melton in 1918 and by 1920 until September 1936 he was a Passenger Guard at Cromer Beach.  It is possible he went to Cromer via Spalding.
COSSEY, Husband = Bertie J, Wife = Irene Kathleen, family lived 6 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Bertie was a Blacksmith in 1940 having come from the Hastings estate where he was living at the Stud Farm in June 1934.
COUSINS, Father = James Sidney (b1843 Brinton), Mother = Emily Clarke (b1845 Sharrington), children = William Sidney (b1864 Thornage), Martha Anne (b1867 Thornage), Walter Richard (b 22nd November 1868 Thornage), Eliza Mary (b1870 Thornage), Fanny (b1875 Thornage), Willie (b 30th April 1876 Thornage), Lucy (b1878 Thornage), Bessie (b1880 Thornage), Ellen (b1883 Thornage), John (b1885 Thornage), George (b1888 Thornage).  James was a Shoemaker from 1871 until 1891; he married Emily in April 1863 in Thornage.  Walter was a Carriage Body Maker in April 1891 and Willie was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known, it is possible he was still a Fitter at Melton in April 1901 as at the time of the census he was visiting his Sister Martha in Fulham.  Family seems to have lived with James’ brother Richard (b1845 Brinton) who was also a Shoemaker and who is listed as ‘head’ of the household, in Main St, Thornage from April 1871 until April 1901.
COUSINS, Leslie, worked for the railway in July 1936, but what he did is not known.
COX, Father = Herbert (b1876 Stratford), Mother = Louisa (b1876 West Ham), children = Edith (b1898 Stratford), Herbert (b1900 Stratford).  Herbert was a Loco Fitter in April 1901 living in Briningham.
COZENS, George lived 7 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 14) from June 1934 until June 1956 began his M&GN career 15th August 1904 as a Cleaner, but where this was is not known.  He was a Cleaner at Mundesley in October 1915 and passed through all the footplate grades, but whether this was at Melton or elsewhere is not known, but he was a Driver at Melton in 1940 and retired as such on 17th January 1953. 
COZENS, Father = John, children = Lorna Mary (b1915), Richard, Inez, family lived Stody in 1915 and later in Brinton.  John owned a travelling drapery business which was later taken over by Richard.  Lorna married Reginald William Worship.
CRASKE, Archie, was a Porter in May 1941.
CRASKE, Father = Frederick William (b1877 Brinton or Briningham but registered in Aylsham which doesn’t include either of them!), Mother = Emma Harper (b1877 Hindolveston), children (all born Hindolveston) = Alice Elizabeth (b1902) Marian Agnes (b1908) Edgar George (b1909) Arthur Noel (b1910), Frederick lived Sharrington in 1901 and family lived Hindolveston in 1911.  Frederick was a Guard from April 1901 until April 1911, his brother Henry George also worked for the railway.
CRASKE, George (b1880 Hindolveston) was a Labourer in the Signal Dept. from April 1901 until April 1911 living in Hindolveston at those dates.
CRASKE, Henry George (b1875 Briningham) was a Carriage Lighter (? Lifter) in April 1901 living in Sharrington and a Carriage Examiner/Wheel Tapper at South Lynn from April 1911until 1928.  His brother Frederick William also worked for the railway.
CRASKE, John (b1870 Melton) lived Briston from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Platelayer in April 1911.
CRASKE, John (b1872 Briston) was a Cleaner in April 1891 living in the Old Workhouse, Melton.
CRASKE, Lewis (?) was a Cleaner in 1940 and had become a Driver by the time the line closed, possibly the same person as Louis at 11 Gordon Rd.
CRASKE, Husband = Louis C, Wife = Moira I, family lived 11 Gordon Rd in 1956, possibly the same person shown as Lewis.
CRISP, Father = Cecil George (b 4th qtr 1903 Hempton), mother = Sybil G A Jonas, children = Joy, Jean, family lived 12 Astley Terrace from the 1930’s to 1944.  Cecil, was a Shunter in September 1936 and later became a Signalman at Fakenham circa 1945 until the line closed, Jean was a Porter.
CROFTS, W Eric, was Stationmaster from circa November 1960 until moving to Cromer Beach on 22nd October 1962.  He had begun his M&GN career at Thorney in 1923 and was Stationmaster at Grimston Road in 1959 when the line closed to passengers whereupon he transferred to Hardingham until taking up the post at Melton.
CROWE, Sam began as a Cleaner in 1946, when the line closed he transferred to March.
CUBITT Father = Walter John (b1874 Syderstone, Norfolk), Mother = Edith Elizabeth (b1877 London), child = Rhoda Irene (b1903 Briston), family lived 9 Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1911.  Walter was listed as a Storeman in the 1901 census, at which time he was lodging with James Willimot in Edgefield Rd, Briston.  He was later listed as a Labourer (Stores) in the 1911 census and later described as a Labourer who assisted with Shunting duties in January 1912
CULLEY, H R, was a Driver, possibly Reggie (see below).
CULLEY, Herbert (b1873 Tuttington) was a Platelayer in April 1891 lodging with Hannah Barwick in Beam Cottage, Edgefield Rd, Briston.
CULLEY, Reggie was a Driver from 1940 until June 1957, coming from Norwich Thorpe, possibly the same person as H R above.
CURSON, William (b 10th October 1870 Kings Lynn), began his M&GN career in 1887 in the Engineering HQ (?) at Melton.  He was the son of George Robinson Curson and after many other jobs including Stationmaster at Norwich City, retired as Stationmaster at Wisbech on 10th October 1934.
CURTIS, Samuel (b1831 Heathfield, Sussex) was a Signal Fitter in April 1891 and lodging at 2 Burgh Stubbs, Briningham, he died in the 1st qtr of 1894 probably whilst still in service.
DACK, Father = Charles Knights, (b 2nd qtr 1893 Briningham) son of Thomas, Mother = Florence Nellie Mann, daughter of Donald Mann, children = Jean, Duncan, Florence, Alice, family lived 1 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 2) in June 1934.  Charles was a shaping Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from May 1918 until 1924 and in the Fitting Shop in December 1936, going to Ipswich when the works closed, he is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.  Alice was a nurse and was killed during the First World War.  The names of the children listed above were given to me by Melton residents, only Florence J (Jean?) and Donald C can be traced to Charles and Florence and as they were not married until the 3rd qtr 1920 then Alice’s information is obviously incorrect.
DACK, Father = Edward Thomas, (b 3rd qtr 1878 Briningham) son of Thomas, mother = Hannah Elizabeth High (b1885 Salthouse, Norfolk), children = Ronald Victor (b1906 Briston), Margaret Evelyn (b1910 Briston), Douglas M (b 2nd qtr 1917 Briston?), John E (b 4th qtr 1919 Briston?).  Edward lived Briningham in April 1901 and family lived Briston in April 1911.  Edward worked in the Machine Shop from April 1901 until about 1935 when he retired due to ill health, at the time of the 1939 War survey he was shown as being a Engineers Machinist Vent & Hor(?) but whether this was for the railway is not known.  His Wife’s cousin, Ernest Kendle also worked for the railway.  John began his M&GN career in November 1932 as an Apprentice Coachbuilder, remaining as such until the works closed, at the time of the 1939 War survey he was shown as being a Carpenter and Joiner but whether tis was still for the railway is not known.  Ronald was an Apprentice in the Trim Shop from 1923, going to Morris Motors in Birmingham when his apprenticeship finished circa 1930.  He returned to Melton and was a Trimmer in the Carriage and Wagon works from November 1933 until the works closed whereupon he was made redundant again and went to Vauxhall cars at Luton.  Hannah’s aunt, Christiana High, the sister of her father James High married Charles Kendle.
DACK, Father = Eric A (b Guestwick), mother = Alice English, daughter of William English, child = Ann, family lived 5 Astley Terrace in the late 1930’s.  Eric moved to Briston when very young and worked in the bakery at Melton and later bought a bakery in Hempton.  He returned and bought the bakery in Colville Road (which was numbered as 7 Briston Rd and later renumbered as 20 Briston Rd) from Arthur E. Rose in 1952 and stayed until his retirement, his brother’s Sidney and Victor worked for the railway.  The bakery was then taken over by Charlie Barnes, whose elderly parents also lived there.
DACK, Father = Matthew Joe (b 4th qtr 1881 Briningham) son of Thomas, Mother = Clara May Wilkinson, children = George W (b 1st qtr 1928 Melton?), Reginald S (b 4th qtr 1915 Melton?).  Matthew lived Briningham from April 1901 until April 1911, family lived 22 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from13 Colville Rd) in June 1956, in 1911 Clara was working in Gimingham in Norfolk along with Matthew’s sister Polly Maria.  Matthew, also known as Joe was a Bricklayers Labourer from 1898 until April 1911 and possibly a Bricklayer in 1947.  George was a Greaser in the Carriage and Wagon Dept. from 1943 until 1944 after which he became a Cleaner, possibly also becoming a Passed Cleaner the same year.  He was a Fireman from January 1947 until the line closed whereupon he became a bus Driver (?) and later worked for Cutler Hammer in the former Machine Shop, he lived in Edgefield Rd, Briston.  Clara worked in the Sheet Factory in about 1955, Reg was an Apprentice Carpenter but was sacked after approximately one year due to a suspected weak heart.
DACK, Husband = Robert (b1865 Wood Norton), Wife = Annie May Sherwood (b1875 Reepham, Norfolk), family lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Robert began his M&GN career in 1894 but as what is not known.  He was a Fitter from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Brake Fitter when he retired circa October 1929.  His nephews George and Thomas William (Willie) Cletheroe were living here in April 1901, their mother Mary Ann Sherwood and Annie May were sisters.
DACK, Sidney lived in Woodfield, Briston and worked in the Gasworks from 1940 until August 1961.  He may have become a Porter at Aylsham (GER?) after the Gasworks closed.  His brother Victor also worked for the railway and another brother Eric was a baker.
DACK, Father = Thomas (b1854 Wood Norton), Mother = Harriett Bunting (b1861 Briningham), children (all born Briningham) = Edward Thomas (b1879), Rachel (b1880), Matthew Joe (b1882), Thomas Bunting (b1884), Harry (b1890), Polly Maria (b1892), Charles Knights (b1893), John (b1895), family lived Briningham from 1879 until 1911.  Thomas had several different jobs during the course of his married life but as far as is known none of them were for the railway.
DACK, Father = Thomas Bunting (b1883 Briningham) son of Thomas, mother = Martha Colman Groom, daughter of Jesse Groom, children = Doris M (b 3rd qtr 1913 Briningham?), Violet Irene (b 2nd qtr 1916 Briningham?) Elsie K (b 4th qtr 1918 has been linked to this family but her mother’s maiden name is listed as Green and I have been unable to find a marriage record), family lived Burgh Stubbs, Briningham in April 1901 and Briningham in April 1911.  Thomas was a Railway Machinist from April 1901, probably the same job as a Turner and a Boring Machine Operator in the Machine Shop which was his job when the works closed whereupon he moved to Laurence Scott.  Violet, also known as Rene, was a Shorthand Typist in the correspondence section of the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from 1935 until the works closed.
DACK, Victor, also known as Jimmy, lived Long Yard, Briston, was a Gas Maker (also shown as a Coach Gasser).  When gas making finished he became a General Handyman.  His brother Sidney also worked for the railway and another brother Eric was a baker.
DACK, Father = name unknown, children = Anne, Stephen, another son, name unknown.  Stephen worked for the railway before the First World War, but as what is not known.  Anne was the mother of Matthew Rowe.  Their brother, whose first name is unknown, also worked for the railway, but as what is not known.
DAGLESS, Eric began his M&GN career in 1951 from school as an Oiler and Greaser in the Carriage and Wagon Dept., doing his National Service from 1954 to 1956.  In the Summer Season of 1957 he was a Signalman in the west box and afterwards was a Carriage/Goods Shunter until October 1958 (?) when he became a Class 2 Relief Signalman at Yarmouth Beach.  Upon closure of the M&GN he transferred to Bishops Stortford North Box but returned later that year to Runton West Box moving to Holt in 1960 and remaining there until 1963 when he moved to Cromer box and remained there until August 1966 when he left the railway to join the Police force.
DAGLESS, Husband = Frederick Thomas (b1881), Wife = Pleasance, family lived 20 Melton St in 1934.  Frederick was a Cleaner in April 1901 but by April 1911 he was a Signalman lodging in Tattersett with Robert Hipkin.  He was a Relief Signalman in September 1936.  Frederick was uncle to David Grave (brother-in-law to either his father or mother).
DAGLISH, first name unknown, was a Cleaner who possibly died whilst still employed as such.
DALTON, Father = William Henry (b1885 Binham, Norfolk), Mother = Maria Esther, children = Constance E, Gladys, Sybil Esther, Lucy (?).  William lived Binham in April 1911, family lived 18 Burgh Beck Rd in June 1934.  William, also known as ‘the Wise Old Owl’, was a Fireman in April 1911 and a Driver from 1927 until he retired in about 1943; he has also been described as a Foreman.  He was the Secretary of the NUR.
DANIEL, Father = Robert (b1864 Stepney), mother = Ellen Whittred (b1864 Bradenham), children = George William (b1890 Briston), Ethel Mary (b1897 Briston), Violet Ellen (b1900 Briston), plus Ellen’s son Ernest Christmas Whittred (b1882 Briston), (Robert and Ellen were married in 1889), family lived Hall St, Briston in April 1891 and West End, Briston in April 1901.  Robert began his M&GN career in 1886 but as what is not known.  He was a Coachbuilder from April 1891 until April 1911 and Shop Chargehand in the Carriage and Wagon Works from 1927 until he retired circa October 1929.  George, also known as Billy was a Coachbuilder from April 1911 until the works closed; Ellen was a Dressmaker in April 1911, her brother Herbert Whittred also worked for the railway.
DANIELS, Alec A, was a mileage Clerk in Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from 1935 until the works closed whereupon he went to Norwich.
DANIELS, Father = Robert (b1873 Aylsham), Mother = Sophia, child = Sophia Ellen.  Robert was a Labourer on the railway in April 1901.
DANIELS, William Robert presumably worked for the railway in August 1897 as he was living in 29 Colville Rd, but what he did is not known.
DANN, Robert, was a Shedman.
DARLOW, Geoffrey William (b 3rd qtr 1927), began his career as a Junior Porter in 1942 at Massingham.  He was later a Relief Porter before training as an Under Shunter at Melton but left in 1946 as further progress would have meant him taking lodgings in Melton which he did not want to do and his decision was further reinforced when he had his wallet stolen with his week’s wages in it and he left the railway.
DAVEY, Father = David (b1879 Wells, Norfolk), child = Derek.  David was a Guard in April 1901 but whether this was at Peterborough is not known as he was a visitor in Mundesley at the time of the census.  He was a Passenger Guard at Peterborough from April 1911 until September 1936.  He became a Goods Guard at Melton from 1942 until 1952.  Derek was a Booking Office Clerk from 1949 until 1950.
DAVEY, Frederick Maurice, (b 3rd qtr 1901 Billingford, Norfolk), he commenced working on the railways circa 1917 but whether this was for the M&GN or GER is not known, he was a Shunter in September 1936.
DAVID, Husband = David Llewellyn, (b 3rd qtr 1876 Llansamlet, Glamorganshire), Wife = Emma Priscilla Roberts (b1880 Armley, Yorkshire), child = Doris Ellen (b 4th qtr 1905 Yarmouth).  David lodged Olive Rd, Yarmouth in April 1901 with David John Morse and Emma was a Dressmaker and Milliner also lodging in Yarmouth at the same time, family lived 14 Melton St in June 1934.  David, also known as ‘The Black Prince’, commenced his railway career on the Midland Railway in 1891 and in 1897 took a three year appointment with the Cape Government Railways in South Africa.  He returned in 1899 when he commenced his career on the M&GN at Sheringham, probably as a Clerk, postings to Yarmouth by April 1901 until at least January 1907 and Eye Green by April 1911 followed before he was promoted to the Relief Staff in January 1915, probably stationed at TMO.  He remained as such until he was promoted to an administrative position at TMO; this was possibly as Senior District Relief Clerk as he is shown as such from 1927 until 1929.  He was a Clerk in the operating Dept. at TMO from February 1925 until 27th February 1931, although this may well have been the same job as Relief Clerk, before taking over as Stationmaster on 28th February 1931 and remained there until he retired in August 1941.
DAVIDSON, George, (b1870 Guestwick) was a Labourer lodging The Street, Briston in April 1901 with the family of Edward Eke.
DAVIES, Husband = John Wynn, Wife = Marjorie Alice Howlett, daughter of Isaac Howlett, John and Marjorie were married in the 3rd qtr of 1934 and lived 5 Colville Rd in August 1935.  John was a Staff Paysheets Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from 1935 until the works closed, whereupon he went to Cambridge.  They married in the 3rd qtr 1934 and moved here, Marjorie was a Post Office Clerk
DAVIS, Fred, was a Guard.
DAWSON, Husband = Benjamin (b1881 Wood Norton), Wife = Florence Emerson (b1881 Fulmodeston).  Benjamin was a Labourer in the Loco (Shed?) and living in Fulmodeston in April 1911, he was a Coalman from 1940 until 1942.
DAWSON, Frank, was a Driver.
DAWSON, Jack, was a Shed Labourer from circa 1938 until 1942.
DAY, Charles was a Driver circa 1940 having moved from Dereham.
DAY, William (b1825 Banham, Norfolk) lodged Stocks Corner, Swanton Novers in April 1881 with the family of James and William Ducker was a Navvy and probably working on the extension of the line through Melton.
DEACON, Robert William (b 4th qtr 1844 Sco Ruston) lived 12 Astley Terrace from August 1900 until August 1904 was Caretaker of the Railway Institute presumably between those dates.  It is very likely that his nephew William George Sillett was also living here in 1901 (see his entry for a fuller explanation).
DENNIS, Arthur Edward (b1864 Kings Lynn), Mother = Elizabeth (b1864 Snettisham, Norfolk), children = Grace (b1893 Kings Lynn), Elsie Elizabeth (b1895 Briston), James Arthur (b1897 Melton), family presumably lived in Briston in 1895 as Elsie was born there, then lived 4 Colville Rd from August 1896 until August 1914.  Arthur was a Wheelwright from August 1896 until he retired circa March 1929.  Elsie married John William J Scott.
DENNIS, George, was a Shunter in 1929.
DENNIS, George, worked for the railway in 1935, but what he did is not known.  Possibly George above.
DENNIS, Father = James Arthur (b1897 Melton), son of Arthur Edward, Mother = Violet Maud Graveling (b1900), daughter of Frederick Walter Graveling, child = Pamela, family lived near the Church, Briston in 1939.  James married Violet in 1929 and was a Platelayer in the Briston Gang in 1934; he was killed in 1939 when he stepped in front of a moving train near Briston gates.  Violet then moved to 33 Council Houses and later married Charles William Boyce Matthews.
DENNIS, Richard William (b1863 Boston, Lincs) lived 26 Colville Rd from August 1899 until August 1914 was a Millwright in the Fitting Shop from April 1901 until 1924.  He died on 1st February 1933.
DENNIS, Willie possibly worked at Melton as a Fireman circa 1928.
DENNIS, W R (b1902) was a Shunter in September 1936.
DENT, Father = Reginald Robert (b 4th May 1901, Norwich), 1st Wife = Bessie S Ayton, 2nd Wife = Daisy Elizabeth Cooper, children = Vera D (b 4th qtr 1927), Margaret D (3rd qtr 1929), Albert H (4th qtr 1932), Donald R (1st qtr 1935), Frederick C (4th qtr 1936), Philip J (3rd qtr 1939), Jean L (1st qtr 1941), Christopher J (1st qtr 1944), Terrence E (1st qtr 1948), family lived 1 Melton St in 1956.  Reginald, also known as Aubrey or Deno, was the youngest of four children, he started his working life in the shoe Factory of Howlett & White in Norwich and then joined the railway as an Engine Cleaner at Norwich Thorpe on 3rd February 1919.  Equipment needed for the work was issued to each employee and had to be stamped with their initials, there already being another Cleaner with the initial R. R. D. the Foreman decided Reginald would be known as “Aubrey’’ and he was called this for the rest of his life, except by his family.  From Norwich he moved to Cromer High and Cromer was where he met and married Daisy in the 2nd qtr 1927 having lost his first Wife Bessie at an early age through illness (1st qtr 1926 having only married her in the 1st qtr 1925).  The records of his marriages appear to conflict with the foregoing sentence as Bessie was married in and died in the Erpingham registration district which includes Cromer, and Daisy was married in the Norwich district although the first 5 children were all born in the Erpingham district.  In 1939 he moved to Melton Constable Loco depot as a Driver (possibly still a Fireman until 1944) where he stayed until the closure.  He then shunted the yard at Melton and from there moved to Cromer Beach until being made redundant about two years before his official retirement date.  Jean, Margaret and Vera all worked in the Sheet Factory, Vera married Arthur Burrell-Cory and Jean married Ken Kelsey.  Albert lived 1 Melton St in June 1956 and 24 Melton St from 1960 until 2002 and worked in the Carriage and Wagon repair Shops.  Donald lived 12 Astley Terrace from circa 1960 until 1964, was a Cleaner/Fireman (Passed Cleaner?), he went to March for a while as Fireman but later returned and worked at Melton until the closure of the line.  Frederick was a Cleaner/Fireman (Passed Cleaner?), he moved to Stratford as full time Fireman prior to the closing of Melton but later returned and worked in the Sheet Factory, living in 31 Colville Rd from 1959 until 1970 and then 25 Briston Rd from 1970 until 2002.  Philip lived 29 Briston Rd from circa 1968 to 1973, was a Cleaner/Fireman (Passed Cleaner?) and moved to Stratford as a full time Fireman prior to the closure of Melton.  Christopher worked in the Sheet Factory and lived in Melton St, but at which house is not known.
DEWING, John, was a Cleaner.
DEWING, M, was a Cleaner.
DEWING, Mrs (b1898) was a Female Crossing Keeper at no. 16 gates (Gunthorpe Rd) in September 1936.  It is not known who her husband was.
DIGBY, Arthur (b1862 Briston) lived Moor Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Labourer in the Telegraph Dept. in April 1911 and was still a Labourer when he retired on 27th July 1929.  He is listed as Arthur Deyly in the 1911 census.
DIGBY, Percy, worked in the Boiler Shop.
DIGBY, Walter, (b1872 Weybourne) was a Machine Tool Grinder in April 1911 and living in Briston.
DIX, Alfred was a Bricklayer in 1918.
DIX, Basil was an Apprentice Coach Trimmer from 1933 until the works closed.
DIX, George, was a Clerk in the Boiler Shop from 1935 until the works closed.
DIX, Father = Howard William (b 1st qtr 1876 Hindringham), Mother = Gladys D Esgate (b1878 Wighton, Norfolk), daughter of Arthur Esgate, child = Stanley T (b 3rd qtr 1918).  Howard lived in Hindringham in April 1901 and worked in the Machine Shop from then until the works closed.  Stanley was a Trimmer in the Carriage and Wagon Works.
DODMAN, Edward (b1874 Fakenham) lived in Briston prior to moving to 2 Astley Terrace from August 1906 until circa 1920 and Kitchener Rd in June 1934, he was a Signalman in both the East and West boxes from circa 1900 to 1908 (possibly April 1911), and in the West box from 1918 until September 1936.
DOUGHTY, Thomas William, worked on the railway, but as what is not known.
DOUGHTY, William George, began his M&GN career on 9th July 1928 as a Cleaner.  He later became a Fireman at Melton Constable and later Cromer Beach, Norwich City and South Lynn before leaving the M&GN in 1937 and going to Barnsley and later Doncaster.
DOVE, John William (b 6th October 1859 Martham), began his M&GN career in September 1884 having previously been a Porter on the GER, but what he did is not known.  He was a Signalman at Fakenham East box in July 1893 when the survey of E&MR staff was conducted and remained as a Signalman until April 1901.  He was a Crossing Keeper in the Melton area in April 1925 when he retired due to ill health.
DOWDING, John (b 1st qtr 1838 Kessingland) lived 5 Melton St, August 1885 until August 1888 was (presumably) a Boilersmith between those dates as in April 1881 he was a Boiler Maker living in Norwich Thorpe, so presumably working for the GER at the time, by the time of the 1891 census he was a Boilersmith in Norwich living near to Norwich City station, but whether he worked for the railway at that date is not known.
DOY, Arthur James (b 3rd qtr 1876 Edgefield) was a Platelayer from April 1901 until April 1911.  His entry in the 1901 census shows him as the step son of Thomas Williamson.  His mother, Frances Doy married Thomas in the 1st qtr of 1881 and is shown in the 1881 census as Frances Williamson.  Arthur was living with his grandmother Sarah Ann Doy in 1881 and 1891 in Edgefield, but with Frances and Thomas from 1901 until 1911 in Briston.
DOY, B was a Labourer.
DRAKE, Husband = Edward, (b1869 Sprowston, Norfolk), Wife = Emma Oliver (b1875 Briningham), daughter of Richard Oliver, child = Ernest Barzillai (b 2nd qtr 1894 Briningham), family lived Briningham in April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  Edward also known as Ted, was a Painter in April 1901 but whether this was for the railway at that date is not known, he was a Painter in April 1911 and a Painter and Decorator in 1926 when he emigrated to New Zealand.  Ernest was an Apprentice Painter in April 1911.
DRARY, first name unknown, was a Driver.  Name is probably incorrect and should be Drury of Frary.
DREW, Percy Edward J, was in the Engineer’s’ Dept. in July 1893, his father Alfred Edward was a passenger Guard at Cromer Beach from April 1891 to July 1893 and probably until the 2nd qtr of 1895 when he died, presumably whilst still in service.
DREWRY, Husband = Alfred Harold (b 4th qtr 1911 Briston), son of Herbert, Wife = Kathleen E Fletcher (Kathy), Alfred lived 12 Colville Rd in June 1934, family lived 12 Gordon Rd in June 1956.  Alfred was a Carpenter in the Carriage and Wagon works; he was also a member of the Briston Salvation Army.  Kathy had been married before.
DREWRY, Husband = Harold C (b1931), son of Herbert Leonard, Wife = Jill Nurse, daughter of Frank Nurse, family lived 2 Melton St having moved here from Gayton Road when Harold was appointed Stationmaster at Thursford and later moving to 165 Fakenham Rd, Briston.  Harold began his M&GN career in 1947 as a Clerk in the Goods Office and remained there until about 1952 with a two-year break for national service from 1949 until 1951.  From about 1952 until 1956 he was a District Relief Clerk and from 1956 until 1957 he was Stationmaster at Gayton Road.  From 1957 until the line closed he was Stationmaster at Thursford, moving then to become the last Stationmaster at Melton until leaving the M&GN in 1965 when he went to Norwich.
DREWRY, Father = Herbert (b1879 East Rudham), Mother = Maud Susan Nelson (b1877 Whissonsett, Norfolk), children = John William (b 2nd qtr 1901 Briston), Herbert Leonard (b 2nd qtr 1903 Briston), Elsie Maud, Alfred Harold (b 4th qtr 1911 Briston), family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and 7 Colville Rd from August 1910 until June 1934.  Herbert, was a Fireman from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Driver from 1931 until about 1943 when he retired; he was also a member of the Briston Salvation Army.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.  John was an Apprentice in the Signal Dept. from about 1914 until 1921 when he was made redundant and moved to Leeds.  He was also a member of the Briston Salvation Army.  Elsie never married and regularly wrote in the Norfolk Chronicle under the pen name of Uncle Jim.
DREWRY, Father = Herbert Leonard, son of Herbert Mother = Ada Dorothy, child = Harold C, family lived 9 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 18) from June 1934 to June 1956.  Herbert, always known as Leonard to distinguish him from his father, was a Bricklayer’s Finisher from 1929 until circa 1955.  He died in December 1957.
DRUMMOND, first name unknown, was a Premium (?) Apprentice at Melton having been an Officer in the Army during the First World War and purchased his apprenticeship with his gratuity.  It is possible he married one of William Marriott’s daughters.
DRURY, Ernest Robert (b1902 Southrepps, Norfolk) began his M&GN career in 1936 as a Driver at Yarmouth Beach having previously been at Cromer High.  He moved to Melton Constable in about 1940/41 then on to Cromer Beach in about 1948/49 and remained there until 1967 when he retired.
DUCKER, Father = Hubert (b1895 Swanton Novers), son of James Edmund, Mother = Florence Beatrice Oliver (b1874 Ely), daughter of Samuel George Oliver, children = Leslie, Aubrey.  Hubert lived Hindolveston in April 1911, family lived 20 Colville Rd in June 1934.  Hubert was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner in April 1911 and living in Hindolveston and an established Loco Fitter in 1930.
DUCKER, Father = James Edmund (b1861 Swanton Novers), Mother = Gerenia Adelia H Wakefield (b1868 Hindolveston) daughter of Benjamin Wakefield, children = Neville James N (b 4th qtr 1891 Swanton Novers), Hubert (b1895 Swanton Novers), Horatio Barnard (b 4th qtr 1896 Swanton Novers), family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1891 and Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911.  James was a Blacksmith in April 1891, but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He was a Fitter and Turner in the railway works in April 1901 and died (in service?) in the 4th qtr of 1907, his brother William also worked for the railway.  Horatio was an Apprentice Painter in April 1911 and Neville was an Apprentice Fitter & Turner in April 1911.
DUCKER, Raichy, (real name unknown, possibly Horatio), was a Fitter in the Erecting Shop circa 1934.
DUCKER, Father = William (b1865 Melton Constable), Mother = Dinah Burborough (b1861, Iffley, Oxfordshire), children (all born Swanton Novers) = Lilian Violet (b 2nd qtr 1887), Edmund Roland (b 3rd qtr 1889), Lucy Mary (b 2nd qtr 1892), Grace Jacqueline (b 3rd qtr 1902), family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  William began his M&GN career in 1896, but as what is not known, he was a Green Sand Core Maker from April 1901 until he retired circa October 1929, his brother James Edmund also worked for the railway.  Edmund, also known as Rolly, was a Loco Fitter in the Tender Shop in about 1934, at the time of the 1911 census it appears that he was in India serving with the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
DUFFIELD, Hilda, was a Shorthand Typist in the Civil Engineer’s Dept. from 1935 until the works closed.
DUNBAR, Husband = James (b1862 Grantham), Wife = Isabella (b1865, Portsmouth), family lived 1 Astley Terrace from April 1891 until August 1900.  James was a Foreman Fitter from April 1891 until August 1902, by August 1903 he was working for the Cambrian Railways in Oswestry.
DUNN, William (b1855 Leeds) lived 14 Briston Rd from August 1899 until August 1901 was a Boilersmith between those dates.
DUNNING, James Henry (b 2nd qtr 1875 Hoveton St Peter, Norfolk) lodged Briston with Ernest Fuller was a Porter in April 1901 and an Under Guard in about 1910 who assisted with Carriage and platform duties.  He was a Shunter at South Lynn in April 1911 and later became a Goods Guard at there.
DUNTHORNE, Father = Leonard Benjamin (b1882 Fakenham), Mother = Ada Maud, child = Geoffrey, Leonard lived Thornage in April 1901 with his grandmother, family lived Kitchener Rd from August 1911 (possibly from April 1911) until August 1913 and 22 Gordon Rd from August 1914 until June 1934.  Leonard was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1901 and a Carpenter in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1911 until December 1936.
DUXSON, Father = Richard (b1876 Parson Drove), Mother = Emma, children = Richard William (b1902 Melton), Dorothy (b1904 Yarmouth), Horace (b1905 Yarmouth), Bertha (b1907 Yarmouth), Nellie (b1909 Kings Lynn).  Richard senior was reported as being a Guard at Yarmouth Beach before moving to Melton where he was a Ticket Collector from April 1901 and later an Under Guard, also assisting with platform duties, from the birth dates of his children he was in Yarmouth after being at Melton.  He later moved to South Lynn where he was shown as being a Fireman in April 1911 which seems an unlikely career move, he was a Goods Guard in September 1936.  Richard junior worked as a Porter and a Guard on the Western section.  Dorothy worked in the Refreshment Rooms at South Lynn in the 1920’s.
DYBALL, George, stepson of Elizabeth Ruth (Lizzie) Barwick daughter of John Samuel, was American by birth and was sent to Melton to work in the Loco Dept. by his stepmother Lizzie.  What he did is not known.
DYBALL, Father = Thomas Henry (b 10th November 1862 Martham), Mother = Ellen Mary Staff (b1868 Stalham), children = Bertie Thomas (b 1st qtr 1893 Briston), Gladys Maria (b 1st qtr 1897 Briston), family lived 24 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1914.  Thomas began his M&GN career on 31st July 1883, but as what is not known, he was a Goods Guard from 1889 until 1918.  Bertie was an Apprentice in the Carriage and Wagon Works in April 1911.  Gladys was an Office Cleaner for the railway from 1929 until 1936 and lived 7 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 15) in June 1934 with her Mother.
DYBLE, Father = Stanley (b1901 Melton) son of Thomas William (whether Stanley son of Thomas is this Stanley is not yet proven but highly likely), Mother = Mary Riseborough, daughter of John William Riseborough, children = Barbara, Sheila, Stanley, family lived 4 Gordon Rd in August 1935.  Stanley senior was a Carpenter from 1929 to 1936.
DYBLE, Father = Thomas Edward (b1836 Burgh St. Margaret, Norfolk), Wife = Elizabeth, children = Ellen, Alice Mary Ann (Ellis), Eliza (b1865 Burgh St. Margaret), Emma Elizabeth, Agnes, Thomas William (b1872 Burgh St. Margaret), Julia, Edith, Ethel.  Thomas was a Labourer in April 1901 living at 13 Melton St with his daughter and son-in-law, Eliza and Robert Marsters, he died in the 3rd qtr 1905.
DYBLE, Father = Thomas William (b1872 Burgh St. Margaret), son of Thomas Edward, Wife = Sarah Anne Elizabeth Barsted (b1874 Hindolveston), children = Stanley (b1901 Melton), Cecil (b1903 Melton), Sylvia (b1905 Melton), Hilda (1907 Melton).  Thomas and Sarah were married in the 2nd qtr of 1900 and lived in 7 Ferndale Terrace from August 1900 until August 1914, before that Thomas was lodging with his sister Eliza and her husband Robert Marsters at 13 Melton St in April 1901.  Thomas was a Cleaner in April 1891 and a Driver from April 1901 until April 1911.
DYE, Father = Edward John (b1857 Pentney), child = Edward H (b1887 East Walton, Norfolk) living in Sharrington from April 1901 until April 1911.  Edward senior was a Machinist in April 1901 and Wheel Shoeing (?) in April 1911.  Edward junior was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner in April 1901.
DYER, Father = Charles Herbert (b1875 Burnham, Somerset), 1st Mother = Ellen Elizabeth Coombes (b1879 Berrow, Somerset, died 4th qtr 1907), 2nd Mother = Lilian Alice Cooper (b1879 Norwich), children = William Charles (b 3rd qtr 1900), Nellie Louisa (b 4th qtr 1901), Winifred Marena (b 1st qtr 1906), Katie (b 4th qtr 1907), (also probably George and Herbert (b 4th qtr 1909 and Arthur M (b 1st qtr 1911), Ethel Lilian and John (b 2nd qtr 1913), Elsie F (b 1st qtr 1915), Phyllis M (b 4th qtr 1916)), family lived (briefly?) in Burgh Beck Rd, 18 Briston Rd from August 1899 until August 1914 and 1 Melton St in June 1934.  Ellen died in the 4th qtr of 1907 (possibly in child birth) and Charles married Lilian in the 3rd qtr of 1908 in Norwich.  Charles came to the M&GN from Highbridge where he had been an Apprentice Fitter and was a Fitter from August 1900 and Foreman in the Fitting Shop from April 1911 until he retired on 31st January 1936 due to ill health and moved to Norwich.  He may have become Chief Works Foreman at some stage as he has been recorded as such from July 1932 until his retirement.
DYKE, Samuel (b1842 Skeyton, Norfolk) lived 3 Colville Rd from August 1896 until August 1905 was a Signal Fitter between those dates.
EARL, Albert was a Driver possibly around 1947, possibly the same person as Bertie Baldwin.
EARL, Father = Arthur Frederick (b1892 Swanton Novers), son of Samuel William, son = William George (b 2nd qtr 1913), family lived Swanton Novers.  Arthur worked in the works but as what is unknown, he moved to Doncaster, presumably as a result of the works closing.  William, also known as Sam, was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner from 1927 to 1934, moving to Laurence Scott in Norwich when his apprenticeship finished.
EARL, Husband = Bertie Baldwin (b 3rd qtr 1900 Swanton Novers), son of Samuel William, Wife = Kathleen May Culley, family lived 10 Colville Rd from June 1934 to June 1956.  Bertie, also known as Nibs, was a Driver from 1930 until the line closed; they never had children.  Bertie later (circa 1970) re-married and moved to Chester.
EARL, S, was a holder up in the Boiler Shop in 1920.
EARL, Father = Samuel William (b 1st qtr 1855 Billingford), Mother = Martha Ann Baldwin (1854 Fulmodeston), children = James William (b1877 Stibbard), Martha E (b1880 Stibbard), Caroline A (b1882 Stibbard), Rosa M (b1885 Stibbard), George Henry (b 4th qtr 1886 Stibbard), Isabella M (b1890 Swanton Novers), Arthur Frederick (b1892 Swanton Novers), Mildred (b1898 Swanton Novers), Bertie Baldwin (b 3rd qtr 1900 Swanton Novers), family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers from April 1891 until April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  Samuel began his M&GN career in 1885 but as what is not known, he was a Moulder’s Labourer in April 1891, an Iron Foundry Furnaceman from April 1901 until April 1911 and an Iron Fettler (presumably the same job) in June 1925 when he retired.  George was a Linesman’s Assistant in April 1901.
EASTON, W T, was manager of the Sheet Factory from about June 1941 until about June 1951, coming to the M&GN from Gidea Park (Sheet Factory?).  He was a Lieutenant in the local Home Guard and moved to a Stores Manager’s job in Newcastle in about June 1951.
EBBS, Frederick (b1837 North Wootton), lived West Lynn from April 1871 until April 1891.  It is possible that Frederick was one of the Navvy’s who helped construct the railway although this cannot be proved from the census records.  In April 1871 he was listed as a Plate Inspector, in 1881 as a Labourer and in 1891 a Stationary Engine Fireman, whether any of these jobs were for the railway is not known.  He was possibly a member of the Station Staff at South Lynn before moving to Melton, but what he did at either location is unknown.  His brother George and grandson Richard Stephen also worked for the railway.
EBBS, George (b1827) was one of the Navvy’s who helped construct the railway although this cannot be proved from the census records, he was possibly a member of the Station Staff at South Lynn before moving to Melton, but what he did at either location is unknown.  His brother Frederick also worked for the railway.
EBBS Richard Stephen (b1905 West Lynn) also known as Joe was a Signalman in the West box before moving to the East box at Sutton Bridge.  His grandfather Frederick and also many of his relations also worked for the railway on the Western section.
EBLING, Husband = Bert, Wife = Alice Morgan (b 4th qtr 1892 Briston) daughter of Frederick William Morgan.  Bert was a Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy who was killed in the First World War.  Alice later married Jack Neale, who was a Dockworker at Southampton, they had two sons.
EDMONDS, William Robert (b1894 Briningham) lived Melton in April 1911 was a Blacksmith’s Striker.
EDWARDS, John (b1869 Edgefield) lived Briston from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Labourer in the Loco Works in 1901 and a Crane Labourer in the Loco Shop in 1911.
EDWARDS, Sunny, was a Messenger in the Permanent Way Dept.
EDWARDS, Father = William (b1877 Mattishall), Mother = Anne Groom, daughter of Jesse Groom, children = Florence, Ethel and Alice, family lived Burgh Stubbs, Briningham.  William had been in the Boer war before joining the M&GN in 1902 as a Coach Painter where he remained until the works closed whereupon he retired although he is recorded in the 1911 census as being a Loco Painter.  He was also a member of the Territorial Army, serving in the First World War reaching the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major and returned to work as a Night Watchman during the Second World War to help out with the war effort.  Florence and Ethel were Teachers at the school; Ethel married Cecil Bertie James Meek, Alice married Wilfred Barrett.
EGGLETON, Father = George (b1855/1858 Stibbard), Mother = Florence Cletheroe, child = Reginald, family lived Briston in April 1911.  George lodged Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891, Hall St, Briston in April 1901 and married Florence in the 4th qtr 1904 and the family lived Briston in April 1911.  George was a Blacksmith from April 1891 until April 1911 and was Stepfather to Florence’s several children (including Bertie Cletheroe) although she never appears to have been previously married.
EGGLETON, Harry was a Cleaner, possibly the same person shown as being in the Sheet Factory.
EGGLETON, Father = Harry, Mother = Sheila, child = Gail.  Harry was in the Sheet Factory, possibly the same person shown as being a Cleaner.
EGGLETON, Leonard, was a Passed Fireman, moving to Yarmouth Beach in the same capacity.
EGGLETON, Reginald, worked in the Goods Depot circa December 1963, but as what is not known; he was made redundant when it closed.
EGGLETON, Ronnie, was a Cleaner.
EGLINGTON, A, was Loco Running Foreman circa July 1943 when he moved to Norwich (Thorpe?).
EKE, Husband = Alfred Edward (b 1st qtr 1909 Briston), son of Walter William Eke, Wife = Annie (b1871).  Alfred was one of the village postmen; Annie was a Waiting Room Attendant in September 1936, I can find no record of a marriage so most likely this is incorrect.
EKE, Alfred (b1872 Wood Dalling) was a Railway Labourer in April 1911 lodging in Hindolveston, by circa 1930 he was a Labourer in the ‘Bosch’.  Bosch as explained to me by Frank Morgan was a large tank of a hot caustic soda solution used for degreasing parts.  Possibly the same person who was living at 7 Burgh Beck Rd in 1956.
EKE, Husband = Alfred E, Wife = Frances M Jacobs, family lived 15 Burgh Beck Rd (which had been renumbered from 7), nothing further known but possibly Alfred the Labourer in the works.
EKE, Husband = Ben Harold (b1898 Hindolveston), Wife = Frances Wade (b1896 Kings Lynn) daughter of George Wade.  Ben was a Blacksmith’s Striker from 1927 to 1934, he was still working in Melton in 1940, but what he did then is not known.  His brother Rudolph Augustus Lawrence Eke also worked for the railway.
EKE, Father = Benjamin John (b1872 Hindolveston), Mother = Susanna Beane, children = Ivy, Alice Maud, Benjamin John (Benny?), George William, Albert, family lived Hindolveston in April 1901 and 3 Colville Rd from August 1907 until the 3rd qtr 1928.  Benjamin senior, was a Signal Lineman from April 1901 to 1920, it is thought he died in service in the 3rd qtr of 1928.  His district in 1904 was from Melton Constable to Norwich City, but by February 1913 this had changed to Cromer Beach to Norwich City.
EKE, Father = Bertie Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1900 Briston), son of Walter William Eke, Mother = Lottie Violet L Hardingham (b 3rd qtr 1909 Thurning), child = Douglas F, family lived Briston.  Bertie, also known as Fred, Freddie or Sheddy, began his working life at 13 working for the butcher Harry Pilch.  He began his M&GN career as a Cleaner on 24th April 1916, being called up for the First World War on 14th May 1918 and being demobbed on 10th April 1920.  He returned as a Cleaner and was passed for firing in 1921.  It is not known when he became a Fireman proper but was passed for driving in 1933.  Again it is not known when he became a Driver proper but was one in February 1947 and remained thus until the line finally closed, being made redundant on 6th May 1964.  Any relationship between his wife and his mother (Florence Hardingham) has so far not been discovered.  Douglas began his working life as a Carpenter, working for Edward Leeder at Swanton Novers.  He then went to Melton Park Estate for a while before starting in the Sheet Factory for 6 years, during which time he was called up for National Service in the R.A.S.C.  He then went to the Carriage and Wagon works for 11 years until being made redundant in May 1963 when the works finally closed whereupon he went to RAF Swanton Morley after a short spell of unemployment.
EKE, E worked for the railway in 1933 but as what is not known; he was Secretary of the Railway Institute bowls club in 1933.
EKE, Edward, was a Staff Pay Sheet Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he retired.
EKE, Edward, also known as Teddy or Dusty, began his M&GN career as a General Clerk in the Time Office where he was employed answering the Telephone amongst other duties.  As a result of ‘rising’ to a prank being played on him he was demoted to a General Labourer (Coach Trimmers' Labourer) in the Carriage and Wagon Works.
EKE, Edward James (b 3rd qtr 1880 Chislehurst, Kent) lived The Street, Briston in April 1901 with his grandmother Emily Eke and Briston in April 1911 with his wife, he was a Junior Clerk in April 1901 and a Stores Labourer in April 1911.  His family history is somewhat clouded as his birth is recorded in the Bromley registration which includes Chislehurst but not christened until 31st January 1884 in Briston with parents Edward James and Anna Maria Eke but there seems to be no record of any marriage between them.  It is further clouded as his 1881 census record shows him as living in Briston with Mary Codling who is recorded as ‘mother’ aged 87!  In 1891 he is recorded as living with the family of James Eke and is recorded as grandson but searching backwards there is no record of an Edward James in the family and is still with the family in 1901.  There seems to be no traceable connection between Mary Codling and either Edward senior or Anna.
EKE, Father = Frederick (b1870 Briston), Mother = Blanche Yarham Dyball (b1871 Hunworth), child = Ethel (b1891 Briston).  Frederick was a Boilersmith’s Mate in April 1891 and living in Edgefield Rd, Briston.
EKE, Father = Isaac (b 3rd qtr 1868 Edgefield), Mother = Susannah Mary Clarke (b1871 Swanton Novers), child = Edmund (b 2nd July 1899), family lived Swanton Novers from April 1901 until April 1911.  Susannah Ducker married Albert Edward Clarke in the 3rd qtr 1886, they had two children Agneta and Edmund; presumably Albert died as Susannah married Isaac in the 2nd qtr 1899.  Isaac was a Loco Tool Grinder from April 1901 until April 1911, Isaac died in the 1st qtr 1925 presumably whilst still in service.  Edmund began his M&GN career on 15th September 1913 as an Apprentice Boilersmith in the Loco Shops at Melton.  His career as an Apprentice Boilersmith was short lived as he lost his left eye in an accident on 21st September 1914, after which he was transferred to the Loco Dept. Time Office on 10th November 1914.  He was transferred to the Engineer’s’ Dept. Time Office on 17th July 1916 and remained there until he transferred to the Loco Running Dept. at Ipswich on 29th March 1937.
EKE, Mrs (first name not known), was employed, possibly as a Porter, circa 1940.
EKE, Norman, probably worked in the Civil Engineer’s Office in the 1930’s
EKE, Reggie, also known as Magic, was a Driver from 1936 until the line closed.
EKE, Roland, was a Driver circa 1950.  His brother Ronnie Eke was also a Driver.
EKE, Ronnie, was a Driver circa 1950.  His brother Roland Eke was also a Driver.
EKE, Father = Rudolph Augustus Lawrence, (b1883 Hindolveston), Mother = Martha Ann Wright (b1886 Field Dalling) step daughter of George Codling, children = George Rudolph Eke Wright (b 2nd qtr 1905 Hindolveston), Charlotte May Eke (b1908 Hindolveston).  Rudolph lived Hindolveston in April 1901 and family lived Hindolveston in April 1911.  Rudolph was an Apprentice House Painter in April 1901 and a Painters’ Labourer in April 1911, but whether this was for the railway is not known, he was in the Carriage Preparation Gang from 1920 until 1934.  He was a member of the Melton Park cricket club.  He married Martha, step daughter of George Codling in the 4th qtr 1906.  At the time of the 1911 census they were shown as boarders living with George and Edith Codling but for reasons unknown their family names were shown as Codling.  Rudolph’s brother Ben Harold Eke also worked for the railway.
EKE, S, was a Brazer in the Boiler Shop in 1920, and a Tuber in the Boiler Shop from 1927 until 1934.
EKE, Walter William (b 3rd qtr 1871 Briston), Mother = Florence Hardingham (b1876 Reepham), children (all born Briston) = Bertie Walter (b 1st qtr 1894, died 2nd qtr 1896), Ernest Charles (b 4th qtr 1895), William James (b 4th qtr 1896), Herbert Walter (b 3rd qtr 1898), Bertie Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1900), Florence (b1902), Edith (b1903), Alice (b1907), Alfred Edward (b 1st qtr 1909), family lived near Fairstead, Briston in April 1891 and Briston from April 1901 until April 1911.  Walter was a Blacksmiths Assistant in April 1891 and a Boilersmith’s Tube Brazier in the Boiler Shop where he served for 47 years.  Ernest was an Apprentice Fitter from April 1911 until called up for the First World War on 4th August 1914 (he had been in the Territorial Army) to the 5th Norfolk’s.  When he was demobbed he was unable to return to his apprenticeship, as there were no vacancies and therefore took a job as a gardener for a Vicar before returning to the Army for a further 4 years.  After this he returned and applied for a job on the railway once more, this time he was more successful and was offered a job as a Fitter, having the option of choosing between the Erecting Shops at Melton Constable or South Lynn.  He chose the latter and became a Fitter at South Lynn probably from about 1923 until the line closed whereupon he moved to Kings Lynn until retiring at age 65.  Herbert, also known as Dushie, started work in a bakers shop before going to work on a farm, he was called up for the First World War and joined the East Surreys.  On being demobbed he got a job as a Gasmaker at the Gasworks possibly from about 1920, when the Gasworks closed he got a job as a Wagon Breaker until retiring at age 65.  William worked at a dairy in Sheringham before starting at the works.  He was a Blacksmith’s Striker between 1927 and 1934; he is also shown as being a Vacuum Brake Fitter’s Mate from 1931 until the works closed whereupon he went to Doncaster and retired at age 65.  Florence’s brother William Hardingham also worked for the railway.
EKE, Father = William John (b1866 Thornage) child = Frederick William (b 2nd qtr 1894 Hindolveston) family lived Hindolveston from April 1891 until April 1911.  William was a Painter in April 1891, but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He was Carriage Painter from April 1901 until April 1911.  Frederick was an Apprentice Carriage Painter in April 1911.
ELLIS, George, was a Passed Cleaner in 1940 and a Fireman from 1942 until December 1946.
ELLIS, Father = William Robert (b1880 Felmingham), Mother = Winifred Kate Eliza Williamson (b1881 Briston), children = Winifred, Edith Maud.  William lodged Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1901 with James Willimot, family lived 25 Colville Rd from August 1909 until June 934.  William was a Fireman from April 1901 until April 1911 and Driver from about 1930 to 1952.  He was a member of the Briston Salvation Army.  Winifred’s brother Thomas Edward J Williamson was a Labourer with the railway.
ELLWOOD, Herbert Walter (b 2nd qtr 1878 Langham, Norfolk) lived Briston in April 1911 and 5 Colville Rd in August 1912 was a Machine Minder from April 1911 until August 1913; he was caretaker of the Melton Constable Institute circa 1912.
EMERY, William Howitt (b 3rd 1882 March, Cambs) lodged Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901 with Alfred Horace Martin was an Apprentice Fitter at that date, for some reason he was recorded as William A E.
EMMERSON, Maurice, was a Fireman at Melton Constable and South Lynn before moving to Swaffham.  He lived at no. 17 gates (Hindolveston Rd) where his Mother Audrey was the Crossing Keeper, his Father Frederick Frank is the F. F. Emmerson listed in the 1936 staff survey as Porter at Hindolveston.  Maurice later emigrated to Australia
EMPSON, Father = Ezra (b1857 Southrepps), Mother = Ellen (b1863 Norwich), children = Mildred Ellen (b1887 Briningham), Henry Robert Ellen (b1889 Briningham) family lived no. 51 gatehouse (Briningham Rd).  Ezra was a Platelayer in April 1891, he had left the railway by the time of the 1901 census.  Although not listed as such in the 1891 census, Ellen was most probably the Female Crossing Keeper at Briningham Road gates.
ENGLEDOW, Harry, came from the LNER and was a Passed Fireman from 1936 until 1940 and was Loco Running Foreman at South Lynn from 1948 until about 1957.
ENGLISH, Father = Joshua (b1892 Normanby, Yorks), Mother = Ada Florence Stewart (b 3rd qtr 1890) (presumably the widow of Sidney W Stewart whom she married in the 4th qtr 1914 although no death can be found on-line, her maiden name being Brown), daughter = Vera I (b 2nd qtr 1923 Norwich), family lived 6 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 12) in June 1934.  Joshua’s career is somewhat confused as it has been stated he began his M&GN career in the Loco Dept. at Norwich City but he was a Labourer at Melton in April 1911 (and living in Hindolveston).  He served in the First World War so it is possible he was the unknown Driver at Melton who went into the ROD in the First World War.  He was at Norwich City Loco Depot in 1923 and possibly became Foreman there in 1930 before transferring to Melton as Running Shed Foreman in 1930.  He was killed by enemy action on 2nd August 1942.  Vera married Geoffrey Allison.
ENGLISH, Father = William (b1875 Kettlestone, Norfolk), Mother = Rose Mary Reynolds (b1877 Roughton, Norfolk), children = Elizabeth (b1905 Briston), Alfred (b1907 Melton), Nellie (b1909 Melton), Rose Mary (b1911), William (b1913), Alice (b1916).  William lodged 20 Colville Rd in April 1901 with Samuel George Oliver, family lived 8 Colville Rd from August 1906 until August 1914 and 9 Colville Rd from June 1934 to June 1956.  (The earlier address of 8 Colville Rd could be wrong as Lewis Fields is recorded as living in 8 Colville Rd in June 1934 but in 9 Colville Rd from 1906 until 1914; unless they swopped houses one of the addresses is wrong!).  William senior was a Fireman from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Driver from circa 1932 until November 1940 when he retired.  He returned to work as a Crossing Keeper at no. 16 gates (Gunthorpe Rd) during the Second World War, but is also noted as being a Shed Labourer at the same time.  William junior was an Apprentice Fitter in 1926; he left the railway (redundant after finishing apprenticeship?) and worked for Laurence Scott in Norwich.  He appears to have moved out in late 1934/early 1935.  Nellie was a Waiting Room Attendant during the 1940’s and 1950’s; she had also worked in the Bakery shop for Mr Rose and also part time in the Railway Institute, she never married.  Alfred was an Apprentice (presumably Fitter) as he was a Fitter at South Lynn from 1936 until 1957.  Alice married Eric Dack.  William and Nellie lived here in 1956.
ESGATE, Father = Arthur, Mother = Leonora E, children = Ethel L (b1879 Bayswater, London), Mildred H (b1882 Brinton), Nora E (b1876 Wighton, Norfolk), Gladys D (b1878 Wighton, Norfolk), Maude (b1891 Great Walsingham), Arthur.  Arthur did not work for the railway.  Mildred married Herbert William Rayner, Nora married Joseph Fenton, Gladys married Howard William Dix and Maude married Robert Henry Pigott.
EVANS, Father = John Bowdler (b1866 Astley, Shropshire), Mother = Sarah Plumbly (b1867 Barney, Norfolk), child = Mary Elizabeth (b1898 Melton), John was lodging in 2 Astley Terrace in April 1891 with Alfred Clark, family lived 10 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1914 and moved to 4 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 49 Briston Rd) by June 1934 after he had retired.  John, also known as Gentleman John, was a Driver from April 1891 until he retired on 30th June 1928.  He is shown later as being Loco Running Foreman, possibly up to circa 1930 but his retirement notice still listed him as a Driver.
EVANS, William was a Driver about 1939, retiring in about 1940.
EVERITT, Husband = Albert (b1865 Baconsthorpe), son of Mark Everitt, Wife = Sarah Maria Mears (b1870 Stody).  Albert lived Half Moon, Briston in April 1891, family lived 2(?) Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 4) from August 1900 until August 1914.  Albert was a Blacksmith from April 1891 (only shown in the census as ‘Smith’) and remained as such until he retired circa November 1929, probably the same person whose first name is unknown (see below).
EVERITT, Husband = Charles (b1861 Ely), Wife = Alice (b1864 Mundford) lived Back Lane, Briston April 1891, Charles was a Loco Fitter and Turner at that date.
EVERITT, Frederick (b1878 Briston), son of Mark Everitt, lodged 17 Melton St in April 1901 with Samuel Hunt, and was a Point Turner (?) at that date.
EVERITT, Father = Mark (b1832 Baconsthorpe, Norfolk), Mother = Sarah (b1840 Trunch, Norfolk), Children = Albert (b1865 Baconsthorpe), Alice Ann, Anna Maria (b1868 Baconsthorpe), Catherine (b1869 Briston), Florence Fuller (b1872 Briston), Mark, Eleanor Fuller, John William, Frederick (b1878 Briston), Emily Sarah, Harriet Marian, Herbert.  Family lived the Green, Briston in April 1881 where Mark was an Innkeeper, probably this was the Half Moon as listed in the 1891 census.  Catherine married Thomas Ives, Florence married Samuel Hunt and Anna Maria married John Richard Anderson.
EVERITT, first name unknown, was a Blacksmith in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1927 until 1934, probably the same person as Albert above.
EVERSON, G, was Stationmaster in 1955 for a six-week period, whether this was only as relief or a very short permanent posting is not known.
EYERS, M, was Stationmaster from circa November 1958 until closure in 1959 after which he went to Brimsdown.
EYLES, William (b1872 Gaywood) lodged 11 Briston Rd in April 1901 with Charles Fenton and lived Kitchener Rd from August 1908 until August 1914 was a Carriage Upholsterer from April 1901 until August 1914.
FAIRBAIRN, Father = Robert (b1827 Scotland), Mother = Isabella (1831 Scotland), Children (all born Stody) = Robert (b1855), Elizabeth (b1857), Agnes (b1859), James Weaver (b1861), Catherine (b1864), Isabella (b1866), Euphemia (b1869), David (b 26th April 1870), Margaret (b1872), family lived Stody 1855 to 1872.  Robert did not work for the railway.  James lived Briningham in April 1901 and lodged 5 Kitchener Rd possibly from April 1911 until August 1912 with the widow of Abraham Sayer.  James was a Clerk in the Signal Dept. from April 1901 until August 1912.  David lived Hunworth Rd, Stody in April 1901, began his M&GN career on 1st February 1892 as a Lampman (his entry Porter has been crossed out on his staff record), he was a Goods Guard (?) in April 1901, and a Passenger Guard from April 1911 until about 1925 at Cromer Beach.  Margaret married John Henry Hinsley, Euphemia married Ernest Arthur Patfield.
FAIRCLOTH, name not known, was probably a Clerk in March 1948.
FARRIN, Father = William Henry (b 1st qtr 1860 Walpole, Norfolk), child = Henry William (b1885 Gorleston) family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1901, William was lodging in Melton in April 1911 and in Briston Rd in August 1914 with James Miller.  William was a Labourer from April 1901 until August 1915.  Henry was an Apprentice Boilersmith in April 1901.
FARROW, Father = George (b 6th December 1857 Guist), Mother = Hannah M (b1855 Bintree, Norfolk), children= Elvira E M (b1882 Bintree), Margaret M (b1883 Bintree), William A (b1885 Foulsham), Louisa M (b1887 Briston), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891 and Briston in April 1901 when George was a Loco Fitter.  His entry in the baptism register gives his name as Ferrer but the 1891 census gives his name as Farrow.
FARROW, Joseph (b1870 Thurning), was living in Back Lane, Briston with his Mother (?) Elizabeth Brownsell in April 1891 at which time he was a Cleaner.
FENN, Frank William (b1879 Cromer) lived King St, Hunworth in April 1901 and Thornage in April 1911 was a Fitters Labourer in April 1901 and a Labourer in April 1911.
FENTON, Father = Charles (b1845 Frampfield, Sussex), children = William (b1882 New Cross, London), Joseph (b1885 Bromley-by-Bow, London) family lived Front Green, Hempton in April 1891 and 11 Briston Rd from August 1898 until August 1910 and Melton in April 1911.  Charles was an Electric Telegraph Engineer in April 1891, probably working for the railway.  He was a Telegraph Inspector from April 1901 until March 1904, his district being Austin St to Cromer Beach.  In April 1911 he was an Electrician and Storeman.  William was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1901 and Joseph an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 later becoming a Fitter in Somerset.  He married Nora E Esgate (b1876 Wighton, Norfolk) daughter of Arthur Esgate.
FIELD, Mrs May, was a Refreshment Room Attendant in about 1910, possibly lived 10 Burgh Beck Rd.  This may be Florence Fields, wife of Lewis as she is the only ‘Mrs’ Field or Fields recorded in the 1911 census, furthermore, Florence has been recorded as being a Refreshment Room Attendant during the 1920’s.
FIELD, Sid, was a Wagon Builder in 1936.  Possibly this was Stanley Fields.
FIELD, S W, was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner, possibly the same person as Sid Field or Stanley Fields.
FIELDS, Father = Lewis (b 3rd qtr 1876 Oulton, Norfolk), Mother = Florence Tebble (b1880 Hindolveston), children = Stanley (b1904 Melton), Annie Maria (b1908 Melton).  Lewis lodged in Briston in April 1901 with the family of James Walker, family lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1903 until August 1905, 9 Colville Rd from August 1906 until August 1914 and 8 Colville Rd in June 1934.  (The earlier address of 9 Colville Rd could be wrong as William English is recorded as living in 9 Colville Rd in June 1934 but in 8 Colville Rd from 1907 until 1915; unless they swopped houses one of the addresses is wrong!).  Lewis began his M&GN career in June 1892, presumably as a Cleaner.  He was a Fireman from circa 1895 until December 1896 and a Driver from April 1901 to circa 1943 when he finally retired, having stayed on after normal retiring age to help with the war effort.  Later, at least, he was the Driver of the works pilot.  Florence was a Refreshment Room Attendant during the 1920’s, see also the entry for Field, Mrs, May.  Stanley was an Apprentice Wagon Builder but left the railway, presumably being made redundant when his Apprenticeship finished.  He later returned as a Wagon Builder from 1931 until the works closed, succeeding William Holbrook, he was still employed in 1940, but what he was doing at that time is not known, he is possibly the same person as Sid/S W Field.  Annie married Lawrence Hilton Porter.
FISHER, Father = Dick, children = Dick, Frederick, Stanley and two other sons whose names are not known.  Dick senior was a Porter circa 1910 and later became a Guard.  Dick junior was an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner in the Loco Shed.  He finished his apprenticeship in January 1923 and (presumably) became a Fitter in the works, later moving to Peterborough where he became a Foreman Fitter.  Frederick was a Cleaner and later a Fireman by 1940 and later a Driver from 1940 (possibly from 1936) until the line closed when he transferred to Parkeston Quay.  Stanley also worked for the railway, but what he did is not known.
FISHER, F, worked in the Civil Engineer’s Office in September 1939.
FISHER, H, was Assistant timekeeper from 1929 until 1936.
FISHER, Husband = Harold Thomas (b 18th August 1910), son of Thomas Richard, Wife = Daisy Graveling (b1909) daughter of Frederick Walter Graveling.  Harold lived 8 Melton St in June 1934.  Harold began his M&GN career as a Junior Clerk in the Shops Time Office (Way and Works Dept.) on 11th May 1925.  He was made a Grade 2 Shop Clerk on 18th August 1931; presumably this was as a Works Time Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Dept.  He was transferred to the Norwich District as Shops Clerk at Melton Constable on 5th October 1936, actually moving there on 6th December 1937 and to Stratford on 14th March 1938.  Harold was also a teacher of shorthand.  Harold and Daisy were married in 1936 in a double wedding with Daisy’s sister Clara Graveling.
FISHER, Herbert John (b 1st qtr 1882 Hindolveston), lodged Hindolveston in April 1911 with George Robert Wakefield was a Labourer.  His brothers William Walter S and Walter Thomas also worked for the railway.
FISHER, Sam, was a Stationary Engine Attendant at the works.
FISHER, Father = Samuel Isaac (b1863 Leiston/Hazelwood, Suffolk) Mother = Mary (b1863 Leiston), children = Ethel (b1888 Framlingham, Suffolk), Elsie (b1889 Framlingham), Harry Gladstone (b1896 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891 and 12 Briston Rd from August 1898 until August 1914.  Samuel was a Fitter from April 1891 until April 1901 and Chargehand in the Fitting Shop from circa 1900 until he retired circa March 1928.  It appears from the electoral registers that Samuel owned a house in Gordon Rd from 1910 but he continued to live in Briston Rd.  Harry was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911.
FISHER, Husband = Sidney Richard (b 4th qtr 1905 Melton), son of Thomas Richard, Wife = Lucy Block, family lived 13 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 32) in June 1934.  Sidney was an Assistant Telegraph Lineman in 1920, Lineman from 1929 until 1936 and later Electrical Lineman at South Lynn.
FISHER, Father = Thomas Richard (b 4th March 1877 Norwich), Mother = Edith Gertrude Barnes (b1880 Norwich), children = John Walter (Jack) (b 4th qtr 1901 Norwich), Sidney Richard (b 4th qtr 1905 Melton), Maurice Frank (b 3rd qtr 1910 Melton), Harold Thomas (b 3rd qtr 1910 Melton), who were twins, Stanley.  Thomas is shown as living in the family home in Dereham Rd, Norwich in the 1901 census but his staff record makes no mention of a move!   Family lived (briefly) in Kitchener Rd, Briston Rd from August 1903 until August 1912 and 8 Melton St from August 1913 until June 1934.  Thomas began his M&GN career on 14th January 1895 as a Clerk.  He has been recorded as being a (Permanent Way Materials?) Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office in 1930, possibly having been such since April 1919; he was Chief Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office from about 1929 until the works closed, whereupon he retired, this information doen’t quite tie-in with what was recorded on his service record.  His service record shows him as being promoted to a Grade 4 Clerk on 1st August 1919 and to Grade 3 stores Ledger Clerk on 16th June 1922 until he retired on 30th June 1937.  It appears he was acting for the Chief Clerk from 1st March 1936 until 30th October (when the works closed).  Maurice, also known as Polly, was an Apprentice Coach Trimmer circa 1935.  John also worked for the railway but it is not known what he did, Stanley never worked on the railway.
FISHER, Walter Thomas (b 3rd qtr 1878 Hindolveston) lived Hindolveston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Goods Porter from April 1901 until April 1911.  He was an Under Guard from about 1910 until 1918, assisting with platform duties as necessary.  During the First World War he became a Temporary Shunter whilst Alfred Strutt was away doing war service.  He then became a Goods Guard, possibly from 1919, but certainly from August 1923 until September 1936.  His brothers Herbert John and William Walter S also worked for the railway.
FISHER William Walter S (b 3rd qtr 1867 Briston) was a Porter in April 1891 living in Hindolveston, but whether this was at Hindolveston or Melton is not known.  His brothers Herbert John and Walter Thomas also worked for the railway.
FISHER, William H(b1860 Warbouys, Hunts) lived Willow Place, Swanton Novers was a Platelayer in 1891 and Ganger living in Hardwick Narrows, King Lynn in April 1901, in April 1911 he is again shown as a Platelayer living in Gayton.
FISHER, first name not known, worked in the Foundry Shop from May 1917 until 1924.
FITTINGHAM, first name not known, was a Fitter in April 1895.
FLATT, Father = William James (b 4th qtr 1874 Beccles), Mother = Flora E, children = Samuel W, Alice M, family lived 4(?) Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 49 Briston Rd) from August 1900 until August 1902 and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1903 until August 1904.  William was a Tinsmith; presumably between those dates, by 1911 he had a similar job in Derby working for the Midland Railway.
FLETCHER, Father = William (b1840, Kelsale, Suffolk), children = Ernest H (b1872 Kelsale, Suffolk), Herbert Charles (b 1st qtr 1879 Yarmouth), family lived 15 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1906.  William was an Inspector (of what is not stated) presumably from August 1895 until August 1907, he had previously been an Inspector (again not stated of what) at Yarmouth (presumably M&GN) in April 1891.  Ernest was a Labourer in April 1891 and a Platelayer from 1901 until 1911, all in Yarmouth, Herbert was a Railway Stoker in April 1901 and presumably in view of his later job as a Gas Engine Attendant in April 1911 it was not on a locomotive, he was living in Gordon Rd from August 1909 until August 1911.
FORD, Cecil Alexander (b circa 1904), lived 23 Wyndham Park, Cromer, began his M&GN career circa 1953 as a Goods Guard at Melton having previously worked in the London area.  He later moved to Cromer Beach, possibly as a passenger Guard and was there when he died in February 1963.
FORD, first name not known, was a Guard in 1956.  Probably Cecil Alexander (see above).
FORSDICK, John (b1906 Islington, London) began his M&GN career in about 1920 at Weybourne, but as what is not known.  He later worked at Potter Heigham and Thursford before moving to Melton where he was a Porter in September 1936.  He later became a Signalman at Tydd, possibly in 1938 before returning to Norfolk sometime during the Second World War as a Signalman at Sheringham where he remained until April 1964 when he moved to West Runton as Leading Porter, possibly being made redundant in 1967 when the stations on that line were de-staffed.  During his career he had also been a Guard and Shunter, presumably this would have been during his time at Melton.
FORSDICK, S, was a Blacksmith from May 1917 until 1924.
FOSTER, Father = Joseph Parkin (b1858 Middlesbrough), Mother = Hannah T (b1856 Hilgay, Norfolk), children = Thomas Davison (b1878 Middlesbrough), Ethel B (b1881 Middlesbrough), Joseph E (b1884 Middlesbrough), Hannah Isabel (b1887 Middlesbrough), Ralph Brown (b1st qtr 1888 Melton), James Dobson (b 2nd qtr 1889 Melton), Donald (b1894 Melton), family lived 11 Astley Terrace from August 1888 until August 1893.  Joseph was Goods Agent from February 1888 until 1893.
FOX, Husband = Ellis (b1871 in Metton, Norfolk), Wife = Alice Maud Catton.  Ellis lived Ramsgate St, Edgefield in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer in the Locomotive Dept. in April 1901 and a Bolt Screwing Machine Operator in the Machine Shop possibly from April 1911 until 1924.
FOX, Father = Herbert (b1868 Norwich), Mother = Mary Ann Pickles (b1869 Norwich), child = Frank Norman, (b 4th qtr 1894 Heigham, Norwich), family lived Briston in April 1901 and 6 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 12) from August 1903 until August 1914.  Herbert was a Coach Builder/Repairer from April.1901 until April.1911.  Frank was an Apprentice Weighing Machine Fitter in April 1911, probably remaining as such until he joined the 1st/5th Battalion on 3rd January 1912.  He was taken as a POW in Gallipoli on 28th August 1915 and died in captivity on 4th April 1917.
FOX, John (b1876 Foxley, Norfolk) lodged Gloucester Terrace, Briston from April 1901 until April 1911 with the family of Sidney Lubbock and was a Labourer between those dates.
FOX, John (b1879 Sutton Bridge), Son of Joseph began his M&GN career in 1895 at Sutton Bridge, but as what is not known.  In about 1896 he was an Assistant Telegraph Lineman at Melton.  By April 1901 he was a Telegraph Lineman (lodging in 26 Colville Rd with Richard William Dennis and was still there in April 1911, his father Joseph was visiting him at the latter date).  In March 1904 his district was from Melton Constable West to Norwich City; by February 1913 his district had changed to TMO to Cromer Beach and Overstrand.  In December 1921 he became a Telegraph Lineman at Spalding, where he remained until he retired in 1944.  He was chairman of Sectional Council No. 5 in June 1924.
FOX, Joseph (b1846 Long Sutton), Father of John, was a Platelayer in Sutton Bridge from April 1901 until April 1911 and was visiting his son in Melton at the latter date.
FOX, Father = Seeley Charles, Mother = Marian Daisy Moore from the Hastings estate, child = Cedric, family lived Kitchener Rd in June 1934.  Seeley, usually known as Charles or Charlie, was a Coach Trimmer from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he moved to Hornsey Carriage Sidings; he was a trained tenor soloist.
FRANCIS, Father = George William (b1862 Carlton Colville), Mother = Ann Elizabeth Bunting (b 3rd qtr 1859 Briningham), child = Bertie George W (b 2nd qtr 1888 Sharrington), Gertrude M (b1890 Briston), Nora E (b1905 Sharrington).  George and Anne were married in the 4th qtr 1884 and lived Sharrington from April 1901 until April 1911.  George was a Ganger in April 1901 but only a Platelayer from April 1911 until 1914.  Bertie was a Labourer in April 1911.
FRARY, Charles Walter (b1900 Hindolveston) also known as Charlie, was a Vacuum Brake Fitter in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1931 until the works closed living in the Council Houses, his brother Henry also worked for the railway.  (Birth and relationship information obtained form 1911 census so cannot guarantee these are the Charles and Henry whose employment information is shown).
FRARY, H worked for the railway in August 1963, but as what is not known, possibly Henry below.
FRARY, Father = Henry (b1902 Hindolveston), Mother = May Johnson, child = Joyce, family lived 21 Colville Rd from June 1934 to June 1956.  Henry, also known as Sandy (or possibly Shandy), was a Driver from 1942 (possibly 1936) until either the closure in 1959 or August 1963.  His brother Charles Walter also worked for the railway.  (Birth and relationship information obtained form 1911 census so cannot guarantee these are the Charles and Henry whose employment information is shown).
FRARY, Husband = Herbert Frederick (b1891 Little Walsingham), Wife = Mahala, family lived 14 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 24 Grove Rd) from June 1934 to June 1956.  Herbert, also known as Harry or Jack, was a Goods Guard in September 1936.  He was a Relief (?) Station Inspector from 1930 until he succeeded Harry Hinsley on a permanent basis in 1939 and remained as such until 1952.  They did not have any children.
FRARY, Father = Michael Fenn (b1920’s), Mother = Elizabeth Watson, child = Blanch.  Michael was a Shoemaker and had a wooden foot, said to have resulted from a railway accident although this has not been confirmed.  Blanch married Lawrence Massingham.
FROST, Husband = John (b1858 Ely), (1st?) Wife = Emma F (b1860 Kings Lynn), (2nd?) Wife = Isabella (b1852 Kings Lynn), children = Mabel (b1883 Melton), John (b1887 Melton), Percy (b1888 Melton), family lived 11 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1904. John was a Foreman Fitter from April 1891 (possibly from August 1885) possibly until August 1905, although he has been recorded as being Loco Superintendent at Yarmouth Beach in 1904.  From the electoral registers it appears that John owned a house (or houses) on Briston Rd from 1901 but continued to live at 11 Melton St until his move and he retained ownership after his subsequent moves.
FROSTICK, Husband = James Burton, (b 4th qtr 1907 Briningham), son of Sidney Herbert, Wife = Violet Edith Holbrook, daughter of Henry Holbrook.  James, also known as Bertie, Junction and possibly Jack, was an Apprentice Fitter, later becoming established, being in the Fitting Shop from 1928 until 1935; and also went to Lowestoft Concrete Depot along with his father when the works closed.  He was also involved in the Railway Institute Football Club.  James and Violet were married in the 4th qtr of 1939 in the Doncaster registration district.
FROSTICK, Hugh John Francis (b 2nd qtr 1879 Swannington) was a Labourer in April 1911 living in Hunworth.  His brother Sidney Herbert also worked for the railway.
FROSTICK, Father = Sidney Herbert (b 2nd qtr 1881 Ranworth, Norfolk), Mother = Nancy Graveling (b1881 Haverhill, Suffolk), daughter of Herbert Funnell Graveling, children = James Burton (b 4th qtr 1907 Briningham), Sidney Herbert (b 2nd qtr 1909), Mary A (b 2nd qtr 1911 recorded in the records as Frosdick), Jack (b 4th qtr 1913), Phyllis M (b 3rd qtr 1915), Beatty C (b 1st qtr 1917), Mabel and Minnie (twins b 1st qtr 1920), Albert C (b 2nd qtr 1924), family lived 22 Colville Rd in June 1934. Sidney and Nancy were married in the 4th qtr of 1906 and at the time of the 1911 census, Sidney was a Blacksmith for the GNR lodging in Doncaster and Nancy was still living in Briningham with Sidney and Bertie, whether this was for training or some other reason is not known but he obviously returned to Norfolk as that is where the remainder of their children were born.  I have been told of some names of their children not listed above by other Melton residents, these were Charlie, Bertie and Harry and from the census information it would seem that James was known as Bertie as that is how he was listed and tallies with his DOB, the other names I will not speculate on.  Sidney senior was a Welder (?) in the Signal Dept. and went to the Lowestoft Concrete Depot when the works closed, his brother Hugh John Francis Frostick also worked for the railway.  Mary and her husband Aarne O Sükava (who was Swedish) were killed in the London blitz in 1941/42 when working at the Swedish Embassy.
FRY, Father = Walter, child = Enid, family lived 1 Melton St.  Walter was a Driver from 1940 until December 1946 having come from the GER.
FULCHER, A, Miss was a Telegraph Clerk who also assisted with ticket collection from 1918 until 1920, possibly she is Agnes, daughter of Frederick William.
FULCHER, F, Mrs was a Ladies Waiting Room Attendant in November 1917, this may be Sarah Ann Fulcher.
FULCHER, Father = Frederick William (b 20th January 1865 Drayton), Mother = Sarah Ann (b1864 Horsford, Norfolk), children = Harriett Ellen (b1887 Horsford), Frederick Thomas William (Tom) (b 3rd qtr 1889 Great Melton), Agnes Alice (b1894 Martham), Beatrice (b1896 Norwich), Evelyn (b1901 Melton Constable), Jane (Jenny?), (b1904 Melton Constable).  Family lived 7 Astley Terrace from August 1899 until August 1906, 2 Melton St from August 1907 until circa 1920 and 2 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  Frederick senior began his M&GN career on 28th March 1883 as a Porter at Drayton.  He became Foreman (Leading?) Porter at Melton possibly in 1887.  He was Signalman at several boxes before he became Relief Signalman in the East box about 1900 and also in the same year became Station Inspector (but still listed as Foreman Porter in the 1901 census) and remained as such until he retired circa October 1929.  Sarah was a Ladies Waiting Room Attendant from April 1911 until November 1917 and was still living in Gordon Rd in 1956.  Frederick junior was an Apprentice Boilermaker possibly from 1903 until 1910 but had left the railway by April 1911.  Agnes married William Oliver and Harriett married William Revell.  Frederick junior was listed as Thomas in the 1891 census and as Frederick T in the 1901 census.
FULCHER, William Charles (b 19th September 1897 East Runton), began his M&GN career in 1914 as a Junior Clerk on the Goods Staff at Cromer Beach.  After several posts mostly as a Goods Clerk, including two periods around 1916 at Melton before going into the ROD in the First World War, he became a Booking Office Clerk at Cromer Beach in 1920 and remained in that job until he retired on 4th August 1961.
FULLER, Father = Albert Jonathan (b1860 Gunthorpe), son of Robert, Mother = Rose-Mary (b1865 Bromley-by-Bow), children = Collingwood Albert (b 4th qtr 1894 Briston), Ernest E (b1896 Briston), Percy Robert E (b 1st qtr 1901 Melton), family lived 16 The Street, Gunthorpe in April 1891 and 32 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1914.  Albert, also known as Moses was a Ballast Train (Permanent Way) Guard from April 1891 until he retired circa January 1929, it is also thought that he acted as Guard for the Inspection Saloon.  Collingwood was an Apprentice in the Foundry in April 1911, Percy was a Sawyer’s Mate from 1929 until 1936.  Ernest was a news boy for W H Smith & Sons in April 1911.
FULLER, Arthur Alfred (b 4th qtr 1872 Cockley Cley, Norfolk) lodged 9 Astley Terrace in April 1901 with Ernest Massingham was a Porter, by 1911 he had moved to South Lynn as a Goods Checker.
FULLER, Ernest Thomas Arthur W (b 3rd qtr 1876 Great Ormesby) lived Briston from April 1901 until 1911 he was a Fitters Labourer in April 1901 and a Slotting Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from April 1911 until 1924.
FULLER, R was a Metal Packer in the Fitting Shop from May 1917 until 1924, possibly Robert James below.
FULLER, Father = Robert (b1834 Briningham), Mother = Emily (b1841 Bale, Norfolk), children = Albert Jonathan, Ernest (b1862 Gunthorpe), William (b1866 Gunthorpe), Robert James (b 22nd September 1867), Thomas, family lived Gunthorpe from 1867 until April 1871, Robert was a Carpenter but not for the railway.
FULLER, Father = Robert James (b 22nd September 1867 Gunthorpe), son of Robert, Mother = Mary Ann (b1866 Felmingham/Colby), children = Robert Russell (b1891 Briston), Alma Harriett (b1897 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891 and had moved to Victoria Terrace, Briston by April 1901, Gordon Rd from augu1903 until August 1905 and 16 Melton St from August 1906 until August 1914.  Robert senior was a Loco Fitter from April 1891 until August 1915.  Robert junior was a Junior Clerk at Fakenham in 1911 and later a Clerk at TMO and later still S/M at Clenchwarton.
FULLER, Thomas (b1870 Gunthorpe), son of Robert, lived Thursford in April 1901 and Sharrington in April 1911 was a Driller in the railway works between those dates.
FURNELL, Father = Thomas, Mother = Evelyn Constance, children = Harry, Stanley, Dorothy, family lived 16 Melton St in June 1934.  Thomas worked in the Boiler Shop in 1934, he had served in the First World War and was one of the ‘Mons heroes’.
FURSE, Father = Frederick William (b 4th qtr 1870 Norwich), Mother = Ada Emily Barry (b1874 Margate, Kent), children = Florence (b1902 Melton), Bernard (b 4th qtr 1904 Melton), Claude Alfred (b 4th qtr 1909 Melton), Kathleen (b 3rd qtr 1911 Melton), family lived 13 Briston Rd from August 1900 until August 1915.  Frederick began his M&GN career in 1897(?), presumably as a Plumber as that had been his occupation before moving to Melton.  He was a Plummer from April 1901, possibly until the works closed; although it is possible he retired in 1935, he was still recorded as a Plumber at the time of the 1939 War survey but whether this was still for the railway is not known.  Claude was an Apprentice Telegraph Instrument Maker from 1929 until 1936.  Kathleen married Sidney R D Wilson as his second Wife; Florence never married, Bernard was a District Locking Lineman at the time of the 1939 national survey but whether this was for the M&GN is not known, it is also not known whether he served an apprenticeship at Melton or not!  He married Hilda May Gaze after the death of her first husband Percy Claud.
FYSH, Husband = Robert (b1876 Gaywood), Wife = Florence Eleanor Page (b 4th qtr 1882 Yarmouth), daughter of George Page, family lived 4(?) Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 8) from April 1901 until June 1934.  Robert was a Stationary Engine Attendant in April 1901, he went to Kings Cross when the works closed and was killed in an accident with the buffers.  Only Florence is shown as living here in the 1956 Register of Electors.
GAMBLE, Father = Walter (b 4th January 1867 Narborough, Norfolk), 1st Wife = Emma Whyard (b 2nd qtr 1866 Stratford, Essex), daughter of Robert James Whyard, child = William (Billy) (b 2nd qtr 1892 Melton), family lived 12 Melton St with Emma’s parents in April 1891 then 14 Colville Rd from August 1898 until August 1903.  Billy later worked as a head waiter on LNER trains.  Emma died in the 2nd qtr of 1903, Walter’s grandson Michael Gamble discovered the following report of Emma’s death in the Downham Market Gazette posted on the 6th June 1903 and which is here stated verbatim: The County Coroner (Mr. H. J. Culley) held an Inquiry at Melton Constable on Monday as to the death of Emma Gamble, the wife of a Railway Inspector on the M &G.N. Rly, whose body was found hanging from a staircase on Friday evening. Walter Gamble, the husband, stated that the deceased had suffered a great deal from depression. Some years ago, before marriage, she had been confined in a Lunatic Asylum for a short period, but of late she had been much better. He last saw his wife alive at ten minutes past 5 on Friday evening when he left her alone in the house. Returning home shortly before 10 he found the house locked up and thought the deceased had gone to some of the neighbours. He made inquiries, but failed to trace her whereabouts. He then borrowed a door key, and on endeavouring to unlock the door found the key was inside. On entering the house he saw the deceased hanging from the staircase, and at once informed some of his neighbours. John Evans, Engine Driver, said he saw the deceased standing at the back garden gate at about half-past 5, but he did not see anything more of her until he heard that she had been found hanging. John Waldron, Machinist, stated that about 20 to 11, he was called to Gamble's house, where he found the deceased hanging from a handrail, the feet nearly touching one of the stairs. The body was cold, and he thought the deceased had been dead two or three hours. P. C. Fox deposed that on being called to the house, at midnight on Friday, he found the body had been taken down. On searching the house he found a letter, the contents of which suggested that the deceased contemplated suicide. A verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" was returned.
Walter later married Alice Miller (b1879 Aylsham), daughter of William Henry as his 2nd Wife in the 3rd qtr of 1904, children = Isaac Reginald (b 1.6.1905 Melton Constable), Arthur James (b 4th qtr 1907 Gaywood), Kathleen D (b 4th qtr 1911 Gaywood?), Charles David (b 3rd qtr 1916 Gaywood?), family lived 20 Melton St with Alice’s parents probably from 1904 until 1908 when they moved to Kings Lynn.  Walter started as a Junior Porter on 18th February 1883 at Hillington and may well have been a Porter at Melton afterwards; he is shown as being Station Inspector at Melton from the late 1880’s until April 1891 and Night Inspector from July 1892 until August 1893.  There appears to be a conflict of dates as he was listed as being a Rolling Stock Inspector from 1900 (possibly 1898) until 1908 (probably at South Lynn), a Station Inspector at Melton from 1902 until 1905 (also now given as late 1880’s) and a Trains Inspector at TMO from circa October 1905 (confirmed as correct in Circle booklet 10 page 23) until 25th February 1929 when he retired, he died on 27th June 1930.  Alice worked in the Refreshment Room on Melton station from 1894 until 1900 when she became manageress, when she married Walter in 1904 she had to leave the railway; she died on 27th December 1967.  Arthur was a Clerk in the Dispatch and Telegraph Office at TMO possibly from 1925 until its closure, then moving to Cambridge for a short while before returning to South Lynn, although official records list him as being at Kings Lynn M&GN in September 1936 until the line closed whereupon he moved to Kings Lynn GER.  Isaac was always known as either Reginald, Reggie or Reg, also started at TMO as a Supernumerary Junior Clerk in the Dispatch and Telegraph Office commencing on 17th April 1922 until October 1922 when he moved to the Rates Dept., Claims Section as a Junior Clerk.  He then became a Trainee Clerk and was in the booking and parcels Office at Terrington in April 1923 for the flower season, later moving to Walpole for the fruit season before moving to North Walsham in October.  He continued as a Trainee Clerk until 1928 during which time he also had spells at Murrow, Holbeach, Sheringham, and Melton Constable Telegraph Office and Yarmouth Beach Booking and Parcels Office for the 1928-fishing season.  He then became an established Clerk and served at Moulton, Terrington circa 1929 and Massingham in October 1929 before returning to TMO in that month.  He returned to the Rates Dept., but this time in the Road Transport section where he remained until 1932 before moving to the Rates Section where he remained until TMO closed whereupon he moved to the Chief Goods Managers’ Office at Kings Cross from where his promotion continued.
GANT, Alfred (b 22nd April 1879 Reading, Berks) began his M&GN career on 15th May 1893 as a Telegraph Messenger, by the time of the 1901 census he was shown as a qualified signalman in the Royal Navy.
GARDINER, Herbert (b1877 Foulsham, Norfolk) lodged Briston Rd in April 1901 was a Telegraph Clerk at that date but whether this was for the railway is not known.
GARDNER, Father = Albert Edward (b July 1876 Fulham,) Mother = Marie, children = Audrey (b1906 Briston), Edward John (b1907 Briston), family presumably lived Briston in 1906/7 and Brinton in April 1911 and 24 Colville Rd in June 1934.  Albert also known as Bert or Beetroot, began his M&GN career straight from school on 9th April 1891, but as what is not known.  He was a Telegraph and Parcels Clerk at Fakenham in July 1893 and Telegraph Clerk at Melton from April 1911 until September 1936.  He also served in the army in the First World War.  His brothers Frederick Walter and William Jesse also worked for the railway.  Edward, also known as Jack, was a Cleaner in the 1920’s, then a Fireman.  He was a Summer Season Porter at Sheringham in the early 1930’s and later a Carriage Cleaner back at Melton before going to Norwich Thorpe Signal and Telegraph Dept., he was living in 24 Colville Rd from June 1934 until June 1956. 
GARDNER, Father = William (b 12th June 1855 Cheltenham or Oxford or Charlberry, Dorset), Mother = Sarah (b1847 St. Georges, London), children = Daisy (b1881 Fulham), Anna (b1882 Fulham), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891 and presumably Beaconsfield Rd Gatehouse in Yarmouth in April 1901.  William was a Platelayer in April 1891 (listed as Gardiner) with place of birth Cheltenham, in 1881 it had been Charlberry and in 1901Oxford.  His staff record is equally confusing as no mention is made of being a Platelayer but mentions he had previously worked in the Melton shops and had been off 9 weeks through Influenza in 1892 and ‘required light place’.  His staff record records him as a Gateman with the note ‘Traffic Dept. 15-6-92, presumably that was the date he started as a Gateman, and the 1901 census records him as a Railway Gate Keeper with the address of Beaconsfield Rd!
GARDNER, Father = William John (b 2nd qtr 1901 Mundesley), children = John, Richard, one daughter whose name is not known, family lived 14 Melton St.  William began his M&GN career in October 1915 as a Junior Clerk at Mundesley.  He was Stationmaster at Melton from August 1951 until August 1955, he had held several other jobs on the M&GN, but this was his last before being posted away from the line to Lowestoft Central.  His Father Walter William also worked for the railway and Sister Amelia was a Female Clerk at Mundesley during the First World War.
GARWOOD, Ted, was Foreman of the Loco Shed during the Second World War.
GASCOIGNE, James, (b 1st qtr 1861 Briston), lived Hall St, Briston in April 1891, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  James was a Fitter in April 1891 and a Labourer in April 1901, his brother Thomas also worked for the railway.
GASCOIGNE, Father = Thomas (b 1st qtr 1863 Briston), Mother = Harriet (b1865 Kelling), children = George W (b1889 Briston), Edith E (b1891 Briston), family lived Hall St, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briston in 1911.  Thomas began his M&GN career circa 1890, presumably as a Labourer as that was his job in April 1891 and he remained as such until he retired circa July 1929 although in the 1911 census he was shown as being a General Labourer in the Signal Dept., his brother James also worked for the railway.
GASKIN, John (b 2nd qtr 1879 Briston) lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901 and Brinton in April 1911 was an Assistant Weighbridge Fitter in April 1901 and a fully qualified Weighbridge Fitter from April 1911 until the works closed whereupon he went to the Lowestoft Concrete Depot.
GAUL, E A, began his M&GN career in March 1938 as a Platelayer in the Relaying Gang until sometime in 1939 when he moved to the Drayton Length Gang.  He joined the Royal Engineers railway construction unit in April 1940 and remained there until March 1946 when he returned as a Platelayer in the Norwich City Gang until moving to Whitlingham in March 1947.
GAZE, Husband = Percy Claud, Wife = Hilda May Woollard, daughter of George, family lived 32 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Claud was a Porter at Stalham in 1932, and Melton in September 1936, later becoming Signalman at Melton West box by February 1947. Helater moved to the Stock Control Office until he died from cancer on 5th December 1958, although he had been off ill since 4th September, they did not have any children.  It was Claud who discovered the body of Freddie Browne after he had committed suicide.  After Claud died, Hilda married Bernard Furse, son of Frederick.  Claud’s father Percy was a Goods Guard at Yarmouth Beach.
GEORGE, Husband = William Walter (b1876 Yarmouth), Wife = Eleanor Louisa Masters (b1877 Yarmouth) were married in the 4th qtr 1898 and lived 90 Briston Rd from August 1899 until August 1906 William was a Clerk in April 1901 and Chief Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Dept. possibly from about 1912 until he retired in about 1930 when Tom Fisher succeeded him.  He was a member of the Sectional Conciliation Board No 3 in 1912.  Eleanor’s brother Robert Thomas Masters was a Driver at Yarmouth and his son Reginald Masters also worked for the railway at Melton for a few years.
GIBBS, Harriet Chrissie, sister of Violet Jones was a machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955 and was living in 8 Melton St in June 1956 with her brother-in-law and sister Robert and Violet Jones.
GIBSON, Arthur Charles (b1896 Norwich) lodged Gordon Rd in April 1911with his sister Gertrude May Gibson and brother-in-law Walter John Stangroom was a Telegraph operator in April 1911.  He enlisted with the Norfolk Regiment on 3rd January 1912 and was discharged from the Army on 19th July 1916 due to Emphysema caused by military service and died on 23rd February 1917 from Chronic Emphysema, Pneumonia and Post-Operative Shock.
GIBSON, Father = first name not known, child = Ivor.  Father was a Fireman in 1937 having come from Yarmouth Southtown.  He left in about 1940 when he went to Norwich Thorpe and is thought to have lived in a flat above Norwich City station.  Ivor, also known as Tommy was a Fireman at Norwich City.
GIDNEY, Husband = Frederick (b1871 Stody), son of James, Wife = Alice Louisa Kinsley (b1870 Edgefield), family lived Stody Rd, Stody in April 1901, 7 Colville Rd August 1907 until August 1909 and 25 Melton St from August 1910 until August 1914.  Frederick was a Platelayer in April 1901, Ganger from 1910 until April 1911 and Permanent Way Sub Inspector in 1914
GIDNEY, Father = James (b12th February 1840 Sharrington/Edgefield), Mother = Maria (b1840 Melton), children = Robert Leonard, James (b1868 Stody), Frederick, Sarah Elizabeth, family lived near King William 4th, Stody in April 1891, Stody from April 1901 until April 1911.  James senior was a Platelayer from April 1891 until 1910 when he retired although the 1911 census still shows him as a Platelayer, he was in the Briningham length gang in 1910.
GIDNEY, Father = Robert Leonard (b14th August 1864 Stody), son of James, Mother = Lucy Ann Mack, child = William R J.  Robert lived with his parents near King William 4th Stody in April 1891, family lived Thornage from April 1901 until 1930.  Robert was a Platelayer from April 1891 until April 1911.  He has been recorded as being Ganger of the Briningham Length Gang from about 1899 until 1930 but the earlier date is likely to be incorrect as he was still recorded as a Platelayer in the 1911 census.
GIDNEY, William R J (b 6th February 1903), son of Robert Leonard, lived Thornage 1936, Briningham 1964 to 1966, began his M&GN career on 6th January 1930 as a Platelayer in the Briningham Length Gang but was made redundant when the Motor Trolley was introduced.  He moved to the Extra Gang, probably based at Melton, moving to the Holt Railmotor Gang by 1939 and remained there (?) until August 1963.  He later moved to the Melton Gang about July 1964 during the staff reductions.  He is shown as being in a Permanent Way/ Relaying Gang from 1930 until 1966.  His Uncle James Lock also worked for the railway.
GILLION, Frederick was a Pattern Maker in the Civil Engineer’s Dept. from 1922 until 1936.
GINLEY, first names not known worked on the footplate circa 1932 and was possibly based at Melton.
GIRLING, Father = William (b1885 Thurning, Norfolk), Mother = Anna Elizabeth Adams (b 1st qtr 1890 Melton) daughter of Walter Adams, children = Arthur E William (b 2nd qtr 1913), Edward William (b 4th qtr 1914), Constance A M (Connie) (b 2nd qtr 1916), Hazel E (b 1st qtr 1918), David W (b 3rd qtr 1920), Daisy E (b 1st qtr 1926), Heather R (b 1st qtr 1929), Peter E (b 3rd qtr 1932).  William lived Briston in April 1911, family lived 18 Colville Rd from June 1934 to June 1956.  William, also known as Hillerom was a Fireman in April 1911 and a Driver from 1940 to about 1943 when he retired.  Arthur was an Apprentice Boilermaker and appears to have moved from this address in late 1934/early 1935; it is thought he later became a qualified Boilermaker.  Edward, also known a Bill, was a Passed Cleaner in 1940, a Fireman in 1942, a Passed Fireman circa 1947 and a Driver when the line closed whereupon he went to Doncaster.  David also known as Stifun, was a Passed Cleaner in 1940, a Fireman in 1942, and later a Driver, when the line closed he transferred to Parkeston Quay.  Daisy worked in the Signal and Telegraph Dept. and married Kenneth Graveling in the 2nd qtr 1950.  Arthur and Edward were local Boxing and Football sportsmen.
GOFFIN, Father = Frank John (b 4th qtr 1902 Sheringham), Mother = Eliza Sophia Haysman (b 3rd qtr 1908), daughter of Jesse, child = Jacqueline (b 2nd qtr 1936), family lived 67 Briston Rd in June 1956.  Frank was a Clerk in the Traffic Staff from January 1933 to circa May 1944, serving in the Second World War from 1943 to 1945.  He became Stationmaster at Drayton circa May 1944, how this reconciles with his war service is not known.  He later became Chief Clerk in the Booking Office possibly from 1948 until the line closed and he went to Hitchin.  He was brother-in-law to Gordon Taberham.
GOFFIN, J Miss, was Female Clerk to the Stores Superintendent in the Wagon Sheet Factory circa February 1956, in all probability this is Jacqueline, daughter of Frank John.
GOMERSALL, H Ray, was Shed Master from about February 1946 having previously been the Mechanical Foreman at Colchester, he remained until January 1947 when he became Technical Assistant to the Locomotive Running Superintendent at Liverpool St.
GOOCH, Arthur, worked for the railway in 1935, but as what is not known.
GOOCH, John was a Cleaner.
GOOCH, T, was a Wheelwright in the Carriage and Wagon Works when the works closed whereupon he went to Lowestoft Concrete Depot.
GOODWIN, Husband = Jack L, Wife = Flora K, family lived 28 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Jack was a Signalman from February 1947 until the 1950’s.
GOULD, Percy, (b1896, Aylsham) was a District Relief Porter in September 1936.
GOULD, P, was a Guard, probably the same person as above.
GOULDING, Leslie, was a Cleaner in 1940 who later went to Norwich Thorpe.
GOULT, P, worked for the railway, but what he did is not known.
GOULTY, L G, (b1913), was a Porter in September 1936.
GOWARD, George F (b1899) was in the Superintendents Dept., when he moved from Melton to South Lynn about August 1944, but what his job was is not known.
GRAND, Abijah John, (b 2nd qtr 1877 Baconsthorpe, Norfolk) lived Briston Rd in April 1911 with his Sister Florence Rutland and Brother in Law James William Rutland was a Fireman.
GRAND, Father = Granville S (b 4th qtr 1923), Mother = Elizabeth M Ives (b 2nd qtr 1937 Briston), daughter of Reginald Thomas, children = 2 girls, 1 boy, names unknown, family lived 4 Astley Terrace in 1960.  Granville, also known as Sid came from Edgefield and worked in the Sheet Factory but what he did is not known.  Elizabeth, also known as Betty was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955, they eventually moved back to Edgefield.
GRAND, H, (b 17th November 1913) lived Melton in February 1964, began his M&GN career on 4th March 1946 in the Relaying Gang.  He remained there until 3rd November 1948 probably moving then to become a Platelayer where he remained until August 1963.  He later moved to the Reepham Gang about July 1964 during the staff reductions.
GRAND, L, (b 31st January 1915) lived Edgefield in February 1964, began his M&GN career on 27th May 1946, presumably as a Platelayer, he remained as such until August 1963 at which time he was in the Holt B Gang.  He later moved to the Reepham Gang about July 1964 during the staff reductions.
GRAND, Ronnie, also known as Flash, was a Guard from 1956 until February 1959, living in Briston, later worked at Norwich Thorpe.
GRAND, Samuel (b1879 Holt) lodged 22 Melton St in April 1901 with Arthur Thorpe was a Fireman.
GRANEY, W, was a Platelayer in the Briningham Gang in 1934.
GRAVE, Father = Herbert (b 11th April 1888), Mother = Gertrude Morrell (b1890 Flixton, Lancashire), daughter of Joseph, child = David M, family lived 5 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 51 Briston Rd) and circa1930 they moved to 28 Melton St, possibly remaining there until Herbert transferred to Norwich.  Herbert began his M&GN career on 30th January 1905 as a Junior Clerk in the Loco Dept.  He was made a class 5 Clerk on 1st August 1919 and class 4 Clerk on 4th September 1923.  He transferred to the Stores Dept. in the Civil Engineer’s Dept. on 4th October 1936 until transferring to the same job at Norwich on 3rd January 1938.  Frederick Dagless was uncle to David (brother-in-law to either Herbert or Gertrude).
GRAVELING, Husband = Alexander John (b1904 Briston), son of Frederick Walter, Wife = Elsie Margaret Wegg, they were married in Norwich in 1939.  Alexander, also known as Alec or Fred (after his father) and possibly Jack was an Apprentice Fitter and went to Leeds, and later to Liverpool, Warwick Milverton depot, Walsall, Widnes, Edge Hill, Canklow and finally Masboro, he retired in 1968 and died in 1995.
GRAVELING, Father =Alfred Valentine (b 1st qtr 1875 Briston), son of Jacob, 1st Wife = Mary Whilimina Leeder (b1879 Swanton Novers), 2nd Wife = Olive Brothwell.  Alfred and Mary were married in the 3rd qtr 1899, Children = Lucy Alice Leeder (b 1st qtr 1899 Swanton Novers), William George (b1901 Swanton Novers), Bertie (b 1902 Swanton Novers), Arthur (b1904 Wood Norton), Alfred John (b 1905 Wood Norton), Elsie Blanche (b1907 Wood Norton), Margaret Annie (b1909 Wood Norton), Hilda Eileen (b1911 Wood Norton), Mary Eva (b1912), Dorothy Kathleen (b1912).  Alfred lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891 and family lived Swanton Novers from 1899 until1902 and Wood Norton from 1904 until April 1901.  Alfred was an Apprentice Railway Engine Driller (? census shows Driver but at age 14 that would have been impossible), in April 1891 and a Blacksmiths Striker from April 1901 until April 1911.  Mary died in the 1st qtr of 1901 (information must be incorrect as she was still recorded in the 1911 census) and Alfred married Olive in the 2nd qtr of 1919 in Lincolnshire and their son, also called Alfred was born also in the 2nd qtr 1919.
GRAVELING, Father = Arthur (b 2nd qtr 1867 Thornage), Mother = Florence Anna Oliver (b1877 Briningham), daughter of Richard Oliver, Child = Maud Edna (b 1st qtr 1900, died 2nd qtr 1900), they do not appear to have had any more children.  Arthur was a Blacksmith’s Striker living in Thornage in April 1901 and was shown as a Labourer in the Signal Dept. in April 1911 and living in Swanton Novers.
GRAVELING, C, was a Weighbridge Fitter’s Mate from 1929 until 1936.
GRAVELING, Charles, was a Wood Machinist’s Mate from 1929 until 1936.
GRAVELING, E G, was a Booking Office Clerk in April 1964 and had worked on the railway for 16 years.
GRAVELING, Husband =Ernest George (b1905), son of Frederick Walter, Wife = Esther May Worship, daughter of Alfred Francis and stepdaughter of James Ezra Greves; they were married in Melton in 1932.  Ernest was an Apprentice in the Machine Shop and possibly left before his Apprenticeship finished, later they moved to Loughborough where they were living by 1935 but were back living in Sprowston, Norwich before the war.
GRAVELING, Father =Frederick Walter (b 3rd April 1871 Briston), son of Jacob, Mother = Mary Elizabeth Jacobs, also known as Polly, daughter of John Jacobs, children = Gordon Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1899 Edgefield), Violet Maud (b 2nd qtr 1900 Hindolveston), Dorothy May (b 3rd qtr 1902 Hindolveston), Alexander John (b 2nd qtr 1904 Briston), Ernest George (b 3rd qtr 1905 Briston), James Charles (b 1st qtr 1907), Clara Rosyth (b 2nd qtr 1908), Daisy (b 3rd qtr 1909), Reginald (b 3rd qtr 1911).  Frederick lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891, family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston from 1899 to 1912.  Frederick and family moved here, adjacent to his father (Jacob) after he married Mary on 25th March 1899 and later moved to 25 Council Houses, where he was when he died on 25th July 1948.  Frederick, also known as Geordie Graveling as he had grown up in the Durham area was a Railway Engine Driller (? census shows Driver but at age 20 that would have been highly unlikely) in April 1891, he was shown as Turner in April 1911and a Combination Lathe Operator in 1924, he does not appear to be listed in the 1901.  Violet married James Dennis in 1929 and later married Charles Matthews in 1947 after James died.  Dorothy married Thomas Albert Banks Dunckley, Clara married Bill Washington in 1936 in a double ceremony with Daisy who married Harold Thomas Fisher.
GRAVELING, Husband = Gordon Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1899 Edgefield), son of Frederick Walter, Wife = Ethel Hooton.  Gordon is thought to have been an Apprentice on the railway, but as what is not known, he later moved to Nottingham where he married Ethel, he died in 1964.
GRAVELING, Father = Harry (b1876 Thornage), son of Thomas Charles, child = H.  Harry lived near the Wesleyan Chapel in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 and was a Bricklayers Labourer in April 1901 and a Bricklayer from April 1911 until 1936.  H was a Bricklayer from 1929 until 1936.
GRAVELING, Harry, worked in the Concrete Shop in 1918, this could be Harry (above) or his son H?
GRAVELING, Father = Herbert Funnell (b 29th January 1854 Hunworth), son of Thomas, Mother = Mary Ann (b1852 Langham, Norfolk), children = Herbert Florance (b1875 Holt), Martha A (b1877 Haverhill), Nancy A (b1879 Haverhill), Jessie (b1883 Haverhill), John Robert (b1885 Haverhill), Alfred T (b1886 Hunworth), Albert E (b1890 Hunworth), Minnie (b1893 Hunworth), Lottie (b1895 Hunworth), Frank E (b1897 Hunworth), Charles L (b1899 Hindolveston).  Family lived 23 Holt Rd, Hunworth in April 1891 (probably moved here from Haverhill) and Briningham from April 1901 to April 1911.  Herbert senior began his M&GN career on 26th March 1889, probably as a Signalman as he had been one on the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway before moving to the GER.  He was a Signalman at Melton from April 1891 until October 1924, but in which box is unknown apart from when he retired in October 1924 when he was Signalman in the West box.  He was injured in service on 2nd March 1899, presumably having to have his foot amputated as he had made an application for an artificial foot which was granted.  John was an Assistant in the Railway Institute in April 1901.  Nancy married Sidney Herbert Frostick, Jessie married Alfred William Wright.
GRAVELING, Husband = Herbert Florance, (b1875 Holt) son of Herbert Funnell, Wife = Rosina Mary Knowles (b1876 Hunworth) family lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Herbert was a Machinist (possibly Drilling Machinist) from April 1891 until April 1911.
GRAVELING, J, was a Blacksmith from 1929 until 1931.
GRAVELING, Jack, was a Fitter’s Mate in the Fitting Shop from circa November 1921 until 1924 and a Loco Fitter in 1934.
GRAVELING, Father = Jacob (b1833 Thornage), Mother = Elizabeth, Children = Esau, Robert (b1860 Thornage), Maria, Martha, Jacob (b1866 Thornage), Bessie, William, Mary Ann (b 3rd qtr 1874 Thornage), Ellen H, family lived Thornage from 1871 until 1881 and Keys Cottage, Main St, Thornage in April 1891 and Thornage from April 1901 until April 1911.  Robert was a Bricklayers Labourer from April 1881 until April 1891 and a Bricklayer from April 1901 until April 1911 but only shown as for the railway in 1911, whether the earlier years were for the railway is not known.  Mary married James Holbrook.
GRAVELING, Father = Jacob (b1841 Stody), Mother = Charlotte Elizabeth Waterson (nee Gidney b1836 Sharrington), children = Edmund Edward Jacob (b1867 Briston), Clara Charlotte Elizabeth (b1869 Burgh Stubbs, Briningham), Frederick Walter (b 3rd April 1871 Briston), Laura Ann, Alfred Valentine (b 1st qtr 1875 Briston).  Charlotte had married William Waterson, a farm worker, in 1855 but he died in 1861.  They had 2 children, William John (b1855) and James Charles (b1857), the marriage to Jacob took place at the Primitive Methodist Church, Briston in 1866.  Jacob was a Carpenter, he appears to have moved around considerably as the children were born in several different locations (see individual children’s entries for locations), including the North East of England.  The family lived in Briston in 1867, they had moved to Briningham Burgh Stubbs by 1869, back to Briston by 1871, Jarrow in County Durham by 1874 and back to Briston by 1877 although this latter date may be incorrect as Charlotte and the children were still shown as living in Jarrow in 1881 whilst Jacob was shown as being in prison in Durham.  They were living in Fakenham Rd, Briston by 1891 and Victoria Terrace, Briston from 1899 to 1912 (possibly only Charlotte at that date).  It is possible Jacob was a Ships Carpenter and during the course of his life he ‘lost’ one of his legs!  He is shown as a Carpenter in the 1891 census, but whether this was for the railway is not known but the 1901 census shows him as Railway House Carpenter, he died (in service?) in the 4th qtr of 1904.  Clara was a dressmaker in April 1891, she married Augustus William Tooley and was living with Jacob and Charlotte in Victoria Terrace in April 1901, Laura married Fred Endacott.
GRAVELING, Father = Jacob (b1866 Thornage), son of Jacob (b1833), Mother = Mary (b1869 Hindolveston), children = Ralph Jacob (b 4th qtr 1895 Thornage), Percy John (b 1st qtr 1897 Thornage), Ruth (b1899 Thornage), Phyllis, Rupert, Geoffrey, Freda, family lived Thornage from April 1901 until April1911, Jacob was a Bricklayer between those dates but only shown as for the railway at the latter date.  Percy was an Apprentice Painter in April 1911 but whether this was on the railway is not known.  Ralph was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1911, he was killed in service on 20th March 1912 whilst assisting in the erection of a crane in the Signal Works.
GRAVELING, Husband = James Charles (b 1st qtr 1907), son of Frederick Walter, Wife = Marjorie Barsted from Briston, they married in 1940 in Nottingham where they continued to live.  James also known as Charlie, is thought to have been an Apprentice on the railway, but as what is not known.
GRAVELING, Husband = Kenneth J (b 1st qtr 1927) Wife = Daisy E Girling (b 1st qtr 1926), daughter of William, family lived 10 Kitchener Rd (which had been renumbered from 5) in June 1956.  Kenneth was probably a Fireman who possibly moved to Sheffield Midland station depot (on closure?) as there was an ex Melton Constable Driver there in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
GRAVELING, Husband = Reginald (b 3rd qtr 1911), son of Frederick Walter, Wife = Elsie Hargreaves.  Reginald was an Apprentice in the Drawing Office, he later worked for Leyland cars and married in Elsie in the 4th qtr 1941 in Chorley, Lancashire, he died in 1999.
GRAVELING, Father = Thomas (b1812 Stody) Mother = Martha King (b1807 Hunworth), children = Martha Ann (b1836), Alfred (b1839 Hunworth), Herbert Funnell (b 29th January 1854 Hunworth), family lived Hunworth in 1854.
GRAVELING, Father = Thomas Charles (b1838 Bale), Mother = Sarah Ann (b1838 Stody), children (all born in Thornage) = Sarah Ann (b1861), Hannah (b1869), Robert (1870), Edward (b1872), James (b1874), Harry (b1876), Arthur (b1881), family lived Thornage from 1862 until 1881 and Stody in April 1891.  Edward was a Cleaner in April 1891 but had left the railway by 1901.
GRAVELING, first name not known, was a Labourer from 1929 until 1936.
GRAVES, Arthur (b1871 Ryburgh) lived Kitchener Rd from April to August 1901 and 22 Colville Rd in August 1902 was a Toolsmith in April 1901.
GRAVES Father = William (b1852 Fakenham), Mother’s = Emily (b1854 Norwich), Lucy (b1861 Norwich), children = Emily (b1875 Fakenham), Walter Ernest (b 1st qtr 1876 Norwich), Miriam (b1878 Fakenham), Ethel (b1879 Fakenham), Thomas (b1880 Fakenham), Herbert (b1882 Fakenham), family lived 23 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1891.  William was a Painter in the Carriage and Wagon works presumably from August 1885 until August 1891.  His parent’s name was shown as Grave on their marriage certificate but Williams’ was shown as Graves on the baptism certificate.  Walter, was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1891.  Emily died in the 4th qtr of 1885 and William married Lucy in the 2nd qtr of 1887.  At the time of the 1891 census Miriam was the Under Nurse for William Marriott.
GREEN, Arthur Charles (b 18th November 1887 Barnham Broom, Norfolk), lived Aylsham in April 1911, began his M&GN career in 1909 as a Relayer (in the Relaying Gang?) and remained there until 1916 when he moved to the Aylsham Length Gang.
GREEN, Husband = Bishop (b1876 Briston), Wife = Martha Helen Neal (b1873 Bessingham, Norfolk), Children = Edgar P (b1897 Edgefield), Hector Frank (b 2nd qtr 1898 Edgefield), Gladys M (b1900 Melton), Eric W (b1901 Melton), Bishop (b1901), Eric (b1904), Cecil (b1905), Albert (b1908).  Bishop and Martha were married in the 3rd qtr 1896 and lived Edgefield from 1897 until 1898 and 3 Astley Terrace from August 1899 until August 1906  Bishop was a Blacksmith, presumably between those dates.  In April 1911 Bishop was lodging in Doncaster (as was John William Worship, both listed as Blacksmith’s) his wife and children were living in Briston.  His brother Thomas William Green also worked for the railway.
GREEN, Edward, also known as Spuffler, began his M&GN career in April 1922 as a Cleaner at Cromer Beach where he remained until 1929 when he became a Fireman at Melton.  He was a Driver from 1939 until the line closed (possibly driving the last train from Norwich) and then went to Norwich Thorpe.
GREEN, F, was a Platelayer in the Melton gang.
GREEN, Fred (b1882 Edgefield) lived Edgefield April 1911 was a Labourer in April 1911, probably the same person as F Green above.
GREEN, Ray, also known as Green Eye, was an Apprentice Painter and Decorator in 1928?  He was a member of the Melton Constable Football team and went to Angell’s of Chatteris when his apprenticeship finished.
GREEN, Thomas (b1878 March, Cambs) lodged 20 Colville Rd in April 1901 with his sister Emma and brother in law Samuel George Oliver and was a Fitters Labourer.
GREEN, Thomas William (b1868 Edgefield) lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891, Reepham Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was shown in the 1891 census as a Brass Turner, 1901 census as Brass? Railway but neither mention railway.  He was a Loco Fitter in April 1911, possibly a Valve Finisher/Motion Fitter which he was shown as being from May 1917 until 1930, quite possibly the same job all along.  His brother Bishop Green also worked for the railway.
GREENACRE, William (b 12 July 1852 Potter Heigham) lived 7 Astley Terrace from August 1887 until August 1888 was possibly a Trainee Signalman as that was his job (for a short while, possibly at North Walsham) but was reduced to Porter there as he was unable to learn the Telegraph.
GREVES, Father = James Ezra (b 3rd qtr 1887 Bale and as noted on the 1911 census return “not born in wedlock” and also renamed James Edward Greeves), step son of James Ramm, 1st Wife (and Mother) = Drusilla M Clitheroe (b 3rd qtr 1893 Guestwick), 2nd Wife = Amelia Sarah Worship, also known as Milly, widow of Alfred Francis Worship, children = Freda H M (b 3rd qtr 1917), Kathleen D (Kathy) (b 2nd qtr 1919), family lived 20 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 46) from June 1934 until June 1956.  James, also known as Rambo, was raised by his grandparents Henry and Delinah Greves (Greaves in the 1901 census).  He married Drusilla in the 4th qtr of 1916, she died in the 2nd qtr of 1919 (during childbirth?) and James later married Amelia in the 3rd qtr of 1923 thus becoming the stepfather of Esther May and Reginald William Worship.  James began his career in 1906 as a Cleaner at Melton and remained as such until April 1911.  He was a Driver from 1930 to until he retired on 21st July 1952, latterly (?) working on the yard pilot.  He was a passenger in the brake van of the train which ended up in the river outside Norwich City on 5th November 1946.
GRIBBLE, Father = Theodore Graham (b18th May 1851 Whitechapel), Mother = Mary A (b1848 Plymouth), children = Conrad (b27th July 1881 Wellington, Somerset), Agnes M (b1883 Norwich), family lived Sheringham from 1895 until 1901 and Grove House, 1 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 2 and also 50 Briston Rd) from August 1904 until August 1905 and later 1 Melton St.  Theodore was the Resident Engineer for the contractors Wilkinson and Jarvis (?) working on the extension from Fakenham to Norwich City from 1881 until 1883.  He had several other engineering appointments, mostly outside of the UK and returned in 1893 being appointed Chief Assistant Engineer for the M&GN and being responsible amongst other things for the North Walsham to Mundesley branch and also the Lowestoft Junction line.  When he left is not entirely clear as he started a private practice in 1901 and did some surveying abroad.  Conrad was an Engineering Pupil in April 1901 and in 1902 he was Assistant to the Resident Engineer on the construction of the Lowestoft Junction Railway but left later that year moving to the North Eastern Railway.
GRIFFITHS, Richard Thomas (b1885 Hull) was a Labourer in the works in April 1911 living in Swanton Novers.
GRIMES, Albert (b1876 Thornage) was a Labourer in April 1911 living in Thornage.
GRINT, A, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
GRINT Father = Albert Benjamin (b 26th October 1880 Briston), son of Benjamin, Mother = Margaret Branton Alcock (b1884 Sheffield), children = Arthur Charles (b 22nd June 1907 Briston), Albert Stanley (b 22nd October 1910 Briston), Lesley Harry (b 24th December 1918), Albert and Margaret were married 6th (16th) August 1906 in Briston, Albert lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901, family Briston in April 1911 and Burgh Beck Rd in June 1934.  Albert senior was an Apprentice Carriage Trimmer in April 1901 and a Trimmer in the Carriage and Wagon works in April 1911, in 1931 he was a Chargehand Trimmer and remained as such until the works closed.  He is shown as transferring to Kings Cross at closure, but is listed on the Melton payroll in 1941!  He died in London 1947; some weeks after being struck by a Loco, but the circumstances are as yet unknown.  Lesley, often known by his second name, was an Apprentice Fitter from 2nd October 1933 until the works closed whereupon he transferred to Stratford to continue his apprenticeship.  Albert junior, often known by his second name, was an Apprentice Carpenter from 1929 until joining the Royal Engineers in 1932.  Arthur, also worked for the railway, but what he did is not known; he had finished his apprenticeships before Lesley began his.
GRINT, Father = Albert F (b 2nd qtr 1911), son of William James, Mother = Hilda M Caston, child = Ruth W, family lived 19 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Albert, also known as Red Dog, was a Small Steam Hammer Operator in the Blacksmith’s Shop from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he became a Boilerwasher until 1942.  He later left and went to Stratford.
GRINT, Father = Benjamin (b 10th January 1861 Burnham Thorpe), Mother = Susannah Hubbard (b1854 Briston) daughter of John Hubbard, children = Albert Benjamin (b 26th October 1880 Briston), William James (b 2nd September 1883 Hunworth), Mary Ann (b1889 Briston), Jane Elizabeth (b 3rd qtr 1890 Briston), Henry Charles (b 17th December 1892 Briston), Annie Eliza (b1896 Briston).  Benjamin married Susannah on 16th July 1880 in Briston and lived near the Independent Chapel in April 1891, Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Benjamin (possibly also known as The Old Red Dog) was a Labourer in April 1891, Labourer Wagon Lifter in April 1901 and a Labourer in the Carriage and Wagon works in April 1911, presumably the same job, and died of Flu on 14th December 1918 in Melton.  Henry was an Apprentice Loco Painter in April 1911 and he was killed on 29th March 1916 in Arras, France during the First World War.  Susannah, was the local midwife (which also included laying out!), she died 1st January 1922 in Melton.  They also raised Rachel Maria Hubbard (b1878 Briston), Susannah’s daughter (father not known).  Mary married George Frederick Kimber, Rachel married James Marsham and Annie married Frederick Hawkins.
GRINT, Husband = Benjamin N (b 2nd qtr 1921), son of William James, Wife = Beryl Burbridge.  Benjamin was a Cleaner and later a Fireman who later went to March.
GRINT, Husband = Cephas Leslie (b 3rd qtr 1909 Burnham Thorpe), son of William James, Wife = Kitty Wells.
GRINT, Husband = Francis William (b 2nd qtr 1904 Burnham Thorpe), son of William James, Wife = Eleanor Davis.
GRINT, Husband = Steven J (b 4th qtr 1917), son of William James, Wife = Mollie Unwin.
GRINT, Father = William James (b 2nd September 1883 Hunworth), son of Benjamin, Mother = Susannah Greaves (b1883 Burnham Thorpe), children = Francis William (b 2nd qtr 1904 Burnham Thorpe), Madeline Annie (b 1st qtr 1906 Burnham Thorpe), Grace Jane (b1908 Burnham Thorpe), Cephas Leslie (b 3rd qtr 1909 Burnham Thorpe), Albert F (b 2nd qtr 1911), Gwendoline H (b 3rd qtr 1914), Steven J (b 4th qtr 1917), Benjamin N (b 2nd qtr 1921).  William lived Aubrey Terrace in April 1901, William and Susannah were married in the 1st qtr 1904 and, presumably as soon as his apprenticeship had finished they married and moved to Burnham Thorpe in April 1911.  William, also known as Puppy, was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 and a Farm Labourer in April 1911, he obviously returned to work on the railway as he was a Storeman in the Loco Shed from October 1940 until 1952.  Grace married William Hazelwood, Gwendoline married Ronald Dye and Madeline married Ernest Littlejohn.
GROOM, Father = Jesse Colman.  Children = Anne, Martha Colman.  Jesse was a Melton area postman; Martha married Thomas Dack a Fitter, Anne married William Edwards.
GROVES, Mother = Anna M (b1845 Barnes, Herts), children = Charles Richard (b1872 Kentish Town), Edward (1874 West Brompton), Sarah (b1877 Hammersmith), Mary Ann (b1879 Hammersmith), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891.
GROVES, Father = Charles Richard (b1872 Kentish Town), son of Anna, Mother = Alice Mary Woolsey (b1876 Briston), sister of Frederick William Woolsey, 2nd Wife= Margaret Barsted, Children =, Helen Rebecca (b1898 Briston), Annie Sarah (b1900 Briston), Isabel (b1904 Briston), Ralph Edward (b 4th qtr 1912).  Charles lived Briston in April 1891, family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901, Burgh Beck Rd in August 1907, 5 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 16) from August 1908 until June 1934 and also Gordon Rd at an unknown date.  Charles, also (always?) known as Dick, was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1891 and a Pattern Maker in the Signal Dept. by April 1901, later he is shown as being a Pattern Maker in the Foundry (and also had a workshop in the Carriage and Wagon works) from April 1911 until he retired in 1936, presumably when the works closed.  He also taught woodworking at the evening classes and was secretary (?) of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society in 1937.  Alice died in the 4th qtr of 1912 presumably during childbirth, and he married Margaret in the 2nd qtr of 1914.  Annie died of consumption when she was young.
GROVES, Father = Edward (1874 West Brompton), son of Anna, Mother = Mary Jane (b1874 Coton in Shropshire), Children = Elsie Kathleen (b1900 Briston), Kenneth Richard (b1903 Briston), Phyllis Mary (b 3rd qtr 1906 Melton).  Edward lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891, family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901, Burgh Beck Rd from August 1904 until August 1905 and Briston Rd in August 1907.  Edward was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known as he was a Metal Turner in April 1901 and an Engineers Turner in April 1911 but by then family was in Oswestry so presumably he was working for the Cambrian Railways.
GROVES, Husband = Ralph Edward (b 4th qtr 1912 Melton), son of Charles Richard, Wife = Ruth Grace Pestell (b 1st qtr 1914), daughter of George Pestell.  Ralph was a Clerk in the Foreman’s Office in the Carriage and Wagon Works from 1931 until the works closed, he has also been recorded as a Mileage Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineers Dept. (which may well be one and the same jobs) from 1935 until the works closed whereupon he went to the Road Motor Engineer’s Office at Kings Cross.  He later became Staff Assistant to the Eastern Region Signal and Telegraph Engineer (at Stratford?).
GUNN, D, was manager of the Sheet Factory from September 1952 until 1959.
GUNTON, Father =Charles John (b1881 Great Plumstead, Norfolk), Mother = Hilda Mabel Cooper (b1891 Brinton), child = Irene Alice Mary (b1910 Brinton), family lived Briningham in April 1911.  Charles was a Porter in April 1911 and a Goods Guard (?) in 1918; he went to Bourne to a similar job and was there by September 1936.
HAGON, Father = Alfred, (b 2nd qtr 1878 Edgefield), Mother = Evelyn Coe (b1880 Wiveton, Norfolk), children = (all born Edgefield) Alfred Frederick (b 1st qtr 1902), Daniel Wesley (b1903), Evelyn Marjory (b1906), Mary Ann Bertha (b1909).  Family lived Cross Road, Edgefield in April 1901 and Edgefield in April 1911.  Alfred senior was a Labourer in April 1901, Alfred junior was a Guard in 1942, Daniel began his M&GN career on 22nd April 1940 as a Platelayer at Holt and remained as such until circa February 1966 and Mary married Henry J Berwick (Henry is listed under Barwick in this document).
HAGON, J W was a Relayer at Melton in 1940 when he joined the Royal Norfolk Regiment.  He was taken Prisoner of War in about July 1940.
HALL, Albert, worked on the Footplate circa 1906 and later became a Driver at Norwich from about 1940 until 1942.
HALL, Father = Benjamin (b1854 Felmingham), Mother = Sarah Ann Lines/Lyons (b1850 Gimingham, Norfolk), = children = Emma (b1878 Felmingham), Harriet (b1881 Felmingham), Emily (b1883 Felmingham), Charles Benjamin (b1888 Briston).  Benjamin’s step daughter Edith Susannah Lyons and his step grandson Walter Charles C Lyons also lived with him from April 1901 until April 1911.  Family lived Tike Cottages, near Patch (?) in April 1891, Briningham in April 1901and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1903 until August 1914.  Benjamin was a Labourer in April 1891 and a Carpenter from April 1901 until April 1911 and probably until August 1915.  Charles was a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1911.
HALL, Peter (b1872 Aylsham) lived Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Blacksmith’s Striker from April 1901 until April 1911.
HALL, William (b1879 Banningham, Norfolk) was a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1911.
HAMMOND, Charles (b1867 Portsmouth) lived West End, Briston, in April 1891 and Briston in April 1911, was a Belt Man (or Belt Manufacturer) from 1901 until 1924 and a Storeman from April 1911 until circa 1928, obviously there is a considerable overlap of dates so his actual job was probably a combination of the two.
HAMMOND, Clifford William (b4.1901) had spells at Melton as a Clerk from 31st January 1927 until 26th June 1927, 22nd August 1927 until 16th October 1927, 12th December 1927 until 22nd June 1928 and 10th September 1928 until 9th June 1929.
HANCY, Father = John (b1847 Ipswich), Mother = Ellen (b1853 Ipswich), children = James (b1873 Ipswich), Robert (b 3rd qtr 1874 Lowestoft), Eliza (b1877 Yarmouth), Eva (b1878 Yarmouth), Alice (b1881 Lowestoft), Nora (b1883 Yarmouth), Archie (b1885 Norwich), Katie (b1887 Norwich), Alexander (b1890 Briston), family lived Back Lane, Briston in April 1891.  John was a Labourer in April 1891 and a Platelayer in Yarmouth in 1901, whether this was for the M&GN is not known, there is also considerable confusion as to whether they are one and the same person as his wife’s name is different and none of his children are listed in the census!  James was a Points Shunter (?) in April 1891.
HANCY, Father = Robert (b 3rd qtr 1874 Lowestoft) son of John, Mother = Elvina Leeder (b 3rd qtr 1870 Swanton Novers) daughter of James Leeder (junior), children = Harriet Maria (b1899 Hindolveston), Alice Eleanor Eliza (b1900 Hindolveston), Robert John (b1909 Swanton Novers).  Robert lived Back Lane, Briston in April 1891, family Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  Robert was a Sawyer’s Apprentice in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known, he was a Labourer from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Radial Drill Operator in the Machine Shop from May 1918 until 1924, his son Robert J married Audrey Allison, daughter of James Edward.
HANNANT, Husband = Frederick (1868 Markshall, Norfolk), Wife = Alice Selina Woolsey (b1868 Briston), family lived near Horse Shoe Inn, Briston in April 1891.  Frederick was a Blacksmith in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known.
HARBOUR, Father = William Eustace, Mother = Patience, child = John, family lived 10 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 26) in June 1934.  William was a Driver in 1940 and came to the M&GN from the GER.  He left the M&GN about December 1955 and went to Norwich Thorpe as a Riding Inspector.
HARDINGHAM, Jack, was a Coalman/Labourer circa 1940.
HARDINGHAM, Father = William (b1884 Reepham), Mother = Alice Louisa Willimott (b1888 Briston), daughter of Arthur Willimott, children = Dorothy, Lottie Violet L (b 3rd qtr 1909 Thurning), Leslie.  William lodged in Briston in April 1901 with his sister Florence Hardingham and brother in law Walter William Eke, he was a Labourer in April 1901 but had left the railway by 1911.  Lottie married Bertie Frederick Eke.
HARPER, Archie, was an Apprentice, probably in the Boiler Shop before being made redundant at 21.
HARPER, Frederick Robert (b 25th December 1875), began his M&GN career as Clerk of works at Melton on 22nd April 1919.  He was classified as Clerk of works grade 2 (promoted?) in 1919 (date on staff record has been obliterated), and remained as such until he retired on 30th June 1937, he has also been described as a Foreman in the Way and Works Dept. of the Civil Engineer’s Dept.
HARPER Herbert Ernest (b 1st qtr 1876 Downham Market) lived West End, Briston in April 1891 and 9 Astley Terrace from August 1905 until August 1906 was a Boilersmith presumably between those two dates.  In 1891 he was an Agricultural Engineering Apprentice which is probably where he learned the Boilersmith’s trade and in 1911 he was doing a similar job at South Lynn.
HARPER, Wilfred Ernest (b 2nd qtr 1881 West Rudham) was Resident crossing keeper at no. 51 gates in September 1936, he was a Porter, probably at Raynham Park in April 1911.
HARPER, William, was a Foreman in the works from 1929 until 1936.
HARPER, Father = Willie Thomas (b 13th May 1908 Bale), Mother = Sybil F, children = Dennis, Alan, Colin, family lived 18 Melton St in June 1956 and remained in Melton until February 1966.  Willie began his M&GN career on 20th September 1937, but as what is not known, he was a Platelayer from August 1963 until about April 1964.  His sister Clara most likely married Bernard Reuben Barsted but this has not yet been proven.
HARRISON, Arthur Edward (b 3rd qtr 1865 Binham, Norfolk) lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 and was a Wheelwright between those dates.
HARRISON, Arthur (b 4th qtr 1885 Retford, Notts) lodged Burg Beck Rd in April 1911 was an Electrician, he was a Lineman on 4th January 1947 when he retired, he died on 13th May 1949, probably both jobs were one and the same, just different descriptions.
HARRISON, Father = Arthur, Mother = Elvina Maud Rudd (b1888 Briston), children = Arthur (b 1st qtr 1914), Audrey E M (b 3rd qtr 1916), George L (b 1st qtr 1920), Enid F (b 1st qtr 1922), family lived 11 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 28) in June 1934.  Arthur senior was a Telegraph Instrument Maker from 1929 to 1936.  Arthur junior was an Apprentice Fitter.  George was an Apprentice Fitter from November 1933 until December 1936, he was a member of the Railway Institute Football Club in 1927.  Audrey worked in the Telegraph Office during the Second World War, although another source states she was a hairdresser.
HARRISON, William James (b1871 Bodham, Norfolk) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer.
HARRISON, Father = William C (b1900), Mother = Hannah Selina Sadler (b1903 Briston), daughter of Frederick, children = Patricia B (b 1st qtr 1931), John M (b 4th qtr 1932).  William, also known as Billy, was a Grade 1 Porter at West Runton in September 1936.  He won a good amount of money on Murphy’s (?) pools and resigned and moved to Luton.  He later returned and became Leading Porter at Paston and Knapton; and when that job became redundant, became Leading Porter at Mundesley until the line closed whereupon he retired (?).  Annie worked on the station bookstall.  John was a Cleaner who moved to March.
HARROD, Father = Arthur (b1861 Briston) lived Hall St, Briston in April 1891 was an Engineers Labourer, he had an accident in January 1895 when he fell from some scaffolding and seriously injured his ankle and at that date he was listed as working in the Signal and Works Dept.
HARROD, Father = James William (b1868 Briston), child = Robert James (b1896 Barney), family lived Back Lane, Briston in April 1891, The Street, Barney, in April 1901 and Barney in April 1911.  James was a Platelayer from April 1891 until April 1911, Robert was an Apprentice Boilersmith in April 1911.
HARROD, Husband = Willie (b1885 Briston), Wife = Florence Mabel Neal (b1888 Hunworth), daughter of Arthur, Children = Frederick Jasper (b1908 Hunworth), Kenneth Arthur (b1910 Hunworth).  Willie lived near the Chequers Inn, Briston in April 1901 and family lived Hunworth in April 1911.  Willie was an Apprentice Fitter from 1900 until April 1901 and a Loco Painter/Paint Finisher from April 1911 until December 1936.
HARVEY, Daniel, lived Thatched Cottages, Stody, began as a Cleaner in 1953.  When the line closed he transferred to Stratford, later becoming a Fireman and Driver.  He was killed in an accident in Dagenham yard on 29th September 1970.  His brother David also worked for the railway.
HARVEY, David, lived Thatched Cottages, Stody, began his M&GN career at Melton Loco on 11th March 1946 as a Cleaner, and left on 28th February 1959 as a Fireman when the line closed, going to Parkeston Quay.  He later became a Driver and retired in 1993.  His brother Daniel also worked for the railway.
HASE, Father = George John (b1868 Corpusty), Mother = Faith, children = Henry George (b1900 North Walsham), Harold Henry, family lived Burgh Beck Rd in August 1908 and Kitchener Rd from August 1909 until 1914.  George was a Platelayer at Corpusty in April 1891, Ganger at North Walsham from 1900 to April 1901, and possibly also at Mundesley as Harold was born there in 1906.  He was a Permanent Way Sub Inspector from April 1911 to 1915.  Henry George is probably the person shown as being a Crossing Keeper on the line from Spalding to Weston in 1930 and Harold Henry is probably the person shown as being a Platelayer/Ganger in Sutton Bridge, Moulton and North Drove.
HATTON, Thomas Edwin (b 1st qtr 1871 Herefordshire) was a Labourer probably from 1907 (daughter born there) until April 1911 living in Hindolveston.
HAUGHTON, Father = Alfred, child = Alfred Dutton, family lived 2 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1907.  Alfred senior was Signal Fitter presumably between those dates, Alfred junior was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901.
HAWES, Father = Henry Benjamin (b 1st qtr 1863 Brinton), Mother = Emma Martha Rayner (b1866 Briningham), Children = Raymond Harry (b 1st qtr 1891 Brinton), Enid I (b1895 Brinton).  Family lived Brinton in April 1891, Sharrington in April 1901 and Gordon Rd from August 1907 until August 1914.  It appears that Henry owned his own house in Gordon Rd from 1910.  Henry was a Gas Fitter from April 1891 until he retired on 27th July 1929, but whether this was for the railway before 1911 is not known; he died on 4th April 1931.  Raymond was an Apprentice Telegraph Fitter in April 1911, Emma’s brother William Rayner also worked for the railway.
HAWKINS, Husband = Frederick, Wife = Annie Grint (b 15th April 1895), daughter of Benjamin.
HAYSMAN, Father = Jesse (b 3rd qtr 1879 Plummersplain, Sussex), Mother = Esther Rebecca Chapman, children = Esther, Eliza Sophia (b 3rd qtr 1908), Florence E S (b 2nd qtr 1912), Harriet Juliette.  Jesse lodged near Church, Briston in April 1901 with his sister Sarah Ann and brother-in-law Arnold W Scott, family lived 4 Astley Terrace from August 1913 until June 1934.  Jesse was a Fireman from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Driver from circa 1920 until about 1940 when he retired; he then became a Shed Labourer.  His IBMD record records his name as Heasman.  Eliza married Frank Goffin, and Florence married Gordon Charles Taberham.
HAYWARD, Father = Bertie Steward (b1889 St. Stephens, Norwich) son of Hezekiah Stephen, Mother = Gwendoline Ivy Cooper (b1890 Fakenham) from the Stud Farm, child = Brian Steward (b 3rd qtr 1921), family lived 15 Briston Rd in June 1934.  Bertie spent some time in the Pattern Shop before joining the Drawing Office of the Civil Engineer’s Office by April 1911.  He became a member of the institute of Civil Engineer’s and was Chief Draughtsman from 1929 until the works closed whereupon he moved to Peterborough.  He died in January 1973.  Brian, possibly worked in the Civil Engineer’s Office in the 1930’s.
HAYWARD, Husband = Henry Robert (b 4th qtr 1886 Yarmouth), also known as Harry, Wife = Grace F.  Henry was a Clerk at Wryde from the 1920’s until about January 1939 when he transferred to Melton, presumably as Chief Goods Clerk and remained at least until 1956 at which time the family lived 17 Briston Rd.
HAYWARD, Father = Hezekiah Stephen (b1860 St. Pauls, Norwich), Mother = Jane Eliza, children = Bertie Steward (b1885 Norwich), William Hezekiah (b1887 Norwich), Daisy Jane (b1891 Norwich), Sydney (b1892 Norwich), family lived 12 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 20 Grove Rd) from August 1897 until August 1914.  Hezekiah was in charge of the Stores Office, possibly from 1898 until April 1911, at which date he is described as a Railway Bookkeeper.  He was Secretary of the Pride of Briston Lodge Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows from 1898 until he retired due to ill health in 1909.  He was also Clerk to the parish council (in 1900), Secretary to the Railway Institute Committee, sub agent to the North Norfolk Conservative Association, local agent for the Royal and the Norwich Union Insurance Companies, Clerk to the Sanitary Committee.  He died on 3rd January 1920, Sydney seems to have taken over the house after this (see below).
HAYWARD, Husband = Sydney (b 10th September 1891 St. Phillips, Norwich), son of Hezekiah Stephen, Wife = Cicely Isabel Rawston, sister of Mabel who married William Hayward, family lived 12 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 20 Grove Rd) from June 1934 until June 1956.  Sydney began his M&GN career on 9th September 1907, in the Permanent Way Inspectors’ Office as an Office Lad.  He transferred to the Resident Civil Engineer’s Drawing Office on 5th October 1910 as a Junior Draughtsman although his census return for April 1911 describes him as a Railway Clerk, and served with the Royal Engineers from 22nd May 1916, resuming work on 24th February 1919.  He was promoted to grade 4 on 6th (?)  August 1919 until transferred to the District Engineer’s Office at Norwich on 5th October 1936, but temporarily remained at Melton until 28th October 1936 when he took up his duties at Norwich.  He was an associate member of the Institute of Structural Engineers and died in September 1979.
HAYWARD, Father = William Hezekiah (b1886 St. Stephens, Norwich), son of Hezekiah, Mother = Mabel Eleanor Rawston, sister of Cicely who married Sydney Hayward, child = Ivan Stephen, family lived Briston Rd in June 1934.  William was a Clerk in April 1911; he is shown as being a Staff Paysheets Clerk from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he moved to Peterborough.  He was Assistant Overseer and Clerk to the Parish Council in 1904 and took over all the parish council work when his father died in 1920.  He was a member of the Manchester Unity ‘Pride of Briston’ Lodge in 1909
HAZELWOOD, Husband = William, Wife = Grace Grint, daughter of William.
HEATH, David (b1866 Spalding), lodged 2 Burgh Stubbs, Briningham in April 1891 at which time he was a Foreman Porter, he was a Guard at Peterborough in April 1901, but whether this was for the M&GN is not known.
HECKING, first name not known, worked in the Fitting Shop in 1900.
HEWGILL, Husband = Charles Thomas (b1858 Gateshead), Wife = Rose, children = Rosalie, Charles, John, William (b1893 Newcastle), Elsie Annie, family lived 22 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1901 and 7 Grove Rd (which was later renumbered to 14) from August 1902 until August 1914, Charles was a Loco Fitter presumably between those dates and William was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911, Rosalie married Charles Aubrey Bradfield.  Rose died in the 3rd qtr of 1903.
HEWISON, Christian Henry, was Shed Master from 1945 until about February 1946 when he moved to Liverpool St as a Technical Assistant.
HEWISON, Tommy, was a Porter and lived 2 Melton St having previously lived in Sharrington.
HEWITT, Gordon, was a Driver in February 1959 and moved to Hertford East when the line closed.
HICKS, Jack was a Porter at Weybourne in the mid 1950’s living in 3 Astley Terrace.
HICKS, Jack (?) was a Platelayer in the Melton gang.  He was a member of the Melton Park cricket club.
HICKS, Thomas (b 4th qtr 1865 Felmingham) lived Briningham, 4.1901, Swanton Novers, 4.1911 was a Navvy in April 1901 but whether this was anything to do with the M&GN is not known.  He was a Permanent Way Labourer (Platelayer?) from 1910 until April 1911 and possibly Sub Ganger in 1918.
HIGGINS, first name unknown, was Stationmaster.  Most likely this is either Frank Higson or Relief Stationmaster J Higgins.
HIGH, C was a Labourer from 1929 until 1933.
HIGH, Charles; was in the Building Gang.
HIGH, Len was a Flagman in the Relaying Gang.
HIGSON, Father = Frank A, child = Lorna, family lived 14 Melton St.  Frank was Stationmaster from 1941 until 1947.  He had previously been at TMO and Stationmaster at Fakenham.
HILL, George William (b 4th May 1865 Sloley), lived near the Free Church, Briston in April 1891, began his career on 7th October 1889 having come from the GER.  He was a Signalman in April 1891, and later a Relief Signalman, before becoming Stationmaster at Hellesdon by 1892 and was still there in July 1893.
HILLMAN, Edward (b1867 Brighton), was a Carriage Painter in April 1891, lodging in 3 Astley Terrace with Joseph James Pagett.
HILLYARD, Fred, was a machinist in the Fitting Shop from 1929 until 1936.
HILLYARD, Father = Frederick Whale (b 1st qtr 1881 Yarmouth), Mother = Margaret Ann, children = Frederick Whale (b1905 Briston), John Samuel (b1910 Briston).  Frederick lodged Briston Rd in April 1901 with John Baynard Simpson, family lived 32 Colville Rd in June 1934.  Frederick senior was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1901 and a Signal Fitter from April 1911 until 1922.  John worked in the Signal and Telegraph Dept.
HILTON, Husband = George (b1886 Upton, Norfolk), Wife = Ellen E Durrant, sister of Elizabeth Elthea Durrant who married Fred Wells.  George was Fireman from 1909 until 1917 and later a Driver at Spalding, in April 1911 he was lodging in Cromer with his future brother in law Fred Wells.
HINDLEY, William (b1872 Rugeley Staffs) lived 25 Colville Rd from August 1897 until 1910 was a Fitter, presumably between those dates.
HINSLEY, Father = John Henry, (b1875 Hunworth), Mother = Margaret Fairbairn (b 1st qtr 1873 Stody), daughter of Robert Fairbairn, child = Robert Henry.  John probably still lived in The Blue Bell, Pinkney Rd, Hunworth in July 1893, The Green, Hunworth in April 1901, Stody in April 1911 and Briston Rd from August 1914 until June 1934.  John was a Supernumerary Porter in July 1893 having previously worked in a flour mill and presumably later becoming an established Porter.  He is shown as being a Goods Guard from 1889 to 1918 but obviously the date of 1889 is incorrect (perhaps it should be 1899), and Station Inspector from 1930 until he retired in 1939 after 50 years’ service.
HIPWELL, Solden, was a Draughtsman (?) in the Loco and Carriage and Wagon departments in April 1895.  From the 1891 and 1901 census records he was a builder based in the Wisbech area so is unlikely to have been a draughtsman.
HIRST, John (b1842 Bradford) was a Moulder in April 1891 lodging 6 The Street, Briningham with James Blaxter, whether he worked for the railway or not is not known.
HOBSON, George Ashborne P (b1879 Sutton Bridge) lodged Briston Rd in April 1901 with John Banyard Simpson was a Fitter.
HOCK, Hans Heinrich (b1893 Basle, Switzerland) cousin of William Marriott lived Brinton in April 1911 with William Marriott and was a Building Trades Apprentice.
HODGE, Father = Isaac (b1832 Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire), Mother = Martha Webb (b1833 Bluntisham), children = Harriet Rhoda (b 2nd qtr 1857, Bluntisham), Emily Elizabeth (b 2nd qtr 1860 Bluntisham), Lydia (b 3rd qtr 1868 Bluntisham), family were living in Staples Yard, Hackford by Reepham in April 1881 with their daughter Harriet and her husband, William Henry Miller and later in Fairstead Row, Briston in April 1891.  Isaac was a Railway Labourer in April 1881 but probably this was as a Contractor, whether this was on the construction of the line to Norwich or the Great Eastern line around Reepham (opened 1882) is not known and had moved to Briston by the time of the 1891 census.  He was a Labourer (Tube Cleaner?) in the works in April 1891 and died in the 2nd qtr 1897 presumably whilst still in service?  Emily married James Overman in the 1st qtr 1894 and Lydia married Robert Howling in the 2nd qtr 1897.
HOLBROOK, Catherine, widow of Levi, and her sons Thomas, Henry and John (b1886 Pear Tree, Derby) moved to Holt Rd, Thornage from Brinton by April 1901 following Levis’ death.  John was an Apprentice Wagon Builder in April 1901.  Thomas was a Carpenter, believed in the building trade and later moved to Alder Car Gates, Bayfield, near Holt where he and Catherine were living in, April 1911 along with Thomas Wilson, Thomas’ nephew.
HOLBROOK, Father = Henry (b1884 Pear Tree, Derby), son of Levi, Mother = Mary Louisa Last (b1877 Ipswich), children = Violet Edith (b1910 Briston), Alec H W (b 1st qtr 1914), Joan M (b 1st qtr 1916), family lived 3 Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1911 shortly after their marriage and 2 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 45 Briston Rd) by June 1934.  Henry had previously lived in Holt Rd, Thornage with his Mother Catherine following his fathers’ death.  Henry, also known as Harry, was an Apprentice Coach Builder in April 1901 and an established Coachbuilder from April 1911 until the works closed whereupon he moved to Doncaster.  His brothers James and William also worked for the railway.  Alec was an Apprentice Coachbuilder from 1929 until circa 1935 when he was made redundant after finishing his apprenticeship; he then went to Kings Cross.  Violet married James Burton Frostick.
HOLBROOK, Father = James (b1873 Bristol), son of Levi, Mother = Mary Ann Graveling (b 3rd qtr 1874 Thornage), daughter of Jacob (b1833), children = Hector James (b 4th qtr 1901 Briston), Edward Victor (b 4th qtr 1903 Thornage), Hilda Mary.  James lived near the Clock House, Brinton in April 1891, family lived near the Chequers Inn, Briston in April 1901 and later moved to Thornage by April 1911 and 6 Colville Rd by June 1934.  James, also known as Jimmy, began his M&GN career on 6th July 1893 (according to the LNER staff records) as a Carpenter at Melton, but the 1891 census shows him as being a Wagon Builder (living with his parents and at that date he still would have been an Apprentice).  He is shown as being a Carpenter in the 1901 and 1911 censuses and has been recorded as a Carpenter in the Signal Dept. in 1922.  He was promoted to Foreman in the Concrete Works possibly on 26th May 1930 and remained as such until he retired on 30th June 1937.  He served with the Civil Railway Battalion in France from 22nd March to 23rd June 1917.  His brothers Henry and William also worked for the railway.  Hector was a Carpenter from 1929 until 1936; he was married in the 1st qtr 1935 and appears to have moved from Colville Rd in 1934/early 1935.  Edward, usually known as Victor, worked in the Signal Dept. until he was injured falling from a Signal gantry, after which he became a crossing keeper, but where is not known, he never married.  Hilda married Sidney Leeder.
HOLBROOK, Father = Levi (b1847 Exminster, Devon), Mother = Catherine (Carro), (b1847 Burliscombe, Devon) children = Sarah Jane (b1869 Bristol), William (b1871 Taunton, Somerset), James (b1873 Bristol), Carry (b1876 Bristol), Thomas (b1878 Derby), Frederick (b1880 Derby but died before reaching 1 year old), Henry (b1884 Pear Tree, Derby), John (b1886 Pear Tree, Derby), family lived Clock House, Brinton in April 1891.  Levi was a Coach Builder having moved from Derby sometime after the 1881 census, he died in service (?) in the second qtr of 1899 and Catherine moved to Holt Rd, Thornage with Thomas, Henry and John.
HOLBROOK, Husband = William (b1871 Taunton, Somerset), son of Levi, Mother = Agnes Peck (b1870 Hunworth), children = Leslie William (b1900 Thornage), Kenneth Redvers (b1901 Thornage), Marjorie Agnes (1903 Melton), Sidney Robert (b1905 Melton), Olive Mary (b1906 Melton), Raymond George (b1909 Melton).  William lived near the Clock House, Brinton in April 1891, family lived The Street, Thornage in April 1901 and 12 Melton St from August 1902 until circa 1920.  William was a Wagon Builder from April 1901 until about 1931 when he became a Sawyer in the Carriage and Wagon works until the works closed.  His brothers James and Henry also worked for the railway.
HOLFORD, William H (b1869 Nottingham) was a Wagon Builder in April 1891 and lodging in 11 The Street, Briningham.
HOLLAND, Alfred (b1874 Ely) lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and 30 Colville Rd from August 1902 until August 1907 was a Fitter, presumably between those dates, by April 1911 he was doing the same job in Norwich.
HOLLAND, Clifford Harry (b1908 Sutton Bridge) had various spells at Melton as a Porter, Shunter, Signal Lampman and possibly Temporary Guard.
HOLLIS, Father = Cubitt David (b1854 Horning), Mother = Caroline, children = Cubitt, Caroline, family lived Gordon Rd from August 1903 to August 1907 and 1 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 8) from August 1908 until June 1934.  Cubitt senior began his M&GN career in 1880 probably as a Labourer at Hemsby.  He was a Bridge Inspector from 1918 until he retired in June 1924.  Caroline junior married John William Williamson.
HOLMES, F, was a Cleaner circa 1955 to July 1958.
HOLMES, Father = Frederick James N (b 4th qtr 1901 Norwich), son of Frederick Noah, Mother = Elsie R Underwood, children = Donald R, Terrence F who were twins (b 3rd qtr 1933), family lived 4 Colville Rd circa 1952 and moved to 28 Melton St in a house exchange with Gilbert Smith circa 1952 and remained there until at least June 1956.  Frederick, also known as Dodds, or Holmy, was an Assistant Fitter in the Loco Shed in 1928 until the line closed whereupon he went to Norwich Thorpe.  Donald began as a Cleaner on 1st November 1948 and was a Passed Cleaner when the line closed whereupon he went to Colchester.  He was later a Barman at the Country Club.
HOLMES, Father = Frederick Noah (b1871 Catton, Norfolk), Mother = Rebecca (b1874 Norwich), children = Lilian (b1899 Norwich), Frederick James N, (b 4th qtr 1901 Norwich), family lived Briston in April 1911.  Frederick was a Labourer at Norwich City from circa 1893 until circa 1895 and a Loco Fitter at Norwich City in April 1901 until at least 1902 and in the same job at Melton in April 1911, he was a White Metal Worker/ Coppersmith/ Tinsmith in the Fitting Shop from circa November 1921 until 1934.
HOLMES, Father = John Thomas (b 2ND qtr 1855 Derby), Mother = Mary (b1860 Derby), children = Henry (b 2nd qtr 1886 Ockbrook, Derbyshire), Mabel (b1889 Ockbrook, Derbyshire), Samuel Balthazar (b 3rd qtr 1892 Ockbrook/Borrowash, Derbyshire), Drury John (b 4th qtr 1894 Ockbrook/Borrowash, Derbyshire), Arthur C (b1899 Melton), Alfred (b1903 Melton), family lived 3 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 12) from August 1898 until August 1914.  John, also known as Derby Jack began his M&GN career in 1897, but as what is not known, he was a Big/Little End and Connecting Rod Fitter from April 1901 until October 1925.  Henry was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 and by 1911 was a Fitter in Mexborough, Samuel was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911; Drury was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911.
HOLMES, Jon was Relief Shed Master at Melton having come from Yarmouth Beach.
HOOK, J, was a Drilling Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from May 1918 until 1924.
HOOKER, Henry J (b1867 Southrepps) lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston in April 1891 and was a Goods Porter probably until at late 1892 as his son was born there.
HOOKS, Father = William B (b1862 Weasenham St. Peter, Norfolk), Child = George (b1888 Croxton, Norfolk).  William was a Labourer in the Loco Shop in April 1911 and a Driller circa January 1929 when he retire, George also worked for the railway.
HOPPER, Elizabeth, was a machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.
HORNE, Joseph was a Fitter’s Mate from May 1917 until December 1936, after the works closed it is thought he became a Coalman on the coaling stage at which job he has been recorded in from 1940 until June 1945.  He retired circa February 1954 and lived Tithe Barn Cottages, Briston circa 1940.
HORNE, Russell, was a Welder from 1929 until the works closed whereupon he went to the Lowestoft Concrete Depot.
HORNEY, Charlie E (b1911), was a Porter at Fakenham from September 1936 until about 1938.  He was a Crane Man at Melton and later a Travelling Ticket Inspector from about February 1947 (possibly living 25 Melton St) until about March 1951 when he went to Gunton as Stationmaster.  He is shown as being a Porter/Signalman at Melton but when this was is not known.
HOULT, Arthur lived 9 Astley Terrace in August 1896 and presumably worked for the railway, but what he did is not known.
HOVELLS, Oliver Charles (b 4th qtr 1886 Hopton), also known as Olly was a Signalman in the West box in September 1936, he had previously worked as a Porter in Hopton in April 1911.
HOWARD, Alfred (b14th June 1864 Rudham) lived Ferndale Terrace in August 1899, Briston Rd from August 1900 until August 1904 and Gordon Rd from August 1906 until August 1907 was a Guard, presumably between those dates.
HOWARD, Father = William (b 3rd or 4th qtr 1858 Brampton, Norfolk), Mother = Harriet Maria Beck (b 1st qtr 1862 Colby, Norfolk), children = Elizabeth (b1879 Aylsham), John Henry (b 2nd qtr 1881 Aylsham), James Robert (b 2nd qtr 1883 North Walsham), Edith (b1890 Hindolveston), Kate (b1893 Hindolveston), Alfred (b1896 Hindolveston), Florence (b1900 Hindolveston), family lived Hindolveston from April 1891 until April 1911.  In 1911 they are shown as living in the Gatehouse, Hindolveston, where Harriett was probably a Female Gatekeeper but is not shown as such but she is very likely to have been.  William was a Platelayer from April 1891 until April 1911, James was a Railway Store Keeper in April 1901 but listed as a Labourer in April 1911and a Storeman in the Loco Shed from 1940 until 1942.  John was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1901.
HOWARD, Husband = William (b1880 North Walsham), Wife = Sarah Sadler (b1879 Honing), sister of Fred, family lived Briston in April 1911 at which time William was a Labourer.  His brother in law Fred Sadler also possibly worked for the railway.
HOWE, Edward (b1882 Hindolveston) lodged Aubrey Terrace, 4.1901 with Thomas Bond, was an Apprentice Fitter.
HOWES, Charles Henry (b1879 Swaffham) lodged Holt Rd, Thornage with his Sister Louisa and Brother in Law Charles Utting, was a Labourer in the Loco Yard, interestingly in April 1911 they were still living together in Rochdale, Lancashire.
HOWLETT, Father = Isaac (b1866 Hapton, Norfolk), Mother = Alice Maud (b1872 Holt), children = Ernest Isaac (b 2nd qtr 1894 Norwich), Walter (b1897 Bourne), Marjorie Alice, family lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1909 until August 1914 and 9 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 59 Briston Rd) in June 1934 after he had retired.  Isaac began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is not known.  He is shown as being a Fireman at Melton, then a Driver at Norwich from April 1891 until 1895 and Bourne from 1897 until 1902 and a Driver at Melton by April 1911 until he retired on 10th May 1930.  Ernest, was an Apprentice Carriage Builder in April 1911.  Marjorie was a Post Office Clerk and married John Wynn Davies.
HOWLETT, J, was a Fireman in 1917 and a Driver in 1939.  He retired about 1940.
HOWLING, Father = Robert (b1866 Mattishall), Mother = Lydia Hodge (b1868 Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire), daughter of Isaac Hodge, children = Charles (1899 Melton), Maud (b1901 Melton).  Robert lodged Victoria Terrace, Briston in April 1891 with Frederick Morgan and lived 30 Colville Rd from August 1899 until August 1901.  Robert was a Loco Fitter in April 1891 and probably in the same job in 1901 (he was absent on the night of the 1901 census visiting his parents in Attleborough).  He had moved to Yarmouth by 1903 as his daughter was born there and he was working in the Loco Dept. there.
HUBBARD, Father = John, Mother = Margaret Riseborough, child = Susannah (b 7th March 1856 Briston) family lived Briston, Susannah married Benjamin Grint.
HUBBARD, Stanley, was a Driver who came to the M&GN from Wells.
HUDSON, Father = Charles Frederick (b1895 Helhoughton, Norfolk), child = Barbara.  Charles was a member of the Bridge Gang at Lenwade from about 1920 until 1930 moving then to become the Resident Crossing Keeper at no. 15 gates, Thursford until the line closed.  His father John was a Platelayer at Raynham Park circa 1920.  Barbara worked in several locations as a Clerk but spent from 1949 until 1951 working the Telephone switchboard, leaving then to have a baby.
HUMPHREY, Edward (b 14th February 1875 Grimston) began his M&GN career on 11th July 1891 possibly as a Porter at Grimston Rd and later was a Signalman (in the East box?) but when is not known.  He later moved to Thorney by April 1901 and a Foreman at Cromer Beach in 1905/6 and a Passenger Guard at Peterborough from 1911 until September 1936.  His brothers Louis and Arthur Crowe also worked for the railway.
HUMPHREY, Father =Frederick (b1862 Bedford), Mother = Louisa Jane Davey, children = Millicent (b1893 Melton), Dorothy M (b1895 Melton), Sybil I (b1899 Melton), family lived 5 Melton St from April 1891 until August 1906.  Frederick began his M&GN career in about June 1881, probably as a Cleaner.  He was a Fireman in 1886 and is also shown as being a Driver from that date presumably until August 1907.
HUNT, Gabriel (b1839, Bawburgh, Norfolk) lived Gordon Rd from August 1907 until August 1908, but what he did is not known.
HUNT, L, worked for the railway in April 1919, but as what is not known.
HUNT, Father = Robert John (b 4th qtr 1844 Swanton Abbot), Wife = Sarah Howard, children = Mary Belton (b1868 Swanton Abbott), Samuel (b1870 Westwick), family lived 4 Briston Rd, from August 1898 until August 1902, 5 Briston Rd from August 1903 until August 1907 (both later renumbered to 14 and 16 respectively) and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1908 until August 1914.  Robert was an Office Messenger presumably between those dates, Mary married Donald Mann.
HUNT, Father = Samuel (b1870 Westwick), son of Robert, Mother = Florence Fuller Everitt (b1871 Briston), daughter of Mark Everitt, Children = Frederick Charles (b1900 Briston), Herbert (b1901 Melton), Emily Sarah Florence (b1902 Briningham), family lived 17 Melton St from April 1900 until August 1901, Kitchener Rd, August 1906 and 9 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 24) from August 1907 until August 1914.  Samuel was a Clerk in April 1901 and a Timekeeper from April 1911 until his death in service (?) on 15th August 1933.  Frederick married Edith Mabel Wybroe, daughter of Charles.
HUNT, first name not known, was an Attendant on the Engineer’s’ saloon.  This may be a case of mistaken identity and may in fact be Jesse Harris Brown.
HUNTER, Robert John (b 11th October 1865 Syderstone, Norfolk) lived 2 Astley Terrace from August 1902 until August 1903 was probably a Signalman between those dates as he had previously been a Signalman at Fakenham and was a Relief Signalman at Yarmouth Beach from November 1904 until April 1911.
HURLEY, George Ernest (b 9th July 1879 Christian Malford, Wilts) began his M&GN career on 5th March 1895 as a Junior Clerk at Melton.  He was a Clerk at Norwich City from April 1901 until April 1911 and was promoted to a class 4 Clerk on 1st August 1919 which may be when he became an Accounts Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office where he was recorded as being from 1929 until the works closed.  He was transferred to the District Engineer’s Office at Norwich on 5th October 1936 but remained temporarily at Melton until 2nd November 1936.  He retired on 2nd July 1946.
HUSTLER, John William (b1855 Hunslet, Leeds) lived 19 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 44) from August 1899 until August 1913 was a Loco Fitter, presumably between those dates.
HUTCHINS, Father = Alexander Augustus (b1877 Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk), son of George Herbert, children = Archer Alfred A (b 3rd qtr 1907 Briston), William Douglas M (b 1st qtr 1910 Briston), Jessica.  Alexander lived West End, Briston in April 1901, family lived Briston in April 1911 and Kitchener Rd from August 1913 until June 1934.  Alexander, also known as Gus was possibly a Boilerwasher in April 1901 (census entry is unclear) and a Steam Raiser in April 1911 and a Boiler Washer in the Loco depot from January 1923 until 1942.  William was an Apprentice Fitter, probably later becoming established by 1940.  Archer had just recently moved out in late 1934/early 1935, presumably having just got married.
HUTCHINS, Husband = Archer Alfred A (b 3rd qtr 1907 Briston), son of Alexander, Wife = May Lottie Mason, daughter of Frederick from the Stud Farm, family lived 9 Astley Terrace in 1935.  In the 1934/35 Electoral Register, Archer had recently moved from Kitchener Rd and Lottie was a newly eligible voter, but not shown as being a Wife.  Archer was an Apprentice, probably in the Carriage and Wagon works in late 1926, later working as a Labourer in the Carriage and Wagon works.
HUTCHINS, Father = George Herbert (b1839 Bath), Mother = Eleanor Mary (b1845 London), children = Alexander Augustus (b1877 Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk), James Clement (b1887 Thurning), family lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  George was a Fitter’s Labourer in the Loco Dept. from April 1901 until April 1911.  James was an Apprentice Boilersmith in April 1901.
INGLIS, Alexander (b1840 Vulcan Village, Lancs) lived 16 Melton St, August 1885 and 1 Astley Terrace from August 1886 until 1st qtr of 1890.  Alexander was probably the Loco Shed Foreman from 1887 as that appears to have been the occupation of the resident of 1 Astley Terrace!  What his job was when he was living in Melton St is not known but he had previously been Works Forman at Yarmouth Beach.  He died in service in the 1st qtr of 1890, his sons James Stewart and Alexander also worked for the railway.
IVES, A, was a Boilersmith in 1920.
IVES, Father = Arthur, (b21st August 1861 Thornage), Mother = Anna Maria Graveling (b1863 Thornage), Children = Dora A, Helen M, Alfred J, Hester May, Celia Augusta, Ethel Maud, family lived Main St, Thornage in April 1891, 13 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 22 Grove Rd) from August 1896 until August 1899 then 17 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 16 Grove Rd) from August 1900 until August 1914.  Arthur began his M&GN career in 1884, but as what is unknown.  He was a Signal Fitter in April 1891, possibly until 1900, Signal Inspector from April 1901 until 1904 and Chief Signal Inspector (Superintendent?) from 1908 until he retired on 4th December 1926.  He died on 20th January 1949.  There were two people named Maria Graveling shown as being born in 1862 in Thornage, which one married Arthur is currently unknown.
IVES, Father = Everitt John (b1906 Briston), son of Thomas, Wife = Emma Vince, daughter of Alfred George.  It is not known whether he worked for the railway but they had two children.
IVES, Husband = Phillip (b1875 Briston), Wife = Annie Elizabeth Jarvis (b1874 Hempstead), family lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Phillip was a (Carriage?) Painter in April 1901, a Labourer in April 1911 and in the Carriage Preparation Gang from 1927 until 1934.  His brother Thomas also worked for the railway and Annie’s brother John Jarvis also worked for the railway.
IVES, Father = Reginald Thomas (b 2nd qtr 1902 Briston), Mother = Hilda L Pummell, children = Derick R (b 4th qtr 1930 Briston), Doreen H (b 4th qtr 1934 Briston), Catherine A (b 1st qtr 1936 Briston), Elizabeth M (b 2nd qtr 1937 Briston), Ronald D (b 2nd qtr 1940 Briston), family lived 5 Colville Rd in June 1956, family (?) were also recorded as living at 17 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 16 Grove Rd) but it is not known when.  Reginald, also known as Weary, was a Fireman in 1940, later becoming a Driver until the line closed, it is possible he then transferred to Norwich as he is recorded as moving to Cromer Beach from there on 7th December 1964 and remained there until he took redundancy on 11th June 1966.  Doreen, was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory circa 1955, Elizabeth also known as Betty, was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory circa 1955 and married Granville S (Sid) Grand in the 2nd qtr 1960.
IVES, Thomas (b1872 Briston) lived Mill House, Briston in April 1891 and Briston from April 1901 until April 1911, was a Blacksmith from April 1891 until 1924 but whether this was for the railway at the earlier date is not known.  His brother Philip also worked for the railway.
IVES, Father = Thomas (b1872 Thornage), Mother = Catherine Everitt (b1869 Briston), daughter of Mark Everitt, Children = Gladys Catherine, Reginald Thomas, Winifred Marian, Everitt John (b1906 Briston), Emily Francis, Jack Robert, Thomas Albert, Mark W (b 4th qtr 1913).  Thomas and Catherine were married in the 4th qtr 1899 and lived in Briston from April 1901 until April 1911, Thomas was a Sawyer at the latter date.  Mark, was a Welder from 1929 until the works closed whereupon he went to the Lowestoft Concrete Depot.
IVES, Wilfred, worked at Melton, but as what is not known, he later worked for Malaysian Railways.
JACKSON, Albert Edward (b 4th qtr 1889 Briston), son of Jacob, lodged Briston in April 1911 with his sister Florence Harriet A and brother in law Walter Francis Spencer was an Assistant Linesman in April 1911.
JACKSON, Father = Freddy (b 4th qtr 1870 Briston), son of John, Mother = Alice Maude M Spencer (b1875 Sharrington), daughter of John Spencer, child = Alice, family lived Briston from April 1901 until April 1911.  Freddy was a Signal Linesman in April 1901 and a Labourer in April 1911, his brother-in-law William Spencer also worked for the railway.
JACKSON, Father = Herbert (b1875 Briston), son of John, Mother = Emma Barwick, daughter of William, children = David Septimus B (b 4th qtr 1902), James Herbert William (b March 1900 Briston), family lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901.  Herbert was a Railway Point Holder (?) in April 1901 before (?) becoming a Porter, then a Shunter from 1907 until 1918, followed by a Guard in 1934; he also did Relief Crossing Keeper’s work at Grimston but when is not known.  He died whilst still in service in the 4th qtr of 1934.  David was a Signal Fitter’s mate from 1929 until 1936.  He was a Telegraph (?) lineman from about 1937 until about 1945 at Kings Lynn, although this may have been on the GER, after which he returned to a similar job at Melton where he remained until made redundant when the line closed.  He was a member of the Briston silver band.
JACKSON, Father = Jacob (b1859 Bexwell, Norfolk), son of John, Mother = Amelia (b1853 Hunworth), children = Frederick (b1886 Briston), Florence Harriet A (b1888 Briston), Albert (b 4th qtr 1889 Briston), family lived near the Green, Briston in April 1891.  Florence married Walter Francis Spencer.
JACKSON, Father = James Herbert William (b March 1900 Briston), son of Herbert, Mother = Edith B Hendry, children = Eileen Hendry (b 1st qtr 1924), James Austin (b1927), David John R (b 3rd qtr 1928), Kenneth Herbert, Peter, family possibly lived Hall St, Briston.  James senior was an Apprentice Carpenter in the Carriage and Wagon works probably from 1914 until 1921; at the outbreak of the Second World War he returned as a Carpenter to the Wagon Repair Shop and remained there until the closure.  He was also a member of the Briston silver band.  James junior, also known as Jim, Peter or Pongo, began his M&GN career as a Cleaner about 1941; he went to Colwick after becoming a Passed Cleaner circa 1943 to get a post as a full time Fireman.  He returned to Melton about 1952 after completing his national service in the RAF and a few local labouring jobs, but this time working in the Boiler Shop.  David was a Passed Cleaner during the Second World War, becoming a Fireman by November 1946, he was the Fireman on the train, which was wrongly routed out of Norwich City station and ended up in the river on 5th November 1946.  He left the railway to do his National Service in the Royal Norfolk Regiment and did not return; Eileen married Andrew Urquhart from Dalmure in Dunbartonshire.
JACKSON, Father = John (b1832 Edgefield), Mother’s = Mary (b1831 Glandford, Norfolk), Ann (bb1838 Aylsham), children = Jacob (b1859 Bexwell, Norfolk), Elizabeth (b1860 Bexwell), Martha Ann (b1863 Edgefield), Kathleen (b1867 Briston), James William (b1869 Briston), Freddy (b 4th qtr 1870 Briston), Herbert (b1875 Briston).  Family lived Hall St, Briston in 1871, The Factory, Creymere Rd, Briston in 1881 and Factory Lane, Briston in 1891.
JACKSON, Peter (?) was a Shunter.
JACKSON, Robert (b 24th January 1859 Edgefield) began his M&GN career in 1880 as a Night Watchman in the Engineer’s’ Dept.  He then went to South Lynn and Holt (as night watchman?) before becoming a Crossing Keeper at Sheringham, possibly on 13th June 1887 when he was transferred to the Traffic Dept.  He was still a crossing keeper at the time of the 1901 census. Robert had lost his right arm at the socket in an accident with a hay cutting Machine when aged 11.
JACOBS, Father = John, Mother = Anna Maria Reynolds, child = Mary Elizabeth who married Frederick Walter Graveling.
JAMIESON, Andrew (b1873 Hawick) lived Burgh Beck Rd from April 1901 until August 1901 and Gordon Rd from August 1902 until August 1914, was a Fitter between those dates.  He has also been recorded as being a Chargehand in the Fitting and Machine Shop and later emigrated to New Zealand.
JARRETT, Father = Robert Ernest Bailey (b1882 Honnington, Norfolk), Mother = Harriett Colman (b1872 Briningham), child = Frances Etty Matilda.  Robert lodged in Briningham in April 1901, lived 9 Astley Terrace from August 1907 until circa 1920, 14 Colville Rd (which was later renumbered to 24 Grove Rd), and 8 Gordon Rd from June 1934 until June 1956, he possibly also lived in Briston Rd at some date.  Robert was a Leading Porter from about 1900 to circa 1920, although the 1911 census describes him as Foreman in the Passenger Dept.  He was a Passenger Guard circa 1920 until 1927 but is recorded as being a Station Inspector also from circa 1920 until September 1939.  Harriett’s brother John Colman also worked for the railway, Frances married Sydney George Leeder junior.
JARVIS, Father = Elijah (b1861 Hillington), Mother = Charlotte Augusta Oliver (b1861 Gunthorpe), daughter of Richard Oliver, children = Henry (Harry) (b1883 Briningham), Eleanor (Nellie) (b1888 Briningham), Frederick Richard (b1894 Briningham), Ethel M (b1898 Briningham), family lived 9 The Street, Briningham from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Elijah was a Platelayer from April 1891 until he retired circa October 1928.  Henry (Harry) was a Labourer/Underman in April 1901, Frederick, also known as Fred, was a Railway Sale (whatever that may have been) in April 1911, possibly the same person who was Ganger in the Holt gang in 1934.
JARVIS, John (b1868 Hempstead, Norfolk) lodged West End, Briston in April 1901 with his sister Annie and brother-in-law Philip Ives and lived Briston in April 1911 was a Brass Fitter in April 1901 but listed as a Labourer in April 1911.
JARVIS, Father = John William (b1864 Grimston), mother = Hagar Emma Dawson(b1865 Wood Norton), children = Charles William (b 4th qtr 1889, died 2nd qtr 1890 Thursford), Ethel Mary (b1892 Thursford), Jessie Rosalie (b1898 Melton), family lived Station Cottage, Station Rd, Thursford in April 1891, 11 Astley Terrace from August 1899 until August 1915 and Kitchener Rd in June 1934.  John, also known as Jack Crowe Jarvis began his M&GN career on 1st (possibly the 18th) January 1882 as a Junior Porter at Thursford, he remained as such for 2 years before becoming a Porter/Signalman for a further 2 years.  He then became a Signalman, probably in November 1886 and remained as such until illness forced him to relinquish this job in about 1896/7.  When recovered he became a Shunter/Point Turner (?) at Sutton Bridge for about 8 months before becoming a Relief Guard at Melton Constable circa 1897, later a goods Guard until he retired on 28th December 1927.  He was also shown as being a Foreman and did Relief Station Inspector duties and ran the Melton coal club.  His early life is rather confused, he was born on 26th April 1864 (possibly should be 1863 as his birth was registered in the 2nd qtr of 1863); his mother Mary Ann Jarvis married John Crowe in the 4th qtr of 1864 in the Freebridge Lynn area. He is recorded variously as John Crowe in different censuses, his entry in the Electoral Register changed from John Crow to John Jarvis in 1908.
JARVIS, Father = Richard (b26th January 1857 Gunthorpe), Mother = Mary Ann E Peck (b1857 Thornage), children = Frederick W (b1882 Briningham), Alfred (b1885 Briston), George (b1886 Briston), Cecelia (b1888 Briston), Annie M (b1890 Briston), May (b1892 Briston).  Family lived in the Old Post Office, Briston in April 1891, near Gladstone Place, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Richard was a Labourer in April 1891, a Railway Constable in April 1901 and a Watchman/Policeman from April 1911 until he retired on 30th June 1927.  Frederick was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901, it appears that he remained in Briston until circa 1908 as his son was born there but whether he was still working for the railway is not known, and Alfred was a Railway Engine Apprentice (Apprentice Fitter?) in April 1901 as was George at the same date.  Mary Ann’s brother Henry Peck also worked for the railway,
JARVIS, Wilfred Whisker (b 2nd qtr 1868 Wiveton, Norfolk) was a Signal Fitter in April 1911, he had previously worked at Fakenham (presumably M&GN) but what he did is not known.  In the 1891 and previous censuses he is listed as just Wilfred Whisker (with or without the ‘h’) and in the 1871 and 1881 censuses he is listed as Grandson, of William Whisker.  His christening record shows his name in full with his mother’s name shown as Rebecca Whisker Jarvis who was almost certainly the daughter of William.
JARVIS, Father = William (b1863 Briston), Mother = Lilian (b1863 Happisburgh?), child = Lewis (b 1st qtr 1890 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891.  William was a Wagon Lifter in April 1891, it is thought that William died (possibly in the 3rd qtr 1895 in Norwich) as Lilian appears to have married Albert Edward Flogdell in the 1st qtr 1897.  Whether Albert worked for the railway in Melton is not known, he was a Plumber in Sutton Bridge in 1901 but whether it was for the railway at that date is not known but by 1911 he was listed as ‘Railway’.  Whether Lewis served an Apprenticeship with the railway is not known but by 1911 he was lodging in Coventry with Edward Flogdell who was a cousin of Albert and is listed as a Tinsmith.
JASPER, Yvonne, was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.
JAY, Father = John (b 18th January 1894), child = John (b1927).  John senior began his career on the M&GN on 22nd March 1943 as a Class 3 Permanent Way Inspector and remained as such until he retired on 18th January 1959.  John junior began his M&GN career in July 1943 as a Porter and remained as such possibly until 1952, he later became a Shunter and later still a Guard, when the line closed he went to Hitchin.
JEFFRIES, William John (b 4th qtr 1878 Horsford, Norfolk) lodged Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901 with John Robert Woolner, was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Labourer in the Works in April 1911 living in Hindringham.
JEX, Husband = Harry, Mother = Florrie Blizzard (b1891 Blo Norton, Norfolk), children = Arthur Leonard (b1916), Norman Victor.  Harry was a Platelayer in the Guestwick length gang circa 1920, having previously served in the First World War, before becoming the Ganger of the Briningham Gang and later the Motor trolley Driver of the Guestwick Gang.  Florrie was the Female Crossing Keeper of no. 20 gates (Foulsham Rd) from 1926 until 1956.  Arthur, also known as Lenny began his M&GN career in the Relaying Gang in November 1935.  He then moved to the Guestwick Length Gang in 1939 and remained there until 1952, serving also in the Second World War.  He then moved to the Dereham Gang (?), possibly returning to the Norwich City Gang by 1959.  Norman was a Porter at Fakenham in 1950, possibly beginning his career on the railway in that year.  He later moved to Dereham as a Goods Checker.  He lived at 10 The Loke, Briston at some point between moving out from no. 20 gatehouse and before moving to the Dereham area.
JEX, Walter John (b 4th qtr 1868 Hunworth) lived Beconsfield House, Briston in April 1891 and Hall St, Briston in April 1901 was a Railway Engineers Labourer in April 1891 and a Fitter/Turner in April 1901, Walter died in the 2nd qtr 1906.
JOHNSON, F, worked in the Foundry Shop from May 1917 until 1925.
JOHNSON, Father = George (b1858 Houghton), Mother = Emma (b1862 Hempton), children = Emma (b1883 Fakenham), Harry (b1888 Briston), family lived near Church Lane, Briston in April 1891, Aubrey Terrace, Briston, in April 1901 and Kitchener Rd from August 1904 until August 1914. George began his M&GN career in 1880 and was a Carpenter lodging in Hempton in April 1881, he was a Carpenter at Melton from April 1891 until his death on 27th November 1925 whilst still employed by the railway.
JOHNSON, Father = Herbert, Mother = Jessie Maud, children = Ralph F, Gwen, family lived 9 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 24) in June 1934.  Herbert was an Assistant Telegraph Lineman in 1920 and was made a Telegraph Lineman from the late 1920’s until 1940.
JOHNSON, Horace William (b1877 Billingford, Norfolk) was an Iron Moulder from April 1901 until April 1911, in 1911 he is recorded as lodging in Foul Anchor near Tydd with Emanuel Bonet Gostolo, Signalman at Tydd, and along with many other employees from Melton and other locations was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  His sister Maud May Johnson married Thomas Buckenham.
JOHNSON, William presumably worked for the railway as he was living in 3 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1888, but what he did is not known.
JONES, Father = Benjamin (b 1st qtr 1848 Halvergate, Norfolk), Mother = Sarah (b1851 Southtown, Suffolk), children = Arthur George (b 2nd qtr 1876 Gateshead), John (b1878 Gateshead), William (b1880 Gateshead), Frederick Lewis (b 3rd qtr 1881 Yarmouth), Amelia Sarah (b 2nd qtr 1885 Yarmouth), Benjamin Philip (b 1st qtr 1887 Yarmouth), Samuel (b1890 Yarmouth), Florence (b1893 Yarmouth), family lived Briningham from April 1901 until April 1911. Benjamin senior began his M&GN career in 1880, presumably as a Bricklayer at Yarmouth as that was his job at the time of the 1881 census and he remained there in April 1891.  He was a Bricklayer in Melton from April 1901 until April 1911 and Foreman Bricklayer in September 1921 when he retired.  Arthur began his M&GN career in about 1891 and until 1894 was probably a Cleaner probably at Melton, he was a Fireman from 1895 until April 1901, Frederick, was an Apprentice Plumber in April 1901, Benjamin junior was a Labourer in April 1901, Amelia married Alfred Francis Worship.
JONES, Father = Robert Arthur (b1900), Mother = Violet M, children = Ronald Arthur, Betty Violet, Louis George, family lived 8 Melton St in June 1956 along with Violet’s sister Harriet Gibbs who was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.  Robert began his M&GN career in 1914 as a Junior Porter at Yarmouth Beach, becoming established (?) in 1921.  He was a Signal Lampman by September 1936 and was still there in 1939.  In 1940 he was a Shunter at Norwich City where he remained until 1945 when he became a Guard at Melton, staying there until the line closed in 1964; he was the Guard on the last passenger trains from South Lynn in 1959 and Sheringham in 1964.  Betty began her M&GN career in 1945 as a Repairer in the Sheet Factory and remained there until circa 1947 when she moved to the Machine Room until December 1950 when she left to marry David George Cooper.  Ronald and Louis both worked on the footplate but not for the M&GN, both ending up at New England.
JORDAN, John (b1851 Wells, Norfolk) lived 1 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1899 was Caretaker of the Railway Institute in 1896 presumably through to 1899, by 1900 he was living in Norwich, presumably as a Labourer at Norwich City as that was his job by April 1901.  He was a Labourer in the Permanent Way Dept. when he retired in February 1922, but where that was is not known.
JORDAN, Thomas William (b1881 Worthing, Norfolk) lived in 5(?) Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 10) in April 1901 was a Railway Engine Stoker (Fireman?).  His father George and brothers George and Walter Henry also worked for the railway.
JORDAN, Walter Henry (b1880 Stibbard) lodged Briningham in April 1901 with Benjamin Hall, was a Goods Porter in April 1901.  His father George and brothers George and Thomas William also worked for the railway.  Whether this is the same person as Walter Henry below is not known.
JORDAN, Father = Walter Henry, Mother = Emma Gertrude, children = Walter, Muriel Ivy Lily, family lived 9 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 19) from June 1934 until June 1956.  Walter senior was a Hanger-on for the overhead crane in the Fitting Shop from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he moved to the Carriage and Wagon Dept. as an Examiner.  Whether this is the same person as Walter Henry above is not known.
JUDSON, Father = Frederick Seth (b1858/1869 York), Mother = Ada Root (b1864 Brightlingsea, Essex), children = William Frederick C (b 1st qtr 1885 Briston), Ada (b1888 Briston), Joseph Arthur (b 4th qtr 1892 Briston), Clara (b1897 Briston), Harriett and Alice (b1899 Briston), family lived Horseshoe Corner, Briston in April 1891 and 17 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 40) from August 1899 until August 1911.  Frederick senior was a Fitter presumably from at least 1885 until April 1911.  Frederick junior was an Apprentice Painter in April 1901 and Joseph was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911.  Ada’s brother Fred also worked for the railway.
KELSEY, Husband = Kenneth, Wife = Jean Dent, daughter of Reginald Robert.  Jean worked in the Sheet Factory.
KEMP, Herbert Frank (b1874 Diss, Norfolk) lodged 14 Melton St in April 1901 with William Walter Copland was a Fitter.
KENDLE, Father = Charles (b1858 Thornage), Mother = Christiana High (b1855 Salthouse), child = Ernest Charles (b1891 Thornage), family lived Thornage in April 1881 and The Street, Thornage from April 1891 until April 1911.  Charles was a Carpenter from April 1881 until he retired circa July 1927 but whether it was for the railway all of that time is not known.  Ernest was an Apprentice Gas Fitter in the Fitting Shop in April 1911 and a Gas Fitter until the works closed.  Christiana’s niece, Hannah Elizabeth High daughter of her brother James High married Edward Thomas Dack.
KENNEDY, first name not known, was a Fireman.
KIMBER, Father = George Frederick (b 6th September 1889 Oxted, Surrey), Mother = Mary Ann Grint, daughter of Benjamin, children = Fred, Joyce, Ralph William, family lived 13 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  George came to the M&GN from the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.  He was a Porter in November 1917 and a Parcel Porter in September 1936; he died on 18th April 1944 in Melton.  Joyce worked in the Refreshment Rooms at Norwich Thorpe.  Frederick was a Messenger boy for the village Post Office before becoming a Postman.
KIMBER, Father = Ralph William (b 15th April 1924), son of George Frederick, Mother = Gwendoline Ruth Morgan (b 2nd qtr 1927), daughter of Albert, child = Fay.  Ralph, also known as Mex, started his M&GN career in 1940 as a Cleaner.  He served at Norwich Thorpe for a time, possibly as a Passed Cleaner, becoming a Fireman in April 1942 remaining thus until he was forced to leave the footplate in 1957 due to deteriorating eyesight whereupon he became an Assistant Foreman until the line closed.
KIMBER, S, was a Porter from 1917 until about 1920 when he became a parcels Porter, this seem very much like George Fredericks’ career path.
KING, James Howard (b1872 Tuttington Norfolk) lodged Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891 with Arnold Bussey, lived Back Lane, Briston in April 1901, was a Blacksmith’s Striker from April 1891 until April 1901.
KING, Sidney, worked at Melton, but as what is not known, later worked for the Gold Coast State Railways.
KING, first name not known, was a Driver circa 1939 who transferred to Peterborough (M&GN?).
KINGSLEY, Ernie, was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner, possibly the same person as George (below)
KINGSLEY, George, was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner/Wheel Tapper in 1930, possibly the same person as Ernie (above).
KINSLEY, Albert Edmund, (b 2nd qtr 1877 Edgefield) was a Railway Labourer in April 1901 and living in Ramsgate St, Edgefield.  There is some confusion over his name as it appears to have changed to Edward as from the 1891 census onwards but there is no BMD record for an Edward around his DOB!  His marriage record shows him as Albert Edward.
KIRBY, Charles Albert (b 4th qtr 1874 Sedgeford Norfolk), lived Briningham was a Platelayer possibly in the Briningham Gang from 1897 until at least April 1901 before moving to Drayton.
KIRK, George, was an Overhead Crane Driver in the Fitting Shop from 1927 until 1934.
KNIGHT, E A H transferred to the Passenger Managers Dept. circa June 1944 from Waltham Cross.  Possibly the same person as below whose first name is not known.
KNIGHTS, Charles Dunning (b 2nd qtr 1873 North Walsham), Mother = Nora, child = Derek Owen (b 4th qtr 1907 North Walsham), family lived in North Walsham but Charles always seems to have worked at Melton.  He is recorded in the 1891 census as being a Clerk in Engineers Office but whether this was for the railway or a local engineering firm is not known.  In 1901 he is recorded as Accounts Clerk, in 1911 as Assistant Loco Clerk and Locomotive Accountant in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. (class 1) when the works closed, he retired on 31st January 1937.  He died on 25th March 1948.  Derek also worked for the railway but probably not at Melton.
KNIGHTS, first name not known, was Chief Booking Office Clerk from 1943 until 1945.  Possibly the same person as E A H Knight.
KNOWLES, Alfred Sidney (b 14th October 1893(?)) began his M&GN career on 23rd September 1912 as an Underman in the Melton Constable Relaying Gang, serving in the First World War from 31st January 1916 until 3rd March 1919.  He was promoted to Sub Ganger in the same gang on 19th December 1927 before being transferred to Thursford as Ganger on 11th June 1928 and Fakenham on 30th December 1928.  He was acting as Permanent Way Inspector from 1st January 1936 until 27th October 1936 when he reverted to Ganger (anything to do with the LNER takeover?) until again acting as Permanent Way Inspector, but this time at Melton Constable from 26th January 1940.  He moved again on 8th July 1940 in the same role to Norwich where he remained until at least 1956.
KNOWLES, G began as a Cleaner in 1946, when the line closed he transferred to London.
LAKE, Charles Sidney (b 26th January 1872 St. Johns Wood, London) was an Engineering pupil under W Marriott from 1890 until 1893 and lodged with Henry Williams in 15 Melton St in April 1891.
LAKE, Harry (b1886 Bale, Norfolk) lived Thornage in April 1911 was a Porter from April 1911 until November 1917 and a Signal Lampman in about 1920.
LAMBERT, A, was a Driver in December 1921 and lived at Themelthorpe.
LAMBERT, Husband = Edward (b1877 Kerdiston, Norfolk), Wife = Eliza Maria, family lived Kitchener Rd from August 1906 until June 1934 but had moved from Melton by 1935.  Edward, also known as Apples and Cabbages, was a Fireman in Mundesley in April 1901 and in Melton from presumably August 1906 until April 1911 and a Driver from 1930 (possibly 1914) to about 1940 when he retired.  It is possible he went to France as a Driver during the First World War.
LAMBERT, Father = George (b1863 Foulsham), Mother = Laura Colman (b1866 Kettlestone), children = Eva Maud (b1895 Fakenham), John P G (b1899 Grimston), Hector Hubert Hazel (b C8.1900 Grimston).  George was a Platelayer from April 1901 until April 1911, during which time he was living in Thursford.  Hector lived Briston Rd in June 1934 and 3 Burgh Beck Rd (which had been renumbered from 1) in June 1956 and was a village butcher.
LAMBERT, Father = Henry (b1863 Gamston, Notts), Mother = Emily, children = George (b1883), Lillian (1885), Louisa (1887), Mary (b1890 Retford Ordsall, Notts), Cecil (b1892 Retford Ordsall, Notts), Violet (b1895 Retford Ordsall), Rose (b1898 Retford Ordsall), Maud (b1900 Retford Ordsall), Harold (b1902 Briston), Walter (b1909 Briston), family lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston in April 1901, Briston in April 1911 and Kitchener Rd from August 1913 until August 1914.  Henry was a Telegraph Lineman from April 1901 until July 1912 when he was injured in an accident near Guestwick whilst removing a redundant Telegraph pole.  When he retired on 30th April 1929 he was shown as Telegraph Lineman Ganger.  Cecil was an Apprentice (at what is not known) in April 1911, he left the railway (apprenticeship finished?) and joined the Norfolk Regiment and was killed in action in France on 16th October 1918.  Rose married Victor Blaxter, and Maud married Stanley John Williamson, whether this was a double ceremony is not known but they both occurred in the 2nd qtr of 1925. 
LANE, Husband = Ernest William (b 2nd qtr 1912 Melton), son of William, Wife = Catherine M.  Ernest lived 11 Melton St in June 1934, family lived 23 Kitchener Rd (which had been renumbered from 14) in June 1956.  Ernest served from January 1927 until sometime in 1928 on the Melton Telephone Exchange whilst awaiting a position as an Apprentice Carpenter, which lasted from 1928 until 1933.  When his apprenticeship finished he was kept on temporarily for three months but then made redundant, moving to Watford Junction, returning again in April 1934.  In August 1936 he moved to a similar position at Sutton Bridge until April 1937 when he moved to Norwich Thorpe.  He returned to Melton as a Carpenter in 1945 having served in the RAF during the Second World War and in 1950 was Acting Chargehand.
LANE, Father = William (b1879 Gainsborough), Mother = Eva Gertrude (b1881 Spalding), children = Ernest William (b 2nd qtr 1912 Melton), Harold (b 3rd qtr 1913 Melton), family lived 11 Melton St from April 1911 until June 1934.  William was a Telegraph Chargeman from April 1911 until November 1917 having come from the GNR Signalling works at Retford.  He was later made Signal and Telegraph Inspector, possibly about 1920 and remained as such until he retired on 30th September 1939: he died on 14th February 1945.  Harold was a Junior Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office from 7th November 1927 until June 1929 when he became an Apprentice Draughtsman in the Civil Engineer’s Office until circa 1931 when he got a permanent position as a Draughtsman, moving to Boston when the works closed.  Also living here at the time of the 1911 census was Williams’ father George and Mother Emily.  George (b1853 Eye, Northants) is shown as being a Telegraph Lineman for the GNR, Emily was born in 1858 in Newboro’, Northants.  As William would have filled out the census return it may be assumed that his parents were only visiting?
LANG, William, was an employee in 1905, but what he did is not known, he was killed whilst crossing the line near Melton Constable.
LANGLEY, Father = Albert Edward (b 8th January 1876 Little Bytham), Mother = Minnie Webber (b1877 Dennington, Suffolk), daughter of George Fletcher Webber, children = Percy Albert (b1907 Melton), Horace Vernon (b1905 Melton), Cyril Claude (b1910 Melton), Eric Arnold (b 1st qtr 1913).  Albert lodged 10 Briston Rd in April 1901 with John Wright Williamson, family lived 1 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 2 and also 50 Briston Rd at some time) from August 1914 until June 1934.  Albert worked in the drawing office at Little Bytham for the contractors constructing the line from Bourne to Saxby.  He was a Trainee Assistant to William Marriott from 1893 until 1898.  It is thought he became a Draughtsman following his training and is listed as a Civil Engineer in April 1901, it is thought he was Chief Draughtsman when he took over as Resident Civil Engineer’s Chief Assistant Way and Works Section in 1911 following the resignation of Charles Slade. He remained as such until he took over from William Marriott as Resident Civil Engineer from 1st January 1925 until the 4th October 1936, remaining at the works until the end of November, presumably overseeing its dismantling, after which he retired.  He was a member of the sectional conciliation board no 3 in 1912.  He was Scoutmaster for the local troop after Stanley Marriott and was involved with the Ambulance classes and Minnie ran the Girl Guides and Brownies.  Percy was an Apprentice (possibly a Premium Apprentice) in the Signal Dept. from 1922 until 1925 after which he moved to the Signal Engineers Dept. at Liverpool St and ended up at the BRB Headquarters.  Horace was trained in the Civil Engineers Dept. possibly as a Draughtsman becoming established circa 1922, and went to one of the Indian railways in 1927, possibly working under Sir Robert Marriott; he married Mary Audrey Clark, daughter of George Burgess Clark in 1928 in Calcutta.  Cyril, was an Apprentice in the Drawing Office in the Civil Engineer’s Office from 1929 until circa October 1933 when he went to Cambridge as a Draughtsman (his job prior to his move is listed in the LNER magazine as ‘Tracer’), he emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1950’s.
LARGE, Walter Thomas (b1869 Flitcham, Norfolk) lodged Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891 with the family of Edward Barwick, lived Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901.  Walter was a Platelayer in April 1891, in April 1901 he is listed as a Labourer and in April 1911 he is described as a ‘Railway Engineer Wheelman’, which could be a Wheel Tapper!
LARKE, John Silvester (b1877 Millwall, London) lived 1 Colville Rd from August 1900 until August 1902 and was a Timekeeper between those dates.
LARTER, Alfred William (b1854 Coltishall, Norfolk) was a Horse Driver Navvy in April 1881 so was probably working on the extension of the line through Melton Constable.  He was lodging in Briningham with the family of Richard Oliver.
LAURY, Father = William (b1856 Hayle Cornwall) lived 9 Astley Terrace from August 1888 until August 1894 and 19 Melton St from August 1895 until August 1897 was a Pattern Maker probably from 1887 until August 1894.
LAVENDER, Walter, was a Permanent Way Inspector.
LAVENDER, William Long began his M&GN career before 1900 as a Cleaner at South Lynn, passing through the ranks to become a Driver, serving in the ROD in the First World War, before becoming the Loco Running Foreman (possibly only as acting) at South Lynn and later became Riding Inspector at Melton from about October 1931 until 1941.  He later went back to Kings Lynn (M&GN?).
LE GRICE, first name not known, worked in the Fitting Shop in 1900, possibly this is Arthur Le Grys.
LE GRYS, Husband = John William (b 1st qtr 1844 Bunwell, Norfolk), Mother = Ann Elizabeth (b1847 Erpingham, Norfolk), children = Harry John (b1877 Tharston, Norfolk), Willie Thomas (b 4th qtr 1878 Dereham), Arthur (b 1st qtr 1884 Briston), Ben Johnson, Robert Johnson (twins b 3rd qtr 1886 Briston), Harriet Lucy (b1888 Briston), Annie Alberta (b1890 Briston), family lived near Church Lane, Briston in April 1891 (but see below), near the Chequers Inn, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  John was a Carpenter from April 1891 until April 1901, but whether this was for the railway is not known.  At the time of the 1891 census he was lodging at Wilds Farm, Antingham, Norfolk, along with his son Willie (who would not have been aged 13 at that date and was described as an Agricultural Labourer) with his brother in law Benjamin Johnson whilst the rest of the family remained in Briston.  Arthur was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901, Robert was a Junior Clerk in April 1901 and an established Clerk by April 1911 and later worked at Yarmouth Beach in 1936 as a Goods Clerk and had probably been a Clerk at Thorney in 1919. Ben although born at the same time as Robert was not shown as having a job in April 1901 but he was a Timekeeper from April 1911 until October 1933.  He is shown as being a Clerk in the Erecting Shop from 1935 until the works closed whereupon he retired (at under 50 years old!).
LE GRYS, Father = Willie Thomas (b 4th qtr 1878 Dereham) son of John, Mother = Hilda Maud Cletheroe (b1885 Briston), daughter of Charles Cletheroe, children = Dorothy (b1909 Briston), Alice (b1910 Briston).  Willie lived near the Chequers Inn, Briston in April 1901 and family lived Briston in April 1911.  Willie was an Apprentice Coach Builder in April 1901 and a Carpenter in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1911 until the works closed.
LEADER, Ambrose, was an Apprentice Fitter in October 1933.
LEADER, J, was a Riveter in the Boiler Shop in 1920.
LEAMON, Husband = Dudley Edmund (b 2nd qtr 1917 Melton), son of Edmund John, Wife = Phyllis Worship, daughter of Harry Walter Worship.  Dudley became a Pupil Teacher on leaving the Central school and became a qualified teacher before joining the Royal Navy and later still became Head Teacher at Cringleford School near Norwich.
LEAMON, Father = Edmond Robert (b 1st qtr 1854 Foulsham), Mother = Alice Pinchen (b1861 Essex), children = Ellen S (b1884 Foulsham), Edmund John (b 3rd qtr 1885 Foulsham), Frederick Charles (b 1st qtr 1888 Foulsham), family lived 8 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 57 Briston Rd) from August 1899 until August 1914.  Edmond began his M&GN career in 1894, probably as a Painter as that was his previous job and he was a Painter and Decorator in April 1924 when he retired.  Frederick was a Goods Guard in September 1936, in April 1911 he is shown as lodging in Wells next the Sea, Norfolk but with no occupation shown.
LEAMON, Father = Edmund John (b 3rd qtr 1885 Foulsham), son of Edmond Robert, Mother = Ada Emma Hawes, children = Dudley Edmund (b 2nd qtr 1917 Melton), Edna M A, Noel J.  Edmund lived 8 Ferndale Terrace in April 1901, family lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1911 until August 1914 and 1 Astley Terrace in June 1934 until.  (The 1934 Electoral Register shows Edmund, Ada and Robert as living at no 10 but all opinion from Melton Residents suggests they never actually lived at no 10 but at no 1 and that was where Ada is recorded as living in the 1956 Electoral Register, also that the family of Albert William Lester were also recorded as living at no 10 in June 1934).  Edmund senior, also known as Jack, Tadeye or Juicy (?), was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901, a Fitter from April 1911 until 1927 and Chargehand Fitter from 1930 to 1934, latterly being in charge of the Brass Foundry.  He was a Fitter in the Loco Shed from 1938 until 1942.
LEE, John William, (b1877 Hindringham, Norfolk) lived Wells Rd, Hindringham in April 1901 and Thursford in April 1911, was a Shaping Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from April 1901 until 1924.  By September 1939 he was working as a Shaper in Norwich, but where this was is not known.  John’s sister Agnes Eliza married Walter Mallett.
LEEDER, Herbert William (b 4th qtr1900 Swanton Novers) was living in the Walsingham Workhouse in April 1911 with his father and younger sister following the death of his Mother the previous year.  He was a Cleaner circa 1915 and left in 1918 to join the Royal Navy.
LEEDER, Father = James (b1816 Swanton Novers), Mother = Ellen (b1823 Gunthorpe), Children (all born Swanton Novers) = James (b 1841), Mary Ann (b1843), Robert (b1848), William (b1851), Edward (b1852).  James was a Brickmaker.
LEEDER, Father = James (b1841 Swanton Novers) son of James (senior), Mother = Maria (b 1841 Brandon, Suffolk), Children (all born Swanton Novers) = James T (b1865), Robert (b1867), Adelaide (b1868), Elvina (b 3rd qtr 1870), Jesse (b1872), Walter (b 2nd qtr 1874), Thomas Herbert (b 4th qtr 1876).  Walter was Labourer in 1901, Thomas was also a Labourer in 1901.  Adelaide married John William Bullock, Elvina married Robert Hancy.
LEEDER, Father = Robert (b1848 Swanton Novers) son of James (senior), Mother = Eliza (b1851 Swanton Novers), children = (all born in Swanton Novers).  Blanch (1870), Evalina (b 4th qtr 1871), Robert William (b 3rd qtr 1873), Ruth Elizabeth (1876), Lucretia Alice (b1879), Florence Ellen (b1881), Marjory (1883), Sidney George [1] (b 22nd August 1886), Hester Susannah (b1888), Edward Charles (b 3rd qtr 1889), James Spalding (b 3rd qtr 1891), Adelaide Dorothy Ellie (b1896), Dora Daisy P H (b1900), family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers from April 1891 until April 1911.  Robert was a Brickmaker from April 1891 until his death in the 3rd qtr 1909.  Edward was a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1911 living in Swanton Novers, James was a Cleaner in April 1911 living in Swanton Novers.  Evalina married Herbert George Oliver.
LEEDER, Father = Robert William (b 3rd qtr 1873 Swanton Novers), son of Robert, Mother = Charlotte Maria Temple (b1875 Hindersham, Norfolk), children = Charlotte Elizabeth, Robert William, Albert Edward, Arthur John, Frederick Charles, Robert William, Sidney George [2] (b 2nd qtr 1909 Melton), Marjorie.  Robert lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901, family lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1906 until June 1934.  Robert senior was an Apprentice Blacksmith in April 1891 and a Blacksmith in the Loco Dept. from April 1901 until April 1911.  Marjorie married Arthur Manthorpe.
NOTE re Sidney George Leeder.  Without the benefit of the 1921 census records there is some confusion over who was related to whom and who they married.  The 1939 National Register for Sidney [1] seems to bear out the statement about him being a farmer but it lists him as widowed but with an Anna Neale (married) and Sidney George Leeder born 11th July 1907 (single) also listed.  A Sidney George married an Anna Neale in the 2nd qtr 1913 and there is a retrospective birth entry for a Sydney G Leeder born 3rd qtr 1907 registered in the 1st qtr 1936 with mother’s name shown as Neale.  There are also two other marriages shown for Sidney G’s which correspond to the two other entries below and who the parents of Sidney George [3] are is still not known.
LEEDER, Father = Sidney George [1] (b 22nd August 1886 Swanton Novers), son of Robert, children = Sidney George, Leslie, Ernest Edward (Ted).  Sidney lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1911, family lived Swanton Novers.  Sidney senior was a Blacksmith’s Striker from April 1911 until 1934, later moving to March.  He later took over Bell farm at Swanton Novers and died on 24th February 1963.
LEEDER, Husband = Sidney George [2] (b 2nd qtr 1909 Melton), son of Robert William, Wife = Hilda Mary Holbrook daughter of James.  Sidney was a Wagon Builder and later went to Ferme Park as a Carriage and Wagon Foreman.
LEEDER, Husband = Sidney George [3], son of Sidney George, Wife = Frances Etty Matilda Jarrett, daughter of Robert, family lived 8 Gordon Rd in June 1956.  Sidney did not work for the railway and what he did is not known.
LEEDER, W, was a Blacksmith from 1922 until 1934.
LEEDER, Walter L (b1881 Stibbard, Norfolk) lodged Giles Rd, Swanton Novers with Robert William Leeder was a Railway Driller in April 1901.
LEMMON, F, was a goods Porter in 1918, possibly Frederick Charles Leamon.
LEMON, F, job unknown November 1923, possibly Frederick Charles Leamon.
LEMON, Ted, was a Guard in April 1948, possibly Frederick Charles Leamon.
LENMON, first name unknown, was a Goods Guard in September 1949, possibly Frederick Charles Leamon.
LESTER, Father = Albert William (b 3rd qtr. 1877), Mother = Mary Ann (b1877 Brandon), child = Harry, family lived Kitchener Rd from August 1906 until August 1907 and 10 Astley Terrace from August 1908 until the 1950’s.  Albert was a Porter in April 1901 presumably at Melton (he was visiting his parents in Fakenham at the time of the census), a Shunter from 1907 until 1918 and a Passenger Guard circa 1920, he is shown as being a Goods Guard in September 1936 and retired circa 1938 although still recorded as living in Astley Terrace at the time of the 1939 census.
LESTER, Charles was a Shunter in about 1924 and later a Guard.
LEVERETT, Charles William (b1908 Harpley, Norfolk), began his M&GN career in April 1924 as a Junior Clerk at Fakenham.  He did a spell in the Telegraph Office at Melton before returning to Fakenham and later left the railway and went to work on the Tanganyika Railways, he married Dorothy Creasey who worked at TMO.  His father, Charles Ernest, was a Signalman on the M&GN.
LEVERICK, Father = George (b 2nd qtr. 1867 Hevingham, Norfolk), Mother = Emily Slaughter (b1870 Stody), children = Daniel George (b 2nd qtr. 1892 Stody), Herbert (b 3rd qtr 1896 Melton), Sidney (b1898 Melton), Emily (b1900 Melton), Arthur John (b 4th qtr 1903 Melton), family probably lived Stody in 1893, possibly with Emily’s parents and 7 Colville Rd from August 1896 until August 1906, 5 Melton St from August 1907 until circa 1920 and by June 1934 George and Emily lived in Burgh Beck Rd, presumably moving there after George had retired.  George was a Fireman living in St. Pancras in April 1891, he married Emily in the 3rd qtr of that year so whether he had transferred to Melton by then is not known but he would almost certainly have done so by the time Daniel was born in 1893.  He was probably still a Fireman (Passed?) when transferred and was a Driver probably from 1899 until he retired on 10th May 1930; he died on 3rd July 1946.  Daniel was an Apprentice Loco Fitter from 1906 until 1913, at which date he is recorded as being on the maintenance staff at Lowestoft, presumably having been dismissed when his apprenticeship finished.  Herbert was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911.  Arthur was a Passed Fireman possibly from before 1936 until at least September 1939 at Melton and possibly a Driver in 1942, later moving to Yarmouth Beach.  Emily junior married Arthur Hubert Walter Barrett.
LEWIS, Father = James William (b1867 Holt), Mother = Zeanah (b1866 Holt), children = Zeanah Blanche (b1886 Holt), Mabel Kate (1888 Holt), Fitter Leister (b 3rd qtr 1890 Briningham), Coral Idalia (b1895 Briston), John William Bird (b1899 Briston), Olga Nattle (b1904 Melton), James George (b1909 Holt), family lived near Sykes Farm, Briston in April 1891, Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston by April 1901 and 2 Ferndale Terrace (which was later renumbered to 45 Briston Rd) from August 1902 until August 1911.  James was a Telegraph Lineman in April 1891; by April 1901 he is described as a Telegraph Wireman Foreman (and lodging away from home in Wisbech Rd, South Lynn) and remained as such until April 1911.  Fitter was an Apprentice in 1911, but what he did is unknown.
LEWIS, Father = William Frederick (b 1st qtr 1879 Middleton, Norfolk), Mother = Lottie Redit (b1878 Badwell Ash, Suffolk), children = Edward Denton (b 3rd qtr 1905 Moulton), Florence Kathleen (b 4th qtr 1908 North Walsham), William Frederick (b 4th qtr 1910 Melton), Walter J (b 2nd qtr 1912 Melton), Jessamine H (b 1st qtr 1914), Henry E (b 3rd qtr 1916 Melton), Muriel F (b 3rd qtr 1918), family lived 3 Melton St from August 1911 until June 1934.  William senior possibly began his M&GN career as a Clerk at Moulton, when he started is not known but he was there in 1906 having previously had a similar job with the GER.  He was a Clerk at North Walsham in 1908 and Melton in 1910 but whether this was as Senior Goods Clerk at that date is not known but he probably was from August 1912 until September 1936, he was also Secretary of the Railway Clerks association Melton branch.  William junior served for a short while as a Gas Fitters Labourer in 1924 whilst awaiting a position as an Apprentice in the Signal Dept., this lasting from October 1924 until 25th September 1931.  When his apprenticeship finished he went to the District Engineer’s Dept. at Leeds.  Edward, also known as Ted was an Apprentice Fitter and Walter an Apprentice Coach Painter from about 1931 until 1936.  Henry served for a short while from October 1930 to sometime in 1931 on the works Telephone exchange whilst awaiting a position as an Apprentice Coach Trimmer, which lasted from 1931 until December 1936.  Florence, also known as Kit, married Eric Hill, a Signalman at Corpusty.
LICENCE, Father = William Arthur (b1859 Leiston, Suffolk), children = William Charles (b 4th qtr 1884 Leiston, Suffolk), Bertie (b1891 Briningham), family lived 3 Church Lane, Briningham in April 1891, Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901 and Swanton Novers in April 1911.  William senior was a was a Blacksmith from April 1901 until April 1911, he was a Bolt and Rivet Maker from May 1917 until he retired on 29th February 1928, although still shown as a Blacksmith at that date, the earlier job description could well be a more accurate description.  Bertie was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911, William junior was an Apprentice Iron Moulder in April 1901.
LINCOLN, Charles, was a Porter at Fakenham after returning from the First World War in early 1919, he transferred to Melton Constable shortly afterwards, presumably still as a Porter, and later on became a Goods Guard, but whether this was at Melton is not known.
LINCOLN, Father =William James (b1863 Ipswich), child = Robert Albert W (b1885 Ipswich) family lived 3 Mill Lane, Briningham, in April 1891 and Briningham from April 1901 until April 1911.  William was a Blacksmith in April 1891, a Grooving Machinist in April 1901 and April 1911, he was a Wheel Turner (described as Planer in the Directors’ minutes) when he retired circa October 1928.  Robert was an Apprentice Gas Engine Fitter in April 1901, but whether this was for the railway is not known.
LINDER, Father = John (b1831 Grimston), Mother = Harriet Greengrass (b1836 Sporle, Norfolk) children = Mary (b1858 Pitsea, Essex), William (b1868 Stratford), Stephen Henry (b 1st qtr 1870 Herne Hill, Surrey), Harriett Eleanor (b1875 Peckham, Surrey), family lived 25 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1909.  John was Postmaster in April 1891 and listed as Postmaster and Ganger in April 1901 (whether he was Postmaster in name only and was a Ganger as he was described as a Railway Servant in Camberwell in the 1881 census) and Sub Postmaster in 1904 (presumably in name only); Harriet also known as Nellie was the Postmistress and Telegraph Clerk at the Post Office from April 1891 until April 1901, she was listed as Sub Postmistress in April 1911 and was Postmistress in June 1934 on Briston Rd.
LINDER, Father = Stephen Henry (b 1st qtr 1870 Herne Hill, Surrey), son of John, Mother = Lydia Spruce (b1872 Norwich), daughter of Miles Spruce, children = John Stephen M, Ada, Arthur Albert, Lydia, Lilly Stephen Henry, Jack.  Stephen senior was a Driver in 1890/91 and probably moved to Peterborough in about 1898 and was there until 1928, his usual engine was no. 13.  John, Arthur and Stephen Junior all worked for the railways at Peterborough, John is shown as being an M&GN Apprentice Fitter in April 1911 but it is not known if his brothers worked for the M&GN.
LINES Frederick C (b 5th May 1913 North Walsham) lived 44 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 19) in June 1956 and possibly up until February 1966 began his M&GN career on 29th May 1930 probably as a Platelayer in the Melton Gang as that was his job on 13th February 1940 when he was promoted to Ganger and he remained as such until about February 1966.
LING, Father = Henry (b 1st qtr 1862 Bury St. Edmunds), Mother = Martha Colman (b1866 Briningham), children = Herbert Henry (b1885 Briningham), Reginald Ernest (b 2nd qtr 1887 Holt), Ethel Maud (b 4th qtr 1889 Briston), Edgar (b1894 Briston), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891 and Deben Villa, Briston Rd in April 1901.  Henry was a Driver from April 1891 until April 1901, he died, presumably whilst still in service in the 2nd qtr 1901.  He is probably the same person referred to as ‘Lumpy Ling’ in William Marriott’s memoirs ‘Forty Years of a Norfolk Railway’.  Herbert was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1901, Reginald is listed in the 1911 census as being a Locomotive Fitter at a Coal Mine in Derbyshire so it is quite likely that he had received an apprenticeship at Melton but this had occurred between censuses.  Ethel married Arthur W Colman as his first wife.
LISTER, Alfred W, (b1907) was a Clerk on the Traffic Staff, moving to a similar position at East Rudham in about September 1946.  He was previously on the Traffic Staff at Fakenham from January 1933 until 1938 and was later listed as being in the Goods Staff at East Rudham about September 1948 at which time he transferred to the Traffic Staff at Sutton Bridge.
LITTLEJOHN, Husband = Ernest, Wife = Madeline Grint, daughter of William.
LLOYD, Father = John Derwent (b1843 Salford, Manchester), Mother = Clara W (b1855 Hereford), child = John Henry Price, family lived 6 Melton St from August 1899 until August 1910.  John, was Foreman in the Blacksmith’s Shop probably between the dates listed, he died in the 1st qtr 1911.
LLOYD, Husband = John Henry Price (b1894 Toronto, Canada), son of John Derwent, Wife = Alice Louisa Fuller (from the Stud).  John lived 6 Melton St in April 1911, family lived 6 Melton St in June 1934.  John, also known as Paddy, was an Apprentice Loco Engineer in April 1911 and later was a Loco Draughtsman in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from circa 1920 until the works closed whereupon he went to Doncaster but later moved to Stratford as Works Manager.  He was also Secretary of the Railway Institute Tennis Club, Football Club, British Legion, and taught technical Drawing to the Apprentices at evening classes.
LOCK, Father = James (b1861 Edgefield), Mother = Maria Ann Farrow (b1861 Thornage), children = Gertrude (b1882 Stody), Alfred J (b1889 Stody), family lived Stody from April 1891 until April 1911 and possibly until 1930.  James began his M&GN career in 1887, presumably as a Platelayer as he was a Platelayer possibly in the Briningham Length Gang from April 1891 and Sub Ganger when he retired circa July 1929: when he became Sub Ganger is not known.  His nephew William R J Gidney also worked for the railway.
LONG, A was a Clerk (?) on the Traffic Staff circa August 1939 when he transferred to the Telegraph Dept. at South Lynn.
LONG, Father = David James (b1874 Hemsby), Mother = Blanche Emmeline Rudd, (b1876 Thurning, Norfolk), children = Doris Valentine (b1897 Briston), Blanche Ellen (b1899 Melton), David William Emma (b 1st qtr 1901 Melton), Sidney Charles (b1903 Melton), Leslie James (b1906 Melton), Bertie Alfred (Bert) (b1908 Melton), James Edward George (b 2nd qtr 1910 Melton) Irene R (Renie?), Margaret Eileen (Maggi), Phyllis I, family lived Briston in 1897 and 31 Colville Rd from August 1899 until June 1934.  David senior was a Cleaner living in Martham in April 1891 and a Driver from April 1901 probably until June 1934.  James, also known as Jimmy or Twittems, was an Apprentice Fitter; he left, possibly before his apprenticeship finished and joined the Metropolitan Police, he was a well-known Norfolk footballer circa 1928.  Leslie, also known as Pudden, was an Apprentice, but what is not known, he was also a member of the Melton Constable Football team.  Bertie is shown as living with his retired parents in New Hunstanton in Norfolk and is described as ‘incapacitated’, whether this had been since birth is not known.
LONG, Husband = David William Emma (b 1st qtr 1901 Melton), son of David James, Wife = Christabel Mary Rose, daughter of Alfred Arthur (the Melton bakery owner).  David was an Apprentice Boilermaker circa 1918 and was also a well-known Norfolk footballer.
LONG, Jimmy was a Fireman in 1917.
LONG, John (b1855 Themelthorpe) began his M&GN career in 1887 presumably as a Platelayer as that was his job in April 1891, possibly at Guestwick as he was still living in Themelthorpe.  He was an Underman at Melton in February 1925 when he retired.
LONG, Father = Robert (b 1st qtr 1856 Fakenham), child = Robert James (b 3rd qtr 1892 North Tuddenham, Norfolk), family lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911.  Robert senior was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Machinist in the Loco Dept. in April 1911.  Robert junior was an Apprentice Carpenter in the Carriage Shop in April 1911.
LONG, Father = Thomas Morton (b 12th August 1856 Norwich), Mother = Ann (b1857, Norwich), children = Albert James (b1881 Norwich, see later), Sidney Thomas (b 3rd qtr 1885 Norwich), Edward William (b 4th qtr 1886 Norwich), Leonard John (b 1st qtr 1889 Melton), Beatrice (b1891 Melton), family lived 24 Melton St from August 1885 until circa 1921.  Thomas began his M&GN career in 1881, but as what is not known.  He was a Driver from April 1891 until circa 1920 and later became Loco Night Foreman, due to retire probably late in 1921 but died whilst still in service on 17th August 1921.  It is thought he married the Mother of Albert Walpole who was also the maternal Aunt of Alan Macfarlane Wells.  Although Albert is entered into the 1881 census as Albert Long it is thought he retained his birth name of Walpole.  In the 1881 census Ann Walpole is shown as a single parent with children Laura and Albert living in Russell St, Norwich (sister-in-law of the head of house), there is no record of an Albert Long being born in Norwich in 1880/81 but there is an Albert James Walpole born in the 3rd qtr of 1880.  In the 1891 census Laura is shown as living with her Aunt and Uncle in Russell St, Norwich.  It appears that Thomas (shown as Thomas Morton) and Ann Walpole were married in the 1st qtr of 1884 in Norwich.  Edward was an Apprentice Painter in April 1901, in 1911 he was a Locomotive Painter at Eastleigh and is recorded as being in the Carriage and Wagon works in 1920.  Sidney was an Apprentice Coppersmith in April 1901 and later a Coppersmith in Letchworth.  Leonard was most probably an Apprentice Coach Builder (from 1903 to 1910?) as he was a Coach Maker in Norwich in April 1911.
LONG, William (b1823 Wells, Norfolk), lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1891 and Gunthorpe in April 1901.  He was killed crossing the line near Briningham on 16th December 1904, his widow was granted £5 towards his funeral expenses as he was a former employee, the on-line database gives his age as 82 and there is only one William Long who fits the criteria, assuming he is the person referred to he was a Blacksmith from April 1891 to April 1901.
LOOSE, Father = Charles (b1848 Gunthorpe), Mother = Deborah (b1849 Bale), children = Charles (b1871 Bale, Norfolk), George Edward (b1872 Gunthorpe), Emma J (b1874 Melton), Margaret A (b1876 Melton), Sarah E (b1878 Melton), Deborah (b1880 Briningham), Mabel Mary (b1884 Briningham).  Family lived (New Houses, Briningham, in 1881?), Lower Farm, Bale in April 1891 and Sharrington in April 1901.  Mabel married Clement Hugh Abram.
LOOSE, = Charles (b1871 Bale, Norfolk), son of Charles, Wife = Alice Mace (PM095 states b Norwich, ICEN11 shows Burnham Thorpe), family lived The Lanes, Briston and later 19 Briston Rd (named Hillside?) (later renumbered to 44) from August 1914 until June 1934 and moved from there in late 1934/ early 1935.  Charles was a Shaping Machine Operator from April 1911 until 1924; he was also a Lay preacher at the Briston Methodist Chapel.  Charles and Alice never had children and both died in 1948 within a short time of each other.
LOOSE, Father = Frederick (b1906 Briston), son of George Edward, Mother = Edna Tite from Nuneaton, children = 1 boy, 1 girl.  Frederick was a Painter circa 1920, later going to the Loughborough School of Art.
LOOSE, Father = George Edward (b1872 Gunthorpe), son of Charles, Mother = Elizabeth Mary Temple (b1877 Thursford), children = Harry (b 1904 Briston), Frederick (b1906 Briston), Ethel Mary (b 21st July 1907).  George lived Sharrington in April 1901, family lived The Lanes, Briston.  George was a Slotting Machine Operator but died in service in the 3rd qtr of 1908 of a fever.  Elizabeth was a teacher until the First World War, during which she became a Nurse and Midwife in the area and was still working as such during the Second World War.  She died on 2nd September 1954.
LOOSE, Father = Harry (b 1904 Briston), son of George Edward, Mother = Gertrude Weston from Holt, children = John (died in infancy), George Frederick.  Harry was an Apprentice Coachbuilder from 1917 until 15th August 1924 later moving to Loughborough, he died on 30th April 1979.
LOTT, S, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
LOTT, Sid, worked in the Boiler Shop from circa 1940 until 1952, possibly living in Hindolveston.
LOVEDAY, Jack (b1901) was a Driver during the Second World War who came from Dereham and later moved to Norwich City, possibly in 1944 until closure whereupon he transferred to Norwich Thorpe.  From the IBMD records this is most likely to be John Edward (b 1st qtr 1901 Norwich).
LOW, Frank Robert Walker (b 4th October 1872 Billericay, Essex) began his M&GN career on 12th January 1882, he was a Telegraph Clerk at Melton in July 1893 and Stationmaster at Stalham in April 1901.
LOWN, Jimmy, was a Driver from 1956 until the line closed, he came from Cromer High and transferred to Parkeston Quay when the line closed.  A James William Lown was in an unknown job at Norwich City in1948 and A James W Lown was living in 7 Colville Rd in June 1956 so these may all be one and the same person.
LOYNES, Billy, also known as Stalky, was a Guard, possibly around 1947.
LOYNES, Father = John Thornel (b21st October 1875 Holt), Mother = Mabel Rowe, daughter of Elder, children = Sophia Annie Thornel (b 3rd qtr 1899 Briningham), Robert Repps and Mabel Elder (b 1st qtr 1906 who were twins), they also raised Ethel Amy Rowe, daughter of Mabel’s brother Albert, who lived with them between 1920 and 1933.  John lodged in Briningham with an elderly couple whilst still living at home in Holt and returning there at weekends and later at 7 Astley Terrace in April 1891 with William Batley.  Family lived in Church Lane Briningham from 1898-1900 before moving to 18 Colville Rd in 1900 until August 1914.  They possibly lived 1 Astley Terrace from 1929 until 1933 (as that had traditionally been the house occupied by the Loco Running Foreman) and then moved to ‘Wyke’ on Briston Rd (which was later numbered 63 Briston Rd) by June 1934.  John, also known as the Pope, married Mabel on Boxing Day 1898.  He began on the M&GN in late 1889 as a Cleaner and moved through the ranks as a Fireman from 1892 to 1898 (1891 census records him as a Fireman) and to Driver from 1898 until 1921 and then Riding Inspector until 1926 when he became Loco Running Foreman until 1933 then Shed Master until he retired on 24th December 1936.  He was a member of the Briston Salvation Army.  Robert was an Apprentice in the Drawing Office in the Resident Civil Engineers Office from April 1922 until March 1929, going to the Chief Engineer’s Dept. at Hull docks, presumably after his apprenticeship finished; he died on 30th October 1993.  John’s brother Robert Edmund also worked for the railway.  Mabel married Charles Foster Newman.
LOYNES, Robert Edmund (b1882 Holt), brother of John Thornel was lodging in 18 Colville Rd in April 1911 with John Loynes.  He was an engine Fitter in April 1901 when he was still living with his parents in Main Road, Brancaster, so this would not have been for the railway.  He was a Loco Fitter in April 1911.  He enlisted with the Norfolk Regiment during the First World War, later moving to the 258th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery and was killed in action on 6th June 1918.
LUBBOCK, Harry, (b1901 Briston), brother of Sidney, was a Fitter’s Mate until the works closed whereupon he moved to New England shed in Peterborough.
LUBBOCK, Henry George, (b 4th qtr 1901 Cley-next-the-Sea), was probably an Apprentice Blacksmith circa 1915 and in 1922 a Blacksmith’s Striker at Peterborough, though probably not for the M&GN.
LUBBOCK, Father = Sidney (b1892 Briston), Mother = Letitia M Bunnett, children = David William (b 2nd qtr 1930 Windsor area), Joyce M (b 4th qtr 1931), Dorothy M (b 1st qtr 1933), Beryl M (b 1st qtr 1935), Jean M (b 2nd qtr 1936), Constance S (Connie) (b 3rd qtr 1937), Charles E (Charlie) (b 2nd qtr 1938), Catherine J (b 2nd qtr 1939), Marion C (b 1st qtr 1941), Sidney J K (b 1st qtr 1942), Brenda E (b 1st qtr 1943), Pamela D (b 2nd qtr 1944), Carol A (b 1st qtr 1947), Janet B (b 2nd qtr 1948), Frank C (b 3rd qtr 1949), Patricia A (b 4th qtr 1951), family lived in The Lanes, Briston.  Sidney senior worked for the railway as a Fitters Mate in 1910 and a Labourer in April 1911 but later left to work in the building trade, he enlisted in the 1/5th Norfolk Regiment in 1914 but when he was demobbed is not known.  He had three brothers, Richard, William and Harry and as far as is known, only Harry, worked for the railway, their sister Alice married Albert Edward Cletheroe.  David began his M&GN career on 19th March 1945 as a Cleaner.  He was made a Passed Cleaner on 27th March 1946 and a Fireman on 14th September 1947.  He went to his National Service with the Royal Engineers from 7th July until being de-mobbed on March 14th 1950, returning to Melton on 27th March.  He was made a Fireman put back on 29th October 1951 and remained as such until leaving Melton and going to Parkeston Quay as a Fireman on 25th February 1952.  He retired from railway service on 11th April 1987.  Joyce worked in the Sheet Factory in 1948 but left after a short while, as she disliked the work.  Constance also known as Connie, worked in the Sheet Factory from September 1952 after leaving school until leaving to get married in 1959.  Sidney junior was in the building trade, later owning his own business in Briston; he was in charge of the demolition of Melton station.
LYNES, Father = William John (b1894), Mother = Dorothy May Rowe, children = Gladys, Dorothy, George William (b1921), Harold, family lived 3 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 6) from June 1934 until June 1956.  William was a Goods Guard from September 1936 to 1952.  George was a Motor Driver in the Extra Gang before 1936.
LYONS, Walter Charles C (b 4th qtr 1887 Bodham) lived with his step grandfather Benjamin Hall in Burgh Beck Rd in April 1911 at which time he was a General Labourer.
MACK, Father = George Albert (b 3rd qtr 1863 Briston), Child = Jonathan (b1904 Briston), family lived Horseshoe Corner, Briston, in April 1891, and West End, Briston in April 1901, family lived Briston in April 1911.  George was a Labourer in April 1891 and a Sawyer in the Carriage and Wagon Works from April 1901 until he retired in 1927.  It has not yet been proved that the John listed below is George’s son.
MACK, Harry Martin (b 3rd qtr 1868 Horstead, Norfolk) lived Briningham in April 1901 and Thornage in April 1911 was a Machinist in the Signal Dept. from April 1901 until April 1911 at which time he was described as an Iron Turner.
MACK, John, was a Machinist in the Fitting Shop from 1929 until 1936.  When the works closed he went to Mann Egerton.  A Jonathan (b1904 Briston), son of George Albert has been discovered but it has not been proved yet that he is this John.
MACKINTOSH, Louis Alex (b1873 Dutch Guiana), was an Engineering Pupil in April 1891 and lived Cromer Rd, Holt.
MALLETT, Arthur Robert (b1875 Great Walsingham, Norfolk), son of Robert, lived Hindringham in April 1901 and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1904 until August 1914.  It appears that he owned his own house from 1910.  Arthur was a member of the footplate crew from April 1901 until about 1906, Fireman in April 1911 and a Driver from 1930 until circa 1940.
MALLETT, Father = Ernest James (b1882 Great Walsingham), son of Robert, Mother = Lizzie (Maud?) Saxby, child = Cecil E (b 3rd qtr 1920).  Ernest lived Hindringham in April 1901 and Burgh Beck Rd in April 1911 with his brother Arthur Robert, family lived 4 Melton St from June 1934 until June 1956.  Ernest was a Cleaner in April 1901, Fireman in April 1911 and a Driver from about 1930 until he retired circa 1943.  Cecil was an Apprentice Fitter in 1934.
MALLETT, George (b1859 Wicklewood, Norfolk) was a Navvy in April 1881 so was probably working on the extension of the line through Melton Constable. He was lodging in Briningham with the family of Richard Oliver.
MALLETT, Isaac William (b1879 Barningham, Norfolk) was a Labourer in April 1911 living in Swanton Novers.
MALLETT, Father = Robert (1837 Little Walsingham), Mother = Mary A (1844 Great Walsingham), children (all born in Great Walsingham except Ann and Hannah) = Richard (b1866), Ann Maria (b1867 Little Walsingham), Hannah (b1869 Little Walsingham), Frederick (b1871), Thomas William (b1873), Arthur Robert, Walter (b1876), Herbert (b1878), Esther (b1880), Ernest James, Cecil (b 2nd qtr 1885), family lived Hindringham in April 1901.  Robert was an Agricultural Labourer.  Frederick was a Labourer in April 1901, probably living in Swanton Novers so presumably working in Melton.  He, and his family were visiting the family home in Hindringham at the time of the 1901 census.  Cecil was a Cleaner in April 1901 and a Traction Engine Driver in April 1911 living in Hertfordshire.
MALLETT, Husband = Walter (b 1876 Great Walsingham), son of Robert, Wife = Agnes Eliza Lee (b 1879 Hindringham).  Walter lived Hindringham in April 1901, family lived Hindringham in April 1911.  Walter was a Shunter from April 1901 until April 1911.  Agnes’ brother John William Lee also worked for the railway.
MALLETT, first name not known, was a Driver circa 1916 who served in the First World War.
MANN, Father = Donald (b 5th May 1863 in Essich Village/Balrobin, Invernesshire), Mother = Mary Belton Hunt (b1868 Westwick, Norfolk), daughter of Robert, children = Alice Mary (b 2nd qtr 1890 North Walsham), Donald George (b 4th qtr 1891), John Duncan (b 4th qtr 1895 Briston), Robert (b 1st qtr 1897 Briston), Florence Nellie (b 2nd qtr 1898 Briston), Catherine Annie (b 1st qtr 1900 Briston), Jessie (b 1st qtr 1907 Melton), family lived near Church Lane, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901, 4 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 14) from August 1902 until August 1914 and 27 Colville Rd in June 1934.  Donald senior was an Assistant Storeman in April 1891 (he is also shown as beginning his M&GN career in 1900, but as what is unknown).  He was a Stores Clerk in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from April 1901 until he retired on 31st March1929.  Donald junior was an Apprentice Boilermaker in April 1911, John was an Apprentice Wagon Builder in April 1911 and living (?) with his grandfather Robert John Hunt at the time of the 1911 census.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.  Robert was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1911, he is also thought to have enlisted during the First World War, Florence married Charles Knights Dack; Jessie married Percy Vince.
MANN, Dulsie Miss, worked in the Sheet Factory.
MANNERS, William (b1891 Kings Lynn) was an Apprentice Loco Fitter and lodged 17 Briston Rd in April 1911 with Frederick Seth Judson.
MANNING, Ernest (b 3rd qtr 1878 Rougham, Norfolk) lodged Church Lane, Briston in April 1901 with Elijah Simmons was a Labourer.
MANNING, George was a Porter and later a Guard by 1956.
MANSFIELD, Father = Henry (b 18th October 1844 Fakenham), Mother = Elizabeth (b1848 Gaywood), children = Florence (b1873, Gaywood), Arthur (b1875 Gaywood), George (b1877 Gaywood), Frederick (b1879 Islington St. Mary), Harry (b1881 Fakenham), Ernest, (b1883 Melton), Bertie W (b1885 Melton), Sidney (b1886 Melton), Charles (b1888 Melton), Mildred (b1890 Melton), family lived 6 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1895.  Henry was a Carriage Examiner presumably from 1883 until August 1896 and Arthur was an Apprentice Carriage Painter in April 1891.
MANTHORPE, Husband = Arthur John Jellicoe (b 14th December 1914), Wife = Marjorie Leeder, daughter of Robert William.  Arthur, was an Apprentice in the Boiler Shop, he was one of only a few Apprentices in the works who was not the son of a railway man.  He later became Boiler Inspector for the Eastern Region.
MANTHORPE, Reg A, also known as Bob, began his M&GN career in 1921 as a Cleaner at Yarmouth Beach.  It is possible he was a Fireman at Melton before moving to Spalding.
MARRINGTON, M, was a Sub Ganger in the Melton gang in 1934.
MARRIOTT, Edward Guy (b 4th qtr 1882 London) lived Sharrington (Brinton Grange?) in April 1901 and was an Apprentice to Civil and Mechanical Engineer.  Edwards’ relationship to the head of the house is shown as cousin and as William Marriott’s’ son William is shown as ‘son’ I presume Edward was the cousin of William!  I cannot trace either William or Gertrude in the 1901 census.
MARRIOTT, Father = William (b1857 Basle, Switzerland), Mother = Gertrude Rouse (b1861 Charlton, Kent), sister of Grace Rouse who married Richard Marion Parkinson, and Francis James Rouse, children = William Aubrey Layard (b 2nd qtr 1886 Melton), Robert Ecklin (b 3rd qtr 1887 Melton), Gertrude Elma (b 2nd qtr 1889 Melton, died 3rd qtr 1894), Winifred Marguerite (b 3rd qtr1890 Melton), Francis Keene (b 3rd qtr 1892 Melton), George Stanley (b 1st qtr 1894 Melton), Gertrude Dorothea (b 3rd qtr 1895 Brinton).  Family lived 1 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1894 and The Grange, Brinton from circa 1893 until circa 1925.  Also living in 1 Melton St in April 1891 was a Nurse Katherine Byrues, Under Nurse Miriam Graves, daughter of William, Cook Florence Tann, and Housemaid Margaret Loose.  Family moved to the Grange at Brinton about 1893 and William retired to Sheringham in 1924.  William began his career on the M&GN in 1881, being the Engineer of the Yarmouth and North Norfolk Railway having come from Wilkinson and Jarvis, the line's contractors.  When the Eastern and Midlands Railway was formed on 31st December 1882 he remained in the same job, although it was now referred to as Resident Civil Engineer.  In 1884 he also became the Resident Mechanical Engineer and retained this post until 1st January 1919 when he also assumed control of the Traffic Managers Office, a position he retained until he retired due to ill health on 11th November 1924.  He was a permanent member of the sectional conciliation boards no’s 1 and 3 in 1912.  He died in Sheringham on 18th November 1943.  B610/15 provides a précis of his career up until 1886, taken from his application to become a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.  Robert was an Engineering Pupil under his father.  George, who was also a Pupil under his father (in April 1911?), later went to the Midland Railway and joined the 2nd Field Company Royal Engineers where he was a Second Lieutenant (B657/7 has an account of William Marriott’s sons serving in the First World War and the description of Roberts’ service in the Army and Midland Railway is the same as shown here for George which may be incorrect.)  He was killed in action on 21st October 1916; he was scout leader from 1912 until the outbreak of the First World War and was succeeded by A E Langley.  Francis served in the R.A.M.C. and William junior was a Doctor who it is thought also joined the R.A.M.C.  Family (?) moved to Brinton Grange in about 1900 and also owned a holiday home overlooking Sheringham station to where William later retired.
MARSHALL, Husband = John T (b1907 Caister), Wife = Doris E Porter, daughter of Louis Carpentier, family lived 16 Gordon Rd in June 1956.  John began his M&GN career in May 1924 as a Junior Porter at Yarmouth Beach having previously worked at Rollings (?) bakery.  He moved to Lenwade in October 1924 and Thursford in December 1925.  He remained here until 1927 when he moved to Grimston Road as a qualified Porter, remaining there until 1938.  He was a Temporary Guard at South Lynn for the 1930 – 33 Summer Seasons and a Conductor Guard at Yarmouth Beach for the 1933 to 1937 Summer Seasons.  He became Signalman at Corpusty in 1938 until 1941 when he became a District Relief Porter at Yarmouth Beach until 1943.  He became a Signalman at Melton West box in 1943 and a Goods Guard the same year at South Lynn until 1945 when he became a District Relief Signalman at Melton until 1950.  He then became Signalman in the East box until the line closed whereupon he went to Norwich Thorpe.  Doris worked in the Telegraph Office at South Lynn before taking up a similar job at Melton from 1934 until 1944.
MARSTERS, Father = Robert Matthew (b 29th November 1859 South Wootton, Norfolk) Mother = Eliza Dyble (b1866 Burgh St. Margaret, Norfolk), daughter of Thomas, child = Edith Elizabeth (b1889 Briningham), family lived (briefly) in Astley Terrace then 13 Melton St from April 1891 until circa 1920 and 10 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 61 Briston Rd) in June 1934 after he had retired.  Robert began his career on the M&GN at Kings Lynn on 17th September 1883, but as what it is not known.  He later became a Shunter at Melton and then a Goods Guard from April 1891 until he retired circa July 1928.  Edith, was a music teacher in April 1911 and later married Joseph Moore as his second Wife.  Photonews 113 states that Robert Marsters did not have any family so there may be some confusion as to who is who!
MARTIN, Alfred Horace (b1873 Ickleford, Herts) lived Burgh Beck Rd from April to August 1901 and Gordon Rd in August 1902 was a Fitter presumably between those dates.
MARTIN, F C (b1907) was a Porter in September 1936.
MASON, Charles Edward (b1868 Stibbard, Norfolk) lived Briston Rd from April 1911 until August 1915 was a Lathe Operator in April 1911.
MASON, Edward (b1871 Bodham, Norfolk) lodged Briningham in April 1901 with Benjamin Hall, was a Labourer.
MASSINGHAM, Bob, was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner.
MASSINGHAM, Father = Ernest Edmund (b 2nd October 1869 Field Dalling), Mother = Elizabeth Codling (b1874 Hindolveston), daughter of Perry Codling, children = Mabel Elizabeth (b 4th qtr 1893 Hindolveston), Margery Susanna (b 2nd qtr 1896 Hindolveston), Reginald Ernest (b 1st qtr 1900 Melton), Jessie Maud (b 3rd qtr 1901 Melton), Harold (b 3rd qtr 1907 Melton).  Ernest lived Little Marsh, Field Dalling in April 1891, family lived Hindolveston from 1894 to 1897, 9 Astley Terrace from August 1897 until August 1904 and 19 Melton St from August 1905 until circa 1920.  Ernest, began his M&GN career in 1887, but as what is unknown.  He was a Boilermaker from April 1891 until April 1901, a Boilersmith Riveter in April 1911 and a Boilersmith circa 1920, later becoming Chargehand, but retired through ill health in December 1926 and died on 22nd February 1929 in Melton, his brother’s Lawrence Henry and Herbert Clifford also worked for the railway.
MASSINGHAM, Herbert Clifford (b 3rd qtr 1884 Field Dalling) lodged 9 Astley Terrace in April 1901 with his brother Ernest Edmund, was an Apprentice Boiler Maker, his other brother Lawrence also worked for the railway.
MASSINGHAM, Father = Lawrence Henry (b 4th October 1875 Field Dalling), Mother = Blanche Frary, daughter of Michael Fenn Frary, children = Audrey Ruth Sylverton (b1900 Hindolveston), Douglas Albert Raymond (b 26th May 1912), family lived Hindolveston in April 1901 with Blanche’s parents, Hindolveston in April 1911, 9 Astley Terrace from 1913 until circa 1920 and 12 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 30) in June 1934.  Lawrence, also known as Lolly, was a Boilersmith from April 1901 until circa 1930, in 1911 he is recorded as lodging in Foul Anchor (Tydd) with Emanuel Bonet Gostolo, Signalman at Tydd, and along with many other employees from Melton and other locations was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  He is also shown as being a Boilersmith in the Loco Depot from 1940 to 1942, presumably having moved there when the works closed, he died on 28th June 1952 in Melton, his brother’s Ernest Edmund and Herbert Clifford also worked for the railway.  Audrey married Albert Morgan.  Douglas, also known as Shilo, had worked on W H Smiths bookstall on the station for 5/- for a 6-day week before becoming an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner in the Loco Shed from February 1927.  After about one year he moved to the Machine Shop and then the Fitting Shop until June 1933 when his apprenticeship finished and he was made redundant, moving then to Laurence Scott in Norwich.  He married a girl from Holt named Knights.
MASSINGHAM, Richard Breeze (b 4th qtr 1897 Field Dalling), was an Apprentice Boilersmith and later a Coalman but was sacked for misconduct.
MASSINGHAM, Roger was an Apprentice Boilersmith and later went to Kings Cross presumably when his apprenticeship had finished.  He has been mentioned in Circle Bulletins etc. but there appears to be no trace of him in the on-line BMD database.
MASTERS, James Charles (b1866 Westminster) lived Briston Rd from August 1908 until August 1914 was a Gas Fitter in presumably between those dates.
MASTERS, Reginald Thomas, (b1908 Yarmouth), was a Cleaner from 1926 until possibly 1937 having come from Yarmouth Beach and later returned there.  His paternal Aunt, Eleanor Louisa Masters married William W George who also worked for the railway.
MATTHEWS, Husband = Charles William Boyce (b1894), Wife = May R Smith, family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston.  Charles was a Porter in September 1936, later he was a Shunter and then a Guard from 1942 (possibly 1939) until 1952.  May died in the 1st qtr 1944 and Charles then married Violet Dennis, (nee Graveling, daughter of Frederick Walter) widow of James Dennis in the 2nd qtr 1947 and moved to 33 Council Houses.
MAY, G, worked for the railway, possibly as a Fitter or Fitters mate.
MAYES, Stephen Henry (b 3rd qtr 1893 Melton), was an Apprentice Painter and Decorator in April 1911, he is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.  He is probably the son of Thomas Henry Bastard (but listed as Barsted in this document to avoid the multitude of spelling variations of the similar name) and Edith Mayes, born before they were married.
MAYS, Father = Walter Framingham (b 3rd qtr 1856 Kings Lynn) lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1891.  Walter was a Carpenter in Fakenham in April 1881 and the same in Briston in April 1891 and appears to have been Clerk of the Works in 1902 although by the time of the 1901 census was a Builder living in Martham but owned a house (or houses) in Kitchener Rd in August 1908.  Although Walter possibly worked closely with the M&GN there is no evidence that he was actually an employee, most likely he was a contractor.
McDONALD WESTON, Father = Hector, Mother = Annie Morgan (b 4th qtr 1907 Melton) daughter of Frederick William children = Rita, Violet, Peter.  They lived in Silver Cottage, Hall St, Briston until about 1939 and then moved to 32 The Lanes, Briston.  Neither Hector nor Annie ever worked on the railway.
MEADOWS, Robert William Ernest (b 2nd qtr 1905 Norwich) was an Assistant Inwards Clerk Goods Staff at Norwich City, probably from January 1933 until circa July 1946 when he moved to a Goods Clerks position at Melton, remaining there until about September 1950 when he moved to a similar position at Norwich Thorpe.
MEARS, James (b1875) was a Groom and a Gardener before he commenced work on the railway in August 1893, but what his job was is not known but he lived in Thornage.
MEEK, Father =Cecil Bertie James (b 2nd qtr 1899 Guestwick), son of Frederick William, Mother = Ethel Edwards, daughter of William, children = Raymond, Alan.  For some unknown reason, Cecil is recorded in April 1911 as a stepson living with his maternal grandparents James and Sarah Eggleton but living with his parents in 41 Briston Rd in June 1934.  Cecil was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner in 1914 and at the end of his apprenticeship was made redundant, moving to a power station in Leeds.  After a few years he returned to a job in the Motor Transport Dept. at Melton and remained there until the works closed, moving then to a similar position at Norwich Thorpe.
MEEK, Father = Frederick William (b 1st December 1868 Hempton), Mother = Sarah Ann E Eggelton (b 3r qtr 1879 Stibbard, Norfolk), children = Cecil Bertie James (b 2nd qtr 1899 Guestwick), Violet Mildred May (b1901 Guestwick), Rowland Reginald Frederick (b1910 Briston). Frederick and Sarah were married in the 2nd qtr 1898 and lived Kitchener Rd from August 1903 until August 1905, Briston in April 1911 and 41 Briston Rd in June 1934.  Frederick began his career on the M&GN in 1888 as a Porter at Fakenham, he was appointed Signalman at Guestwick in 1894 coming to the East box where he served from 1896 until retiring on 4th January 1933 and he is also recorded as being a Relief Signalman.  He returned in the early forties to help with the war effort by doing ‘odd jobs’.  Violet worked in the Time Office in the early twenties and then as a Clerk in the Fitting Shop in 1936; she never married.
MEEK, Father = Rowland Reginald Frederick (b1910 Briston), son of Frederick William, Mother = Sylvia Cossey, children = Peter, Valerie.  Rowland lived 41 Briston Rd in June 1934, family lived 10 Gordon Rd in June 1956.  Rowland also known as Rowly was a Clerk in the Stores Office of the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from November 1933 until the works closed, moving then to Stratford.  He had returned to Norwich Thorpe by 1946 and returned to Melton to work in the Sheet Factory (described in the LNER Magazine as Traffic Stores Superintendents Dept.) about March 1946.  Sylvia was the Manager’s Secretary at the Sheet Factory in June 1941.
MELBOURNE, Father = Mark (b1859 Letheringsett), Mother = Rebecca (b1863 Hammersmith), child = John Thomas, family lived Main St, Thornage from April 1891 until April 1911.  Mark was a Blacksmith, from April 1891 until April 1901 but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He was a Blacksmith, probably in the Signal Dept., from April 1911 until retiring circa March 1924.  His parent’s name was Milbourn and his entry in the censuses is variously Milbourn, Milbourne, Melbourn and Melbourne.
MELBOURNE, Father = John Thomas son of Mark (b November 1889, Thornage was baptised 6th January 1890 in Thornage as Melbourne), child = Ann E.  John lived Thornage in April 1911 and was an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner from May 1905 until 16th December 1910 after which he became established and remained in the same job until the works closed whereupon he went to Laurence Scott in Norwich.  Ann married Charles J Brown.
MENDHAM, F, was a Platelayer in the Briningham Gang in 1934 (probably should be Fenn Mindham).
MERCER, H Rex, was Shed Master at Melton from September 1951 until circa March 1952.
MEYNELL, Father = Robert (b 19th October 1873 Leverington, Cambs), Mother = Lizzie Jackson, children = Harold Theodore (b 3rd qtr 1908 Melton), Dorothy L (b 1st qtr 1915 Melton), family lived 5 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 10) from April 1901 until June 1934.  Robert was working in Wisbech in April 1891 (and living a few doors down from John William Tomblin) but what he did is not known.  He is recorded as beginning his M&GN career on 18th February 1895 as a Shops Clerk in the Way and Works Dept., having moved from the Midland Railway, but as the Peterborough to Sutton Bridge line was still being worked by the Midland Railway at that date it would almost certainly explain the statement.  He appears to have remained as such until he retired on 19th October 1938 although he was recorded as being a Shorthand Clerk in the 1901 census and as a Clerk/ Stenographer in the 1911 census.  He is recorded as being a Time Clerk in the Permanent Way Dept. in the Civil Engineer’s Office, which is presumably an official description of his job.  He was a Life Governor of the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Chairman of the National Deposit Friendly Society, Chairman of the Railway Clerks Association, School Manager, Methodist Lay Speaker, member of the Parish Council, the Co-operative movement and the Railway Literary Institution.  He died on 6th December 1946.  Harold, also known as Ton, began his M&GN career as an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner in January 1923.
MICKLETHWAITE, N, was a Locum Shed Master at both Melton and Yarmouth Beach in 1949.
MILLARD, Father = Arthur George V (b 3rd qtr 1873 Norwich), Mother = Bertha Norman, children = Agnes, George A, family lived 2(?) Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 45 Briston Rd) from August 1899 until April 1901, Briston Rd from August 1900 until August 1904 and Gordon Rd from August 1905 until August 1909.  Arthur was an Iron Moulder, presumably between the dates listed above, by 1911 he was doing the same work in Balsall Heath, Worcestershire.
MILLER, Father = Edgar (b1873 Felthorpe, Norfolk) Mother = Alice Twiddy (b 2nd qtr 1876 Briston), daughter of Isaac Twiddy, children = Walter Fred (b1895), Evelyn May (b1897), Arthur Herbert (b1898), Alice Edith (b1899), Edgar (b1902), Aubrey Albert (b1903), Charlotte Bartram (b1905), Dorothy Elizabeth (b1907), Ellen Violet (b1909), Thomas (b1911), Miriam Eliza (b1912), Margery (b1915), Beryl (b1917), there was also another son called Edgar who died at the age of four, family lived near the Chequers, Briston in April 1901, Briston in April 1911 and at Highfield, Briston, in 1913.  Edgar was a Steam Raiser from April 1901 until April 1911 when his job was described as a ‘lighter up of Locos’ (Steam Raiser?); in 1913 he was a Labourer on the railway.  He moved away, possibly to Bridlington following the break-up of his marriage.  Alice married John W Lawrence in the 4th qtr 1920.
MILLER, Edgar Walter, also known as Snigger, was a Tuber in 1920, having previously served in the First World War, and a Boilersmith from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he became a Tuber in the Loco Shed until 1952.  Circa 1940 he was living in The Lanes, Briston.
MILLER, Edward (b1870 Barningham, Norfolk) lived The Street, Thornage in April 1901 and Thornage in April 1911 was a Blacksmith in April 1901 and a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1911.
MILLER, F, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
MILLER, Father = Frank Winter (b1879 the Limes, Burgh Rd, Aylsham), Mother = Hilda Rosina Harrison from Cawston, child = Molly.  Frank lived the Limes, Burgh Rd, Aylsham from birth and he and his family lived there from 1920 following their marriage that year until 1926 when they moved to 19 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 13) and remained there until circa December 1936.  Frank began his M&GN career on leaving school at 13, probably as a Junior Clerk in the Loco Offices circa 1892, in April 1901 he was shown as an Engineer’s Clerk and Clerk in the Locomotive Dept.  He was in the Army during the First World War and afterwards became a Mileage Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. (from demob?) until the works closed whereupon Frank moved to Peterborough and continued to work in the Loco Offices at New England Shed.
MILLER, J, worked in the Carriage and Wagon works, possibly from 1900, until 1920.
MILLER, Margaret Miss, worked in the Sheet Factory.
MILLER, Father = William Henry (b 17th September 1858 Somerton, Somerset), mother = Harriet Rhoda Hodge (b 2nd qtr 1857 Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire), daughter of Isaac, children = Martha (b 3rd qtr 1878 Bluntisham, Huntingdonshire), Alice (b 4th qtr 1879 Aylsham), Isaac William (b 3rd qtr 1883 Briston), James Thomas (b 2nd qtr 1885 Melton), Charles Henry (b 4th qtr 1886 Melton), Harriet Emma (b 2nd qtr 1888 Melton), Mary Jane (b 3rd qtr 1890 Melton), Ivy (b 1st qtr 1896 Melton), Violet (b 3rd January 1898 Melton), family lived Staples Yard, Hackford by Reepham with Harriet’s parents in April 1881.  They had probably also lived in Aylsham previously and had moved to Briston by 1883, whether Harriet’s parents lived with them at these two locations is not known but the family moved to 20 Melton St from 1882 and remained there until William’s retirement after which they would presumably have had to have moved.  William was a Railway Labourer in April 1881 but probably this was as a Contractor, whether this was on the construction of the line to Norwich or the Great Eastern line around Reepham (opened 1882) is not known.  He had previously lived in Aylsham so was possibly working on the GE there also (opened 1880).  Whether his father-in-law Isaac Hodge and family was living with him in Aylsham and Briston is not known.  His staff record from the survey conducted in 1893 before the takeover of the E&MR by the M&GN seems to indicate that he had been a GE contractor before joining the E&MR.  He began his M&GN career on 25th September 1884 and was recorded as a Goods (?) Guard from 1884 until April 1891 although it is more likely he had a ‘lower grade’ job before becoming a Guard.  He was a Passenger Guard from July 1893 until he retired in September 1923 and died on 25th September 1924 aged 66.  He is also thought to have been a Relief Station Inspector from 1918.  Harriet (Mother) died in 1932.  Alice worked in the Refreshment Room on Melton station from 1894 until 1900 when she became Manageress, she married Walter Gamble (as his 2nd Wife) in 1904 and had to leave the railway; she died on 27th December 1967.  Isaac was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 presumably having started his apprenticeship at age 14 and finishing at 21 and was an Electrical Fitter/Engineer in April 1911 and moved to Laurence Scott in Norwich when the works closed.  James was an Apprentice Coach Painter from 1900, later becoming established (1906?) but left in about 1923/24 going to a similar job in Eastern Coachworks at Lowestoft.  Charles was an Apprentice Locksmith in April 1901, it has been recorded that he later become established and moved to Laurence Scott in Norwich when the works closed but at the April 1911 census he was living in Norwich and is listed as an Electrical Engineer and his youngest son was born in Blackburn in 1909 so his ‘establishment’ seems unlikely or at best short lived.  He married Violet Evelyn Waters, daughter of Charles Waters in the 1st qtr 1907.  Violet worked in the Telegraph Office from 1918 until at least 1934.  Although Violet’s place of birth is recorded as Melton there appears to be no BMD record for her birth there is however an Elizabeth Violet recorded in the 1st qtr 1898.  Martha, married William Robert Watson.
MILOR, Albert, began his M&GN career circa June 1941 as Foreman (or possibly Assistant Manager) in the Sheet Factory, remaining as such until September 1952, possibly even until 1959, having come from Newcastle.  He was Manager of the Sheet Factory in 1964 and possibly kept the Black Boy public house in Thornage.
MINDHAM, Father = Robert G (b1881 Sharrington) Mother = Eliza Louise Thursby (b1881 Islington, London), children = John Robert (b1907 Sharrington), Ethel Maud (b1909 Sharrington), Alan Dennis (b1911 Baconsthorpe, Norfolk), Arthur William (b 1st qtr 1912), Fenn Waller (b 1st qtr 1913), Marjorie L (b 1st qtr 1915), Eva D (b 2nd qtr 1921), Robert G (b 3rd qtr 1923), family lived Sharrington in April 1911and possibly Aubrey Terrace, Briston before moving to 8 Astley Terrace from 1929 until 1966.  Robert senior was a Painters Labourer in April 1911 and a Carriage and Wagon Examiner (Wheel Tapper) from 1918 until he retired in 1945.  Fenn was an Apprentice until 21 and later became a Platelayer before working in the Sheet Factory; in the 1934/35 Electoral Register he is shown as having recently moved from Astley Terrace, he is known to have lived in Colville Rd, but at which number is not known.  Alan and Arthur were also Apprentices.  Robert junior was a Leading Aircraftman in the RAF during the Second World War and later worked in the Sheet Factory until it closed.  John was an Apprentice on the railway but what he did is not known, he then went to Boulton and Paul in Norwich.  Marjorie married George Woodcock.
MONEY, Father = Samuel (b1870 Hempstead, Norfolk), Mother = Clara (b1875 Durham), children = Annie, Agnes, Dorothy Irene, Ethel, Leslie, family lived Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and 2 Colville Rd from August 1908 until June 1934.  Samuel was a Signal Labourer in April 1901 and possibly a Signal Lineman in April 1911 as he is described in the census as a Signal Connector.  His sister Sarah Elizabeth Money married John William Riseborough.
MONKS, Father = Josiah Alfred (b1872 Bristol), Mother = Minnie, children = Cyril, Reginald, Ronald, family lived 8 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 22) from August 1898 until August 1914 before moving to 1 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 8) at some later date.  Josiah, always known as Alfred or Jam began his M&GN career in either 1897 or 1898 coming to the M&GN from the Somerset and Dorset Joint works at Highbridge.  He is shown as being a Boilermaker in April 1901 and a Boiler Inspector in April 1911, an Assistant Foreman in the Boiler Shop in 1919 and was appointed Boiler Shop Foreman and Boiler Inspector in 1922 following the death of Charles Waters whereupon the two jobs were combined.  He retired on 20th (30th?) January 1932 and was succeeded by Frederick Buckenham and died on 22nd March 1955.  His brother Oliver Francis, also worked for the railway.
MONKS, Father = Oliver Francis, (b1878 Stapleton, Bristol), Mother = Elizabeth Petit, children = Gladys (b1906 Bradford), Thomas Oliver (b1909 Melton), Dorothy Elizabeth (b 1st qtr 1914), Frank A (b 3rd qtr 1918), family lived Briston Rd from August 1907 until August 1914 and 11 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 18 Grove Rd) in June 1934.  Oliver was Foreman in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1911 until he retired on 24th July 1937.  His brother Josiah Alfred also worked for the railway.  Frank was an Apprentice in the Carriage and Wagon Dept. from 1932 until the works closed whereupon he transferred to the Road Motor Department, probably still as an Apprentice.  Thomas was a Mileage Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from 1935 until the works closed whereupon he went to the Locomotive Accountants Office, Stratford.
MONUMENT, George (b1868 Guist) was a Blacksmith but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He was lodging in ‘Farm House’, The Green, Briston in April 1891.  His brother Thomas William also worked for the railway.
MONUMENT, George Arthur (b 6th December 1888), son of George who was a Driver at South Lynn, Spalding and later Loco Superintendent at Peterborough, began his M&GN career at age 14 in 1902, possibly as an Apprentice at South Lynn.  He was as an Apprentice in the Machine Shop from 1903 until 1910 and after a 6-year (?) apprenticeship he was made redundant.  After a year of being unable to find work (although apparently not trying too hard) he emigrated to Canada, his brother William Henry also worked for the railway.
MONUMENT, Father = Thomas William (b22nd August 1858 Guist), Mother = Susanna (b1864 Whinburgh, Norfolk), children = Ernest (b1889 Briston), Bertie (b1890 Briston), family lived near Horseshoe Inn, Briston in April 1891 when Thomas was a Labourer.  His entry in the baptism register gives his name as Moneyment but in the 1891 census it is shown as Monument.  His brother George also worked for the railway.
MONUMENT, William Henry (b 17th October 1890), son of George who was a Driver at South Lynn, Spalding and later Loco superintendent at Peterborough, began his M&GN career at age 14 as an Apprentice Fitter in 1904.  After finishing his apprenticeship (probably on 4th August 1911 as this is when his certificate is dated) he went to Brooke Marine at Lowestoft.  His brother George also worked for the railway.
MOORE, Herbert Bolland (b 2nd qtr 1875 Gainsborough, Lincs), son of John, lived 27 Melton St in April 1891 and 5 Colville Rd from August 1900 until August 1911.  Herbert was an Apprentice Coppersmith in April 1891 and an established Coppersmith from April 1901 until April 1911.
MOORE, Father = John (b1836 in Mileham, Norfolk, Mother = Charlotte (b1852 Withersfield, Suffolk), children = Ronald E (b1874 Bury St. Edmunds), Herbert Bolland, Melinda (b1877 East Dereham), Rhemus (b1879 Great Walsingham, Norfolk), Mabel L (b1885 Melton), family lived 27 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1898.  John, was a Fitter/ Turner probably from August 1885 until August 1899.  Rhemus, was a Plumbers/Painters lad in April 1891 but at the age of only 12 whether this was for the railway seems unlikely.  His death was recorded in the 3rd qtr of 1901.  Ronald, was an Apprentice Carriage Painter in April 1891.
MOORE, Father = Joseph (b 11th November 1877 Derby), Mother = Ann Maria Pallitt (b1879 Birmingham), child = Arthur (b 3rd qtr 1911), family lived 9 Melton St from August 1908 until circa 1920 and 17 Colville Rd (which was later renumbered to 16 Grove Rd) by June 1934.  Joseph was a Foreman in the Blacksmith’s Shop from May 1917 until he retired on 16th November 1937.  Ann died in the 4th qtr 1925 and Joseph married Edith Elizabeth Marsters, daughter of Robert Marsters in the 2nd qtr 1927 and they were living Briston Rd in a house possibly named Hazeldene at the time of the 1939 war census.  Arthur was an Apprentice Telegraph instrument maker from 1929 until 1936.
MOORE, Father = Stanley John (b1897 Long Stratton, Norfolk), Mother = Gladys Kathleen Riches, children = Beryl, Rosalind, John, Kenneth, family lived 2 Melton St in June 1934.  Stanley was a Shunter in September 1936 and by 1943 was a Signalman in West Lynn Signal Box.
MOORE, William (b1880 East Rudham) lodged 6 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 12) in April 1901 with Frederick Bartram at which time he was a Fireman.  He died on the 26th September 1908 of Enteric Fever.
MOORE, Father = William (b1862 Norwood, Surrey), Mother = Emily C (b1861 Cottingham, Northants), children = John (b1883 Sandiacre, Derbys), Ann E (b1885 Nottingham), Clara (b1887 Beeston, Notts), Edward (b1880 Beeston, Notts), family lived Stody in April 1891 and 6 Melton St in August 1896.  William was a Wagon Builder from April 1891 presumably until August 1887.  The family had presumably only just moved here as Edward was born in Beeston in 1890.
MOORE, first name unknown, was a Guard.
MOORMAN, Frank Herbert (b1886 Bath) lodged Gordon Rd in April 1911 with Thomas William Bass, lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1911 until August 1912, was a Loco Fitter presumably between those dates.
MORGAN, Father = Albert (b 7th August 1874 Norwich, died 10th September 1974 in the Escort Hospital in Great Yarmouth), Mother = Elizabeth Lotty Spruce (b1879 Norwich), daughter of Miles, died 2nd February 1959, children = Albert Miles (b1902, died 1981), Emma Lottie (b 17th December 1903, died January 1979), Harold George (b 4th qtr 1908 Yarmouth), Sydney, Charles, Frederick William (died 1976), Stephen, (and possibly others who died as children).  Albert was put into care in Thursford workhouse after being orphaned, he was later put into foster care with a fisherman at Cromer, a Mr Davies.  His first job was as a Bricklayer’s Labourer, he began his M&GN career as a Washer-out at Melton possibly in 1891 (he was recorded as a Fisherman at Cromer at the time of the 1891 census).  He moved to Yarmouth Beach where he was initially a Fitter’s Labourer (lodging with a Mr and Mrs Farman).  He later became a Trainee Fitter (possibly about 1900 as Mr Ramsbottom, the then Engineer in charge was so impressed with his work that he asked William Marriott’s permission to train him as a Fitter), then Fitter by 1903 until he retired on 7th August 1939.  When Breydon Viaduct was under construction he assisted the contractors in the installation of the machinery, afterwards becoming Fitter in Charge of it and also a Relief Bridge Operator from 1904 until the Second World War.  His brothers Frederick William and George Wiggett also worked for the railway.  Albert junior also worked for the railway at Yarmouth as a Cleaner, Fireman and Driver.  Emma married Charles Henry George Howard, a Driver at Yarmouth Beach.  Harold was a Porter at Yarmouth Beach prior to 1935 when he moved to Tilbury, he died in 1952.  Sydney worked on the Southern Railway.  Stephen was killed in the Second World War whilst in the Royal Navy; Frederick never married.
MORGAN, Father = Albert (b 8th October 1898 Melton), son of Frederick William, Mother = Audrey Ruth Sylverton Massingham, daughter of Lawrence Henry, children = Jennifer, Tony, Gwendoline Ruth (b 2nd qtr 1927).  Albert lived 22 Melton St, family lived 15 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 36), possibly from 1937 until June 1956 and later 28 Melton St.  Albert was an Apprentice Painter and Decorator for seven years, continuing his apprenticeship after being medically discharged from the First World War.  He was made redundant at the end of his apprenticeship and went to work for Angels of Chatteris, returning to the Signal Dept. in 1937, which was when he moved into Briston Rd.  He left again but returned once more, this time to the Carriage and Wagon Dept. where he remained until the line was closed.  He died on 8th October 1986 in Cromer.  Gwendoline married Ralph Kimber.
MORGAN, Charles, son of Albert, was possibly a Cleaner at Melton for a while he died of Anthrax in 1936 whilst working on a pig farm in Yarmouth sometime prior to 1936.
MORGAN, Husband = Frank, (b 8th October 1912 Melton), son of Frederick William, Wife = Kate E Simmonds, daughter of John Robert.  Frank lived 22 Melton St from 1926 until 1934, family lived 24 Gordon Rd from 1947 until June 1956.  Frank began his career as a Mess Room Attendant in October 1926 for three months whilst awaiting a position as an Apprentice Coachbuilder having previously been a paper delivery boy temporarily as he was too young on leaving school to begin his apprenticeship, being made redundant in 1934 when his apprenticeship finished.  He was given a temporary job as a Cleaner at Yarmouth Beach for the Summer Season, spending the last week of this at Melton.  He then went to Carter Patterson in London for 3 weeks before being made redundant again, then going to Kings Cross as a Coach Builder, returning to the Sheet Factory in 1947, moving into 24 Gordon Rd, then to the Extra Gang later that year, then a Wagon Builder in 1948 until being made redundant again when the line closed.  He then returned to Kings Cross for a further two years before coming back to Norwich Thorpe for six months before finally going to Yarmouth Vauxhall for 11 years, retiring at 60 due to ill health and moving back to Melton into 26 Burgh Beck Rd.
MORGAN, Father = Frederick Edward (b 4th qtr 1890 Briston), son of Frederick William, Mother = Ethel Friston from Corton near Lowestoft, children = Edward, Albert, Ethel, family lived in the Lowestoft area.  Frederick lived 22 Melton St in 1911.  Frederick was an Apprentice Boilermaker in April 1911, being made redundant at the end of his apprenticeship and later joining the Police force then the Royal Navy.  At the time of the 1911 census he was visiting Corton and staying with his future wife and in laws.
MORGAN Father = Frederick William (b on 29th May 1865 Norwich), Mother = Emma Barwick (b 17th August 1870 Briston), daughter of Edward, children = Frederick Edward (b 4th qtr 1890 Briston), Alice (b 4th qtr 1891 Briston), George Albert (b 3rd qtr 1894 Melton), Harry (b 3rd qtr 1896 Melton), Albert (b 8th October 1898 Melton), Violet (b 1st qtr 1901), Wilfred (b 2nd qtr 1903 Melton), Lily (b 3rd qtr 1905 Melton), Annie (b 4th qtr 1907 Melton), Emma Rose (b 1st qtr 1910 Melton), William Elijah (b 3rd qtr 1911, died 3rd qtr 1911), Frank (b 8th October 1912 Melton), Bert Jellico (b 4th qtr 1916, died 4th qtr 1916), family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1891, 5 Astley Terrace from August 1893 until August 1901 and 22 Melton St from August 1902 until December 1943.  Frederick married Emma on 4th December 1889 in Briston.  Frederick began his M&GN career in 1882, but as what is unknown and in 1884 he appears to have been in Kings Lynn.  He was a Driver from April 1891 until circa 1920 and Running Shed Foreman from circa 1920 until January 1927, he died on 31st December 1943 in Melton.  His brothers George Wiggett, and Albert, also worked for the railway.  Emma senior was a teacher, Emma junior worked as a Clerk’s Mess Room Attendant and married Herbert James Allison in the 4th qtr 1937, Lily worked in the Refreshment Rooms on the station and married Frederick James Bullen in the 2nd qtr 1929, Alice worked in the Refreshment Rooms on the station about 1910 although at the time of the 1911 census she was shown as a Shop Assistant in Cromer, she married Bert Ebling in the 1st qtr 1916, Violet worked in the Refreshment Rooms on the station and married Frederick Snelling in the 3rd qtr 1929, Annie married Hector McDonald Weston in the 4th qtr 1933.
MORGAN, Father = George Albert (b 3rd qtr 1894 Melton), son of Frederick William, Mother = Edith M Bacon, child = Sylvia.  George lived 22 Melton St in April 1911, family lived 10 Council Houses, Briston Rd.  George was a Bookstall and Newspaper Lad in April 1911 (probably W H Smiths’ bookstall) and later was an Apprentice Coach Painter; he then served in the First World War.  Upon returning he was informed he could not go back to his old job so he became a Boilersmith’s Mate (a Holder-up?) from 1920, moving to Doncaster when the works closed.  After George died Edith married Frederick Buckenham whilst they were both still living in Doncaster.
MORGAN, George Wiggett (b1868 Norwich), also known as Johnny Root, lodged 5 Astley Terrace from April 1901 until August 1901 and 22 Melton St from August 1902 until April 1911 with his brother Frederick, and came to the M&GN from the Army.  He was a Mess Room Attendant in the works from April 1901 until April 1911.  His brothers Frederick William and Albert also worked for the railway, his brother Albert always knew him as Dulalay Bob.
MORGAN, Gwen Ms, worked in the Sheet Factory
MORGAN, Husband = Harry, (b 3rd qtr 1896 Melton) son of Frederick William, Wife = Ethel Mary Sadler (b1897 East Dereham, Norfolk), daughter of Frederick.  Harry was an Apprentice Coachbuilder from April 1911 (living in 22 Melton St) until being called up for war service in 1914.  He continued his apprenticeship after being medically discharged in October 1915.  When his apprenticeship finished in August 1917 he became established until 1919 but was then made redundant, going to the GNR at Kings Cross.
MORGAN, Husband = Jack from Scotland, Wife = Isabel Reynolds, daughter of Wallace Herbert.  It is not known whether Jack worked for the railway but he was a good footballer and possibly went to Peterborough.
MORGAN, Husband = Wilfred, son of Frederick William, Wife = Olive Slocombe, daughter of Walter John.  Wilfred lived 22 Melton St in June 1934.  Wilfred served as a Labourer to Carpenters, Bricklayers and in the Concrete Shop in 1918 and 1919 whilst awaiting a position as an Apprentice Painter and Decorator.  Made redundant in 1925 when his apprenticeship finished he moved to Angels of Chatteris, returning to the railway as a Painter and Decorator in 1926 and moved to Stratford when the works closed.
MORRELL, Father = Joseph (b1864 Mapperly, Derbys), Mother = Gertrude Mary (b1864 Hull), children = George (b 2nd qtr 1886 Grays, Essex), Thomas (b 2nd qtr 1888 Oldbury, Worcestershire), Gertrude (b 3rd qtr 1889 Flixton, Lancashire), family lived 22 Melton St from August 1896 until August 1899, Burgh Beck Rd from August 1900 until August 1904 and 8 Gordon Rd from August 1905 until August 1914.  Joseph was a Driver presumably from August 1897 until he retired due to ill health on 2nd January 1928 and died on 2nd April 1928.  He began his M&GN career in 1885, but as what is not known.  His widow later moved in with her daughter Gertrude and her husband Herbert Grave when they were living in 28 Melton St.  George was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901, Thomas was an Apprentice Pattern Maker, becoming established by 1908, he later left the railway and emigrated to Canada.  At the time of his father’s funeral he was living in Swindon, presumably working for the GWR.
MORRIS, Father = William (b1856 Ordsall, Notts), Mother = Elizabeth, child = Ida (b1885 Retford), family lived 2 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 10) from August 1898 until August 1914.  William was a Telegraph Inspector from (presumably) August 1899 until 1913 and possibly April 1919.  It is not known when he retired but he died on 24th November 1946.  Ida married Herbert James Roberts.
MORSE, John Herbert (b1896 Norwich) also known as Bert was a Clerk at East Rudham in April 1922 but in 1923 it would appear he was working in Melton Constable and living in Gordon Rd.  He was on the Station Relief staff at TMO in June 1935 and a District Relief Clerk at Norwich between 1942 and 1953.  He won the Military Medal in the First World War; he died in service in the 4th qtr of 1957.
MORTRAM, Husband = Robert Jeremiah P (b 1st qtr 1891 Gunthorpe), Wife = Elizabeth.  Robert lived Swanton Novers in April 1911, family lived 21 Melton St in June 1934.  Robert, also known as Ben, began his M&GN career on 13th June 1910 as a Cleaner.  He became a Passed Cleaner in 1912, going into the army and later on the ROD on 20th August 1914.  He was a Fireman on returning from the First World War in June 1919 and a Passed Fireman in March 1936 when he moved to Peterborough to become a Driver.  He retired on 30th January 1956.  His uncle Stephen Mortram also worked for the railway.
MORTRAM, Father = Stephen (b1863 Letheringsett), Mother = Emma Amelia Spencer Olley (b1861 Hunworth), children = Amelia L (b1894 Hunworth), Ruth E (b1896 Hunworth), John Harry (b1900 Hunworth), Lily Jane (b1902 Hunworth), Stephen (b1903 Hunworth), William Herbert Olley (b1887 Hunworth), family lived The Green, Hunworth, in April 1901.  Stephen was a Blacksmith in April 1891 lodging with Amelia Olley and her son Herbert in Hunworth, Amelia is listed as being single and Stephen as being married, although there appears to be no trace of him getting married prior to the 4th qtr of 1891when he married Emma.  Stephen was a Spring Smith from April 1901 until April 1911.  His nephew Robert Jeremiah P Mortram also worked for the railway.
MOTTRAM, Bert, worked in the Loco Fitting Dept. (?) at Melton, later moved to New England, possibly when the works closed.
MOULE, Frederick George lived 2 Melton St from August 1895 until August 1896 was Rolling Stock Inspector in 1896.
MOULE, Frederick James (b 20th June 1858 Haddenham, Isle of Ely), began his M&GN career on 23rd August 1878 as a Porter at Hillington, having resigned from the GER.  He was a Signalman at Fakenham for 9 months, then Relief Signalman, probably still based at Fakenham.  In the 1881 census he is shown as a Guard, living at Hempton and the 1893 staff survey shows he was a Goods Guard at Melton for 7 months before moving to Norwich City as a Passenger Guard for 3 years and 9 months.  At the time of the survey he was a Station Inspector at Yarmouth Beach.  He was Stationmaster at Sutton Bridge in July 1896, and retired from there on 20th June 1923.
MOULTON, Father = Stanley, Mother = Joyce, child = Joy, family lived 12 Astley Terrace.  Stanley was a Driver from about 1940 until 1947 and came to the M&GN from Dereham.  He possibly died in the 1st qtr of 1950 whilst still in service.
MOY, Charles James (b1876 Blackfriars, London) lodged The Street, Thornage in April 1901 with Francis Neal was a Fitter/Turner.
MOY, George, was an Assistant Fitter in the Loco Shed from 1940 until 1942 (and possibly July 1958).
MOY, Father = Richard James (b21.11.1864 Hindolveston), Mother = Alice F (b1867 Drayton), children = Tottie (b1885 Drayton), Victor G (b1889 Briston), Lily M (b1891 Briston), family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston, in April 1891 and 2 Melton St from August 1897 until August 1906.  Richard began his M&GN career in June 1885, but as what is not known.  He was a Signalman at Thursford (possibly this should be Robert Mayes) before becoming one of the Signalmen in the East box from March 1886 (if not earlier) and Signalman in both the East and West boxes in July 1893 until December 1896 and later became a Station Inspector, probably by 1900 until at least August 1907, by April 1911 he was Station Inspector at Cromer Beach until about September 1922 when he retired, probably due to ill health.  He was the first Secretary of the Melton branch of the ASRS union.
MURRELL, Joe, was a Driver in May 1926, this should probably be Joseph Morrell.
MYHILL, Leslie, was a Fireman from August 1949 until September 1950.
NASH, Albert Henry (b1877) lodged at the Hastings Arms in June 1934 before moving into 1 Melton St after Charles Dyer retired was the last Resident Mechanical Engineer and works Foreman, serving from 1st July 1932 until January 1937, coming from the LMS and returning to Derby when the works closed.  His obituary and full career information is given in Bulletin 486/4.
NAYLOR, John lived 12 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 3) in June 1956 and was a Signal Linesman’s Labourer at Sutton Bridge in June 1924 and was shortly afterwards re-graded as Linesman’s Assistant.  He worked in the Signal and Telegraphs Dept. at Melton in 1940 and was a Signal Fitter circa February 1947 probably until the line closed.
NEAL, Father = Arthur (b1856 Stody), Mother = Harriett Chapman (b1848 Edgefield), widow of James Chapman, Child = Florence Mabel (b1888 Hunworth), step children = Harriet, Matthew, Albert, Frederick, Jethroe.  James died in the 4th qtr of 1881 and Harriett married Arthur in the 2nd qtr 1886 and lived in Holt Rd, Hunworth in April 1891, Pinkney Rd, Hunworth in 1901 and Hunworth in April 1911.  Florence married Willie Harrod, for the working careers of Harriett’s children from her marriage to James Chapman search for him.
NEAL, Father = Arthur Charles (b1894 Little Massingham), Mother = Ada Mabel Leggett, children = Anthony William (b 4th qtr 1927 Kings Lynn), Oliver Charles (b 1st qtr 1936 Cromer), family lived 31 Colville Rd from 1939 until 1959.  Arthur had been Porter, Shunter and Signalman at various locations before becoming a Signalman in the West box from 1939 until 1948 after which he became a Guard until retiring in June 1959 after which he and Ada retired to Sandringham.  Anthony began his M&GN career on 13th April 1942 as a Junior Goods Clerk until moving to East Rudham in January 1945 as a Goods Clerk.  He remained there until June 1949, serving in the RAF from January 1946 until January 1949, and then moved to Holt in September, working as a Relief Clerk for the period in between.  He moved back to Melton in September 1950 and remained there until June 1951 when he again became a Relief Clerk until moving to the District Goods and Passenger Managers Office in Norwich in September and moved there in 1953 after getting married.  Oliver was a Cleaner from January 1951 until July 1957, serving in the Army from January 1954 until January 1956, after which he moved to Stratford and married in 1964.
NEAL, B, worked in the Carriage and Wagon works and was also a Relief Carriage and Wagon Examiner.
NEAL, Charles (b1868 Ramsey, Hunts) lived The Street, Thornage in April 1901 and Thornage from April 1911 until 1930, from 1901 until 1911 he was living with his sister Anna Williams and brother in law Robert Williams.  Charles was a Platelayer from April 1901 until 1914 and Sub Ganger in the Briningham Gang, possibly in 1930.
NEAL, Ernest (b 2nd qtr 1887 Little Thornage) was a Labourer in April 1911 living in Thornage.
NEAL, Husband = Francis (b 2nd qtr 1866 Thornage), Wife = Clara Hannah K Emery (b1864 Stody).  Francis was a Carpenter in the Signal Dept. in April 1901 living in The Street, Thornage, in April 1911 he is shown as being a Carpenter and Joiner but whether this was still for the railway is not known.
NEAL, Hubert, was a Cleaner.
NEAL, Husband = John was a Driver.
NEAL, Husband = John (b 4th qtr 1860 Ely), Wife = Charity Hunt (b1859, Ely), family lived 4 Astley Terrace from April 1891 until August 1899 and Burgh Beck Rd from April 1900 until June 1934.  It appears that John owned a house (or houses) in Burgh Beck Rd from 1902.  John was a Westinghouse Brake and Loco Fitter from April 1891 until circa 1911.  He had moved to South Lynn as Foreman (presumably Fitter) by April 1911 and returned to Melton circa 1915 as a Fitter and remained as such until he retired circa October 1928, probably the same person as John Neale.  His nephews George Burgess Clark (senior) and Charles Porter also worked for the railway.  Johns’ sister Mary Ann was Georges’ Mother and when his father William died she later married George Porter, the father of Charles.  It appears that Charity died in the 3rd qtr of 1918 (Spanish Flu epidemic?).
NEAL, S, was a Planing Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from May 1917 until 1924.
NEALE, Bert, was a Messenger in the Carriage and Wagon works and a member of the Carriage Lifting Gang from 1927 until the works closed, later on he became a Watchman.
NEALE, Edward Warnes (b 2nd qtr 1856 Stibbard, Norfolk) lived Briningham (near Gunthorpe) from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Machinist in the works between those dates.
NEALE, Albert Edward Ernest (b 1st qtr 1874 Sharrington) was a Labourer in the Carriage works from April 1901 until April 1911 living in Sharrington.
NEALE, John was Chargehand Fitter in the Loco Shed from January 1923 until February 1927, probably the same person as John Neal.
NEALE, Father = William (b1870 Briston), Mother = Mary Jane Dye (b1873 Wood Norton), family lived Briston from April 1891 until April 1911.  William was a Carpenter from April 1901 until 1936, he was a Carpenter in April 1891 but whether it was for the railway at that date is not known.
NEEDS, Father = Henry (b1864 Fakenham), Mother = Eliza, child = George William (b1886 Kings Lynn), family lived 3 Melton St from August 1890 until August 1897.  Henry worked for the railway in Fakenham in April 1881 but as what is not known and whether it was for the M&GN at that date is also not known.  He also worked in Kings Lynn in 1886 and Melton from April 1891 until July 1893 (and probably 1898) where he was a Passenger Guard and later still a Passenger Guard operating from Cromer Beach in 1899, retiring through ill health (?) in October 1924.
NEEVE, Frank John (b 1st qtr 1894 Norwich) was a Cleaner at Yarmouth Beach in April 1911 before going to the First World War.  He was a Storeman at Melton when he returned before resuming his career on the footplate at South Lynn.
NEEVES, Father = Charles James (b 30th June 1866 Hove, Sussex), children = Constance Doreen (b1905 Aylsham), Frederick (b1900 Aylsham), family lived 14 Melton St from 1919 until 1931.  Charles started on the railway on 12th May 1890 as a Clerk at Massingham, coming from the LBSCR at Brighton.  He later moved to a similar position at Kings Lynn and became a Stationmaster at Hindolveston in 1891, then to Martham between 1892 and 1895, moving again, this time to the HQ Relief staff at Norwich where he lived on Aylsham Rd and remained until 1899.  He took over as Stationmaster at Aylsham in 1900, living in Millgate, later moving to Long Sutton before returning to Hindolveston in 1912 before coming to Melton in 1919 where he remained until he retired on 28th February 1928, returning then to his native Sussex.  Constance worked in the Telegraph Office before moving to a similar job in the TMO, she married George Robert Wing.
NEWCOMBE, William Robert (b1874 Burton on Trent) lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901, Gordon Rd, August 1902 and Briston Rd, August 1903 until August 1905 was a Fitter, presumably between those dates.
NEWHAM, A J (b1880 Wincanton, Somerset) lodged Briston Rd in April 1901 with Joseph James Pagett, was a Fitter.
NEWMAN, Father = Arthur Quinton (b 2nd qtr 1877 Yarmouth), Mother = Edith Augusta Thwaites (b1881 Brinton), children = Charles Foster (b 3rd qtr 1899 Great Yarmouth), Jack Eric (b1902 Melton), Margaret Ellen (b1904 Melton), Phillip Thaites (b1910 Melton), Joan E (b 1st qtr 1913), Phyllis, Nancy G (b 1st qtr 1916), Peggy, Mary W Q (b 3rd qtr 1920), family lived 8 Melton St from April 1901 until August 1912 probably then moving to 2 Briston Rd, Briston (not Melton).  Arthur was a Loco Diagrams Clerk from April 1911 (possibly April 1901) to April 1919 (and possibly February 1923) and Chief Clerk in the Mechanical Engineer’s Office, taking over from Ernest Whittred when he retired (possibly in June 1932) until the works closed, he retired on his 60th birthday on 16th April 1937.  He was a member of the sectional conciliation board no 1 in 1912.  He was Secretary of the railway institute possibly from 1911 until 1933 and was manager of the Labour Exchange in 1911 until September 1919, and he was also registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths.  He was also involved with the Anglican Church choir, corresponding manager to the day school managers and Secretary to the technical classes.  Arthur died 13th June 1959.  Edith possibly ran a sweet Shop, her brother Arthur Sinden Thwaites also worked for the railway.  Jack married Emily Parlett, daughter of Charles Barsham Parlett.
NEWMAN, Father = Charles (b 3rd qtr 1857 Briston), Mother = Emma Jane (b1858 Belaugh, Norfolk), children = Emma Kate (b1889 Briston), Harry (b1890 Briston), Ernest George (b1892 Briston), Lilian (b1893 Briston), Albert Charles (b1894 Briston), James (b1896 Briston), John Edward (b1897 Briston), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891, Gloucester Terrace, Briston in April 1901 an Briston in April 1911 during which dates Charles was a Labourer from April 1891 until April 1901 (General Labourer in 1911 so maybe no working for the railway by that time).  Albert was a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1911, James was an Apprentice Painter in April 1911.
NEWMAN, Husband = Charles Albert, Wife = Gladys Edith, family lived 11 Astley Terrace in 1934.  This may have been Charlie who was a Blacksmith when the works closed (below).
NEWMAN, Father = Charles Foster (b 3rd qtr 1899 Great Yarmouth), son of Arthur Quinton, Mother = Mabel Elder Loynes, daughter of John Thornel Loynes, child = Joy, family lived Briningham.  Charles was a Stores Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office from 1929 until closure, whereupon he went to Norwich although the LNER Magazine for 1936 page 734 states he went to Boston upon the closure.
NEWMAN, Charlie, was a Blacksmith when the works closed whereupon he went to the Concrete Depot at Lowestoft, possibly the same person as Charles Albert (above).
NEWMAN, H, was a Blacksmith from 1929 until 1936.
NEWMAN, Father = Harry (b1890 Briston) son of Charles, child = Harry.  Harry senior lived Briston in April 1911.  Harry senior was a Clerk in April 1911, possibly the same job as a Mileage Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from December 1922 until the works closed whereupon he went to the Locomotive Accountants Office, Stratford.  Harry junior was an Apprentice Fitter and possibly later an established Fitter in 1934.
NEWMAN, William E (b 30th December 1868 Wincanton, Somerset) lodged at the Hastings Arms upon his arrival at Melton, moving later to North Walsham before moving to Cambridge House, Lower Sheringham in April 1891 and recorded just as Sheringham from April 1901 until April 1911 where he lodged along with Frank Rice, Stationmaster at Sheringham and he remained there until he was ‘required’ to move to Melton at the outbreak of the First World War.  He lived in Wyke on Briston Rd (later renumbered to 63 Briston Rd) from 1914 possibly until 1932.  William began his M&GN career in 1890 as a Mechanical Draughtsman in the Drawing Office, coming from Highbridge in Somerset.  He was Works Manager from April 1901 to 1912 also becoming the Assistant Resident Mechanical Engineer possibly from July 1893 until 1st January 1925 when he took over from William Marriott as Resident Mechanical Engineer until he retired on 30th June 1932 and moved back to Somerset.  He was a member of the sectional conciliation board no 1 in 1912. 
NEWSON, Father = Walter James (b1868 Knoddishall, Suffolk), Mother = Laura Oliver (b1870 Briningham), daughter of Richard Oliver, children = Harry Walter Oliver (b1893 Briningham), George Edward (b 2nd qtr 1895 Briningham), Millicent Jessie (b1897 Briningham), Constance Rose (b1899 Briningham), Ernest Reginald (b1901 Melton), Henry Richard (b 4th qtr 1904 Melton), Florence May Oliver (b1907 Melton, shown as grandchild), Freda Laura (b 1st qtr 1912 Melton), .  Walter lodged The Street Briningham in April 1891 and lived 27 Melton St from August 1899 until June 1934.  Walter was a Fitter from April 1891 and was Chargehand Fitter from circa November 1917 until he retired on 17th February 1933 and may have been involved with the manufacture of the Whittaker tablet apparatus for the whole line (see B292/9).  Harry was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911, George was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911, Henry was a Fireman and later a Driver at South Lynn whether he began his footplate career at Melton is not known.  Millicent married Samuel Robert Adams, Freda married Frederick John Shaw and Florence married a barman from the Hastings Arms.
NEWSTEAD, Thomas Richard (b 2nd qtr 1877 Plumstead, Norfolk) was a Railway Contractor Labourer in the Permanent Way Dept., whether he actually worked for the railway is not known.
NOBES, Thomas William (b 19th August 1875 Great Ryburgh, Norfolk), also known as Tom, was a Fitter’s Mate in the Loco Shed from January 1923 until July 1942 and lived in No. 3 Council Cottages, Fakenham Rd, Briston at the time of the 1939 war census.
NOBES, Tom, was a Shed Labourer from 1940 to August 1942, possibly the same person as Tom above.
NURSE, Bert, was a Goods Clerk.
NURSE, Father = Geoffrey James (b 4th qtr 1896 Kings Lynn) brother of Frank Hugh, Mother = Gladys M Wright, children = Clifford, Lillian, Raymond, Ronnie, Patricia, Rosalind, Carol, family lived 29 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Geoffrey, also known as Jimmy was a Porter at Honing in September 1936 but by November 1938 he was at Melton but what his job was is not known, he was a Guard in 1956.  Raymond, also known as Ragbag, was a Cleaner and later a Fireman until the line closed whereupon he went to Stratford.  Patricia married Derek Vertigan, a Porter at Fakenham; Rosalind married Walter Reynolds.
NURSE, Father = Frank Hugh (b 1st qtr 1901 Gaywood), brother of Geoffrey James, Mother = Elsie I, children = Patricia, Jill, Brian, family lived 17 Melton St in June 1956.  Frank was a Timber Loader and Crane Man in September 1936 and remained as such until after the line closed.  He died on 26th July 1969, Jill married Harold C Drewry.
OLDHAM, Herbert Artis (b1891 Wisbech), probably began his career at Wisbech, he was shown as a Time Checker in the 1911 census and has been recorded as a Clerk at Wisbech circa 1912 and later transferred to Sutton Bridge before moving to Melton Constable.  It is not known what he did there but he later emigrated to Canada, he died in 1925.
OLIVER, Ernest, also known as Fritz or Fritty, was a Fireman from 1940 to 1944, although also recorded as a Driver from 1936 to 1940 and later going to Ipswich.  Probably lived 14 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from 7) in June 1956.
OLIVER, Husband = Henry George (b 2nd qtr 1871 Briningham), son of Richard, Wife = Evalina Leeder (b 4th qtr 1871 Swanton Novers), daughter of Robert.  Henry is recorded as a Gas Fitter and Plumber in April 1891 (possibly still an apprentice?) and a Gas Fitter in April 1901.  Neither of these mentions the railway so he may not have been employed by them.  By 1911 he was living in Essex.
OLIVER, Father = Matthew William (b1854 Briningham), Mother = Anna-Maria Bunn (b1855 Briningham), children = Henry John (b 10th October 1875 Briningham), Ellen Maria (Nellie) (b1879 Briningham), Arthur John (b1884 Briningham), Esther Ann (b1885 Briningham), Anna Louisa, family lived 12 Burgh Stubbs, Briningham in April 1891 and Briningham in April 1901.  Matthew married Anna in 1873 and began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is not known, he was a Fitter’s Mate in April 1891, a Carriage Lifter from April 1901 until April 1911 and an Axle Brass Fitter in December 1921 when he retired.  Henry was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1891.
OLIVER, Father = Richard, Mother = Harriet, Children all born Briningham apart from Rosette = Charlotte Augusta (b1861), Rosette (b1863 Gunthorpe), Elizabeth (b1868), Laura (b1870), Henry George (b 2nd qtr 1871), Constance Mary (b1873), Emma (b1875), Florence Anna (b 1877), Ethel (b1879). Family lived 8 The Street, Briningham in April 1891 and Briningham from April 1901 until April 1911.  Richard did not work for the railway, Charlotte married Elijah Jarvis, Laura married Walter James Newson, Constance married Thomas Edward Rayner, Emma married Edward (Ted) Drake, Florence married Arthur Graveling, and Ethel married Harry Ernest Rushmer as his 2nd wife.
OLIVER, Father = Samuel George (b1868 Whaddon, Cambs), Mother = Emma J, children = Samuel George (b1891 March, Cambs), Emily J (b1893 Ely), Florence Beatrice (b1874 Ely), William (b1899 Thornage), family probably lived Thornage in 1899 and 20 Colville Rd from August 1900 until August 1914.  Samuel senior was a Boiler Attendant/Stationary Engine Driver probably from 1899 and a Suction Gas Attendant in April 1911 possibly until August 1915.  Samuel junior was an Apprentice Signal Fitter in April 1911.  Emily married George Twiddy and Florence married Hubert Ducker.
OLIVER, Husband = William (b1899 Thornage), son of Samuel George senior, Wife = Agnes Alice Fulcher (b1894 Martham), daughter of Frederick William, family lived 9 Astley Terrace from 1927 until June 1934, 19 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 44) in late 1934/ early 1935 and later on (after returning from Doncaster?) 2 Gordon Rd in June 1956.  William worked in the Boiler Shop; and later was a Tuber in the Running Shed presumably after the works closed.  He went to Doncaster Boiler Shop, later returning to Melton as a Storeman.
OLLEY, Father = William Herbert (b 2nd qtr 1886 Hunworth), step son of Stephen Mortram, child = William Herbert.  William was a Steam hammer Driver in April 1901 but had moved to Bolton by 1906 when he got married.  Presumably he worked for the railway but at the time of the 1901 census it was likely he was still an Apprentice.  His relationship with Stephen Mortram is explained in Stephens’ entry.
OLLEY, William Herbert (b1912 Bolton), son of William Herbert was a Cleaner at South Lynn prior to 1936.  He was a Fireman at Melton, possibly in March 1940, and was later a Passed Fireman and Driver, he also served at Kings Lynn, Norwich Thorpe and Cromer Beach during his career but during which stages is not known.  He came to Edgefield with his parents as a young man and retired in 1959 after which he farmed a smallholding which he had acquired in 1955.
OVERMAN, Husband = James, (b 31st December 1864 Shereford, Norfolk), Wife = Emily Elizabeth Hodge (b 2nd qtr 1860 Bluntisham), daughter of Isaac Hodge.  James lodged 20 Melton St from April 1891 possibly until August 1892 with William Miller and lived 2 Astley Terrace from August 1898 until August 1901, was a Signalman from April 1891 presumably until August 1901, by April 1911 he was a Guard at South Lynn.  He began his M&GN career in April 1886, but what he did is not known.
OVERTON, George (b14th April 1867 Tilney All Saints) lived 10 Astley Terrace from August 1887 until August 1889 began his M&GN career on 8th July 1886 but as what is not known.  He was a Porter presumably during his stay in Astley Terrace and later became Signalman at Grimston Rd from circa March 1890.
PAGE, Fred, was a Goods Porter from April 1942 until 1952, possibly Frederick below.
PAGE, Frederick James, worked at Melton but what he did is unknown.  He later went to Yarmouth Beach as a Fitter and was elected mayor of Yarmouth in 1953, possibly Fred above.
PAGE, Father = George (b1858 Great Yarmouth), Mother = Eleanor (b1863 Halvergate, Norfolk), children = George (b1882 Halvergate, Norfolk), Florence Eleanor  (b 4th qtr 1882 Yarmouth), Frederick W (b1886 Ipswich), John Harry (b1889 Melton), Bertie (b 3rd qtr 1890 Melton), Robert James (b 3rd qtr 1890 Melton), Stanley Charles (b1902 Melton), Doris Irene (b1903 Melton), family lived 8 Astley Terrace from when it was built until 1929.  George senior was a Blacksmith (Spring Smith) from April 1891 until he retired circa December 1927.  Frederick and George junior were both Apprentice Fitter’s in April 1901, John was an Engine Smith in Leiston, Suffolk so there is a reasonable chance that he had been an apprentice at Melton, Robert was an Apprentice Carriage Painter in April 1911 and a Stanley Page was an Apprentice Boilersmith circa 1920 so was possibly Stanley Charles.  Florence married Robert Fysh.
PAGE, John Frederick (b 3rd qtr 1871 Barningham Norwood, Norfolk) was an Apprentice Engineer in April 1891 and lived in the Grocers Shop House, Sharrington Rd; Brinton.
PAGE, R, no further information about what his job was.
PAGE, Stanley was a Boilersmith circa 1920, later moving to Derby.
PAGETT, Father = Joseph James (b1860 Stourbridge), Mother = Harriett Jones (b1864 Stibbard, Norfolk), daughter of a farmer at Burgh Hall Farm, children = Cissy (b1887 Melton), Harold Mitchell (b1892, Melton), family lived 3 Astley Terrace from August 1886 until August 1898 and Briston Rd from April 1901 until June 1934.  It appears from the Electoral Register that Joseph owned a house (or houses) on Burgh Beck Rd from 1901.  Joseph was a bricklayer from April 1891 until he retired circa December 1927.  He was employed on the sea defence works at California until his retirement, lodging in Yarmouth during the week.  Harold was an Apprentice Pattern maker in April 1911.
PALMER, Husband = Albert Edward, (b 3rd qtr 1883 Gainsborough), son of William Smith Palmer, Wife = Lilian Armstrong (b1884 Melton), daughter of James Armstrong.  Albert had been a Junior Clerk at Spalding in April 1901 but whether this was for the GNR or the M&GN is not known.  He was an Apprentice in the Drawing Office at Melton but left the railway, presumably when his apprenticeship finished.  He married Lilian in the 3rd qtr 1910 but whether Albert was still an apprentice at that time or had moved to back to Spalding where he was a Bulb and Fruit Grower in April 1911 is not known
PALMER, Father = Arthur Curry (b1885 Gainsborough), son of William Smith Palmer, Mother = Alice Jane Roberts (b1880 Briston) daughter of Thomas Roberts, child = Ronald A (b 2nd April 1915), family lived Briston Rd in August 1914 and moved to 7 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 55 Briston Rd) in 1915 and remained there until June 1934.  Arthur had been a Junior Clerk at Spalding in April 1901 and an established Clerk in April 1911 for the M&GN, he was a Mileage Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. probably from 1915 until about December 1936 when he transferred to the Locomotive Accountants Office, Stratford due to the works being closed.  Ronald began his M&GN career on 27th May 1929 in the Telephone exchange.  This lasted until 10th November 1930 when he became a Junior Clerk in the Boiler Shop, remaining there until 8th April 1934 when he moved to a similar job in the Carriage and Wagon works.  He remained there until 20th December 1936, having become an established Clerk on 2nd April 1936, after which he moved to Doncaster on 20th December 1936 due to the closure of the works.
PALMER, B, was a Clerk in the Mechanical Engineer’s Office when the works closed.
PALMER, Edgar George (b 4th July 1856 Wrentham Suffolk), lived Millgate St Aylsham in April 1891, 12 Astley Terrace in August 1894 and 1 Melton St from August 1895 until circa 1920, he began his career on the M&GN in 1888, but as what is unknown.  In April 1891 he was and was described as Clerk to Railway Engineer, presumably the same job as he was doing from 1896 when he was Chief Clerk in the District Engineer’s Office until he retired on 31st December 1921.  He was a permanent member of the sectional conciliation boards no’s 1 and 4 in 1912, Secretary of the Railway Institute in 1904 and Clerk to the Melton Constable School Committee in 1897.
PALMER, E J, worked in the Loco Dept. in October 1914 (possibly this should be Edgar George).
PALMER, Father = Jack, children = John, Valerie, Joy, Jocelyn, family lived 12 Melton St.  Jack worked on the Permanent Way.
PALMER, Father = William Smith (b 9th November 1834), Mother = Harriet (b1837 Rainbow Hill, Hunts, 1st Wife, died 4th qtr 1879), Ann Curry (b1853 Walsoken, Norfolk, 2nd Wife, married 4th qtr 1882), children = Mary Elizabeth (1859 Great Ponton, Lincs), Olive Louisa (b1860 Boston), Emily Jane (b1863 Wyberton, Lincs), Eleanor (b1865 Wyberton, Lincs), Eliza (b 3rd qtr 1867 Whaplode), John William (b 1st qtr 1870 Whaplode), Evangeline (b1873 Kirkby la Thorpe, Lincs), Albert Edward (b 3rd qtr 1883 Gainsborough), Arthur Curry (b1885 Gainsborough).  William was shown as being a Foreman at Whaplode Drove in April 1871 and had been at Whaplode since at least 1897, presumably this was on the railway as he was a GNR Platelayer in 1861 and an Inspector at Gainsborough in 1881 and 1891.  He was a Permanent Way Inspector at Spalding in April 1891 for the Western Section of M&GN and remained there until he retired on the 30th June 1906 and died in the 2nd qtr 1909.
PANK, Robert Henry (b 1st qtr 1883 Scottow, Norfolk) lodged Church Lane, Briston in April 1901 with Elijah Simmons was a Labourer in April 1901.
PARKE, Frederick George (b 1st qtr 1881 Fakenham) was an Apprentice Loco Painter in April 1911.
PARKER, Husband = Joseph (b 4th qtr 1847 Gateshead), Wife = Mary, family lived 4 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1898 and Briston Rd from August 1899 until August 1901.  Joseph began his M&GN career in 1881, but as what is not known.  He was a Driver at Melton from circa January 1883 probably until at least 1902 and later moved to Cromer Beach where he remained until he retired on 7th July 1914 due to ill health.
PARKER, Maurice James M (b 3rd qtr 1876 Marham, Norfolk) lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911 was an Iron Turner and Fitter from April 1901 until April 1911.
PARKER, W, was a Telegraph Lineman in November 1917; he later left the railway.  This is probably William Edlin Parks.
PARKINSON, Father = Richard Marion (b1856 Langenhoe, Essex), Mother = Grace Rouse (b1869 Balham, Surrey) sister of Gertrude Rouse who married William Marriott, and Francis James Rouse, child = Nigel Godfrey (b1906 Peterborough).  Richard was Assistant Civil and Mechanical Engineer from 1886 until August 1890 lodging in 15 Melton St with Henry Williams from August 1887 until August 1889.  Nigel was an Engineering Pupil until William Marriott retired and the pupil system ceased and he then became an Apprentice for the remainder of his training until December 1925 whereupon he went to the Southern Railway.
PARKS, William Edlin (b1884 Stathern, Leics) lived Gordon Rd in August 1910 and 11 Briston Rd from August 1911 until August 1914 was a Telegraph Lineman probably from August 1910 to 1918, his district in 1913 was from Melton Constable West to Norwich City.
PARLETT, Father = Charles Barsham M (b 2nd qtr 1869 Wimbotsham, Norfolk), Mother = Emily Yull (b1876 Briston), children = Emily Dora (b1900 Melton), Stanley Charles (1910 Melton).  Charles lodged 18 Melton St in April 1891 with William Wright and lived 9 Ferndale Terrace (which was later renumbered to 59 Briston Rd) from August 1899 until August 1914.  Charles was a Brass Fitter and Finisher from April 1891 to 1924 working on gauges etc. and was Chargehand Fitter from 1927 until 23rd April 1932 when he retired, presumably through ill health as he died on 9th June 1932.  Emily married Jack Eric Newman son of Arthur Quinton Newman.
PARMENTER, Henry S, lived 30 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 12) for a short time whilst Relief Signalman at Melton from October 1960 until December 1960 having previously been a Relief Signalman at Norwich Thorpe.  He was later Stationmaster at West Runton, before moving to Cromer to live.
PARROTT, William (b 13th June 1863 Old Ford, London), lived Hastings Arms Cottage in 1934.  William began his M&GN career in 1890 presumably as a Platelayer at Norwich City as that was his job in April 1891, he was a Permanent Way Sub Inspector from April 1901 until April 1911 living in Yarmouth and Ballast Train Inspector from 1918 until he retired on 30th June 1928; he died on 17th May 1936.
PARTRIDGE, D, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
PARTRIDGE, Derek, worked in the Fitters Shop circa 1940.
PARTRIDGE, Robert (b1843 Thurning) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer in the Loco Dept.
PATFIELD, Husband = Ernest Arthur (b1873 Wellingham, Norfolk), Wife = Euphemia Fairbairn (b1869 Stody), daughter of Robert Fairbairn, family lived Stody from April 1891 until April 1901 and Hunworth in April 1911.  Ernest was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1891 and a Wood machinist from April 1901 until 1936.
PATRICK, John Thomas lived 16 Melton St from August 1886 until August 1888 and presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.
PAWLEY, Father = Robert (b 1st qtr 1878 Hempton), Mother = Elizabeth (b1879 Castle Rising), children = Robert F, Maud, family lived Briningham in April 1911.  Robert senior, also known as Johnny, was a Goods Guard, from April 1911 until 1944, for some reason he has been recorded as being a Porter in 1918 and also a Relief Shunter/Guard.  Robert junior was an Apprentice Carpenter from 1929 until 1936, he presumably remained after his apprenticeship finished as it is thought he left the railway in 1941 and joined the forces.
PAYNE, Husband = Ernest Charles, (b1903 Norwich), Wife = Margaret (Molly) Wheatley, daughter of George Wheatley.  Ernest was a Wheelwright in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1927 until the works closed whereupon he went to Tuxford works.
PAYNTON, William, (b1830 Oxfordshire) was a Railway Inspector in April 1881 but of what is not known, he was lodging in Briston with John William Le Grys.
PEARCE, Father = James, child = Kenneth.  James, also known as Smasher, was a Driver from 1936 until he retired in about 1940.  Kenneth was a Passed Cleaner in 1940, a Fireman in 1942 until February 1947 and was a Passed Fireman when he went to Leeds.
PEARCE, Father = James William (b1911), Mother = May Kathleen Simmonds, daughter of John Robert Simmonds, child = Helen.  James, also known as Jeff or Tenor, began his M&GN career as a Junior Porter, probably at Martham and later at Stalham.  He was a Porter at Melton Constable in September 1936, later becoming a Guard there before becoming a Signalman at Weybourne until about 1949 when he moved to Ormesby where he remained until closure.  He then moved to Gorleston on Sea as a Porter before leaving the M&GN as a Relief Signalman at Acle.  May was the Crossing Keeper at no. 44 gates at Ormesby where they lived.
PEARSON, Ernest (b 4th qtr 1877 Barnby-upon-Don, Yorkshire) was a Telegraph Lineman in April 1901 and lodged with Willian Morris in 2 Briston Rd.  He remained there until at least December 1902 and by March 1904 was in a similar position at Yarmouth.  He suffered a nervous breakdown in 1929 following the signalling modifications to Breydon Viaduct (possibly due to the near misses?) and returned as a Linesman’s Labourer until retirement on 15th January 1938.
PEARSON, Joseph Henry (b1889 Holbeach), lodged 10 Astley Terrace with Albert Lester in April 1911 and was a Porter.  He enlisted with the 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment during the First World War and was killed (or died from wounds?) on 16th June 1916.
PEASE, William (b1877 Shipdham, Norfolk) lodged Station Rd, Briston, 4.1901 was a Labourer.
PECK, Father = Edward James (b 4th qtr 1874 East Harling, Norfolk), lived near the Chequers Inn, Briston in April 1901 and Kitchener Rd from August 1902 until August 1904.  Edward’s job not known as writing on census form partially obscured but it is possible that he was a Railway Wagon Man from the 1st qtr 1898 until August 1908.
PECK, Henry (b1868 Hunworth) was a Railway Policeman from April 1901 until April 1911, possibly this was the person known as ‘Hookey’ Peck, his sister Mary Ann E Peck married Richard Jarvis.
PECK, Hookey, (real name not known) was a Policeman possibly from 1912, until the 1930’s.
PECK, Father = William Edward, (b1852 Thornage), Mother = Charlotte (b1859 Paddington, London), children = William Edward Henry (b 1st qtr 1884 Thornage), Arthur Edward (b1886 Thornage) family lived Main St, Thornage in April 1891 and Thornage in April 1911.  William senior was a Carpenter in April 1881 but this was probably not for the railway as he is thought to have started in 1882.  He was Joiner from April 1891 until April 1911, and is recorded as a Carpenter in the Telegraph Dept. when he retired in 1922.  He (and later the family) lived in Thornage from 1881 until 1911 but in April 1901 the family was living with William’s Mother but where he was at the time of the 1901 census is not known.  Arthur had died in the 2nd qtr of 1899, William junior was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 but had left the railway by the time of the 1911 census.
PEGG, D R, worked for the railway but as what is not known.
PEGG, William Thomas (b1847 Swanton Novers) lived Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and was a probably a Railway Time Keeper (census writing has been partially obscured).  He was a Time Keeper at a Paper Works in Yorkshire in April 1891.  He died in the 4th qtr 1908, whether he was still in service at that time is not known.
PERKINS, A, worked in the loco shed in March 1918 but what he did is not known.
PERRY, Husband = William Alfred (b 1st December 1869 Briston), Wife = Ethel Ann Fitt (b1879 Wood Dalling).  William lived Hindolveston in April 1891, lodged Attlebridge in April 1901 and lived Hindolveston in April 1911.  William was a Porter at Hindolveston from April 1891 until August 1893, Stationmaster at Attlebridge in April 1901 but then later appears to have been a Relief (Clerk or Porter?) in the Traffic Dept. from April 1911 until 1914, Booking Office Clerk, and a Ticket Collector in 1918.  William was the father of the late Gordon Perry, Commercial Manager at the North Norfolk Railway in the 1970’s and 80’s.
PERSEY, Jack was Relief Shed Master at Melton and was as normally based in Ipswich.
PESTELL, Father = George (b 2nd qtr 1884 Worstead, Norfolk), Mother = Ethel Emma Youngman, child = Ruth Grace (b 1st qtr 1914), family lived 5 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  George was a Carpenter from 1929 to 1936.  Ruth married Ralph Edward Groves.
PHILLIPO, James (b 3rd qtr 1872 Briningham) was Ganger at Corpusty in April 1901 but was only listed as a Platelayer in April 1911, he was Ganger in the Relaying Gang before becoming the Relaying Gang Inspector and then Permanent Way Sub Inspector in 1934 based at Fakenham.  NOTE, IBMD and FC91 records him correctly as Phillipo but all other censuses record him as Phillips.
PHILLIPO, Father = Samuel (b1859 Stibbard), Mother = Ann Elizabeth Parker, children = James (b 2nd qtr 1892 Gunthorpe), Margaret (b 2nd qtr 1894 Gunthorpe).  Samuel lived 23 The Street, Gunthorpe in April 1891, family lived Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Samuel was a Carpenter from April 1891 until April 1911 but whether it was for the railway at the earlier date is not known.  James was a Junior Clerk in April 1911, Margaret had worked in the Civil Engineer’s Office before she married George Charles Worship, possibly starting there during the First World War.  NOTE, IBMD records the family name correctly as Phillipo but all other censuses record them as Phillips.
PHILLIPS, G, was a Milling Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from May 1917 until 1924.
PHILPOTT, Horace (b 3rd qtr 1874 Chelmsford) lodged Burgh Beck Rd (West side) in April 1901 with the widow of Friend Rainforth and Ferndale Terrace in April 1911 with John Thompson.  Horace was a Fitter in the Fitting Shop from April 1911 until 1924 and was killed in a road accident in the 3rd qtr of 1930.
PICKLES, W, was an Under Guard in about 1910 when he moved to Potter Heigham as a Signalman.
PIGOTT, Father = Daniel Alma (b 4th qtr 1854 Salthouse), Mother’s = Charlotte Strutt (b 4th qtr 1864 Briston)/ Mary Ann Strutt (b1868 Briston), children = Edith (b1887 Briston), Charlotte (b1889 Briston), Robert Henry (b 2nd qtr 1890 Briston), Mildred (b1897 Briston), Edmund Alma (b1898 Briston), Elizabeth (b1899 Briston), Daniel Lancelot (b 3rd qtr 1901 Briston).  Daniel married Charlotte in the 4th qtr 1885, she died in the 3rd qtr of 1892 and Daniel married Mary Ann in the 1st qtr 1895.  Family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston from 1887 until April 1901 and possibly April 1911.  Daniel senior began his M&GN career in 1881, but as what is not known.  He was a Driver from April 1891 until April 1911 and a Stationary Engineman in the Loco Dept. in December 1924 when he retired.  Daniel junior, also (always?) known as Lance was a Coppersmith in 1935 until the works closed, he had been an Apprentice, but as what is not known.
PIGOTT, Father = Robert Henry (b1890 Briston), son of Daniel Alma, Mother = Maude Esgate (b1891 Great Walsingham) daughter of Arthur Esgate, children = Arthur Daniel Esgate (b December 1913), Maud B E (b 2nd qtr 1917), Raymond E E (b 2nd qtr 1918), family lived 9 Melton St from 1927 until June 1934.  Robert began his M&GN career in 1904, but as what is not known but presumably as an Apprentice.  He was a Fitter from May 1917 until 1927, moved to Melton from Thursford, probably when he was promoted to Chargehand about 1927, a position he retained until the works closed when he moved to Norwich Thorpe and retired from there on 6th May 1955.  Arthur was an Apprentice Boilermaker from 1928 until December 1934 when he became established but he resigned in March 1935 to join the Royal Navy.
PILCH, Father = Walter James (b1871 Holt), Mother = Mary Deborah, children = George Fuller (b1904 Melton), Dorothy.  Walter lived in the Market Place, Holt in April 1891, family lived 19 Colville Rd from August 1901 until August 1914 and 16 Burgh Beck Rd from June 1934 (after he had retired) until June 1956.  Walter was a Fireman in April 1891 and a Driver from April 1901 until he retired on 27th February 1932.  George was an Apprentice Boilersmith at Melton, possibly becoming a qualified Boilersmith there.  He was later Chargehand Boilersmith at South Lynn from October 1946 until 1949, later moving to Plaistow as District Boiler Foreman.
PILCHER, Walter Henry (b1862) was a Supernumerary Porter for the summer in July 1893.
PLANE, Father = Albert Charles (b 1st qtr 1876 Yarmouth), Mother = Mary Livik, children = Albert William (b 2nd qtr 1901 Melton), Ethel (b1903 Melton), John Frederick (b 4th qtr 1903 Melton), Edith (b1908 Melton), family lived 16 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 38) from April 1901 until June 1934.  Albert was a Clerk in the Engineer’s’ Dept. in 1903 and a Clerk in the correspondence section of the Mechanical Engineer’s Office in 1935 until 31st December 1936 when he retired.  He is recorded as being a Clerk in the 1911 census and also in 1919, but in which section he was at those times is not known.  He was Secretary of the railway institute football club in 1933; again this may also have been from 1919.
PLANE, Father = Albert William (b 2nd qtr 1901 Melton), son of Albert Charles, Mother = Mabel Violet Sadler, children = Bernard, Desmond, family lived 16 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 28 Grove Rd) in June 1934.  Albert was an Accounts Clerk in the Stores Office of the Mechanical Engineer’s Office from 1935 until the works closed whereupon he went to Doncaster.
PLANE, Jack, was a member of the Building Gang when the works closed whereupon he moved to Norwich Thorpe (possibly John Frederick listed below).
PLANE, Husband = John Frederick (b 4th qtr 1903 Melton), son of Albert Charles, Wife = Marjorie Lake family lived 16 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 38) from June 1934 to June 1956.  John worked for the railway in 1935 but it is not known what he did, possibly he was Jack listed above.
PLATTEN, H, worked for the railway in 1958, but what he did is not known.
PLATTEN, Father = James William (b1867 Stalham), son of William, Mother = Matilda (b1865 Derbyshire), children = William John (b1894 Briningham), Marian (b1897 Briston), Hilda Matilda (b1901 Briston), James lived 10 The Street, Briningham in April 1891, family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  James was an Engine Painter in April 1891 and a Coach Painter in April 1901 and Engine Painter again by April 1911.  He was a Chargehand in the Paint Shop from about 1925 until the works closed.  William was an Apprentice Loco Fitter in April 1911.
PLATTEN, N A was a Sheet Repairer circa December 1951 before moving to Colchester as a Railway Police Constable.
PLATTEN, Father = William (b1842 Hoveton St. John, Norfolk), Mother = Ann E (b1847 East Ruston, Norfolk), child = James William (b1867 Stalham), family lived 10 The Street, Briningham in April 1891.  William was a Labourer in the Loco Shop in April 1891 and probably up to his death in the 2nd qtr 1899.
PLATTIN, Father = Harry John Burlingham (b1870 Littlehampton, Sussex), Mother = Eliza Bryant (b1875 St. Johns Wood, London), children = Rose Ida (1905 Melton), Harry J B (b 2nd qtr 1911), family lived Kitchener Rd from April to August 1901, 6 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 12) from August 1902 until August 1914 and 3 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 47 Briston Rd) in June 1934 after he had retired following a stroke.  Harry senior, was a Timekeeper in the Carriage and Wagon Works in April 1901 and a Clerk in April 1911, it is possible this was the same job as Clerk to the Carriage and Wagon works Foreman which he was known to be at a later date.  Mary Ann Jones was also living here in June 1934; she was his housekeeper following Eliza’s death in the 4th qtr 1920 and later married him, she also had a son Douglas, but what he did is not known.  Harry junior was an Apprentice Fitter, Eliza’s brother Arthur Bryant also worked for the railway.
PLEASANTS, G, was a Chargehand Trimmer, possibly from about 1920 until 1927 living in 21 Melton St from April 1911 until circa 1920.
PLEASANTS, Father = William (b1865 Sculthorpe, Norfolk), Mother = Annie Jane (b1869 Budby, Notts), children = Ella (b1896 Briston), Dorothy Irene (b1898 Briston), Violet (b1899 Briston), Daisy (b1899 Briston), George William (b1904 Melton), Henry John (b1911 Melton), family lived 5 Burgh Stubs, Briningham in April 1891, Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Astley Terrace from August 1904 until August 1914.  William was a Carriage Trimmer from April 1891 until April 1911.
PLUMMER, J A, worked for the railway but it is not known what he did.
POCOCK, Frederick was a Tea Trader by trade and came to the ‘railway’ shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War when the unblended tea stores were moved into the redundant works buildings.  When they moved out after approximately one year Fred remained; working then for the railway and was a Porter in about 1940 and also possibly a Carriage Shunter.  He was Signalman at Briningham Junction from 1942 possibly until 1964 and was also Steward of the railway institute after the closure of the railway.
POCOCK, Mrs, was a Porter circa 1940.
POINTER, Bertie (b1883 Briston) lived Briston in April 1911 and was a Blacksmith’s Striker, his sister Mary Ann Pointer married Samuel Henry Sexton.
POINTER, James (b1865 Saxlingham, Norfolk) lived Briningham in April 1911 and began his M&GN career in 1901, but as what is not known.  He was a Cattle Pen Loader from April 1911 until 1918 and a Goods Porter in October 1926 when he retired, possibly due to ill health.
POOLEY, Edward was a Driver who came from the GNR.
POOLEY, Reggie was a Driver who possibly came from Kings Lynn.
POOLEY, Father = Sebastian Francis (b 1st February 1889 Kings Lynn), Mother = Margrate Laws, children = Frank W (b 4th qtr 1913), George Edward (b 3rd qtr 1920), Ursula E (b 1st qtr 1930).  Sebastian (and family?) had lived in Thursford, family lived Avondale House (later renumbered to 65 Briston Rd) circa 1936 before moving to 11 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 18 Grove Rd) possibly from 1938 until June 1956.  Sebastian, always known as Frank, (even his daughter Ursula didn’t know his real name until after his death!) began his M&GN career on 2nd September 1902 at Kings Lynn, presumably as a Junior Clerk.  After successive postings to South Lynn, Kings Lynn again, Yarmouth Beach, Lowestoft Central and Murrow, Frank came to Melton in 1930, probably as a Senior Clerk.  He became a District Relief Clerk on 18th June 1938 and remained as such until he retired on 31st January 1954.  He returned to work for several months at a time annually from 1956 until finally retiring on 12th September 1959.  George was a Trainee Draughtsman from about 1934 until the works closed; he then worked for an electrician for a while before going to Neasden where he started as a Cleaner on 10th January 1938.
PORTER, Charles (b1884 Ely) lodged Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901 with John Neal was an Apprentice Boilersmith, he was the nephew of John Neal and the cousin of George Burgess Clark (John’s sister Mary Ann Neal married William Clark, and after William’s death she married Charles’ father George Porter).  He was also possibly the brother of Harry but cannot be certain as there was more than one family of Porter’s in Ely with similarly named children.
PORTER, Cyril, was an Apprentice Carpenter in 1936.
PORTER, George Robert (b 2nd qtr 1882 Ely) lodged The Street, Swanton Novers in April 1901 with Alfred Graveling was a (Blacksmiths) Striker presumably this was for the railway.
PORTER, Father = Harry (b1876 Ely), Mother = Lilly (b1898 Durham), children = Vernon George (b 1st qtr 1897 Briston), Lilly (b1900 Briston), family lived 4 Astley Terrace from April to August 1901, Burgh Beck Rd, August 1902 and Gordon Rd from August 1903 until August 1904.  Harry was presumably a Cleaner or Fireman in 1897 and a Fireman from April 1901 presumably until August 1904.  He may have transferred to Peterborough as there was a Harry Porter recorded there in 1906.  He was also possibly the brother of Charles but cannot be certain as there was more than one family of Porter’s in Ely with similarly named children.
PORTER Father = James (b 1st qtr 1855 Ludham Norfolk), Mother = Agnes Chapman (b 1st qtr 1857 Gaywood), children = Bertie (b 1st qtr 1887 Kings Lynn?), (IBMD gives the birth registration district as Ely which doesn’t include King Lynn), Francis William (b1888 East Runton, Norfolk), Margaret Jane (b 4th qtr 1893 Briningham), Victor J (b1901, Briningham), family lived Gatehouse 52 in Briningham from April 1891 until April 1901 and possibly April 1911, and Kitchener Rd from August 1913 until August 1914.  James, was a Platelayer in April 1891 and a Ballast Train Flagman from April 1901 to April 1911.  Agnes was a Crossing Keeper for No. 52 Gates, Thornage Rd, Briningham Junction from April 1891 presumably until April 1911.  Bertie was an Iron Founders Apprentice in April 1901, presumably this would have been on the railway.
PORTER, Husband = Lawrence Hilton (b1906), son of Louis Carpentier, Wife = Annie Maria Fields, daughter of Lewis Fields, family lived Kitchener Rd in June 1934 but appear to have moved out soon afterwards.  Lawrence began his M&GN career as a Junior Clerk in the Telegraph Office in 1921.  He was a Temporary Relief Clerk for a period, later being a Traffic Staff Clerk from January 1933 to 1941, going to the Second World War in 1941.
PORTER, Father = Louis Carpentier (b 2nd qtr 1867 Harpley, Norfolk), Mother = Susannah Harris (b1874 Pulham St Mary, Norfolk), children = Louis Carpentier (b 2nd qtr 1903), Lawrence Hilton, (b 3rd qtr 1906), Eileen Agnes (b 3rd qtr 1909), Norman Albert (b 3rd qtr 1911), Charles Robert (b 3rd qtr 1913), Phillip Curtis (b 10th March 1915), Doris E (b 4th qtr 1917), Jack T (b 1st qtr 1920).  Louis lodged 13 Melton St with Robert Marsters, but when this was is not known but as his address for the 1891 and 1901 censuses is given as Nethergate St, Harpley, he must have been lodging in the vicinity of Melton.  Family lived 20 Gordon Rd from August 1903 until June 1934.  Louis senior, began his M&GN career as a Cleaner on 13th August 1889, he was passed as a Fireman on 10th October 1891 and as a Driver on 5th February 1896.  He was selected to be Driver in Charge of the soon to be opened Mundesley branch and was engaged in road learning on a contractors Loco when a tube burst at the firebox end of the boiler, severely scalding both of his legs and ending his footplate career in June 1898.  He resumed work in January 1899 as a Pay Sheet Clerk although listed as a Timekeeper in the 1901 census and as Assistant Timekeeper in the 1911 census.  He was a passes Clerk in the Time and Mileage Office in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept., possibly from 1927 until the works closed, whereupon he retired.  He resumed work as a Storeman in the Military Stores to help with the war effort, later working in the Sheet Factory from about June 1941 to 1947 when he retired again.  He was Librarian of the Railway Institute Library.  His brothers William Percy and Robert Angel also worked for the railway.  Louis junior began his M&GN career in May 1917 as an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner in the Fitting Shop from May 1917 until circa May 1918, then in the Machine Shop until circa November 1920, the Drawing Office until circa November 1921, the Erecting Shop until circa November 1923 and finally the Boiler Shop until July 1924, presumably then being made redundant.  Norman was a Fireman about 1940, later possibly becoming a Driver before leaving the Joint to go to Dereham.  Charles began his M&GN career on 28th November 1927 as an Apprentice in the Paint Shop, being made redundant when his apprenticeship finished on 15th September 1934 and going to Doncaster.  Philip began his M&GN career on 29th May 1929 in the works Telephone Exchange before beginning his apprenticeship as a Carpenter in November until 1936 (which also included a 6 months spell at the Engineers Depot at Sutton Bridge) when he became established but left in June 1936 going to the Civil Engineers Dept. at Cambridge.  Jack began his M&GN career on 1st January 1934 also in the works Telephone Exchange where he stayed until January 1935 when he began an apprenticeship as a Telegraph Instrument Maker.  This only lasted until the works closed in 1936 after which he became a Telegraph Lineman’s Mate at North Walsham until 1939 when he went to the Second World War, not resuming his railway career when it finished.  Doris worked in the Telegraph Office at South Lynn before moving to a similar job at Melton from 1934 until January 1944 when married John Marshall and left the railway.
PORTER, Percy Carpentier, (b 1st qtr 1891 Harpley) was a Ticket Collector.  His father Robert Angel Porter was a Signalman at Massingham and his uncles Louis Carpentier Porter and William Percy Porter also worked for the railway at Melton.
PORTER, William Percy (b 3rd qtr 1870 Harpley) lived Burgh Beck Rd from August 1900 until August 1903 was a Wheelwright, presumably between those dates.  His brothers Robert Angel and Louis Carpentier Porter also worked for the railway.
POWELL, Robert (b1886 St. Faiths, Norfolk) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer.
POWELL, Father = Tom, child = Ray.  Tom was a Driver (?), possibly in 1940, having come from Wells.  Ray, was a Cleaner, also having come from Wells?
PRATT, W, was a Platelayer in the Melton gang in 1934.
PRYKE, Father = James Alfred (b 2nd qtr 1870 Kings Lynn) lived 27 Colville Rd in April 1911 with his brother Walter Henry, James was a Labourer in April 1911.
PRYKE, Dony/Donie, was a Labourer in the Running Shed from January 1923 until February 1927.  He is also shown as being a Fitter’s mate.  He became ill later in life and ended his days in the Walsingham workhouse, it is quite likely that his real name was James Alfred as listed above.  He was visited there by Frank Morgan who was so upset by his condition he said he never wished to visit the place again.
PRYKE, Frederick (b1871 Kings Lynn) lodged Hall St, Briston in April 1901 was a Blacksmith.
PRYKE, Husband = Walter Henry (b1863 Kings Lynn), Wife = Grace Cletheroe (b1880 Briston).  Walter lodged Creymeres, Briston with the family of William Neale, family lived 27 Colville Rd from August 1899 until August 1914.  Walter was a Blacksmith from April 1891 until April 1901 and a Toolsmith from April 1911 until 1924.  His brother James Alfred also worked for the railway.
PYCRAFT, Henry (b 13th September 1867 Hillington) lived Back Lane Briston in April 1891 began his M&GN career on 29th March 1886, but as what is not known, having previously been a Domestic Servant with Sir William Browne ffolkes, he was a Signalman from April 1891 to July 1893 and later was Stationmaster at Hindolveston and also Hillington.
PYE, William Ernest (b 1st qtr 1882 Briston) was a Clerk at Melton Constable from April to July 1904.
RABY, Henry lived 22 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1889, presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.
RAINFORTH, Friend (b 1st qtr 1839 Lockwood, Yorks) lived Burgh Beck Rd in August 1899, died 4th qtr of 1900.  It is not known what his job was but at the time of the 1891 census he was recorded as a Mechanic Iron Turner so possibly did a similar job at Melton.  His widow Sarah Ann continued to live in Burgh Beck Rd for several years following his death.
RAMM, Albert, also known as Tiny, worked in the Concrete Shop in 1922.
RAMM, Albert (b 2nd qtr 1869 West Rudham), probably commenced his service in about 1889, most likely as a Carpenter as that was his trade shown in the 1891 census at which time he was lodging in Edgefield Rd, Briston with Matthew Wright.  In about 1900 he became Clerk of the Works at Melton and from about 1920 was a Foreman Carpenter in the Signal department until he retired on 31st December 1932.
RANDALL, Louis Martin Dixon (b1884 Norwich) lived Kitchener Rd from April 1911 until August 1912 was a Traffic Staff Porter in April 1911 and Signalman in Briningham Junction in September 1936.  Name shown as Randell in 1936 staff list.
RANSOM, I was a Labourer presumably working in Melton in December 1917 when he sustained a slight injury.
RATCLIFFE, Father = George (b1867 Reading, Berks), child = Leonard George (b1892 Norwich), family lived 11 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1899 and Holway Rd, Sheringham in April 1901 (probably until April 1911).  George began his M&GN career in 1892 as Architect to the railway and stayed there until he left in 1913 and went to the GNR as Chief Architectural Assistant.  In 1904 his job description was Chief Architectural Assistant and in 1911 it was Resident Engineers Architectural and Buildings Assistant, it appears he may have had a pay cut in the intervening years.  Leonard was an Apprentice Architect in April 1911.
RAYNER, Arthur was an Apprentice Coach Painter from 1931 until 1936.
RAYNER, Father = Arthur George (b1873 Brinton), Mother = Anna Bambridge (b1878 Hindolveston), children = Doris May (b1903 Brinton), Frederick Arthur (1905 Melton, died 2nd qtr 1918), Frank Edward (b 1st qtr 1907 Melton), Wilfred George (b 4th qtr 1910 Melton).  Arthur lived Sharrington in April 1901, family lived 22 Colville Rd from August 1903 until August 1914, Annie and Wilfred lived 20 Burgh Beck Rd from June 1934 until June 1956.  Arthur was a Blacksmith in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1901 until April 1911 and most likely until the 2nd qtr of 1914 when he died.  His brother’s Herbert William and Thomas Edward also worked for the railway.  Frank was an Apprentice Coach Painter who went to Kings Cross when his apprenticeship finished, Wilfred was a Loco Fitter from 1934 to 1935.  Anna, also known as Annie, was a part time Steward at the Railway Institute.
RAYNER, Father = Frank H, Mother = Miriam Simmons (b 1st qtr 1903 Melton), daughter of Elijah Simmons, children = Raymond F (b 1st qtr 1929 Norwich), Brenda (b 3rd qtr 1933 Norwich).  Family lived 27 Melton St having moved from Norwich in about 1943 and returned to Norwich in about 1947.  Frank was a Porter/Guard and later a Leading Shunter, although this was possibly on his return to Norwich.  Raymond began his M&GN career in 1945 as a Cleaner, soon being promoted to a Passed Cleaner and then Fireman at age 17, remaining as such until he resigned in about 1954 to join the Civil service.  He did his National Service from 1947 to 1949.
RAYNER, George (b1859 Stody) lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901 with his sister Elizabeth brother in law James Wright and was a Labourer.
RAYNER, Father = Herbert William (b1875 Brinton), Mother = Mildred H Esgate (b1882 Brinton), daughter of Alfred Esgate., children = Elma (b1902 Brinton), Alfred (b1903 Brinton), Olive (b1905 Brinton).  Herbert lived Thursford in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Loco Painter from April 1901 to April 1911 and a Coach Painter from 1927 until the works closed.  He is also shown as being Chargehand in the Paint Shop in about 1925.  His brothers Thomas Edward and Arthur George also worked for the railway.
RAYNER, J, was a Goods Guard in 1889.
RAYNER, Raymond, was a Porter/Signalman.
RAYNER, Husband = Thomas Edward (b 28th November 1867 Brinton), 1st Wife = Constance Mary Oliver (b1873 Briningham), daughter of Richard Oliver, 2nd Wife = Dorothy Kathleen (Dolly) Smith (b 1st qtr 1899), daughter of George Smith, Thomas lived in Lower Brinton in April 1891, family lived Briston in April 1901, then 14 Colville Rd (which was later renumbered to 24 Grove Rd) from August 1906 until August 1914 and later to Briningham Gatehouse (which one is not known).  He married Constance in the 3rd qtr 1896 and Dorothy in the 1st qtr 1924.  Thomas began his M&GN career on 3rd August 1888, but as what is not known, he was a Porter in April 1891, a Relief Guard in July 1893 and a Goods Guard from 1895 to 1918 and later he was possibly the Crossing Keeper at the gatehouse.  His brother’s Arthur George and Herbert William also worked for the railway.
RAYNER, William (b1871 Brinton) lived The Street, Brinton in April 1891, Reepham Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Brinton in April 1911.  William was a Blacksmith in April 1891, but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He was listed as being an Engine Driver in April 1901 although that does seem rather unlikely, and he was a Tuber in the Boiler Shop in April 1911, probably the same person shown as B Raynor.  His sister Emma Martha Rayner married Henry Benjamin Hawes.
RAYNER, first name not known, worked in the Fitting Shop about 1900.
RAYNOR, B, was a Tuber in the Boiler Shop in 1920, probably the same person as William Rayner.
RAYNOR, Wilfred, was a Porter.
READ, A, was a ganger in the Melton gang in 1934.
REED, William Henry (b1862 Bodmin, Cornwall) lived Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901 and Gordon Rd from August 1904 until August 1914 was a (Horse?) Hair Picker in the Carriage Works from April 1901 until April 1911.
REEVE, A, was a Porter in November 1917.
REEVE, Husband = Alfred C, son of Herbert W, Wife = Dora I, family lived 8 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from 4) in August 1956.  Alfred worked in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1947 until 1963.
REEVE, Father = Herbert W (b C1896), Mother = Ada M Eke, children = Alfred C, Raymond H, Vernon, Granville, family lived 21 Melton St in June 1956.  Herbert, also known as Reevo, was a Driver, possibly from 1936 until 1944 (possibly July 1958).  He was Caretaker of the Railway Institute in about 1963.
REEVE, F, was a member of the footplate crew in 1924 but what his job was is not known, possibly the same person whose first name (see below) is not known.
REEVE, N, was a Driver from about 1939 until the line closed.
REEVE, first name not known was a Driver in the early 30’s, possibly F Reeve (see above).
REEVES, Laurence Fras (?) B lived 1 Melton St 1939 commenced his M&GN career in about November 1936 as Running Shed Foreman having moved from Stockport and left circa February 1939 when he moved to York as an Inspector in the Southern Area Loco Running Superintendents Dept.
REEVES, first name not known, also known as Fussy was a Ballast Guard circa 1886.  He was killed in service when he stepped in front of a Loco driven by Joseph Parker.
RENT, Gordon, was an Engineering Pupil from 1922 until circa 1924.
REVELL, Clifford Theodore (b 3rd December 1860 Plymouth) lived 1 Astley Terrace in August 1903 and 15 Melton St from August 1904 until circa 1920 began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is unknown, but he was shown as an Engine Fitter in April 1881 living in Rose Lane, Norwich so possibly working for the GER.  He was Locomotive Foreman at Norwich City in April 1891 and General Foreman Loco Shop from April 1911 (possibly from 1902) until he retired in December 1925.  From his addresses in Melton it was possible when he started at Melton he was Running Shed Foreman (they tended to live in 1 Astley Terrace) before possibly moving to the works as indicated by his 1911 census entry sometime between August1903 and August 1904.  He died on 26th January 1949.
REVELL, Father = William, Mother = Harriett Ellen Fulcher (b1887 Horsford, Norfolk), also known as Hetty, daughter of Frederick William, children = Norman, Molly, family lived 30 Burgh Beck Rd in June 1934.
REYNOLD, Ted, worked in the Boiler Shop, possibly the same person as Fred Reynolds.
REYNOLDS, A, was a Coachbuilder in 1922.
REYNOLDS, Husband = Bertie Samuel (b 2nd qtr 1889 Briston
) Briston, Wife = Lucy May Timbers, family lived 4 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 9) in June 1934 and they later moved to 7 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 15).  Bertie was a Fireman in April 1911 later being a Driver from 1930 to 1950.  His brothers Henry Thomas and Edward William also worked for the railway, his sister Mabel Mary married Bertie Sydney Willard.
REYNOLDS, Edward William (b 4th qtr 1877 Briston) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Wagon Builder having been previously employed in a similar capacity at a Colliery in Nottinghamshire in April 1901.  His brothers Henry Thomas and Bertie Samuel also worked for the railway, his sister Mabel Mary married Bertie Sydney Willard.
REYNOLDS, Fred, was a Boilersmith in about 1918, possibly the same person as Ted Reynold.
REYNOLDS, Henry Thomas (b 1st qtr 1879 Briston) lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Carpenter from April 1901 until April 1911.  His brothers Bertie Samuel and Edward William also worked for the railway, his sister Mabel Mary married Bertie Sydney Willard.
REYNOLDS, Leslie lived in Briston circa 1940 was a Greaser in the Carriage and Wagon Works.
REYNOLDS, Sheddy, was a Cleaner in world war two who later went to Staverley.
REYNOLDS, Father = Wallace Herbert, Mother = Sarah Ann, children = Walter, Ronald (Ronnie), Isabel (Bella), Olive, Doris.  Wallace lived Briston in April 1911, family lived 21 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  Wallace was an Apprentice in the grocery trade in April 1911 and later on he was a Postman.  His brothers Bertie Samuel and Henry Thomas worked for the railway.  Doris married Ernest Stapleton and Isabel married Jack Morgan.
REYNOLDS, Husband = Walter, son of Wallace Herbert, Wife = Rosalind Nurse, daughter of Geoffrey James Nurse.  Walter, also known as Wally, worked in the Sheet Factory.
RIBBANS Father = Samuel Henry (b1868 Drayton), Mother = Edna (b1869 Shelfanger, Norfolk), children = Edna Eliza Ruth (b 2nd August 1899 Drayton), Stephen John Wallace (b 8th October 1900 Hellesdon), Anna Faith (b 12th December 1902 Hellesdon), family lived 3 Mill Lane, Briningham (in April 1911?).  Samuel began his M&GN career in 1900 as a Porter at Attlebridge.  He later served as Porter/Ticket Collector at Hellesdon in April 1901, Sheringham and Fakenham before being appointed as Ticket Collector at Melton in 1906 and remained as such until he retired on 4th January 1933.  Stephen was a Booking Clerk at Catfield in April 1921, as he was entered on the census return for his father, he may have still been living at home at that date but it would have been a very long journey to and from work each day!  He was a Goods Clerk at Holt from 1936 until circa December 1941 before transferring to the Goods Staff at Melton, he transferred to the Traffic Staff at Melton at some date before returning to the Goods Staff at Holt circa January 1943.
RIBBONS, Miss, was a Refreshment Room Attendant from 1920 until about 1936.
RIBBONS, Walter, was a Ticket Collector and later a Booking Office Clerk in 1918, the reference to Ticket Collector is most likely to be incorrect and should refer to Samuel Henry Ribbans.
RICE, Thomas Handford (b 3rd qtr 1867 Langham, Norfolk) lived near the Congregational Chapel, Briston in April 1901 was a Joiner/Carpenter from April 1901 until 1936.
RICHARDSON, Sydney (b 1st qtr 1899 Sutton Bridge) was a Telegraph Lineman at Melton Constable in 1925, he had previously been at Sutton Bridge, possibly in a similar job, and had returned there by 1939.
RICHES, Father = Charles (b1853 Hempstead, Norfolk) Mother = Mary Ann (b1848 Matlaske, Norfolk), children = Lucy E (b1871 Hempstead, Norfolk), Edith A (b1873 Hempstead), Rose L (b1875 Hempstead), Alice Mary (b1879 Hempstead), Henry Charles (b1880 Hempstead), Mabel Helen (b1885 Hunworth, Norfolk), Frederick Thomas (b1890 Holt), family lived Station Rd, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Charles was a Signal Fitter from April 1901 until April 1911 and later he was a Ganger in the Signal Dept., presumably at Melton in December 1921 when he retired.  Mary died in the 3rd qtr 1892.
RICHES, Father = Henry Charles (b1880 Hempstead), son of Charles, Mother = Minnie Dorcas Cletheroe (b 3rd qtr 1886 Briston), children = Dorcas Amelia Mary (b1908 Briston), Eva Minnie (b1910 Briston).  Henry lodged near the Congregational Chapel in 1901 with Thomas Handford Rice, family lived Briston in April 1911.  Henry, also known as Harry, was a Gas Fitter from April 1901 until April 1911.
RICHES, Horace Walter (b1892 Whissonsett, Norfolk) lodged Briston in April 1911 with his sister Ethel Anna Riches and brother in law Charles Wybroe and was a Cleaner.
RICHES, John was a Fireman in April 1891
RICHES, Father = Thomas (b1868 Corpusty), Mother = Alice Scott (b1872 Briston), daughter of George [1] Scott, children = Ethel (b1894 Briston), Ernest Thomas (b1897 Melton), Elsie May (b1898 Melton), Gladys Elizabeth (b1902 Melton), Florence Maria (b1905 Melton).  Thomas lodged 7 Astley Terrace with William Batley in April 1891, family lived 8 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1905 and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1906 until June 1934.  Thomas was a Fireman in April 1891 and a Driver from April 1901 until July 1917, Alice’s brothers Alfred and George [2] also worked for the railway and sister Susanna married Alfred Rudd, Gladys married Arthur Stanley Carter, a Signalman at Corpusty and other places.
RISEBOROUGH, Jack, was a Driver at Yarmouth Beach before coming to Melton in about 1936.
RISEBOROUGH, Father = John William (b1877 Themelthorpe), Mother = Florence Thompson (b1879 East Barsham, Norfolk), children = John Harry (b1904 London), Mary (b1905 Foulsham), Gordon (b1908 Foulsham), Robin (b 1st qtr 1912), Daisy (b 1st qtr 1914), Florence Ivy (b 1st qtr 1919), family lived 10 Melton St from August 1909 until June 1934.  John senior was a Gardener/Groundsman for the railway from April 1911 (probably August 1910) until 1940, his 1901 census entry lists him as a Platelayer on his fathers’ farm at Themelthorpe!  Robin was an Apprentice in the Signal Dept., later becoming a Painter and Decorator, he left the railway and went to Gorleston and opened a Haberdashery Shop.  Gordon was an Apprentice Boilermaker, John junior, also known as Jack was an Apprentice Plumber and Gas Fitter and went to Kings Cross after his apprenticeship finished and remained there until he retired.  Mary married Stanley Dyble.
RISEBOROUGH, Father = John William (b1873 Hempstead, Norfolk), Mother = Sarah Elizabeth Money (b1872 Hempstead), children = Annie Elizabeth (b1902 Briston), Charles Lewis (b 27th May 1903 Briston), Florence Ellen (b1905 Briston), family lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston in April 1901.  John, also known as Jack, was a Wood Machinist in April 1901 and in April 1911 he is recorded as a Joiners Machinist living in Sheringham so presumably by then he had left the railway, his brother Thomas William also worked for the railway.  Charles began his M&GN career on 16th February 1920 as a Junior Labourer at Melton, he was re-graded as a Con Worker (Concrete Worker?) on 17th May 1928.  He is shown as being a Chainman from 1929 until 1936 and was also a Cement Tester, Photographer, Plan Printer and Chef/Waiter on the Inspection Saloon.  He moved to Norwich as a Sub Ganger on 4th April 1938 and his staff record also showed him as a Chainman at Norwich.  Sarah’s brother Samuel Money also worked for the railway.
RISBOROUGH, Thomas William, also known as Tom, was a Fireman in April 1891 lodging in 26 Melton St with Samuel Shipley, and a Driver in April 1901 lodging with William Fletcher.  He was a Driver at Yarmouth Beach from April 1911 until the Second World War, his brother John William also worked for the railway.
RIX, John Henry G, (b 3rd qtr 1878 Briston), lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901 was a Porter.  His brother William Thomas Rix also worked for the railway.
RIX, William Thomas (b 3rd qtr 1873 Briston), lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901 was listed as a Labourer/Navvy in April 1901, his brother John Henry G also worked for the railway.
ROBERTS, H E was an Engineering Pupil but when is not known.
ROBERTS, Father = Herbert James (b1883 Briston), Mother = Ida Morris (b1885 Retford, Notts) daughter of William Morris, children = Herbert Morris (b 3rd qtr 1909 Briston), Althea I (b 3rd qtr 1913), Myra R, family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston in April 1901 and near Vicarage, Briston in April 1911.  Herbert senior was a Junior Clerk in April 1901, a Stores Clerk in April 1911, a Clerk in the Time Office in January 1923 and was an Accounts Clerk in the Stores Office of the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. in December 1936; when the works closed he possibly became a Relief Clerk.  The LNER magazine for January 1938 lists an H Roberts as being in the Goods Managers Dept. at Melton, moving to Norwich City circa October 1937, whether this is Herbert is not known.  His sister Alice Jane Roberts married Arthur Curry Palmer.  Herbert junior was an Apprentice Fitter who later went to Norwich Thorpe as a Motor Mechanic and Althea married Leslie Sharpin.
ROBINSON, Father, Charles Frederick (b1855 Durham), Mother = Elizabeth (b1866 Tittleshall, Norfolk), children = Stephen (b1886 Fakenham), Olive (b1887 Melton), Gwendoline M (b1888 Melton), Charles Wesley (b1889 Melton), Elizabeth J (b1902 Melton), Stanley H (b1904 Melton), family lived 12 Astley Terrace from August 1888 until August 1893.  Charles was a Storekeeper from August 1889 to August 1894.
ROBINSON, D was a Fireman possibly around 1947.
ROBINSON, Father = George Henry (b1872 Halling, Leicestershire), child = George Henry (b1895 Spalding), family lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  George senior was a Storekeeper between those dates and George junior was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911.
ROBINSON, H, was a Storeman from 1891 until 1936, probably George Henry.
ROBINSON, W, was a Blacksmith’s Striker from 1929 until 1936.
ROBSON, Ralph, was a Cleaner.  Probably lived at 22 Colville Rd in June 1956.
ROOT, Fred (b1872 Brightlingsea, Essex) lodged with his brother-in-law and Sister Frederick and Ada Judson near Horseshoe Corner, Briston in April 1891 was a Blacksmith’s Striker but whether this was for the railway is not known.
ROPER, Father = Eustace Claude (b 9th October 1874 Tuddenham St Mary, Suffolk), Mother = Emily, children = Vera, Hilda, family lived 11 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  Eustace, always known as Claude had been a Railway Bookstall Clerk from at least 1891 until at least 1911, formerly at Norwich then at Cromer but whether this was on the M&GN station or Great Eastern is not known.  He began his M&GN career on 23rd February 1914 as an Un-appointed Clerk in the Loco Time Office.  He was classified as a class 5 Clerk on 1st August 1919 still in the Loco Time Office and transferred to the Engineer’s Dept. on 28th September 1925 as a Passes Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office from 1927 until the works closed and he retired on 30th June 1937.  He was a keen first aider and was also involved with the boy scouts.
ROSE, Father = Alfred Arthur (b1860 Stradbroke, Suffolk), Mother = Jane (1867 Bourne), children = Edwin Arthur (b1887 Stradbroke, Suffolk), Alfred Charles (b 4th qtr 1889 Stradbroke) Bernard Haylock (b 3rd qtr 1895 Stradbroke), Christabel Mary (b 3rd qtr 1902 Melton), family lived 7 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 20) from April 1901 until April 1911.  Alfred senior was the Village Baker.  Alfred junior worked at Melton, but as what is not known (he was probably an Apprentice Signal Engineer as he was a Signal Engineer lodging in Derby in 1911).  He later worked as Chief Signal Engineer for the Madras & U S M Railways (later noted as the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway).  Bernard was an Apprentice Plumber in April 1911.  Christabel married David Long.
ROUSE, C T, was a Signalman at Melton circa March 1958 before becoming Stationmaster at Gayton Road circa March 1958.
ROUSE, Husband = Clifford J, Wife = Joan E, family lived 11 Melton St in June 1956.  Probably the Signalman shown as C T!
ROUSE, Francis James (b1872 Balham, Surrey), brother of Gertrude Rouse who married William Marriott and Grace Rouse who married Richard Marion Parker, was an Engineering Student lodging at 1 Melton St in April 1891 with his brother-in-law William Marriott.
ROWE, Albert, also known as Nobby (?), was a Driver from 1939 until he retired in about 1943, he has been recorded as being in Melton in 1924 but whether as a Driver then or still a Fireman is not known.
ROWE, Father = Albert Repps (b1871 Bale), son of Elder Martha, Mother = Lily Halifax, children = Ethel Annie (b 2nd qtr 1906), Elsie May (b 3rd qtr 1909).  Albert was in the Royal Navy when he met Lily; he had retired by the First World War but was recalled during hostilities.  Albert and Lily split up probably in about 1919 but for what reason is not known, Elsie went to live with her Aunt Ethel, daughter of Elder Martha in Lancashire when she was 10, Ethel went to live with her Aunt Mabel, daughter of Elder Martha who was married to John Thornel Loynes.  Albert was living with his sister and brother-in-law in Wyke, Briston Rd (later numbered 63 Briston Rd) when he died in 1939.
ROWE, Alfred John (b 1st qtr 1887 Gunthorpe) lived Sharrington in April 1911 was a Cleaner from April 1907 until April 1911.  His brother Bertie Elijah also worked for the railway, possibly he is the same person known as ‘Archie’ (below).
ROWE, Archie (born Hindolveston) was a Driver possibly based at Melton, possibly he is the same person as Alfred John (above).
ROWE, Father = Arthur Reginald (b 3rd qtr 1901 Reepham), son of Matthew, Mother = Winifred D Tubby, child = Reginald R (b 4th qtr 1928).  Arthur was possibly a Porter at Bluestone until it closed to passengers on 29th February 1916, whereupon he became the Resident Crossing Keeper until September 1936.  Winifred was the Female Crossing Keeper, possibly from late 1928 when they got married.  Reginald also known as Layer began his M&GN career in June 1945 as a Cleaner, he remained as such until about December when he became a Passed Cleaner, remaining thus until about May 1949, serving in the RAF from January 1947 until April 1949.  He then became a Fireman and remained as such until the line closed.
ROWE, Husband = Bertie Elijah (b 1st qtr 1908 Gunthorpe), Wife = Amelia Adams, daughter of William, family lived 29 Briston Rd in June 1956.  Bertie was a Porter.  His brother Alfred John also worked for the railway.  Amelia probably married in late 1934/early 1935 (actually 4th qtr 1934) as she was deleted from the 1934 Electoral Register.
ROWE, Mother = Elder Martha (b1853 Bale), children = Albert Repps, Mabel (b1873 Bale), Ethel (b1876 Bale), Edgar Maurice (b1881 Bale), Berthold (b 3rd qtr 1887).  Elder was living with her brother Walter Thomas (b 3rd qtr 1855 Bale) in Bale in 1881 with her children (except Berthold who was not born until 3rd qtr 1887).  There does not appear to have been any person by the name of Elder being recorded in the birth registers for Norfolk for the years circa 1853.  She is recorded in the 1861 census as Elden M, Elder in 1871, Ellen in 1881 and Elder in 1891.  She died in the 2nd qtr of 1893 aged 41 and is recorded as Elder Martha.  All children being recorded as Rowe which presumably means that she never married?  Edgar was a steward on the Titanic and was drowned; Berthold died as a result of gas poisoning during the First World War.  Mabel married John Thornel Loynes; Ethel married a Mr Johnson and lived in Lancashire.
ROWE, Father = Matthew (b1874 Chilton, Co Durham).  The record of him being the son of Anne Dack must be incorrect as the 1881 census shows his parents as Samuel and Susan, child = Arthur Reginald.  Matthew was a Boilersmith in the 1920’s, he later left and went to work at a mineral waters works at Corpusty.  He was living in Corpusty in April 1911 so the order of his employment locations may be reversed.
ROWELL, John, was Loco Foreman at Fakenham probably by April 1881 until September 1881 and had moved to Melton by 1883.
ROY, Arnold Albert (b1885 Burnham Market, Norfolk) lodged Briston Rd in April 1901 with Alfred Howard and was an Architects Apprentice.  His brother Arthur William also worked for the railway.
ROY, Arthur William (b1883 Burnham Market) was Architect from about 1913 until the works closed.  He is also shown as being Chief Assistant to the Civil Engineer for Signals and Telegraphs in 1933.  His brother Arnold Albert also worked for the railway.
RUDD, Albert John (b1869 Briston) lived Crimers Beck, Melton in April 1891 and Church Lane, Briston in April 1901 was a Labourer between those dates.
RUDD, Husband = Alfred (b1866 Briston or Hunworth), Wife = Susanna Scott (b1869 Briston), daughter of George [1] Scott, family lived Tithe Barn Corner, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911, Alfred was a Labourer between those dates, he had no job information listed in April 1891.  Susanna is listed as being a lodger with the family of Alfred in April 1891 along with Francis and Lily Scott (aged 3 & 1 respectively).  Alfred and Susannah were married in the 1st qtr 1893 and in April 1901 they were living in Briston with amongst later additions to the family daughter Lily, now named Rudd aged 11 but not Francis who was still named Scott and living with Susannah’s parents and shown as their granddaughter.  Susanna’s brothers Alfred and George [2] also worked for the railway and her sister Alice married Thomas Riches.  Alfred’s brother Samuel also worked for the railway.
RUDD, Father = John William Worship (b 1st qtr 1871 Briston), son of Ann Mary Rudd (b 4th qtr 1852 Briston), stepson of William George Worship (b1850 Hindolveston), Mother = Mary Jane Holsey (1867 Hindolveston), children = (all born Hindolveston) Gladys Mary (b1895), Nora Madeline (b1902), Doris May (b1903), Sybil Helen (b1907), John lived Hindolveston in April 1891, family lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911.  John was a Blacksmith in April 1891 and a Blacksmith’s Assistant in April 1901 but whether this was for the railway is not known, in April 1911 he was lodging in Doncaster in ‘The Plant’ (as was Bishop Green, both listed as Blacksmith’s) but his family remained in Hindolveston.  William George Worship married Ann Mary Rudd in the 1st qtr 1873 and although John was shown in censuses as Worship he may never have been formally adopted as his marriage certificate shows him as John William Worship Rudd but all the children he had with Mary bore the name Worship.
RUDD, Father = Robert Rowley Hillings (b 4th qtr 1860 Grimston), Mother = Rosa Maria Clark, children = Lily Barbara (b1888 Cambridge), Cyril Augustus (b1st qtr 1891 Cambridge), Oscar Ralph (b 3rd qtr 1892 Grimston), family lived 28 Colville Rd from August 1899 until August 1914.  Robert was a Bricklayer presumably from August 1899 until he retired circa January 1929, Cyril was an Apprentice Bricklayer in April 1911 and Oscar was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911; Lily married Arthur Bryant.
RUDD, Sam, was a Fireman on the works Shunter in June 1931.
RUDD, Father = Samuel (b1862 Briston), Mother = Harriet Pratt (b1862 Briston), child = Mary (b1890 Briston).  Samuel and Harriet were married in the 3rd qtr 1889 and were living with Harriet’s’ parents in Edgefield Rd, Briston, April 1891 together with Amy, Harriet, Ernest and Arthur, all named Pratt and aged 14, 9, 7 and 3 respectively as well as Mary Rudd and were all shown as grandchildren of Harriet’s parents.  Family lived West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 and in 1901 Ernest and Arthur, still named Pratt were living with the rest of the family and by 1911 Ernest was now shown as Rudd, Arthur had got married and was working in the Kelling Stone Pits and was still named Pratt.  Samuel was a Platelayer from April 1891 until he retired circa October 1928, his job description in the 1911 census was Scavenger (Railway), his brother Alfred also worked for the railway.
RUSHMER, Husband = Harry Ernest (b1873 Beccles, Suffolk), 1st Wife = Sara Elizabeth Yell, 2nd Wife = Ethel Oliver (b1879 Briningham) daughter of Richard Oliver, 3rd Wife = Honor Sybil Dodds, family lived 25 Melton St from circa 1920 until June 1934.  Harry married Sara in the 4th qtr 1896 and she died in the 3rd qtr 1922 in Yarmouth, he married Ethel in the 4th qtr 1927, she died in the 4th qtr 1931 and he then married Honor in the 1st qtr 1933, Harry died in the 1st qtr 1940 and was survived by Honor.  Harry, also known as Joe, was a Messenger in the Loco Running Foreman’s Office from the early 1920’s until 1930.  He was also a trainer for Melton football team.
RUTLAND, Father = James William (b 1st qtr 1878 Guist, Norfolk), Mother = Florence Louisa Grand (b1881 Baconsthorpe), children = Amelia (b1902 Baconsthorpe, Norfolk), Christiana (Chrissie) (b1904 Briningham), Sidney James (b 3rd qtr 1908 Melton), Florence R (b 4th qtr 1912), Charlotte M (Lottie) (b 3rd qtr 1914), Jack J (b 4th qtr 1916), Richard (b 1st qtr 1922), family lived Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901, Briston Rd from August 1908 until August 1914 and 24 Melton St in June 1934.  James, also known as Duke, was a Fireman from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Driver from circa June 1914 until circa 1943 when he retired having stayed on after age 65 to help with the war effort.  Latterly at least, he was the Driver on Black Bess, the works Shunter having been confined to the works due to either an eye or medical condition.  Sidney, also known as Duke, was a Boilermaker in 1928; he was also a member of the Melton Constable Football team.  Jack was an Apprentice Carpenter from 1929 until 1936 and was a member of the Melton Institute F. C. in 1927/28.  Florence’s Brother Abijah Grand also worked for the railway and was living with James and Florence in April 1911.
RUTLAND, Samuel, was a Driver on the works pilot, probably this should be James William Rutland.
SADDINGTON, James George is thought to have begun his M&GN career in the Extra Gang (possibly at Sutton Bridge), he appears to have been a Platelayer in the Melton Gang in 1934 although other information states that he was living at Hay Green, Terrington St Clement at that time.  He is thought to have been Ganger at Terrington when the line closed.  He married the daughter of Thomas Hinton, a Ganger at Long Sutton.
SADLER, A, worked for the railway in 1940, but as what is not known.
SADLER, Fred (b1886 Honing) lived Briston 4.1911 with his sister Sarah and Brother in law William Howard was a Blacksmith but whether this was for the railway is not known.
SADLER, Father = Frederick (b1874 Beeston, Norfolk), Mother = Selina Ford Long (b1872 East Dereham, Norfolk), children = Ethel Mary (b1897 East Dereham), Frederick William (b1898 East Dereham), Clement George (b1900 Briston), Hannah Selina (b1903 Briston), Jeannie Eliza (b1908 Melton), family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and 17 Melton St from August 1903 until circa 1920.  Frederick senior was a Painter in April 1901, a Relief Watchman and Messenger in April 1911 and was the works Policeman from about 1920 until 1927.  Clement was an Apprentice Coachbuilder, moving to Kings Cross, presumably when his apprenticeship finished.  Ethel married Harry Morgan, Hannah, also known as Annie married William C Harrison and Jeannie married a taxi Driver from Kings Lynn.
SADLER, William, worked in the Loco Dept. in December 1916.
SAMPHER, Reggie, was a Driver from about 1940 until 1942.  He possibly came from Wells.
SANDS, F, worked for the railway in 1940 but it is not known what he did.
SANDS, Husband = Geoffrey E, son of Tom, Wife = Mary, family lived 10 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 2) in June 1956.  Geoffrey was Shed Master at Melton from 1955 until December 1958, leaving to go to Stoke. 
SANDS, Tom, worked in the Permanent Way Gang
SANDS Father = Tom, Mother = Elsie, children = Geoffrey E, Margaret, family lived 7 Melton St, later moving to 2 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 10).  Tom was a Riding Inspector in 1944 (described as Running Foreman when he left), coming from Norwich Thorpe.  He left about October 1945, going to Stratford as District Inspector.
SAUNDERS, first name unknown, was a Steward at the Railway Institute living 5 Colville Rd.
SAVORY Robert Charles (b 1st qtr 1905), also known as Bob was a Porter in September 1936 but worked mainly in the Yarmouth area.
SAYER, Father = Abraham (b1865 Fransham), Mother = Martha A (b1866 Hackford, Norfolk), children = Elizabeth (b1887 Briston), William (b1894 Briston), Edith F (b1895 Briston), Ethel M (b 1897 Briston), family lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891, Burgh Beck Rd from April to August 1901, 14 Briston Rd in August 1902, 15 Briston Rd from August 1903 until August 1905 and Kitchener Rd from August 1906 until August 1907.  Abram was a Boilersmith/Boiler Riveter from April 1891 until August 1907 or possibly the 1st qtr 1908 when he died probably whilst he was still in service.
SAYER, Alfred, was a Ticket Collector on 28th October 1904 checking tickets whilst the train was being shunted, he was changing carriages when the train moved and his foot slipped off of the step and onto the rail where it was run over and lost the first and second toes on his right foot.  He resumed duty on 1st January 1906 as a Crossing Keeper but where this was is not known.
SAYER, Father = Alfred Palmer (b 15th July 1845/1848 Reading), Mother = Annie (b1846, Taunton), children = Alfred Henry (b1870, Cambridge), Frederick Albert (b1875, Hendon, Essex), Ellen (b1877, Kings Lynn), George (b1880, Kings Lynn), Frances (b1882, Grimston), family lived Hindolveston from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briningham in April 1911.  Alfred senior was Stationmaster at Hillington from April 1881 to 1883 having previously worked for the GER, he was then Stationmaster at Hindolveston from 1888 until 1889 but was then demoted to Platform Signalman at Melton until July 1893 due to problems with the station’s accounts.  In April 1901 he was described as a Signalman, possibly still the same job as previously and by April 1911 he was Crossing Keeper at Briningham.  His date of birth on various records varies from 1845 to 1848.  There is no Alfred Sayer recorded as being born in Reading from 1845 to 1848 but there is an Alfred Palmer born 3rd qtr 1845 and the 1851 census for Reading records a 5-year-old Alfred Palmer living with the family of Thomas Sayer but recorded as son-in-law.  From 1861 he is recorded as Sayer and the 1871 census gives his year of birth as 1845, later censuses state 1847/1848, finally, his death is registered in the 2nd qtr 1915 aged 69.  His sons Alfred and Frederic were both Clerks, but whether this was at Hindolveston or Melton is not known.
SCARFFE, Husband = Maurice Albert (b 1st qtr 1907 Thurning, Norfolk), Wife = Daisy B, family lived 16 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 5) in June 1956.  Maurice was a Goods Porter in September 1936 and later a Signalman at Briningham Junction possibly in 1957 and living in no. 52 Gatehouse.
SCHOFIELD, Father = Harold W, Mother = Minnie, child = Barry M, family lived 14 Melton St in June 1956.  Harold was Stationmaster from 1955 until November 1958, Barry, was a Porter.
SCOTNEY Father = Reginald W, Mother = Muriel A, child = Doreen who died at the age of 21, family lived 6 Astley Terrace in June 1956.  Reginald came from Peterborough and was Foreman in the Sheet Factory from about June 1941 until 1964.  He was the NUR branch Secretary in 1963/4, taking over from William Henry Dalton following his death.
SCOTT, Alfred (b1866 Briston), son of George [1] lived Briston from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Weighing Machine Fitter in April 1911; his brother George [2] also worked for the railway and sister Susanna married Alfred Rudd and Alice married Thomas Riches.
SCOTT, Father = Arthur Charles (b 1st qtr 1880 Briston), son of John, Mother = Clara Esther Bird (b1880 Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk), children (all born in Briston) = John William J (b 4th qtr 1900), Albert George (b 2nd qtr 1902), Eleanor (Nellie) (b1904), Charles Henry (b 2nd qtr1908), Reginald C J (b 3rd qtr 1915), family lived West End, Briston from 1922 until 1926.  Arthur was a Bricklayer from April 1901 until April 1911 and later worked in the Concrete Shop in 1930.  Albert began his M&GN career in 1916 as a Junior Goods Porter and was a Goods Porter in 1918, he was Leading Shunter from 1924 until 1933 and worked as a Temporary Guard in November 1930 for the sugar beet season.  He moved to Peterborough and was a Goods Guard from 1933 until 1949, leaving the railway to work for Baker Perkins.  Charles began his M&GN career as an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner in the Loco Shed in January 1923 and remained there for 18 months before moving to the Machine Shop until 1929.  He was a Fireman for the Summer Season at Yarmouth Beach in 1931 (Coalman or Lighter-up but Fireman?) and Porter, also for the Summer Season at Eye Green and East Rudham in 1932.  He was working at Melton in 1935, but as what is not known.  Reginald also worked for the railway at Peterborough but it is not known what he did.
SCOTT, Arthur, worked in the Signal and Telegraph Dept.
SCOTT, C, was a member of the Station Staff circa 1925.
SCOTT, Husband = George [1] (b circa 1837 Briston), Wife = Eliza, children (all born Briston) = Susanna (b1869), Alfred (b1866), Alice (b1871), George [2] (b1874).  George senior was an Agricultural Labourer.  Susanna married Alfred Rudd, Alice married Thomas Riches.
SCOTT, Husband = George [2] (b 3rd qtr 1875 Briston), son of George [1], Wife = Alice Mary Dagless (b1875 Edgefield).  Family lived near the Congregational Chapel, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  George was a Carpenter’s Labourer in April 1901 and a Carpenter (or possibly a semi-skilled Carpenter) from April 1911 until 1936; his brother Alfred also worked for the railway and sister’s Susanna married Alfred Rudd and Alice married Thomas Riches.
SCOTT, George [3], worked in the Boiler Shop circa 1940.
SCOTT, Henry John lived Mill Lane, Briston circa 1940 and was a Passed Cleaner in June 1937 and a Fireman from 1940 to 1944.  Later he was a Passed Fireman and then a Driver until 1959.  He was the Driver of the train which ran into the river at Norwich City on 5th November 1946, after an apprentice pulled the wrong points lever.  He later went to Norwich Thorpe, presumably when the line closed, and died from the injuries received in a collision at Sloley crossing on the Cromer line whilst driving a railcar.
SCOTT, Husband = Herbert Mark (b 4th qtr 1882 Fakenham) also known as Briney, Wife = Ethel Maria Williamson (1883 Briston), daughter of Thomas Williamson.  Family lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Herbert was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 and a Fitter in the Loco Shed from April 1911 until 1942.
SCOTT, Husband = John William J (b 4th qtr 1900), son of Arthur Charles, Wife = Elsie Elizabeth Dennis, daughter of Arthur Edward Dennis.  John worked in the Concrete Shop for a while before becoming a Methodist Minister and moved to either Jersey or Guernsey.
SCOTT, Father = John (b1839 Briston), Mother = Sarah Ann (b1841 Briston), children = Herbert James (b1874 Briston), Arthur Charles (b1880 Briston), family lived Long Yard, Briston from 1874 until April 1891.  John was a (non-railway?) Bricklayer from April 1881 until April 1891; Herbert was a Labourer in April 1891.
SCOTT, R, was a Bricklayer from 1929 until 1936.
SENDALL, Edward Thomas (b1879 Louth, Lincolnshire) was a Fitter and lodged Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901 with the widow of Friend Rainforth.
SERPELL, Alfred, was a Driver, having come from the GNR at Stockport.  His twin brother Jack also worked for the railway.  Probably lived 19 Kitchener Rd in June 1956.
SERPELL, Jack, was a Driver, having come from the GNR at Stockport.  His twin brother Alfred also worked for the railway.  Probably lived 30 Colville Rd in June 1956.
SERPELL, Miss N, was a Clerk in the Supplies and Contracts Manager's Office until circa October 1959 when she moved to the District Commercial Manager’s Office in Nottingham.
SEWELL, Hubert was a Fireman from about 1936 until 1940 and a Driver from then until August 1950.
SEWELL, Monica, was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.
SEWELL, Husband = William (b1876 Hingham, Norfolk), Wife = Alice Mary Sands.  Family lived Briston in April 1911 and William was a Platelayer from 1910 until April 1911.
SEXTON, E, was a Planing Machine Operator in the Machine Shop from May 1917 until 1924.  Whether this is a coincidence that Samuel Sexton was also a Planing Machine Operator is not known.
SEXTON, Husband = George Edwin (b1880 Banningham, Norfolk), Wife = Margaret Elizabeth Rudd (b1882 Briston).  George lodged The Street, Briston, in April 1901 with the family of Edward Eke, family lived Briston in April 1911 and George was a Fitter between those dates.  His brothers William and Samuel Henry also worked for the railway.
SEXTON, Husband = Samuel Henry (b 3rd qtr 1876 Felmingham), Wife = Mary Ann Pointer (b1880 Briston), sister of Bertie Pointer.  Samuel lodged Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901 with William Sexton (they were not directly related), family lived Briston in April 1911.  Samuel was a Planing Machinist from April 1901 until circa 1915.  His brothers William and George Edwin also worked for the railway.
SEXTON, Stanley, was a member of the Building Gang in 1940.
SEXTON, Husband = William (b1867 Felmingham), 1st Wife = Sabina Harrod (b1867 Briston), 2nd Wife = Elizabeth Howard (?), Sabina died in the 1st qtr 1904 and William married Elizabeth in the 4th qtr 1910.  Family lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 and he was a Wagon Painter from April 1901 until 1934.
SHACKCLOTH, Jonathan J (b1865 South Creake, Norfolk) lived 21 Melton St from August 1889 until August 1891 was possibly a Carriage Examiner as that was his job when he moved to Yarmouth Beach.  The later dates of his occupancy of Melton St are obviously incorrect as he was living in Yarmouth by the time of the 1891 census.  His children May and George were born in Melton in 1888 and 1890 respectively.
SHARPIN, James (b1864 Brinton) lived Paradise Row, Cromer Rd, Holt in April 1901 and The Old Workhouse, Holt, 4.1911 began his M&GN career in 1895, presumably as a Labourer as he was a Labourer from April 1901 until circa October 1929 when he retired.
SHARPIN, Leslie E W began his M&GN career after leaving Fakenham Grammar School as an Apprentice Engineer from November 1929 until early May 1934 when he became a Junior Loco Draughtsman in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept., when the works closed he went to Doncaster.  He married Althea Roberts, daughter of Herbert James Roberts.
SHAW, Husband = Frederick John, son of Horace, Wife = Freda Laura Newson, daughter of Walter James Newson.  Frederick, also known as John, was Chauffeur to Doctor Welch.
SHAW, Father = Horace (b1870 Briston), Mother = Susanna, children = Ida (b1894 Hunworth), Florence (b1897 Sharrington), Gladys (b1899 Sharrington), Lily (b1901 Sharrington), Horace (b1902 Sharrington), Frederick John (b1905 Sharrington), Eva (b1907 Sharrington), Sidney (b1910 Sharrington), William Kenneth (b 3rd qtr 1913), family lived Sharrington from April 1901 until April 1911 and 18 Melton St in June 1934.  Horace senior was a Gas Stoker in April 1901 and a Gasmaker at the Gasworks in April 1911.  Billy Shaw was an Apprentice Coach Painter from about 1931 until about 1936, he was probably William but as yet this has not been proven.
SHEPHERD, Father = John (b 1st qtr 1854 Plumstead), Mother = Anna (b1855 Norwich), children = Alfred Lewis (b1876 Ingworth), Selena (b1879 Southrepps), Lizzy (b1880 Southrepps), Leon William (b1883 Southrepps), Laura (b1885 Southrepps), Mildred (b1887 Briston), Kathleen (b1889 Briston), May F (b1891, Briston), Ethel (b1902 Briston), family lived near Patch, Briston, in April 1891 and Tithe Barn Corner, Briston, in April 1901.  John began his M&GN career in 1884, but as what is not known but he was a Wagon Builder from April 1891 until April 1901and a Wagon Repairer in 1924 when he retired.  At the time of the 1911 census he was shown as a Carpenter and living in Norwich with his son Alfred, who at that time was a Police Officer and Anna was still in Briston.  Alfred was a Labourer in April 1891.
SHEPHERD, Father = Leon William (b1883 Southrepps), son of John, Mother = Elsie, children = Jack, Marjorie, family lived 17 Melton St in June 1934.  Leon, also known as Beefy, worked in the Carriage and Wagon works in 1920.  He was the Works Policeman from November 1933 until the works closed.  Jack worked for the railway from November 1933 until the works closed, but what he did is not known.
SHINGLER, Father = Henry Sydney (b 3rd qtr 1878 Selattyn, Shropshire) Mother = Rosa Lane (b1882 Tarrant Gunville, Dorset), children = Ivy (b1909 Melton), Daisy (b1911), Violet (b1913), Gerald D (b1917), Rosemary H (b1923).  Henry lived Melton in April 1901, family lived Briston Rd from August 1909 until August 1910 and 16 Gordon Rd (which was named Selattyn) from August 1911 until June 1934.  Henry, also (always?) known as Dick, was a Coach Builder from 1893 until April 1911, and a Chargehand in the Carriage and Wagon Works from 1927 until closure.  Rosa was a Clerk in 1930.  Ivy was the Senior Shorthand Typist in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. and Albert Nash’s Secretary possibly from 1927 until the works closed.  She then went to Doncaster where she became Edward Thompson’s Secretary.  Gerald (possibly known as Dick) died when he was about 14 (actually 1st qtr 1933).
SHINGLES, John (b1881 Norwich) lived Gordon Rd from August 1911 until August 1915 and was a Coach Painter from April 1911 until August 1915.
SHIPLEY, Father = Samuel (b 3rd qtr 1857 Bedlington, Northumberland), Mother = Jessie A (b1858 Banff, Scotland), children = Charles Robert A (b 1st qtr 1880 Co. Durham), Harriett Ann (b 4th qtr 1882 Co. Durham), Frances (b 1st qtr 1885 Melton), Samuel (b1889 Melton), Blanch (b1891 Melton), Bernard (b1894 Melton), Enoch (b 3rd qtr 1895 Melton), Martha (b1898 Melton), Nellie (b1910 Melton), family lived 26 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1913.  Samuel was a Fireman in Gateshead, Co. Durham (recorded as James in 1881) most likely until 1883/84 before moving to Melton to presumably get his Driver’s check from at least 1885 until August 1915, he later moved to Cromer Beach and was Driver-in-Charge there when he retired circa December 1927.  His name is included in the list of names taken from the South Lynn Local Divisional Council meetings (for December 1922) but whether this indicates that he was based at South Lynn is not known.  Enoch was an Apprentice Carriage Builder in April 1911, he enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment during the First World War, later moving to the 1st/4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and was killed in action on 29th October 1916.  Charles was a Clerk in the Engineer’s Office from April 1901 until March 1906.  Samuel junior was a Police Officer in Norwich in 1911, Bernard was a railway worker (unspecified) in Newark-on-Trent in 1911 so possibly did not serve an apprenticeship at Melton.
SHRIMPLIN, William (b1861 Norwich) was a Sawyer on 21st September 1894 when he had the middle finger of his left hand cut off by the steam wood Planing machine in the works.  He was listed as a Sawyer in April 1891 living near Patch, Briston but whether he was working for the railway at this date is not known.
SILLETT, William George (b 4th qtr 1879, Bungay, Suffolk) was listed as a Machinist Railway Loco Works in the 1901 census and as he was an Engineer’s Machinist in a Steam Drifter Building in Oulton Broad in 1911 it is most likely he was an Apprentice in his final weeks before being dismissed.  In the 1901 census he is shown as living in Astley Terrace and the nephew of the head of the household, but there is no indication as to whom that might be, but his mother’s brother Robert William Deacon was Caretaker of the Railway Institute at that time and living in no. 12 Astley Terrace, the likelihood is that is where he was living.  Robert’s on-line census record makes no mention of William.
SIMMONDS, Father = John Robert (b 2nd qtr 1879 Yarmouth), Mother = Kate Hannah Gibson (b1883 Cambridge), children = John (b1903 Peterborough), Thomas (b1905 Peterborough), May Kathleen (b 3rd qtr 1911 Yarmouth), Kate E (b 3rd qtr 1915 Yarmouth), Robert W (b 2nd qtr 1923 Yarmouth), family lived 1 Burgh Beck Rd (later renumbered to 3) in June 1934 but moved shortly afterwards, presumably going to the Horse Shoes Inn, Briston.  By June 1956 John and Kate were living in 26 Burgh Beck Rd.  John and Kate were married in the 4th qtr of 1900 in Peterborough, John’s sister Emma Mary married Alfred George Vince.  John senior was a Fireman at Peterborough in April 1901 and possibly later a Driver during the First World War in the ROD before leaving to go to Argentina, he was shown as being a Publican in Yarmouth at the time of the 1911 census but how this fits in with all the other information is not known.  He later returned to Melton and ran the fish and chip Shop until about 1934, then going to the Horse Shoes Inn at Briston which they ran for 7 years up to circa 1941 before moving back to Melton to 26 Burgh Beck Rd?.  Robert was a Cleaner from 1941 to 1944 leaving the M&GN and going to Derby.  Kate Junior married Frank Morgan, May married James Pearce.
SIMMONDS, R, was a Plater in the Boiler Shop in 1920.
SIMMONS, Father = Elijah (b 1st qtr 1856 Great Ryburgh, Norfolk), Mother = Mary Ann (b1863 Great Fransham, Norfolk), children = Albert (b1888 Great Fransham), Ethel (b1899 Briston), Maud (b1902 Melton), Miriam (b 1st qtr 1903 Melton), Winifred (b1905 Melton).  Family lived Church Lane, Briston in April 1901 and Kitchener Rd from August 1903 until August 1911.  Elijah was a Machinist in April 1901 and a Storekeeper in April 1911, Miriam married Frank H Rayner.
SIMPSON, A, was a Signal Lineman from March 1904 until February 1913.  His district in 1904 was from Melton Constable to Cromer Beach to Mundesley and on to crossing no. 31; by 1913 this had changed to Melton Constable to no, 31 crossing and North Walsham to Newstead Lane Junction.
SIMPSON, Father = Job (b1870 Kings Lynn), children = Job (b1895 Blakeney, Norfolk), James Robert (b 1899 Blakeney, Norfolk), family lived Thornage in April 1911.  Job senior was a Coalman in April 1911 and Job junior was an Apprentice Whitesmith, it is probably Job junior who is shown as being a Tinsmith from 1929 until 1936, James was an Apprentice Coppersmith on 7th September 1915 when a Loco tyre fell on him and Frederick Redvers Browne, it badly smashed his right leg just above the ankle leading to the amputation of his foot.
SIMPSON, Father = John Banyard (b1858 Ipswich), Mother = Mary Ann (b1855 Beccles), child = Reginald Jack Sidney (b1897 Briston), family lived Briston Rd from August 1900 until August 1914 and moved to 4 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 49 Briston Rd) later (possibly remained in the same house but census recorded it as Briston Rd).  John was a Signal Linesman from April 1901 (probably 1897 or earlier) until April 1911.  Reginald was killed in action in the First World War.
SIMPSON, Robert Alfred (b 2nd qtr 1879 Kings Lynn) had been a Fireman but was removed from the footplate due to some unknown illness, he then appears to have been confined to the Running Sheds, working at Bourne, South Lynn and Peterborough at various dates as well as working at Melton (date not known).
SKILLINGS, Edmund James (but seemingly always known as Edward J or Ted) had a spell at Melton as a Clerk amongst his many other M&GN postings.
SKIPPER, William (b1855 Castleacre, Norfolk) was a Navvy in April 1881 so presumably working of the extension of the railway through Melton Constable.  He was lodging in Briningham with the family of Richard Oliver.
SLACK, Bert, was a Coalman/Labourer circa 1940 and also possibly a Platelayer.
SLADE, Husband = Charles Felix, (b 2nd qtr 1876 Croydon, Surrey), Wife = Helen M West (b1878 Holt).  Charles lodged Lower Sheringham in April 1901 and was an Engineering Pupil under William Marriott, he later became Assistant Resident Civil Engineer from 1902 until early 1911 when he resigned being succeeded by Albert Edward Langley.
SLATER, Arthur (b1867 Alfreton, Derbys) lived 6 Astley Terrace in August 1895, 16 Melton St from August 1896 until August 1903 and 1 Astley Terrace from August 1904 until August 1905 was a Foreman Blacksmith presumably between those dates.
SLAUGHTER, Father = Walter (b1855 Ingworth) lived near Nurseries, Stone Beck in April 1891 and was a Boilersmith probably from 1895 until April 1891 moving to a similar job possibly at South Lynn.
SLEGG, Husband = Alfred (b1855 Little Ryburgh), 1st Wife = Mary Jane Eggleton (b1858 South Creake, Norfolk, 2nd Wife = Maria Allen (b1861 Syderstone, Norfolk, children = Walter George (b1882 Ryburgh), Alice Jane (b1884 Swanton Novers), William George (b1886 Swanton Novers), Delabeare George (b1889 Yarmouth), Wilfred George (b 4th qtr 1890 Kings Lynn, although he is listed in censuses as Wilfred the only IBMD entry for that date is for an Alfred George), family lived 21 Melton St from August 1895 until August 1903.  Alfred was Foreman in the Carriage and Wagon Works presumably between those dates, by the time of the 1911 census he was (probably) a Carriage and Wagon Examiner at South Lynn, the same job that he had in 1891 before moving to Melton.  His first wife Mary, died in the 4th qtr 1895 and Alfred married Maria (who was listed as Housekeeper in the 1901 census) in the 1st qtr 1907.  Walter was an Apprentice Iron Moulder in April 1901 and a Carriage Cleaner possibly from 1906 until April 1911 at South Lynn or Kings Lynn, William was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1901 and a Locking Fitter at Sutton Bridge in April 1911, he later married Annie Triffitt, sister to Bertie & Herbert Triffitt.
SLEGG, Husband = Arthur Herbert (b1903 Melton) Wife = Constance Graveling. Arthur lived 4 Grove Rd from 1927 until June 1934 with his family.  Arthur and Constance were married in the 1st qtr of 1940 and in June 1956 lived 4 Grove Rd (which had been renumbered from 2) and later are thought to have moved to Briston Rd into the bungalow which had originally been built for Eden Codling.  Arthur, also known as Monkey, was a Tuber in the Boiler Shop from 1927 to 1934.  He was later a Porter, Guard and then a Shunter from circa May 1948 until circa August 1963.  He was a member of the Ambulance Team and of the Melton Park Cricket Club.
SLEGG, Father = William (b1860 Little Ryburgh, Norfolk), Mother = Emma Jane (b1870 East Dereham, Norfolk), children = Hilda, Ethel (twins, b1896 Swanton Novers), William (b1900 Melton), Arthur Herbert (b1903 Melton), Cyril Frank (b 1st qtr 1905 Melton), Reginald Clarence (b 4th qtr 1911 Melton), family lived Swanton Novers in 1896 and 4 Grove Rd (which was later renumbered to 8) probably from 1900 until June 1934.  William was a Carriage Fitter probably from 1896 until April 1911. William died in the 3rd qtr of 1924, either just before or just after he would have retired!  Cyril worked for the railway but what he did is not known, Reginald was an Apprentice Pattern Maker from 1931 until circa 1936, it is thought he was ‘established’ before the works closed and he had possibly left before that happened, moving to an aircraft company in Bristol.
SLOCOMBE, Father = Walter John (b1881 Cossington, Somerset), Mother = May Goward (b1881 Swanton Morley), children = Olive Constance (b1910 Melton), Clifford Wesley (b 2nd qtr 1912 Melton), Miriam M (b 2nd qtr 1919 Melton), family lived Briston Rd in August 1909 and 13 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 22 Grove Rd) from August 1910 until June 1934 (another source states Walter and May moved to Colville Rd from Kitchener Rd).  Walter came to Melton from Highbridge in Somerset and was a Boilermaker from 1903 until 1920 and Chargehand in the Boiler Shop from 1927 (possibly 1920) until closure whereupon he went to Laurence Scott in Norwich.  Clifford was an Apprentice in the Boiler Shop, leaving presumably when his apprenticeship finished, he married Elsie Dibden from Swindon.  Olive married Wilfred Morgan, Miriam never married.
SLOPER, William lived 6 Astley Terrace from August 1886 until August 1887 and presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.  In the 1891 census there was a William Sloper Iron Moulder and another William Sloper who was a Driver, both now working away from Norfolk?
SMITH, Alexander George Abel (b1846 Woodside, Worcestershire) lived 9 Melton St from August 1885 until April 1891 was a Driver from August 1885 until May 1893.
SMITH, B was a member of the Station Staff but what he did is not known.
SMITH, Husband = Charles (b1860 Thurning, Norfolk), Wife = Julia Ann Buddery (b1862 Briston), family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911. Charles commenced his service on the M&GN in 1898 presumably as a Platelayer as that was his job from April 1901 to April 1911, he was a Labourer (Platelayer?) circa October 1929 when he retired.
SMITH, Charlie, was a Shedman.
SMITH, D, worked for the railway in 1940 but what he did is not known.
SMITH, Donald, was a Fireman in 1940 having come from the LNER.
SMITH, G, was a semi-skilled Painter and decorator from 1929 until 1936.
SMITH, Father = George (b 13th March 1860 Moulton), 1st Mother = Mary Ann Ayton (b1864 Long Sutton), 2nd Mother = Sarah Hannah Bettles, nee Barney (b1872 Aldborough, Norfolk), children = Ethel (b1882 Long Sutton), Herbert Edward and Fanny (twins) (b 3rd qtr 1883 Whitwell), Hilda (b1888 Grimston), Ida (b1891 Grimston), Daisy (b1894 Stody) Ernest (b1896 Stody), Dorothy Kathleen (Dolly) (b1899 Melton), Ellen Winifred (b1904 Melton), Dorothy Rhoda I Bettles (step-daughter) (b 3rd qtr 1905 Briston), family lived 4 Briston Rd from August 1891 until August 1901 and 16 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 28 Grove Rd) from August 1902 until August 1914.  Mary appears to have died in the 4th qtr 1908 and George married Sarah in the 4th qtr of 1909, she was probably the widow of Charles Bettles who died in the Chesterton registration district in the 2nd qtr of 1909, and if this information is correct then the marriage took place after a very short period of mourning!  George began his M&GN career on 24th December 1874 as a Porter at Moulton until 25th March 1877 then transferred to Holbeach as a Clerk followed by Long Sutton and Kings Lynn.  He resigned on 27th January 1883 but by July 1886 he was Stationmaster at Grimston Rd (was his resignation anything to do with forthcoming amalgamations?) and in between his twins were born in 1883 in Whitwell so he may well have moved to there with the railway.  He was a Clerk from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Stores Accounts Clerk in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from December 1920 until he retired in June 1925.  He was a member of the Melton Constable Ambulance Class from 1902 until 1905.  Flosie (birth name not known) is thought to have worked for the railway, but as what is unknown.  Dolly married Thomas Edward Rayner as his second Wife.
SMITH, Father = Gilbert P, Mother = Gertrude S, children = Muriel, Stella, Olive, family lived 28 Melton St circa 1952 and moved to 4 Colville Rd in a house exchange with Frederick Holmes in about 1952 until June 1956.  Gilbert, also known as Gunboat, began his M&GN career in 1913 at Norwich City and transferred to Melton circa 1937 as Night Foreman.  He was Loco Charge Man in December 1946 until August 1953 when he was retained as Temporary Shed Man until his retirement circa April 1955.
SMITH, Gordon, also known as Popeye, was a Passed Cleaner in 1940 and a Fireman in 1942, possibly until 1956 and lived at Guestwick around this time and possibly lived 5 Astley Terrace in June 1956.
SMITH, Harry Victor (b 3rd qtr1885 Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk), was a Coach Painter in April 1911 living in Swanton Novers.  There is a Harry Smith listed as a Coach Painter (Apprentice?) in Stalham in 1901 but shown as being born 1881 in Swanton Abbot, possible the same person?
SMITH, Father = Henry (b1872 Perrip, Hants), Mother = Rose Anna Bambridge (b1868 Gunthorpe), children (all born Gunthorpe), Ethel Maud (b1896), Benjamin (b1897), Herbert V (b1898), Henry T (b1900), William (b1902), family lived Gunthorpe in April 1901 and Sharrington in April 1911.  Henry began his M&GN career in 1893, but as what is not known, he was a Storeman from 1896 until 1903 (listed as Stores Assistant in the 1901 census).  Although still listed as married in April 1911 it seems likely that Henry died in the 3rd qtr 1901 in the Yarmouth area.  Rose’s brother Walter Bambridge also worked for the railway.  (Caution, with a name as common as Smith there is a possibility that some of the information about marriage and therefore his wife’s maiden name and also his ‘reported’ death could be incorrect.)
SMITH, Father = Henry Valentine (b 14th February 1856 Congham, Norfolk), Mother = Mary A (b1852 North Wootton, Norfolk), child = Bertie (b1887 Kings Lynn), family lived 10 Astley Terrace from April 1891 until August 1907. Henry began his M&GN career in October 1880, but as what is not known, he was possibly involved with the construction of the M&GN as his previous employment was Contractor’s Labourer.  He was a Shunter from April 1891 until April 1901 and Foreman Shunter on 6th January 1908 when he had stepped backwards into the path of a shunting engine running on an adjoining siding after uncoupling some coaches from the 8.5 a.m. passenger train from Cromer, the loco almost amputated his leg.  His widow was paid £225/14/4 by the solicitors in settlement of a claim under the Workers Compensation Act.
SMITH, Husband = Herbert Edward (b 3rd qtr 1883 Whitwell), son of George, Wife = Adelaide Waters Symonds widow of Robert Edmund Symonds.  Herbert lived 4 Briston Rd in April 1901 and married Adelaide in the 3rd qtr 1920, family lived 3 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  Herbert was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1901 and a Carpenter from 1929 until 1936.
SMITH, James lived 12 Astley Terrace from August 1896 until August 1899 he presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.
SMITH, James (b1849 Gressenhall) lived Main St, Thornage in April 1891 was a Platelayer.
SMITH, Olive, was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.
SMITH, Percy, was a Shed Labourer in 1942.
SMITH, Father = Percy, Mother = Ruby, children = Gordon, Brian, Rowena, Ruby, Basil, David, Kenny, family lived 28 Melton St.  Percy worked in the Permanent Way Gang.
SMITH, Peter J, was Shed Master at Melton from autumn 1952 until early autumn 1953.
SMITH, William John (b between1862 & 1872 Thurning, Norfolk) lived Wood Dalling in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 and was a Platelayer between those dates.  His DOB given in censuses varies between 1865 and 1872 and the only William John recorded in Aylsham registration district was in the 1st qtr 1862.  There is a William Smith aged 28 in April 1891 and born in Thurning recorded as an Agricultural Labourer so quite possibly he is also the same person.
SMITH, first name unknown was a Shedman in December 1894, possibly the same person as Charlie?
SNELLING, Father = Frederick A, Mother = Violet Morgan (b 1st qtr 1901 Melton) daughter of Frederick William, children = June and one other daughter, the family lived in the Southampton area.  Fred was a Bus Driver in the Southampton area.  Violet worked in the Refreshment Rooms at Melton before moving to a similar job at Kings Cross before getting married.
SOUTHGATE, Father = Harry Cornish (b 3rd qtr 1874 Hindringham, Norfolk), Mother = Alice Maria Colman (b1879 Briningham), children = Alice Celia (b1899 Briningham), Charles Harry (b1902 Briningham), Frederick Robert (b1904 Briningham), Harriet Elizabeth (b1906 Melton), family lived near the village church, Briningham in April 1901, Gordon Rd from August 1905 until August 1913 and 26 Melton St in August 1914.  Harry was a Fireman from April 1901 until April 1911 and later a Driver at Cromer.  Alice’s brother Thomas Colman also worked for the railway.
SOUTHGATE, R, was a Driver from circa 1920 until 1927.
SOUTHGATE, Robert (b1860 Great Snoring, Norfolk) lived High St, Great Snoring in April 1891, Holt Rd Corner; Sharrington in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Coach Painter from April 1891 until April 1901 but whether this was for the railway is not known, he was a Painter in the Carriage and Wagon Dept. in April 1911.
SPALDING, Percy James (b1890 Guist) lived Guist in April 1911 was a Cleaner.
SPEED, Samuel Phillips (b 1st qtr 1880 North Peterton, Somerset) lodged 18 Briston Rd in April 1901 with Charles Herbert Dyer was a Painter, presumably working on the railway.
SPENCER, Father = John (b1831 Brinton), Mother = Mary Ann (b1843 Stratton Strawless, Norfolk), children (all born in Sharrington) = John Frederick (b1863), William James (b 3rd qtr 1868), Arthur Edward (b 2nd qtr 1870), Alice Maude M (b1874), Walter Francis (b 1st qtr 1882), Herbert (b1885), family lived Cottage, Sharrington in April 1891.  Arthur was a Gas Fitter in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known, ne appears to have died in the 1st qtr 1900 in Essex, Alice married Freddy Jackson.
SPENCER, Father = Walter Francis (b 1st qtr 1882 Sharrington), son of John, Mother = Florence Harriet A Jackson, daughter of Jacob, child = Ivy (b1910 Briston).  Walter lodged Briston in April 1901 with his sister Alice and brother in law Freddy Jackson, Walter and family lived Briston in April 1911.  Walter was a Blacksmiths Striker in April 1901 and a Labourer in April 1911.
SPENCER, Walter, was a Carriage Lifter from 1927 until 1934, possibly Walter Francis above.
SPENCER, William James (b 3rd qtr 1868 Sharrington), son of John, lived Briston in April 1901 was a Machinist.
SPOONER, Sidney (b1883 Ormesby St Michael) began his M&GN career on 30th October 1898 as a Tool Boy in the Relaying Gang.  He was a Labourer in April 1901 and Platelayer in April 1911, both presumably in the Hemsby Gang as that was where he was living and he was promoted to Ganger of the Extra Gang in 1928 and remained as such until his retirement on 5th November 1948.
SPRUCE, Father = Miles (b1849 Barnham Broom, Norfolk), Mother = Mary Ann (b1851 Sprowston, Norfolk) children (all born in Norwich) = Lydia (b1872), Laura Martha (Louisa) (b1874), Lily Eliza (Libby) (b1876), Alfred Robert M (b1877), Elizabeth Lotty (b1879), Albert Robert (b1881), Robert Miles (b1884), Sidney William (still born or died soon after birth 1885), Dora Ada (b1889).  Miles was a Railway Blacksmith in Norwich in 1881, an Engine Smith in Yarmouth from April 1891 until April 1901 and a Boiler maker in April 1911 but it is unlikely that any of these jobs would be on the M&GN.  Albert, also known as Sinbad or Dinghy, was a Fireman and later a Driver at Peterborough but had probably commenced his railway career at Melton Constable, but when and as what is not known, he married Miss F Rawlings, the daughter of a Firelighter at Peterborough East.  Elizabeth married Albert Morgan senior, Lydia married Stephen Linder, Dora married a Mr Southey and their son Clifford became a Driver at Yarmouth Southtown.
STACEY, C R, also known as John, was Shed Master at Melton circa October 1953 having previously been a Learner Mechanical Foreman at Cambridge Loco.
STANGROOM, Husband = Walter (b 21st June 1860 Norwich), Wife = Sarah (b1863 Norwich), children = Walter (b1885 Melton), Bertie (b1889 Melton), family lived 19 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1894.  Walter senior began his M&GN career in 1882 but as what is unknown, he was a Fitter in April 1891, Fitter at Yarmouth Beach in April 1911, Loco Inspector at Yarmouth Beach in July 1911 and Running Shed Foreman at Yarmouth from June 1923 until he retired in about December 1925.  Walter junior was an Apprentice Fitter at South Lynn and later as a Fitter in Yarmouth, Bertie was a Draughtsman in the Loco Dept. at Yarmouth in April 1911, whether he had served an apprenticeship at Melton is not known.
STANGROOM, Father = Walter John (b 30th March1880 Norwich), Mother = Gertrude May Gibson (b1885 Cambridge), children = Rose (b1906 Peterborough), Marjorie (b1910 Melton), family lived Gordon Rd from August 1906 until August 1913, Kitchener Rd in August 1914 and No. 1 Council Cottages, Fakenham Rd at the time of the 1939 war census.  Walter was a Fireman at Peterborough in April 1901and lodging with Gertrude’s family and likewise a Fireman at Melton in April 1911.  He has been noted as being a Driver from about 1906 until 1940, presumably the earlier date being incorrect (Passed Fireman perhaps?), retiring on 15th April 1944.  He has also been noted as being a Driver at Yarmouth in 1929.  Gertrude’s brother Arthur Charles Gibson also worked for the railway.
STANTON, George Thomas lived 4 Astley Terrace from August 1886 until August 1889 presumably worked for the railway but what he did is unknown.  A George Thomas Stainton was a N.E.R. Carriage Inspector at York in 1911, possibly the same person?
STAPLETON, Father = Ernest Sydney N (b 4th qtr 1909 Horstead, Norfolk), Mother = Doris Reynolds, daughter of Wallace Herbert Reynolds, child = Brenda.  Family lived 9 Melton St in June 1956.  Ernest was a Fireman from 1940 to 1944, Passed Fireman in 1947 and later a Driver.  He drove the last passenger train from Sheringham and finished as a Driver at Norwich Thorpe.
STARLING, William, also known as Cinderbill, was probably a member of the Footplate Crew and later a Driver at Norwich Thorpe
STEELE, Wilfred, was a Cleaner from 17th July 1930, although this does not appear to have been his first job.  He was made Fireman on the Yard Shunter later that year but then made redundant, returning the next year as a Cleaner again.  He then worked as a Crossing Keeper for the sugar beet season, but where is not known, before being made redundant again.  He returned once more as a Cleaner, but this time at Peterborough and returned to Melton as either a Cleaner or Passed Cleaner from 1936 until 1939 before leaving to go to Stamford although he has been ‘placed’ as a Fireman in 1940.  He returned from 1945 until 1955 as either a Passed Fireman or Driver before finally leaving to go to Haverhill.
STEERS, Thomas (b1870 Apsley Guise, Beds) lodged at 9 Melton St in April 1891 with Alexander George Abel Smith began his M&GN career on 18th August 1890, probably as a Clerk at Melton.  He was a booking Office Clerk from April 1891 until July 1893, he married Sophia Elizabeth Codling, daughter of Henry, proprietor of the Hastings Arms and was living in Halifax by April 1901 and Henry, his Wife Elizabeth and young daughter Muriel were living there with him.
STEVENS, Husband = Edward Walter (b1869 West Tytherley, Hants), Wife = Charlotte Wakefield (b1864 Gunthorpe), family lived Sharrington in April 1911and Walter was a Platelayer.
STEWART, Edward (b1857 Kirkley St. Peter, Suffolk), lived 6 Astley Terrace from April 1891 until August 1893 was a Fitter presumably between those dates.
STIMPSON, Father = Henry Thomas (b1869 Briston), Mother = Deborah (b1869 Normanton, Yorks), children = Henry William Thomas (b1892 Briston), Deborah Constance, family lived Reepham Rd, Briston in April 1891, 10 Gordon Rd from August 1909 until June 1934 and later to Burgh Beck Rd in late 1934/early 1935.  Henry senior was a Coach Painter in April 1901 and a Painter and Decorator (for the railway) from April 1911 until 1930, possibly specialising in sign writing and graining.  He is shown as being a Painter in April 1891, but whether this was for the railway is not known.  He is probably the same person noted as J Stimpson.  Henry junior was an Apprentice Carriage Painter in April 1911 but there is some confusion as his occupation when he signed up to join the Norfolk Regiment in January 1911 was given as an Engine Painter.  There is no mention of being in the Territorial’s, so presumably he was full time in which case his 1911 census return occupation seems a mystery.  He was discharged from the Army on 14th January 1916, at that time serving with the 61st Provisional Battalion Territorial Force as his period of engagement was over.  Again there is some mystery as it is unlikely he would have been released at that stage of the hostilities.  It is more likely that he was invalided out as he died on 13th November 1918 and his grave is recognised as a war grave.
STIMPSON, J, was a Painter and Decorator from 1929 to 1936, probably the same person as Henry Thomas Stimpson.
STIMPSON, W T (b1895) was a District Relief Porter on the Traffic Staff in September 1936.
STIRLING, first name unknown was possibly an Engineering Pupil.
STOKES, Tom Charles W, was a Cleaner at Melton in 1931/32, one of his numerous M&GN appointments.
STOLWORTHY, Father = Herbert George (b.6th February 1860 North Quay, Yarmouth), Mother = Amelia Fish (b1862 Yarmouth), children = Herbert Fish (b1883 Yarmouth), Constance Amelia (b1886 Yarmouth), Percival George (b1888 Melton), Dora Alice (b 6th July 1890 Melton), Muriel (b1892 Melton), Winifred (b1894 Melton) Stanley Arthur (b1897 Melton), family lived 17 Melton St probably from August 1885 until August 1899, 10 Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and 1 Grove Rd (later renumbered to 2 and also 50 Briston Rd at some date) from August 1905 until August 1913.  (The occupant of 17 Melton St from 1885 until 1892 in the Electoral Register is recorded as Albert Stolworthy but there is no trace of an Albert and the 1891 census records the head as Herbert).  Family later moved to a house named ‘Berera’ circa 1915, but it is not known where this was situated (possibly on the privately owned North side of Briston Rd or one of the roads off of it.).  Herbert senior was a Signal Fitter in 1885 and was shown as being a Joiner and Pattern Maker in April 1891.  He was described as a Railway Carpenters Foreman at the time of the 1901 census and a Foreman in the Signal Dept. from October 1901 (possibly one and the same?) and is shown in the 1911 census as being ‘Works Manager Railway Works’.  He died on 25th March 1919, one of the casualties of the Spanish Flu epidemic, his obituary gave his position as ‘Works Manager of the Signal and Works Department.  He was a parish councillor and parish overseer and taught woodwork at the institute evening classes.  Herbert’s younger brother, John Arthur also worked for the railway at Sutton Bridge.  Herbert junior was an Apprentice Carpenter working under his father, possibly in the Signal Dept.  He went to work for Boulton and Paul in Norwich, presumably when his apprenticeship had finished.  Percival was an Apprentice Pattern Maker and went to live in Australia as a farmer, presumably when his apprenticeship finished.  He later returned at the outbreak of the First World War to join the army and married Alice Sadler from Briston.  Stanley was an Apprentice in the Drawing Office and left to join the army at the outbreak of the First World War, Constance married Stanley Webber, son of George Fletcher Webber in June 1908.
STONE, Charles H (b 2nd qtr 1874 Derby) lodged (or lived?) 5 Colville Rd from August 1897 until August 1902 and 6 Colville Rd from August 1903 until August 1914 (the 1901 census shows him as lodging in West End Briston with John Barney who is thought to be the father in law of Charles Hubbard Bettles and in the 1911 census he was lodging in Swanton Novers) so there is obviously some confusion somewhere.  Charles was a Tinsmith in April 1901 and a Metaller (White Metal Worker?) in April 1911.  Possibly he is the same person as Charles below.
STONE, Charles was a Coppersmith in the Fitting Shop in May 1917, possibly being Chargehand from January 1923 until 1934.
STONE Chris was a Fitter in 1928 and was a member of the railway institute football club in 1927.
STONE, Father = Christopher Martin (b 1st qtr 1868 Derby), Mother = Annie (b1869 Aldborough, Norfolk), children (all born in Melton) = Stanley Joseph (b 2nd qtr 1900), Beatrice (b1906), Christopher (b1906), Kathleen (b1908).  Christopher lodged 7 Melton St in April 1901 with John Waldron, family lived 6 Colville Rd in April 1901 and Melton in April 1911.  Christopher was a Coppersmith from April 1891 until April 1911.
STRANGLEMAN, Father = William (b1861 East Rudham), Mother = Mary Ann Esther Scott (b1863 Briston), children (all born in Briston)= Herbert George (b 3rd qtr 1884), William John (b1888), Harriett S A (b 3rd qtr 1890), Albert Thomas (b 3rd qtr 1892), John Scott (b 2nd qtr 1894), Arthur Charles (b 3rd qtr 1895), Charles Edward (b 3rd qtr 1897), Anna Clara (b 3rd qtr 1899, died 1902), Mabel Susanna (b 1st qtr 1901, died 1901), family lived Long Yard, Briston in April 1891 and Gloucester Terrace, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  William senior was a Platelayer from April 1891 until April 1911 and Ganger of the Extra Gang from June 1916 until he retired possibly due to ill health about December 1921.  Herbert was an Apprentice Blacksmith in April 1901, Harriett married Cyril Colman, Albert was a Platelayer in April 1911; John was a Cleaner in April 1911; Arthur was an Apprentice bricklayer in April 1911.
STRANGLEMAN, Husband = William John (b1888 Briston), son of William, Wife = May Waldron, daughter of John Waldron, William lived Briston in April 1911.  William was possibly an Apprentice Cabinet Maker and later a Body Maker in April 1911.  He emigrated to Canada in 1913 where he worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway and May followed in 1914, they were married in Canada.
STRIKE, Ernest William (b 2nd qtr 1890 Hindolveston) lived Hindolveston in April 1911 was a Blacksmith’s Striker.
STRIKE, G, was a Blacksmith from 1927 until 1934.
STRUTT, Husband = Alfred John (b1885 Briston), Wife = Rose Whittington (b1883 Canterbury).  Alfred lived Briston in April 1911, family lived 21 Kitchener Rd (later renumbered to 9) from June 1934 until June 1956.  Alfred, also known as Bally, was a Porter in April 1911, so the reference which shows him as being a Shunter from 1907 until about 1924 is probably incorrect for the earlier date, also during this period he served in the First World War.  He was a Goods Guard from September 1936 until 1950.  Rose was shown in the 1911 census as being a Bar Attendant for G an R Company, if this was in any way connected with the railway then it would not have been serving alcohol.  Rose was lodging in Melton in April 1911 and although it is very likely she was the Rose Whittington who married Alfred it has so far not been proven.
STRUTT, C, was a Guard from 1942 until 1952.
STRUTT, George (b1861 Briston) lived Hall St, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer in the works from April 1891 until he retired circa October 1928, he was shown as being a Labourer in the Carriage and Wagon Dept. in April 1911.
STRUTT, Walter Charles, was shown as a Navvy in April 1901 living near Briston Common, Thurning, he was a Platelayer in 1914, Sub Ganger in the Briston Gang and later Works Shunter/Ballast Guard.
SUFFOLK, Husband = Charles Elijah (b1868 Norwich), Wife = Charlotte E (b1866 Norwich), family lived 21 Colville Rd from August 1899 until August 1914.  Charles was in charge of the Loco Stores from April 1901 until he retired on 29th October 1929.  Family later moved to 12 Gordon Rd.
SUMMERFIELD, Father= Alfred (b1875 Peterborough), Mother = Susan Jill, children = Winifred, Reginald, Nellie May, family lived 3(?) Ferndale Terrace from August 1899 until August 1901 and 20 Briston Rd in August 1902.  Alfred was a Railway Engine Fitter presumably between those dates.
SWANN, Alan, was a Driver in February 1959 and moved to either Bury St. Edmunds or Sudbury when the line closed.
SWANN, J W, was Loco Running Foreman from July 1949 until July 1956 having previously been at Annersley and going to March.
SYKES, Percy Ewart (b1879 Heckmondwike, Yorkshire) lodged Burgh Beck Rd in April 1901 with Alfred Horace Martin was a Locomotive Pattern Maker.
SYMONDS, F, worked for the railway in 1947 but what he did is not known.
SYMONDS, Fred, also known as Poker, worked for the railway, but as what is not known.
SYMONDS, Father = Robert Edmund (b1879 Kings Lynn), Mother = Adelaide Waters Grange(r) (b1879 Downham Market), children = Robert George (b1902 Guestwick), Kathleen Mary (b1904 Guestwick), Frederick Arthur (b1906 Guestwick).  Robert and Adelaide were married in the 1st qtr 1901 in the Freebridge Lynn registration area and lived in Grimston in April 1901.  Robert was a Signalman at Grimston in April 1901, presumably he moved to Guestwick but what his job was is not known, he presumably moved again to Melton as that was where his death was recorded in the 4th qtr 1910 and where his widow Adelaide was living in April 1911.  Adelaide married Herbert Edward Smith in the 3rd qtr 1920.
TABERHAM, A was a Platelayer in the Briston Gang in 1934, later becoming Ganger.  It is likely that this is Archie Willie although this has not been proven.
TABERHAM, Father = Archie Willie (b1882 Briston), Mother = Maria Elizabeth Bacon, children = Archie F R (b 4th qtr 1904 Paddington?), Victor Alexander W (b 1st qtr 1906 Paddington), Dorothy A E (b1908 Paddington), Gordon Charles,  Percival G (b 6th November 1911), Bernard R (b 3rd qtr 1914), Jesse H (b 1st qtr 1917), Donald (b 2nd qtr 1919, Florence M H M (b 1st qtr 1922), Jerrold E (b 1st qtr 1925).  Archie lived Briston in April 1901.  Archie senior was a Blacksmith’s Striker in April 1901 although it does appear that he left the railway sometime after the 1901 census as he was married in Paddington in the 3rd qtr of 1904 and is recorded as being eligible to vote there also.  There is also confusion about his actual name as there was no Archie Willie recorded as being born in Briston in 1882 but there was a Frederick William; also a Frederick William is recorded as enlisting in the army in 1916 aged 33 but an Archie W’s death is recorded in the 1st qtr 1952 in Fakenham aged 70 and just to confuse matters further Frederick W’s death is recorded in the 2nd quarter 1957 aged 74 also in Fakenham.  Archie junior spent several years in the army and on discharge had several jobs (on the railway?), one of which was in the Loading Gang in the Sheet Factory; it is thought unlikely that he was a Wheel Tapper although he is recorded as such in 1940 and is recorded as living in Woodfield, Briston.  It is possible this record is an amalgamation of facts from different people.  Percival began his M&GN career on 29th June 1936 probably in the Extra Gang for several years, probably being there in 1940, he later became a Sub Ganger in the Holt B Gang from December 1963 until July 1964 and living in Holt.  He was later made a Platelayer again about July 1964 during the staff reductions but retained his Sub Gangers’ pay.  Bernard was an Apprentice Coachbuilder from 1931 until about 1936, later moving to Eastern Coachworks at Lowestoft, presumably when his apprenticeship finished although in the 1940’s he is recorded as being a Chargehand Wagon Repairer in the 1940’s and about May 1950 he was promoted to Foreman of the Wagon Repair Works.  Jesse was a Wagon Builder’s Mate from 1931 until the works closed after which he possibly became a Labourer.  Donald may have worked for the railway, finally ending up in the Carriage and Wagon Dept. at Ipswich.  Jerrold, also known as Gerald or Gerry had several jobs (on the railway?) including being a Wagon Repairer in 1951 before finally becoming at Platelayer.
TABERHAM, E worked at Melton until 1934 when he moved to Peterborough but what he did in both locations is unknown.
TABERHAM, Father = Gordon Charles (b 4th qtr 1909 Paddington), son of Archie Willie, Wife = Florence E S Haysman, daughter of Jesse, child = Marlene J.  Gordon probably began his M&GN career as a Greaser Boy, later becoming a Labourer in the Carriage and Wagon works for several years.  He was also possibly a Wagon Lifter before becoming a Carriage and Wagon Works Examiner.  He was brother-in-law to Frank Goffin.
TABERHAM, J, Miss, was a Clerk in the Sheet Factory and left circa January 1963, going to the TMO’s Office in Norwich.
TABERHAM, Rosie worked in the Refreshment Rooms.
TABERHAM, Victor was possibly a Driver before going to Peterborough (M&GN?).
TANN, Derik, worked in the Sheet Factory.
TAYLOR, Albert Ernest (b 4th qtr 1868 Burnham Market) lodged (?) Ferndale Terrace from August 1906 until August 1909 and 4 Briston Rd in April 1911 with Donald Mann was a Telegraph Wireman from April 1901 until April 1911 lodging in South Lynn at the earlier date.  He was a Ganger when he died in service on 9th June 1929
TAYLOR, Charles (b1883 Holt) lodged 4 Briston Rd in April 1911 with Donald Mann was a Lampman.
TAYLOR, Ernest James (b 3rd qtr 1896 Foulsham) lodged 4 Briston Rd in April 1911 with Donald Mann was an Apprentice Fitter, his brother George Brockwell Taylor also worked for the railway.
TAYLOR, George Brockwell (b1881 Holt) lived The Street, Foulsham in April 1901 and lodged Melton in April 1911 with Robert Hunt.  George was a Signal Fitter in April 1901 but whether this was for the M&GN is not known, he was a Lampman in April 1911, his brother Ernest James Taylor also worked for the railway.
TAYLOR, J, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
TAYLOR, Jack A began his M&GN career circa August 1950 as Shed Master having previously been Technical Assistant Motive Power at Liverpool St and went to Hatfield as Shed Master circa July 1951.
TAYLOR, Robert, was a Shedman.
TAYLOR, Thomas was an Assistant Fitter in the Loco Shed from 1940 until December 1946.
TEMPLE, Father = Bert, child = John W.  Bert was a Porter.
TEMPLE, D was a Fireman possibly around 1947, probably the same person as John.
TEMPLE, Husband = John W, son of Bert, Wife = Barbra J, family lived 2 Melton St in June 1956.  John was a Cleaner in about 1945 and later a Fireman possibly by about February 1947.
THOMPSON, Freddie/Fred, was an Apprentice Pattern Maker possibly from 1931 until 1936.
THOMPSON, Father = Frederick (b1873 Little Ryburgh, Norfolk), Mother = Florence Mary (b1878 Fakenham), children = Dorothy (b1896 Langor Bridge), Alfred (b1898 Langor Bridge), Eve (b1900 Little Ryburgh), Alice (b1903 Langor Bridge), Bertie Frederick (b1905 Briston), Walter (b1907 Briston), family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston, in April 1901 and 30 Colville Rd from August 1900 until June 1934.  Frederick, also known as Sprassy, was a Fireman in April 1901 and a Driver from April 1911 until 1940 although he has been recorded as a Fireman at Yarmouth Beach for the Summer Season in 1917 and a Driver there from 1933 to 1940, again possibly for the Summer Seasons.  He has been photographed a couple of times working the local trains from Yarmouth and so possibly went there on loan during the Summer Seasons.
THOMPSON, John (b1876 Weasenham) lived Ferndale Terrace from August 1899 until August 1914 and 8 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 22) in June 1934 was a Blacksmith from April 1901 until 1934.
THORPE, Arthur Frederick (b1868 Norwich) lived 22 Melton St from April until August 1901 and Gordon Rd from August 1902 until August 1908 was a Driver, presumably between those dates.  He had previously been a Fireman in Norwich, Driver in Cromer and Driver in Norwich in April 1911.
THWAITES, Arthur Sinden (b1885 Brinton) lived Sharrington in April 1901 was a Junior Clerk in April 1901.  His sister Edith married Arthur Quinton Newman.
TIMS, J, was a Driver (?) in 1907.
TODD, Bert (b1887 Sharrington) lived Hindolveston in April 1911 was a Labourer.
TOLLEY, Father = Hugh, Mother = Lilian Eva, children = Joan, Barbara, Bessie and possibly one son whose name is not known, family lived 4 Briston Rd (which was later renumbered to 14) in June 1934.  Hugh came from Derby in 1930 and was the Erecting Shop (or Fitting Shop?) Foreman in 1930.  He took over from Charles Dyer as Chief Foreman, but only on an acting basis when Charles retired in January 1936 and possibly moved into 28 Melton St, he moved back to Derby when the works closed.
TOLLIDAY, first name unknown, began his M&GN career as a Blacksmith’s Labourer in November 1928.  His brother, Harry worked for the M&GN at Sutton Bridge.
TOMBLIN, Father = John William (b 12th December 1866 North Luffenham, Rutland), Mother = Alice (b1862 North Luffenham), children = John William (b 20th November 1887 Wisbech), Mary Emma (b1890 Wisbech, died 1895), Elsie Lucy (b1896 Wisbech), Esther Alice (b1898 Wisbech), Lilian Eliza (b1905 Wisbech), family lived 15 Colville Rd (later renumbered to 26 Grove Rd) from August 1909 until August 1914.  John, also known as Plums, began his M&GN career on 1st January 1885 having transferred from the Midland Railway, but as what is not known.  He was a Labourer in April 1891 (living a few doors away from Robert Meynell) and a Permanent Way Sub Inspector at Wisbech from 1st January 1895 until 1906 before transferring to Melton as Assistant Permanent Way Inspector, he remained as such until 1919 when he was appointed Chief Permanent Way Inspector following the death of David Vickery and remained as such until his retirement on 2nd January 1932.  He died on 20th July 1950.
TOMBLIN, Father = John William, (b 20th November 1887 Wisbech), son of John William, Mother = Eliza A Baker, children = Frank W (b 3rd qtr 1913), Eva E (b 3rd qtr 1915).  John, also known as Young Plums, began his M&GN career on 30th October 1911 as a Carpenter in the Loco Dept.  He remained there until 1st June 1914 when he transferred to the Engineer’s Dept. as a Temporary Chargehand, but what his actual job was is not known.  He was promoted to Chargehand proper on 25th October 1920 and remained there until being promoted again to Foreman grade 4 of the Concrete Shop possibly on 9th November 1925 (day and month obliterated from record), and it is possible that during this period he is mistakenly shown as being Chief Permanent Way Inspector from 1929 to 1936 (also possibly being confused with his father).  He was promoted again, this time to Clerk of the Works at Sutton Bridge on 26th May 1930 and remained there until transferred to Peterborough on 18th January 1937.  As this information is taken from staff records it is possible that Sutton Bridge station was transferred to the Peterborough District rather than William moving jobs, but as yet this is not known. 
TOMLING, W is shown as being the Relaying Gang Inspector before retiring, it is thought likely that this should be John William (Plums) Tomblin.
TOWNEND, Peter, was Shed Master for approximately 6 months in 1949 having previously been a Progressman at Norwich Thorpe, he returned there after his stay at Melton and then occasionally did relief Shed Master duties at Yarmouth Beach.
TOWNSHEND, Jack, worked for the railway from July 1936 until 1942, but as what is not known.
TRIFFITT, Bertie, was a Clerk at Melton Constable amongst his many postings but at what date is not known.
TUCK, Father = Frederick Charles (b1873 Great Snoring, Norfolk), Mother = Emma Jane Fox (b1871 Swanton Novers), child = Wilfred Charles (b 3rd August 1900).  Frederick lodged Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1891, family lived Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901.  Frederick was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known, he was a Wagon Builder in April 1901.  He appears to have left the railway by April 1911 as he was recorded as a Grocer in 1911.  He returned later and was a Carpenter in the Loco Dept. from 1927 until December 1936.   Wilfred, also known as Friar Tuck, began his M&GN career on 5th April 1915 as a Telegraph Messenger and Learner Telephonist.  He remained here until about April 1916 when he became a Junior Clerk at Thursford until March 1917.  He was at Tydd for the fruit season, and then spent two weeks at both Fakenham then Stalham before moving to Norwich Booking Office in October 1917.  This was followed by a spell at Yarmouth Beach for the fishing season, one week at Tydd in December then on to TMO where he remained until June 1918 before going back to Tydd, Stalham and Yarmouth Beach before arriving in Lowestoft for the fishing season in 1918.  It is not known for sure if he was still a Junior Clerk at this stage.  He went back to TMO that same month in the Rates Dept. (General Rates Section?), but by now was an established Clerk and remained in this section until about 1922 when he was promoted to Senior Clerk in the Rail and Road Section of the Rates Dept.  He remained there until TMO closed whereupon he went to the West Norfolk District Goods and Passenger Managers’ Office at Norwich Thorpe but working mainly from home.
TUCK, Herbert Edward (b1885 Banham, Norfolk) lodged Giles Rd, Swanton Novers in April 1901 with Frederick Charles Tuck was an Apprentice Wagon Builder.  He joined the Army Service Corps in 1905 and died in the 1st qtr 1909 in the Woolwich registration district.
TUCK, William was Loco charge man, nothing further known is about him.
TUDDENHAM, Edwin was a Relief Signalman before being Signalman at Whitwell in 1955, Signalman in the West box in February 1958 and in the East box from circa June 1959 until 4th April 1964 when he moved to Norwich Thorpe although he returned to Whitwell and Reepham box later in 1964 until August 1965.
TUDDENHAM, Lennard William (b1898), was a District Relief Porter in September 1936.
TUDDENHAM, first name unknown, was a Guard.
TUDOR, John (b1874 Stratford, Essex) lived Ferndale Terrace from August 1899 until August 1902 was a Fitter presumably from at least 1898 when his son was born there until August 1902.
TUFFS, Charles Frederick (b 3rd qtr 1873 Gaywood) lodged West End, Briston, in April 1901 and lived Briston Rd from August 1909 until August 1912 and was a Clerk presumably between those dates.
TURBETT, Father = Alexander Stewart (b1854 Edinburgh), Mother = Isabella H Young (b1857 Alnwick, Northumberland), children = Elizabeth Jane (b1877 Gateshead), Thomas John (b1878 Gateshead), Richard (b1881 Gateshead), Alexander Steward (b1882 Hempton), Christina Stewart (b1884 Gaywood), Robert Stewart (b1886 Kings Lynn), William Young (b1888 Kings Lynn), Watson (b1891 Kings Lynn), Louisa (b1892 Kings Lynn), family lived 28 Melton St from August 1903 until August 1914 (named ‘Chudleigh’ in the 1911 census), Isabella died in 1902.  Alexander senior probably came from Galashiels Shed on the NBR in 1881 as a Driver, at that time based in Fakenham.  In 1884 he is recorded as being a Driver at South Lynn until 1902.  In 1904 he was recorded as being Loco Running Foreman at Melton Constable and probably remained as such until his death on 9th February 1917.  In April 1911 he was recorded as Locomotive Day Foreman and lodging with him at that date was Henry Bull who was recorded as Locomotive Night Foreman.  He was a member of the Sectional Conciliation Board no 1 in 1912.  His brother Thomas J was also a Loco Running Foreman at Spalding.  Thomas was a Clerk and later Stationmaster, Richard was a Fitter at Kings Lynn in April 1901 and later that year enlisted in the Navy and was killed in action on 15th March 1918 when his submarine was sunk.  Alexander junior was a Driver at South Lynn and later Loco Running Foreman there; Watson was an Engineering Apprentice at Melton in April 1911.
TURNER, Father = Frederick George (b1864 Snettisham, Norfolk), Mother = Ellen Maria Oliver (b1861 Stody), children = Mabel Rose (b1887 Bawburgh, Norfolk), Ethel May (b1890 Thornage), Francis Oliver (b1895 Briston), family lived 21 Briston Rd from August 1899 until August 1902 and Briningham in April 1911.  Frederick was a Clerk from April 1901 until April 1911 and is shown as being a Paysheets Clerk from October until December 1923.  Francis was an Apprentice Boilermaker in April 1911, he enlisted in the army and was killed in action on 2nd February 1915 in Flanders.
TURNER, H, (b1863) began his M&GN career circa 1900 but as what is not known, he was a Semi-Skilled Carpenter when he retired circa July 1929, probably Henry Charles (below).
TURNER, Father = Henry (b1862 Derby), Mother = Elizabeth (b1864 Derby), child = Samuel (b1890 Derby), family lived Hall St, Briston in April 1891.  Henry was a Coachbuilder in April 1891 but whether this was for the railway is not known, by 1901 he was a coach body builder in Derby.
TURNER, Husband = Henry Charles (b 4th qtr 1861 Briston), Wife = Sarah Ann Elizabeth Bambridge (b1869 Briston), family lived Briston in April 1911 when Henry was a Labourer, probably Henry (above).
TURNER, first name not known, was a Carpenter in the Signal Dept.
TWIDDY, Father = Alfred James Riches, (b1867 Briston), son of Isaac, Mother = Hannah Maria Brownsell (b1871 Briston), child = Ethel Florence (b1904 Briston).  Alfred lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston in April 1901, family lived Briston in April 1911.  Alfred was a Blacksmith’s Striker from April 1901 until April 1911.
TWIDDY, Basil H (b 4th June 1915) lived in Edgefield February 1964 to February 1966 began his M&GN career on 25th February 1946, but as what is not known.  He was a Platelayer in the Holt A gang in August 1963.  He later moved to the Sheringham gang about July 1964 during the staff reductions.
TWIDDY, C, was Ganger in the Briningham gang in 1934.
TWIDDY, Husband = George, Wife = Emily Oliver, daughter of Samuel George.  George was a Riveter in the Boiler Shop in 1920 and a Boilersmith when the works closed, whereupon he went to Doncaster.
TWIDDY, Herbert, began his M&GN career in 1914, but what he did is not known.  He is shown as being a Chargehand from 1929 until 1936, but not whereabouts, he was a Foreman in the Concrete Shop, probably when the works closed whereupon he went to the Concrete Depot at Lowestoft.
TWIDDY, Father = Isaac James (b1844/1848 Briston), Mother = Charlotte Alice (b1847 Briston), children (all born in Briston) = Alfred James Riches (b1867), James (b1871), Herbert (b1876), Alice (b1877), Ernest William (b 2nd qtr 1879), Esther Maud (B1881), Emmeline (b1884), Flossie (b1885), family lived Long Yard, Briston, from April 1891 until 1911.  Isaac was a farm Labourer from April 1891 until April 1911; Ernest was a Labourer in the Loco Dept. in April 1911, Alice married Edgar Miller.
TWIDDY, Jack, was a Coach Painter from 1931 until the works closed.
TWIDDY, Father = James (b1871 Briston), son of Isaac, Mother = Ella Cletheroe (b1868 Briston), children = Herbert (b1894 Briston), Olive (b1896 Briston), Amy (b1898 Briston), Robert John (b1902 Briston), Albert (b1907 Briston), Frederick William (b1909 Briston).  James lived Long Yard, Briston, in April 1891, family lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston in April 1901 and Long Yard, Briston in April 1911.  James was a Coal Porter from April 1891 until April 1911, whether this was for the railway before 1911is not known but the 1911 census states M&GN.
TWIDDY, Husband = Robert John (b1902 Briston) son of James, Wife = Marion S Underwood (b1907).  Robert began his M&GN career on 30th November 1917 as a Junior Porter, he was a Traffic Staff Porter in September 1936 and probably until February 1939 and living at no. 18 gatehouse (Freshgap Lane) at the earlier date, where Marion was Female Crossing Keeper.
TWIDDY, first name not known, worked in the Fitting Shop in 1900, but what he did is not known.
TYRELL, Alfred lived 21 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1887 presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.
URQUHART, Jock lived in Hall St, Briston circa 1940 was either a Coalman or Labourer.  His name is thought to be Andrew and born in Dalmure in Dunbartonshire.  He married Eileen Hendry Jackson, daughter of James Herbert William Jackson.
UTTING, Charles (b1870 Sporle, Norfolk) lived Holt Rd, Thornage in April 1901 and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1902 until August 1907 was a Boilersmith presumably between those dates.
VICKERY, A, was a Permanent Way Inspector, almost certainly this is David Vickery.
VICKERY, Father = David Andrews (b 11th June 1854 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan), son of Henry Andrews, Mother = Matilda (b1859, Chudleigh, Devon), children = Frank (b1880 Hammersmith), Matilda (b1884 Caistor, (Caister?) Norfolk), Herbert (b1886 Melton), Emily (b1887 Melton), David (b1889 Melton), Maude (b1894 Melton), Arthur (b1900, Melton), family lived 28 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1902 and Reepham Rd, Briston in April 1911.  David senior began his M&GN career in 1882, probably as a Permanent Way Inspector at Yarmouth Beach.  He was the Chief Permanent Way Inspector (probably referring to the Eastern Section) from April 1891 until his death in 1919 having succeeded his father who had resigned from the post.  His district from March 1904 until February 1913 was from South Lynn to Norwich City, Cromer Beach, Yarmouth Beach, Mundesley, Trimingham and Overstrand.  He was a member of the sectional conciliation board no 3 in 1912.  David junior was a Fitter in the Loco Dept. in April 1911.  For some reason as yet unknown, the family all appeared to be known as Vickery on the railway, but David, his father Henry and all of David’s children were registered in the name of Andrews.
VICKERY, Father = Henry Andrews (b1830 Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset), Mother = Eliza (b1830 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan), child = David Andrews.  Henry was Chief Permanent Way Inspector on the Eastern and Midlands Railway, presumably living in Melton Constable.  He came from the Metropolitan Railway but resigned shortly after William Marriott was appointed Engineer in Chief and was succeeded as Chief Permanent Way Inspector by his son David.  In April 1891 he is recorded as being a Railway Conductor (contractor?) living in Pleasant House, Gaywood.  For some reason, as yet unknown, both Henry and his son David were known as Vickery but Henry and all of David’s children were registered in the name of Andrews!
VINCE, Father = Alfred George (b1874 Yarmouth), Mother = Emma Mary Simmonds, sister of John Robert, children = Alfred James (b 1st qtr 1903 Melton?), Percy George (b 3rd qtr 1904 Melton?), Herbert William (b 2nd qtr 1906), Emma Frances (b 2nd qtr 1908), Alice Elizabeth (b 2nd qtr 1910), James A (b 3rd qtr 1912), Margaret (Maggie) (b 2nd qtr 1915), family lived 5 Astley Terrace from August 1903 until the late 1930’s.  Alfred senior, usually referred to as George but also known as Bloater, was a member of the footplate crew from circa 1903 until circa 1906 and a Driver from April 1911 until circa 1940 when he retired.  Herbert served an apprenticeship and moved to Derby and joined the Police force, James, also known as Ishy, was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner, he served in the Second World War, left the railway and went to Barnards, married a girl from Holt and later emigrated to Australia.  Emma married Everitt Ives.  Alice married a Railway Clerk; Margaret also married a railway Clerk.
VINCE, Husband = Alfred James (b 1st qtr 1903 Melton?), son of Alfred George, Wife = Martha A Ives, children = Richard J, David T.  Alfred was a Blacksmith living in Briston.
VINCE, Father = Percy George (b 3rd qtr 1904 Melton?), son of Alfred George, Mother = Jessie Mann, daughter of Donald Mann, children = Leonard G, Margaret M, family lived 27 Colville Rd in June 1934.  Percy was a Machinist in the Fitting Shop from 1929 until the works closed whereupon he went to Laurence Scott in Norwich.
WADDINGTON, David/Samuel lived 6 Astley Terrace from August 1888 until August 1889 presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.
WADE, Father = George (b1861 Horsford, Norfolk), Mother = Elizabeth (b 2nd or 4th qtr 1861 Guist, there were two Elizabeth’s born that year), children = Robert John (b 1st qtr 1882 Guist but see also his entry below), Adelaide (b1885 Guist), Eva Germaine (b 3rd qtr 1887 Swanton Novers), Rosie (Rose) (b1890 Swanton Novers), May (b1893 Swanton Novers), Frances (b1896 Kings Lynn), Lena Maria (b1898 Melton), Netta (Nettie) (b1899 Melton), Doris (b1906 Melton).  George married Elizabeth in the 4th qtr of 1882 but in 1891 he was living with his parents in Horsford and Elizabeth and THEIR 3 children (see entry for Robert John Wade) were living with her sister Sarah Anne and brother in law James Eggleton in Stibbard, family lived 6 Astley Terrace from August 1897 until circa 1920 (the electoral register shows him living in no. 4 from 1898 until 1915 but this is thought to be incorrect) and Kitchener Rd in June 1934.  George began his M&GN career in 1886 but where is not known, he was a Porter, probably at Drayton in April 1891 and a Carriage and Wagon Examiner , by April 1901 and remained as such until he retired circa July 1929, which is presumably when he moved to Kitchener Rd.  Frances married Harold Eke; Nettie married Harry Fenn, Lena married William Basey in the 1st qtr of 1935.
WADE, Father = Robert John (b 1st qtr 1882 Guist) adopted son of George, Mother = Miriam Harriett, child = Daphne R.  Robert lived 6 Astley Terrace from April 1901 until April 1911, family lived 39 Briston Rd in June 1934.  Robert’s early life history is very confused, his birth name was Oliver as was his adoptive fathers’ Wife’s (Elizabeth) name.  In the 1891 census he is shown as the stepson of John and Martha Ann (nee Oliver) Philippo along with their children and also Leah E Oliver (age 15) who was shown as stepdaughter so who the Mother(s) were is not known.  At that date his ‘parent’ George and Elizabeth were living apart, no doubt due to the circumstances of George’s work.  He is listed in 1901 as Robert Wade (son) and in 1911 as Robert Oliver (adopted son); his name in the marriage register is given as Wade, Robert J O.  Robert, also known as Wado was a Cleaner in April 1901 but in April 1911 he is described as a Woks Labourer although he later became a Driver from 1936 to circa 1943 when he retired or possibly died in service (?) (Robert Wade death recorded in the 1st qtr of 1943 in the East Dereham registration district).  He had been a major in the Army in the First World War.  Daphne married Leonard Cooper.
WADLOW, Husband = Robert William (b1863 in Flitcham), Wife = Ruth (b1868 Swaffham), children = (all born in Briningham after Rosa) Rosa (b1889 Harpley, Norfolk), Robert James (b1891), Daisy E (b1893), Elizabeth (b1895), Winifred A (b1896), Fred Duffield (1899), Susannah (b1900), Ruth (b1904), Samuel (b 8th January 1906), Margaret (b1908), family lived no. 16 gatehouse, Briningham, from April 1891 until April 1911.  Robert was a Platelayer from April 1891 until 1915 and Sub Ganger when he retired circa March 1929, he may have been based at Thursford rather than Melton.  Ruth was Gatekeeper of the gates from 1895 until April 1911.
WADLOW, Father = Samuel (b 8th January 1906), son of Robert William, children = Brian, Olwyn, family lived 2 Astley Terrace in 1946.  Samuel was a Platelayer from 1946 until about February 1948, probably in the Melton Constable or Briston gang.  He had previously been in a Workshop from 25th April 1921 until 29th April 1939, so presumably this had been Melton Constable.  He was later Ganger in the Mundesley Gang; probably moving there in the 1950’s and later still became a Platelayer again in the North Walsham Gang when the Mundesley branch closed.
WAKEFIELD, Alfred Albert J (b1876 Melton) son of Benjamin lived Hindolveston in April 1901 was a Carpenter but whether this was for the railway is not known, in April 1911 he was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner living in Norwich, but again whether this was for the M&GN is not known.
WAKEFIELD, Father = Benjamin (b1837 Briston), Mother = Lydia Scott (b1842 Briston), children = Frederick (b1865 Hindolveston), Eliza Martha Anna Scott (b1866 Hindolveston), Gerenia Adelia H (b1868 Hindolveston), Rosalind Elizabeth (b1871 Hindolveston), Benjamin Henry (b1874 Hindolveston), Alfred Albert James (b1876 Melton), Francis Victor (b1882 Hindolveston).  Benjamin was a Labourer or Agricultural Labourer and family lived Hindolveston.  Gerenia married James Edmund Ducker.
WAKEFIELD, Benjamin Henry (b1874 Hindolveston) son of Benjamin, lived Holt Rd, Thornage in April 1901 and Hindolveston in April 1911 was a Goods Staff Porter in April 1901, a Shunter from 1907 until 1918 and a Grade 1 Porter in September 1936.
WAKEFIELD, Father = Francis Victor (b 3rd qtr 1882 Hindolveston) son of Benjamin, Mother = Rebecca Susannah Moore, child = Cecil Albert (b 1st qtr 1906 Hindolveston), family lived Hindolveston in April 1911.  Francis was a Carpenter from April 1901 until 1936, Cecil was also a Carpenter from 1929 until 1936.
WAKEFIELD, Father = George Robert (b1873) Hindolveston, child = George Robert (b April 1905).  George lived Hindolveston in April 1901 and family lived Hindolveston in April 1911.  George senior was a Shunter from April 1901 until 1918 and a Goods Guard from September 1936 until he retired in 1937.  George junior also known as Bob, began his M&GN career in 1920 as a Junior Porter at Hindolveston.  He was later a Goods Porter at Melton then a Passenger Porter from 1926 until 1933.  He was also a Temporary Guard in about 1928, Temporary Shunter at Melton and Temporary Signalman at both East Rudham and Thursford.  He was Signalman from 1933 until 1937 at Twenty, then at Wisbech Sidings East at Peterborough.  He was later a Guard at Peterborough in 1946 before returning to Melton East as a Signalman from 1949 until the line closed whereupon he moved to Norwich Thorpe.
WAKEFIELD, Jarkie, was a Shunter in about 1920, probably the same person as Yankee below.
WAKEFIELD, Father = Richard, (b1871 New Swindon, Wiltshire), 1st Wife = Rebecca, 2nd Wife = Mary Ann, children = Hilda (b 17th December 1901 Melton), Rhoda (b1903 Melton), family lived 1 (?) Kitchener Rd from April 1901 until August 1908 and Burgh Beck Rd from August 1909 until June 1934.  Rebecca died in the 2nd qtr 1924 and Richard married Mary Ann in the 2nd qtr 1927.  Richard was described as an Engine Smith in the 1901 and 1911 censuses and was a Senior Blacksmith (possibly a Foreman Blacksmith) in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from May 1917 to 1934, deputising for the Smith Shop Foreman in his absence.  Hilda began her M&GN career as a Junior Clerk on 15th January 1917, she was promoted to grade 2 Clerk probably on 1st August 1920 (her staff record shows the date as 1.8.19 but she had previously had a pay increase as a Junior Clerk on 13th January 1920!), this was presumably when she was a Shorthand Typist and Personal Secretary to the Resident Civil Engineer.  She remained at Melton until 2nd November 1936 when she transferred to the District Engineers Office, Norwich.  Rhoda married a trainee manager from the estate.
WAKEFIELD, Yankee, was a Shunter in about 1924, probably the same person as Jarkie above.
WALDRON, Father = John (b1858 Chiseldon, Wiltshire), Mother = Selina Lewis (b1860, Langley, Worcs), children = Edith (b1889, Melton), Matilda May (b1894, Melton), family lived 7 Melton St from August 1885 until circa 1920.  John came to Melton from the Manchester area and began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is unknown.  He was a Wheel Turner in the works from April 1891 until retiring in October 1923 due to ill health.  He was the brother in law of James Armstrong, both having married sisters, Matilda married William John Strangleman, Edith was left as an invalid following an illness.
WALE, Father = Thomas David (b1840 Loughborough), Mother = Martha May Codling (b1866 Hindolveston, Norfolk), child David (b1902 Briston).  Thomas lodged near the Green in April 1891, he married Martha in the 4th qtr 1891 and family lived Victoria Terrace, Station Rd; Briston, from April 1901 until April 1911.  Thomas was a Cleaner in April 1891 was Loco night Foreman Cleaner from April 1901 until he retired on 1st November 1910 although he was still shown as Cleaner Night Foreman in April 1911.
WALKER, Husband = Edwin George (b1871 Field Dalling), Wife = Mary Ann Y (b1876 Holt), family lived Swanton Novers from April 1901 until April 1911.  Edwin was a Metal Turner in the Loco Shop in April 1901, he appears to have been working for Lowestoft Borough Council in April 1911and lodging in Lowestoft but Mary and the children were still living in Swanton Novers.
WALPOLE, Father = Albert James (b1881 Norwich), Mother = Gertrude Lydia Smith, children = Edward Christmas (b 15th December 1913), Gertrude Annie Smith (b1905 Norwich), Maud Ethel Smith (b1907 Norwich).  Albert lived 24 Melton St in April 1901, family lived 2 Astley Terrace from August 1908 until August 1914 (whether this address is correct as no. 3 was shown as being vacant during this period) and 3 Astley Terrace from circa 1920 until June 1956.  Albert, also known as Punch or Punch Long because Mother remarried to Thomas Morton Long (see his record for an explanation of the circumstances), was a Cleaner from April 1901 until circa 1906 and a Fireman in April 1911.  He was Driver from circa 1920 until circa 1943 when he retired; he also served as a Driver in France from 1915 to 1919 during the First World War.
WALPOLE, Husband = Edward Christmas (b 15th December 1913), son of Albert James, Wife = Dorothy M, family lived 2 Colville Rd in June 1956.  Edward, also known as Young Punch or Smockface, was an Apprentice Fitter for seven years before being made redundant and moving to a private firm.  He soon returned to the railway and was a Fireman from circa 1935 until 1942, eventually becoming a Driver (possibly in 1940) and remained as such in August 1950, serving 43 years on the footplate, he moved to Stratford when the line closed. 
WALTON, T, worked in the booking Office in 1918.
WALTON, Father = William, (b1864 Hindolveston), Mother = Adria (b1864 Barton St David, Somerset), children = Charles (b1899 Hindolveston), Frank (b1904 Hindolveston), Harold (b1908 Hindolveston), family lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911 and 24 Gordon Rd in June 1934.  William began his M&GN career in1900, but as what is not known, he was a Wheelwright in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1901 until he retired circa October 1929.
WALTON, William (b1871 Hindolveston) was a Labourer in April 1901.
WALTON, first names not known, was a Driver living in 2 Melton St.
WARD, known as Pa, was possibly a Porter in about 1912, possibly this is Henry (below).
WARD, known as Windy, was a Parcels Porter possibly this is Henry (below).
WARD, Ada (b1882 Fitton End, Cambs) lived Melton was a GNR Bar Attendant in the Refreshment Rooms in April 1911.
WARD, George (b1876 Hoe, Norfolk) lived Back Lane, Briston in April 1901, Burgh Beck Rd from August 1903 until August 1906 and 9 Astley Terrace from 1907 until August 1913 was a Drilling Machinist from April 1901 presumably until August 1913.
WARD, Harry was a Porter possibly about 1928.
WARD, Henry, was a Guard.
WARD, Henry, was a Signal Lampman.
WARD, Father = Henry (b1857 Gretna Green), child = Frederick Ernest (b1893 Briston), family lived Gloucester Terrace, Briston, in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Henry began his M&GN career on 18th April 1887, but as what is not known.  He was Stationmaster at Hemsby in May 1890 when he got the accounts into a muddle and was demoted to Parcels Porter at Melton, he is listed as a Porter in the 1901 and 1911 censuses.  Frederick was a Junior Clerk in April 1911 a Traffic Staff Clerk at Mundesley in 1936 and later was District Relief Clerk at Mundesley and later a Stationmaster, but where is not known.
WARD, Father = Henry Youngman (b1871 Holt), Mother = Ellen Rebecca Rudd (b1872 Briston), children = Phyllis (b1900 Briston) Henry William (b 27th December1903 Briston), Edith (b19906 Briston).  Henry lived Fakenham Rd, Briston in April 1891, family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Henry senior was a Painter and Decorator from April 1891 until 1936 but whether this was for the railway in the earlier years is not known.
WARD, Father = Henry William (b 27th December1902 Briston), son of Henry Youngman, Mother = Edith, children = Jean, Doris, family lived Burgh Beck Rd in June 1934 and Briston Rd in a house named Oakdene at the time of the 1939 war census.  Henry was a Painter and Decorator from 1929 to 1936, by September 1936 he was a Porter.
WARD, Jean, was a Clerk in the Sheet Factory Office, possibly in 1941.
WARD, William, was an Engineering Pupil circa 1924.
WARD, William (b1880 Holt) lived The Street, Briston in April 1901 was a Gas Fitter.
WARNER, J, was an Assistant Telegraph lineman in November 1917, possibly the same person as Jimmy Warnes (below).
WARNER, James H (b1883 Edgefield) lived The Street, Briston in April 1901 was a Labourer.
WARNES, F, worked in the Permanent Way Gang.
WARNES, James, was a Storeman possibly from 1928 until 1930.
WARNES, Jimmy, was a Lineman moving to a similar job at Yarmouth Beach.
WARNES, John, was an Apprentice Blacksmith from 1929 until 1936.
WARNES, Father = Thomas Charles (b 3rd qtr 1889 Sharrington), Mother = Ethel A M fisher, children = Phyllis E, Leslie J, Eric C (b 4th qtr 1918), Coral M, family lived 7 (?) Melton St in June 1934.  It is not known what Thomas did, but when the works closed he went to Doncaster.  Eric was an Apprentice Coach Painter in December 1936 when the works closed whereupon he also went to Doncaster.
WARNES, W (b 28th September 1909) began his M&GN career on 21st March 1938, but as what is not known.  He was a Platelayer in July 1964 when he moved to the Reepham G during the staff reductions.
WARNES, William (b1871 Bale), was a Fitter’s Labourer in April 1911.  His sister Elizabeth Warnes married Richard Allison.
WATERS, A E, was a Foreman in the Boiler Shop in 1920, this is most likely incorrect as Charles Waters was still Foreman in 1920.
WATERS, Father = Charles William (b 2nd qtr 1857 Fakenham), Mother = Frances (b1858 Rossington, Yorkshire), children = Walter Frederick (b 1st qtr 1880 Doncaster), Lilly (b1882 Doncaster), Sidney Charles (b 31st August 1883 Fakenham), Violet Evelyn (b1886 Fakenham), Mary (b1888 Fakenham), Charles (b1893 Briston), Daisy (b1895 Briston), Cyril (b 16th August 1897 Briston), Dorothy (twins b 16th August 1897 Briston), family lived Briston in April 1891, 19 Melton St from August 1898 until August 1912 and 12 Astley Terrace from august 1913 until circa 1920.  Charles senior began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is unknown, presumably coming from Doncaster where he was shown as being a Brewer, as Walter and Lilly were born there.  He had presumably worked at Fakenham before moving to Melton as Sidney, Violet, and Mary were born there.  He was a Boilersmith from April 1891 until July 1893 and Foreman of the Boiler Shop from April 1901 until October 1923 when he retired due to ill health.  At the time of the 1911 census he was lodging at Foul Anchor near Tydd along with many other employees from Melton and other locations and was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.  He was made a salaried Officer in August 1919 but on account of his age he was unable to join a superannuation fund and when he retired the Directors made him a special case and awarded him 6 months gratuity.  The LNER Magazine for 1932 (page 155) states that J A Monks succeeded Charles upon his death which is nearly correct as Charles died in the first qtr of 1924.  Walter began his M&GN career on 12th October 1891 presumably as a Telegraph Clerk as around August 1893 he was relieving as a Telegraph Clerk at South Lynn.  He was shown as being a Clerk at South Lynn in April 1901, in April 1911 at the time of the census he was living in Little Cressingham so either he had moved to the GER or possibly he was just on holiday with his family.  Sidney never worked on the railway and enlisted in 27th Battalion Canadian Infantry on 27th October 1914 and was killed in action on 15th August 1916.  Charles junior was a Clerk at Melton in April 1911, Violet married Charles Miller, son of William Miller.
WATERS, Father = Cyril, (b 16th August 1897 Briston) son of Charles Waters, Mother = Iris Edna Sarah Dix (b1903 Cley, Norfolk), children = Michael, Roy (who died young), Cyril lived 19 Briston Rd from March 1912 until August 1913, family lived 15 Colville Rd in June 1934.  Cyril, began his M&GN career on 4th March 1912 as a Junior Clerk.  He joined the colours on 23rd September 1916 and resumed his duty on 12th  January 1920.  His staff record shows him as being promoted to a Grade 5 Clerk on 1st August 1919, but as this date is before he had received a pay rise as a Junior Clerk it is possible the date should be 1920!  This is probably the period when he was a Staff Paysheets Clerk in the Civil Engineer’s Office where he remained until moving to the District Engineer’s Office at Norwich on 2nd November 1936.
WATERS, Father = William Richard (b1892 Great Witchingham), Mother = Sarah Frances Decker, children = Muriel, Peggy, Bernard, Frank (known as Tony), family lived Ivey Villa on Briston Rd from 1930 to 1945.  William probably began his M&GN career as a Junior Porter and probably at Lenwade from circa 1906 until April 1911.  He signed up for war duty at Corpusty and on 11th September 1914 at which time his attestation states he was a Shunter for the M&GN Railway which would most probably have been at Melton.  He later became a Signalman at Roughton Road Junction before moving to a similar job at Sutton Bridge then a Goods Guard at Melton in 1930, presumably remaining as such until his death on 7th December 1945 due to complications with his diabetes.  Peggy was a Booking Office Clerk in 1945 and was in a similar position at Sheringham in January 1960.  The family initially lived in a company rented house (which one is not known) before moving to Ivey Villa.
WATERSON, Jeremiah Robert (b 2nd qtr 1871 East Ruston) lived Kitchener Rd from August 1903 until August 1914 and was a Painter and Decorator presumably from 1904 until 1919, he died (in service?) in the 4th qtr of 1933.
WATKER, Alfred John (b 3rd qtr 1890 Hindolveston) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer.  He emigrated to America circa 1913.
WATKER, James (b 2nd qtr 1874 Thurning, Norfolk), lived near the Plough Inn, Briston, in April 1891 and Creymeres, Briston in April 1901, was a Cleaner in April 1891 and a Driver in April 1901 and later went to Yarmouth Beach as a Driver.
WATLING, A, was a Cleaner circa 1955.
WATLING, Father = Aubrey W (b 2nd qtr 1911, Melton), son of Walter, Mother = Mary Violet, children = Betty, Ken, family lived 15 Gordon Rd from June 1934 until June 1956.  Aubrey, also known as Bubbles or Swingtime, was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner in the Loco Shed when he finished his apprenticeship in February 1927.  He was an established Fitter before 1936 until the line closed, presumably moving to the Loco Shed when the works closed, being there from 1940 until December 1946.  He left the M&GN when the line closed, going then to Stratford.
WATLING, Edward (b1869 Weston) lived Gunthorpe in April 1901 and Sharrington in April 1911 was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Platelayer from 1910 until April 1911.
WATLING, Father = Walter (b1880), Mother = Kate Bartram Bradfield, children = Aubrey, Phyllis, Muriel, Hilda, family lived Briston Rd from August 1909 until August 1912 and 15 Gordon Rd from August 1913 until August 1914, Kate had died in the 3rd qtr of 1929.  Walter was a Bricklayer presumably from April 1901 until 1936, in 1911 he is recorded as lodging in Foul Anchor near Tydd with Ellen Wells, the widow of Joseph Wells and along with many other employees from Melton and other locations was probably working on the strengthening of Bridge 27, the North Level Drain Bridge which was taking place at about that time.
WATSON, A, worked for the railway from 1950 until 1952, but what he did is not known.
WATSON, George William (b1869 Grantham) lived Burgh Beck Rd from April 1901 until August 1904 was a Joiner, presumably between those dates.
WATSON, Father = John (b1873 Cambridge), Mother = Edith Margaret C Jeckell (b1880 Briston), children = Margaret Ellen (Margie), Rosie, family lived 23 Colville Rd from April 1901 until June 934.  John was a Fitter from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Chargehand in the Fitting Shop from circa November 1921 until 1934, retiring to Blakney in 1936.
WATSON, Husband = William Robert, Wife = Martha Miller, daughter of William Henry Miller, family lived 3 Melton St from August 1898 until August 1905.  William began his M&GN career circa 5th July 1888 as a Clerk at Fakenham, later becoming Chief Booking Office Clerk at Melton presumably between the dates he was living there.  He was Stationmaster at East Rudham from 1908 until 1912 and at North Walsham from October 1923 until he died in service on 17th March 1932.
WATTS, Father = James, (b1855 Happisburgh), Mother = Rosetta Hubbard (b1854 Briston listed in IBMD births as Rosanna), children = Mary (b1875 Lessingham, Norfolk), Thomas (b1879 Hempstead, Norfolk), Maria (b1882 Briston), Eva (b1886 Briston), Henry (b1889 Briston), Florence (b1890 Briston), John (b1892 Briston), Emma (b1897 Briston), Rosetta (b1906 Briston).  Family lived near Primitive Chapel, Briston, in April 1891, Hall St, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  James was a Platelayer in April 1891 and a Labourer from April 1901 until April 1911 (described as ‘per day’ in the census) and described as an Underman in December 1921 when he retired.  Thomas was a Labourer in April 1901, John was an Apprentice Harness Maker in April 1911 and a Leather Workers Mate in the Carriage and Wagon works from 1927 until the works closed.
WATTS, William John (b 17th December 1908 Cromer) began his M&GN career on 28th February 1927 at Cromer Beach.  He was a Fireman at Melton in 1940, later becoming a Driver until the line closed whereupon it is thought he transferred to Norwich Thorpe, transferring back to Cromer Beach on 8th November 1965.
WATTS, first name not known, was a Platelayer in 1918.
WEBBER, Father = George Fletcher, children = Stanley, Minnie, Charles.  George owned the general stores Waterloo House, Church St, Briston.  Stanley married Constance Stolworthy, daughter of Herbert George Stolworthy; Minnie married Albert Edward Langley.
WELLS, Alan MacFarlane had several periods at Melton Constable between 1929 and 1936 whilst he was a Passed Cleaner.
WELLS, Husband = Frederick John, (b1881 Baconsthorpe), Wife = Elizabeth Elthea Durrant sister of Ellen E Durrant who married George Hilton.  Frederick also known as Fred was a Driver at Melton Constable from July 1917 until about 1928, moving then to Yarmouth until 1943 and finally Cromer until 1946 when he retired.
WELLS, Herbert William (b1868 West Dereham, Norfolk), was a Labourer in the Loco Dept. in April 1911.
WELLS, John (b1843 Warham, Norfolk), lodged Briston in April 1881 is described as a General Labourer on the Line so possibly he may have been a Navvy.
WELLS, William was a Cleaner having come from Wells, and was a Fireman from 1942 until 1952.
WEST, J H was a Clerk in the Traffic Staff from circa June 1945 until circa July 1946 when he moved to East Rudham.
WESTCOTT Albert Harold, (b 4th qtr 1870 Huntspill, Somerset) lodged Briningham in April 1891 with Benjamin Jones and lived Briningham in April 1911 was Chief draughtsman in the Drawing Office from 1892 until April 1911.
WESTMORELAND, James William (b1880 Tydd St Mary) lived 1 (?) Ferndale terrace in April 1901 and was an Assistant Signal Lineman.
WESTON, Rita Miss, (b1936) was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory from 1953 until 1965.
WESTON, Thomas James (b 3rd qtr 1854 Kennett, Cambs) was the Railway Goods Agent in 1883.
WHEATLEY, Father = George (b 1st qtr 1873 Arlesley, Beds), Mother’s = Bessie Eliza Potts (b 1st qtr 1874 Camden Town), Anna Williamson (b 2nd qtr 1882 Briston), children = Ellen Bessie (b 1st qtr 1897 Kentish Town), Dorothy Rose (b 3rd qtr 1899 Melton), Richard Harry (b 1st qtr 1902 Melton), Margaret (Molly) (b 4th qtr 1907 Melton), Charles John (b 2nd qtr 1911 Melton), Mary E (b 3rd qtr 1915), family lived 14 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 34) from August 1899 until June 1934.  George was a Toolmaker in the Fitting Shop from about 1898 until 1934 (although listed as a Fitter in April 1911) when he retired due to ill health.  He was a bandsman; conducted the Hindolveston Silver Band for many years; was a cornet and violin player.  Charles, also known as Jack or Wiggam, was an Apprentice Fitter, he was a member of the Melton Institute F. C. in 1927/28.  Bessie died in the 4th qtr of 1911 and George married Anna in the 4th qtr 1912.  Margaret married Ernest Payne.
WHISTLER, Ernest Cecil (b 1st qtr 1888 Cromer) was the son of William Walter Whistler, Stationmaster at Holt.  Ernest was a Clerk at Holt in April 1911 and later was Chief booking Office Clerk at Melton and later still was an Inwards Clerk at Norwich from January 1933 until September 1936.
WHITBY, Father = Ernest E (b1876 Harpley, Norfolk), Mother = Elizabeth (b1877 Kings Lynn), children = William (b1897 Briningham), Stanley (b1900 Briningham), family lived Briningham in April 1901.  Ernest was a Blacksmith’s Striker presumably from 1897 until 1907 when his last child was born in Briningham
WHITE, J (b1858) began his M&GN career in 1891 and was an Underman in February 1926
WHITTAKER, first name not known, was Assistant Resident Mechanical Engineer to W Newman.
WHITTRED, Arthur, lived Woodfield, Briston and was probably a Guard in August 1963 who later went to Norwich Thorpe.
WHITTRED, Husband = Ernest Christmas (b1882 Briston), Wife = Charlotte (b1884 Rockland St. Mary), family lived near the Horseshoe Inn in April 1911.  Ernest was a Boilersmith’s Clerk from April 1901 until April 1911.  He was Chief Clerk in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from 1927 until 1934 (possibly from September 1922), although it has been stated that he retired (due to ill health) in June 1932 at the same time as W E Newman.  He was Secretary of the Oddfellows.  His Mother Ellen Whittred did not marry Robert Daniel until 1889 and Ernest was shown on the 1901 census as ‘stepson’, he was living with his grandmother Frances Whittred in Church Lane, Briston in April 1891 and with Robert and Ellen Daniel in ‘Sunville’, West End, Briston, in April 1901.
WHITTRED, Father = Herbert (b 3rd qtr 1855 East Bradenham, Norfolk), Mother = Rebecca (b1857 Briston), children = Herbert George (b1876 Briston), Luther Thomas (b1880 Briston), Basset Arthur (b 13th December 1880 Briston), Esther Armina (b1883 Briston), Maurice Henry (b1888 Briston), Ambrose (b1890 Briston), William Francis (b1893 Briston), family lived Briston from April 1901 until April 1911.  Herbert senior began his M&GN career in 1891, but as what is not known, he was a Carpenter in April 1901 and a Body Maker in April 1911, quite probably a Wagon Repairer which is the job he had in June 1925 when he retired.  His sister Ellen Whittred married Robert Daniel.  Herbert junior was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Carpenters Labourer in April 1911, Luther, also known as Luke, was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Sawyer in the Carriage and Wagon works from April 1911 until 1936, Maurice (Morris) was a Body Maker in the Carriage works in April 1911.  He worked for the railway in August 1921, but what he was doing at that time is not known, he was a Carpenter in the Signal Dept. from 1929 until 1936, Basset was a Blacksmiths Striker in April 1901 and  emigrated to Canada circa 1905.  Ambrose was a House Painter in April 1911 but whether this was for the railway is not known; William was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1911.
WHITTRED, Margaret, was a Machinist in the Sheet Factory in about 1955.
WHYARD, Father = Robert James (b1826 Orford, Suffolk), Mother = Mahala (b1831 Stutton, Suffolk), children = Maria Anna (b1863 Stratford), Emma (b1866, Stratford), family lived 12 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1898.  Robert was a Carriage Painter from August 1885 until he died in the 2nd qtr of 1899, whether he was still in service or recently retired is not known.  He was shown as being Secretary of the Reading Room in 1892 and Secretary of the Athletic Club in 1896.  Emma married Walter Gamble as his first Wife; Maria married John George Bell.
WICK, Ernest William (b1876 Bale) lived Bale from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Storeman in April 1901 and a Labourer in April 1911.
WIFFEN, Father = Eric W, Mother = Winifred R, child = Arthur, family lived 7 Melton St in June 1956.  Eric was Foreman in the Sheet Factory possibly in 1941 until November 1952.  He was Secretary of the local Sick and Insurance Club and also Secretary of the Railway Institute circa December 1952 and Secretary of the Ambulance classes in November 1955.
WILD, Walter lived 11 Astley Terrace from August 1895 until August 1897 so presumably worked for the railway but what he did is not known.
WILKIN, Bertie, was a Cleaner in April 1907 when he injured his wrist.
WILKIN, James (b 3rd qtr 1845 Wood Norton, Norfolk) lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Labourer
WILKIN, William (b1871 Walsingham, Norfolk) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Labourer.
WILLARD, Father = Bertie Sydney (b December 1899 Melton), son of Richard George Willard, Mother = Mabel May Reynolds (b 1st qtr 1900 Briston), sister of Bertie Samuel and Henry Thomas Reynolds, children = Ivan G, Alan K, Lucy A, family lived 3 Burgh Beck Rd (which was later renumbered to 7) from June 1934 until 1964.  Bertie was an Apprentice Signal Fitter from 11th August 1914 until 1919, later becoming established and remaining until the works closed.  He eventually became a Signal Locking Lineman like his father and brother Richard George Willard before him and remained thus until the line closed whereupon he moved to Norwich Thorpe.  He retired from BR on 19th December 1964.  Ivan was a Cleaner in 1941 and later a Passed Cleaner during the Second World War, later leaving to go to Colwick.
WILLARD, D, was Foreman in the Concrete Shop when the works closed, possibly this is Richard (Dick) Willard?
WILLARD, Father = Richard George (b1855 Brighton), Mother = Hannah (b1860 Paddington), children = Richard William (b 3rd qtr 1882 Paddington), Lillie (b1884 Norwich), Primrose (b1888 Hindolveston), Mabel (b1889 Hindolveston), George Frederick (b 4th qtr 1891 Hindolveston), Frances (b1893 Melton), Charles (b1895 Melton), May (b1898 Melton), Bertie Sidney (b December 1899 Melton), Gladys (b1902 Melton), family lived Hindolveston in April 1891 and 23 Melton St from 1892 until circa 1920.  Richard senior was a Signal locking Fitter with Saxby and Farmer, moving from London to a similar capacity to Hindolveston probably circa 1891/92.  He is recorded as still being a Signal Fitter in 1930, but that date may be incorrect (confused with his son perhaps).  He was vice captain of the fire brigade.  Richard junior was an Apprentice in the Signal Dept. in April 1901, later becoming established and possibly working at Sutton Bridge.  He was a Signal interlocking Fitter in April 1911 and Foreman in the Signal Dept. from 1929 until circa March 1937 when he moved to Norwich as a Signal Inspector, but died in service on 22nd February 1940.  Charles was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911 and is thought to have enlisted during the First World War, George was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911; May was a Lathe Operator in the Machine Shop during the First World War.  (B390/14 claims Richard Willard moved into no. 23 as soon as it was built, but the 1891 census shows William Graves as Resident.  B413/9 shows him as still being there in C1920).
WILLETT, Ivan, was a Fireman when the line closed, may be Ivan Willard.
WILLIAMS, Father = Albert (b1852 Edingthorpe), Mother = Laura (b1862 Kelsale, Suffolk), child = Frederick (b1890 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891, Station Rd, Briston in April 1901 and 17 Melton St in August 1902.  Albert was a Signal Fitter from April 1891 presumably until August 1902 and has been recorded as a Signal Fitter at Yarmouth Beach in April 1911 but also as a Signal Lineman at Yarmouth Beach in March 1904.  He was killed in service on 23rd October 1916 after being knocked down by a wagon.
WILLIAMS, E, was a Carpenter’s Mate from 1929 until 1936.
WILLIAMS, Father = Henry (b1853 Sevenoaks), Wife = Clara (b1858 Martham), children = Charles Henry (b 3rd qtr 1881 Martham), John Hammond (b 3rd qtr 1883 Melton), Gladys E (b1888 Melton), family lived 15 Melton St from August 1885 until August 1903.  Clara died in the 2nd qtr 1889.  Henry appears to have commenced his M&GN career at Martham, but as what is unknown, he had moved to Fakenham by April 1881, but what he did was still a mystery as the census return only stated ‘railway official!  He was works Foreman and Signal Inspector presumably between the dates he lived in Melton.  He does not seem to appear in the 1911 census and a Henry Williams is recorded as dying in the Erpingham registration district in the 2nd qtr of 1904 (which admittedly did not include Melton at that date) but the age profile fits.  Charles was an Architects Pupil in April 1901 but whether this was on the railway is not known, John was a Civil Engineers Pupil in April 1901 but again whether this was on the railway is not known.
WILLIAMS, J, was a Ticket Collector in 1918, possibly this should be John William Williamson.
WILLIAMS, Husband = Robert (b1876 Thornage), Wife = Anna Neal, sister of Charles Neal lived Thornage in April 1911 was a Labourer. His brother in law Charles Neal also worked for the railway.
WILLIAMS, Samuel (b1872 Reepham) lodged in 7 Colville Rd in April 1901 with George Leverick was a Fireman.
WILLIAMSON, Albert Weston (b 2nd qtr 1879 Briston) lodged Church Lane, Briston with Albert John Rudd was a Labourer.
WILLIAMSON, Bob, also known as Cookie was possibly a Coalman circa 1940
WILLIAMSON, Edward (b1888 Briston) lived Briston in April 1911 was a Fireman.
WILLIAMSON, Fountaine James (b1895 East Rudham) lived Hindolveston in April 1911 was an Assistant in the Railway Station Bookstall.
WILLIAMSON, Father = Harry Reginald (b1900 Norwich) son of Henry, Mother = Dollie Elizabeth Blaxter, daughter of James Robert Blaxter, children = Reginald, Granville, family lived 6 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 53 Briston Rd).  Harry has been recorded as being a Fitter in the Loco Shed in December 1936 but that date is probably incorrect as he moved to a similar job in Peterborough in about 1930 but whether this was for the M&GN or the LNER is not known.  They later moved back to Norwich in about 1938/39 where Harry continued as a Fitter, and Dollies’ father James Robert Blaxter came to live with them but was killed at the outbreak of the Second World War by a tractor cutting corn.  Harry died in 1975, Dollie in 1977.
WILLIAMSON, Father = Henry (b 2nd qtr 1871 Norwich), Mother = Annie L (b1876 Middlesbrough), 2nd Wife = Lucy Price, children = Harry Reginald (b1900 Norwich), Sydney Christopher (b 1st qtr 1898 Norwich), Cyril, family lived Briston Rd in June 1934.  Henry was a Cleaner at Norwich City in April 1891 and a Driver there in April 1901as was his Father William, and a Driver at Melton in April 1911 although he has been recorded as being a Fireman in 1917!  He retired on 29th September 1934 as a Driver and died on 8th January 1940, Annie died in the 3rd qtr of 1925 and he married Lucy in the 2nd qtr of 1927.  All three children moved to Peterborough probably about 1930 and all worked on the railway, but whether this was the M&GN or the LNER is not known.  Cyril never married and lived with his brother Sydney when in Peterborough, where he was a Carpenter, but whether this was for the M&GN or the LNER is not known, he died in 1950.
WILLIAMSON, J, worked for the railway but as what is not known.
WILLIAMSON, John, also known as Slump, was a Coalman/Labourer circa 1940.
WILLIAMSON, Father = John William (b1884 Walsoken, Norfolk), Wife = Caroline Hollis, daughter of Cubitt David Hollis, child = Jack, family lived 17 Gordon Rd from August 1909 until June 1934.  John, also known as Tickets, was a Porter and later was a Ticket Collector in April 1911, Signalman in the East box in September 1936 and at some stage in the West box also, he was also a Relief Signalman circa 1945.  He was the secretary of the Independent Order of Rechabites (Tent 3577 Melton Constable) in 1937.  Jack trained privately as an Architect and later moved to the West Indies, moving back to Briston Rd when he retired.
WILLIAMSON, Father = John Wright (b 2nd June 1864 Fakenham), Mother = Ruth Barnes, children = Cecil Edward (b1894 Briston), Stanley John (b1899 Melton), family lived 10 Briston Rd from August 1898 until August 1914.  John began his M&GN career in 1884, but as what is not known, he was a Fitter in April 1891 but whether this was at Melton is not known but by April 1901 he was at Melton.  He was Foreman in the Machine Shop from April 1911 until he retired on 1st June 1929 and died on 30th September 1929.  Cecil was an Apprentice Fitter in April 1911, later he worked in the Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth, presumably after his apprenticeship had finished.
WILLIAMSON, S, was a Cleaner from circa 1955 until possibly July 1958.
WILLIAMSON, Father = Stanley John (b1899 Melton) son of John Wright Williamson, Mother = Maud Lambert, daughter of Henry Lambert, Stanley and Maud were married in the 2nd qtr of 1925, as was Maud’s sister Rose who married Victor Blaxter, whether this was a double ceremony is not known.  Child = Roger John (b 3rd qtr 1929, Briston), family lived 2 Briston Rd in June 1934.  Stanley, also known as Mother, was a Fitter in the Loco Shed prior to 1936 until 1942 and later became Chargehand Fitter, possibly by 1942.  Roger also worked for the railway in the 1940’s, but as what is not known.
WILLIAMSON, Father = Sydney Christopher (b 1st qtr 1898 Norwich) son of Henry, Mother = Josie, children = Jean, Kenneth, Paul.  Sydney was an Engineer but later moved into the Office due to illness.  He moved to Peterborough in about 1930 along with his two brothers, he died in 1966.  Kenneth died from Meningitis sometime in the 1930’s.
WILLIAMSON, T, was a Ganger on section 9A in 1914, possibly Thomas below.
WILLIAMSON, Father = Thomas (b1856 Briston), Mother = Frances Doy (b1857 Edgefield), children = Ethel Maria (b1883 Briston), James H (b1885 Briston), Robert J (b1887 Briston), William Fred (b1888 Briston), Mary Theresa (b1890 Briston), Emily Martha (b1893 Briston), Tom (b 7th June 1894 Briston), Faith (b1897 Briston), plus Frances’ son Arthur James Doy (b 3rd qtr 1876 Edgefield), family lived near the Wesleyan Chapel from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Thomas and Frances married in the 1st qtr of 1881 at which time Arthur was living with his grandmother.  Thomas was a Platelayer from April 1891 until April 1911 and later and Inspector.  Tom was an Apprentice Carpenter or Coach Builder in April 1911 and was possibly killed during the First World War.  Ethel married Herbert Mark Scott.
WILLIAMSON, Thomas Edward J (b 3rd qtr 1877 Briston) lived Edgefield in April 1901 was a Labourer.  His sister Winifred Kate Eliza Williamson married William Robert Ellis.
WILLIAMSON, Husband = William Thomas (b1870 Hindolveston), Wife = Agnes Harper (b1871 Hindolveston), family lived Hindolveston from April 1891 until April 1911.  William was a Labourer from April 1891 until April 1901 and a Platelayer in April 1911, whether this was at Hindolveston or Melton is not known.
Note re the names of Wilimot, Wilimott, Willimot, Willimott, Wilmot, Wilmott, Willmot, and Willmott.  As there are so many possible permutations of the name and they seem to have been chopped and changed between generations, for the purposes of this document they have all been recorded as Willimott.
WILLIMOTT, Alfred, was an Apprentice Fitter in about 1938; his cousin Bertie Frederick Eke also worked for the railway.
WILLIMOTT, Father = Arthur, (b 3rd qtr 1857 Briston), Mother = Ellen Rebecca Southgate (b1866 Corpusty), children = Ernest (b1884 Corpusty), Horace (b1886 Briston), Alice Louisa (b1888 Briston), Sidney George (b 2nd or 4th qtr 1889, there were two Sidney George Willimott’s registered in 1889), Albert Pledger (b 4th qtr 1891 Briston), Oliver (b1894 Briston), Bertie (b1895 Briston), Christopher (b 3rd qtr 1896 Briston), Edwin (b1898 Briston), Harriet (b1900 Briston), Ethel (b1904 Briston), Kathleen, Elsie (b1907 Briston twins), family lived Great Common, Briston in April 1891 and Hall St, Briston in April 1901.  Arthur began his M&GN career in 1887, but as what is not known, he was listed as a Labourer from April 1891 until April 1911and a Carriage Lifter in June 1924 when he retired.  Ernest was a Sawyer in April 1901 and a Labourer in the Goods Shed in April 1911, Sidney was a Labourer in the Goods Shed in April 1911 and a Goods Porter from September 1936 (possibly from 1918) until 1952, Albert was a Labourer in April 1911, Christopher was an Apprentice on the railway in April 1911 but what he did is not known.  Alice married William Hardingham.
WILLIMOTT, Husband = George (b1867 Briston), Wife = Emma Louisa Dagless (b1868 Briston), family lived Moor Cottage, Briston in April 1891 and Briston from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Labourer from April 1891 until April 1911.
WILLIMOTT, James (b1825 Briston) lived Edgefield Rd, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901 and was a Platelayer in April 1891 and a Cattle Porter in April 1901.
WILLIMOTT, Husband = James Harcourt (b 7th December 1861 Helhoughton, Norfolk), Wife = Julia Blanch (b1872 Norwich).  James was a Permanent Way Sub Inspector in 1914 and by December 1925 he was Assistant Permanent Way Inspector at Norwich City and retired circa January 1929.  It is quite likely that James was based at Norwich City as that was where all his other recorded appointments were based.
WILLIMOTT, John, was a Coalman/Labourer circa 1940.
WILLIMOTT, Husband = Sidney George, Wife = Ethel Codling, lived 40 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 17) in June 1956 but it is not known which of the two Sidney George’s this was!
WILLIMOTT, Sidney George, (b 2nd qtr 1889) also known as Sid or Pip, was an Assistant Boilersmith (or Holder Up?) from 1920 until about 1936 and an Assistant Boilersmith or Fitter’s Mate in the Loco Shed in 1940 until December 1946.  He retired circa February 1954.
WILLIMOTT, V S, was a Goods Porter in 1918.
WILSON, Bob, worked for the railway circa 1918, but what he did is not known although he may possibly have worked in the Boiler Shop.
WILSON, F, was a Driver in 1882.
WILSON, Frederick, was a Driver in July 1958 who came from the GNR at Bradford.
WILSON, Father = Robert (b1869 Wells, Norfolk) Mother = Elizabeth Willimott (b1872 Briston), Children = Maria (b1891 Briston), Constance (b1893 Briston), Robert James (b1895 Briston), Alfred (b1898 Melton), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1891, 9 Colville Rd from August 1896 until August 1905 and Kitchener Rd from August 1906 until August 1914.  Robert was a Fireman in April 1891 and a Driver from April 1901 until April 1911.
WILSON, Husband = Robert James (b1895 Briston), son of Robert, Wife = Emma Elizabeth.  Robert lived Kitchener Rd from 1908 to 1913, family lived 22 Kitchener Rd (which was later renumbered to 7) from June 1934 until June 1956, whether this was the same house as 1908-1913 is not known.  Robert was a Cleaner from 1908 to 1913 when he went to the First World War.  He is listed in the 1911 census as being an Institute Assistant and is later shown as being a Labourer in the Fitting Shop circa 1918 and then Caretaker of the Railway Institute from 1933 to circa May 1948.
WILSON, Father = Sidney R D, Mother = Kathleen Furse, daughter of Frederick Furse, children = Martin, Judith, family lived 2 Colville Rd.  Kathleen was his second Wife, his first Wife had died.  Sidney was a Fireman from 1940 to 1944 and later a Driver having come from the GER.  He was later Loco Running Foreman, going to Norwich Thorpe circa May 1949.
WILSON, Thomas (b1892 Derby) lived Holt in April 1911 was an Apprentice in the railway works but what he did is not known.
WINDHAM, R, was a Carriage and Wagon Examiner in 1930.
WINDSOR, Henry Charles (b1887 Dogsthorpe, Peterborough) was a Telegraph Labourer in April 1911 and was lodging in 26 Colville Rd Richard William Dennis.
WING, Husband = George Robert (b1909 Yarmouth) son of Walter Wing Wife = Constance Doreen Neeves, daughter of Charles James.  George was a Junior Clerk (?) from 1920 (obviously incorrect) until 1928; he was also a member of the Melton Constable Football team, although not as a player.  Constance worked for a while in the Telegraph Office at Melton before moving to the Telegraph Office at TMO.
WING, Father = Walter (b1881 West Dereham, Norfolk), child= George Robert.  Walter was a Porter Signalman at Aylsham in April 1911, he also worked at Melton, but when and what he did there is not known.  Later he was a Signalman at East Rudham, from 1936 until circa 1945.  .
WINN, Dennis Avery, was Stationmaster from 25th May 1959 until 11th September 1960.
WINSER, Frank, was a Telegraph Lineman in November 1917, he possibly died in service.
WINTERBONE, Geoffrey, was a Shedman circa 1940.
WITHERS E, was a Semi-Skilled Carpenter from 1929 until 1936, possibly Edward Ernest (below).
WITHERS, Edward Ernest (b1892 Field Dalling, Norfolk) lived Swanton Novers in April 1911 was an Apprentice Carpenter but whether this was for the railway is not known.
WITTINGTON, Rose (b1883 Canterbury) lodged Melton in April 1911 with Ada Ward was a Bar Attendant in the Refreshment Rooms but whether this was on the railway is not known.
WONES, Husband = James (b 1st qtr 1855 Aylsham), Wife = Mary Ann Loyne (b1878 Jarrow on Tyne, Durham), James lodged Briston in 1891 and family lived Hindringham from April 1901 until April 1911.  James began his M&GN career in 1883, but as what is not known, he was a Labourer in April 1891, a Locomotive Storekeeper in April 1901, a Labourer again in April 1911 and a Stores Issuer in February 1926 when he presumably retired.
WOOD, Stanley, was a Porter.
WOODCOCK, Father = George F, Mother = Marjorie L Mindham, daughter of Robert Mindham, child = Gillian family lived 2 Astley Terrace from June 1956 until the mid-1980’s.  George worked in the Sheet Factory in July 1965 (?) and was made redundant when it closed.
WOODGET, Father = Frederick (b1846 Brinton), Mother = Martha Ann Williams, (b1846 Thornage), children = Frederick W (b1877 Jarrow, Co. Durham), John H (b1882 Thornage), Hannah E (b1885 Thornage), Clayton R (b1889 Kings Lynn), family lived 21 Melton St from April 1891 until August 1893.  Frederick senior was a Carriage and Wagon Inspector in April 1891, Frederick junior was an Apprentice Turner in April 1891.
WOODHOUSE, Harry was a Telegraph Linesman’s Assistant in June 1924, he was a Telegraph Lineman for about 3 years, but whether this was as assistant as mentioned above or ‘full’ linesman is not known, before moving to South Lynn where he was a Signal and Telegraph Lineman from about 1945 until May 1951.
WOODS, A was a Guard, possibly around 1947.
WOODS, Father = Arthur (b1863 Weston Longville), Mother = Bessie (b1866 Norwich), child = Henry John (b 4th 1895 East Tuddenham, Norfolk), family lived near the Congregational Chapel in April 1901, Gordon Rd in August 1903, Briston Rd in August 1904, Gordon Rd in August 1905 and 10 Ferndale Terrace (later renumbered to 61 Briston Rd) from August 1906 until August 1914.  Arthur was a Carpenter in the Loco Dept. from April 1901 until he retired circa October 1927, he was also listed as a Machinist (in the Machine Shop?); Henry was an Apprentice Coach Trimmer in April 1911.
WOODS, first name not known, was a Guard in 1893, he failed the eyesight test and left the Joint.
WOOLLARD, Father = George (b 3rd qtr 1871 Great Walsingham, Norfolk), Mother = Hilda May Jarvis (b1876 West Barsham, Norfolk), children = Horace Edgar (b 2nd qtr 1899 Alethorpe, Norfolk), Frederick George W (b 3rd qtr 1901 Swanton Novers), Mary Ellen (b 4th qtr 1904 Swanton Novers), Kathleen Eva (b 4th qtr 1905 Swanton Novers), Arthur Frank (b 2nd qtr 1909 Swanton Novers), Hilda May (b 2nd qtr 1913), family lived Swanton Novers in April 1901, Lawn Cottage, Swanton Novers in April 1911 and 21 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 48) in June 1934.  George was a Fitter (valve gear assembler?) in the Fitting Shop from April 1901 until he retired on 28th August 1936.  Frederick was an Apprentice Wagon Builder as was Arthur.  Hilda married Percy Claud Gaze and after his death she then married Bernard Furse, Kathleen married Alfred Herbert William Wright.
WOOLEY, John T (b1869 Spalding) lodged 190 Briston Rd in April 1901 with John Hustler was a Loco Rep (?) Time Clerk.
WOOLNER, George, worked in the Machine Shop from October 1934 until the works closed, probably this is George Woollard (above).
WOOLNER, Father = John Robert, (b1867 Cringleford), Mother = Harriett Jane Broom (b1872 Horsford, Norfolk), children = Ethel (b1893 Hethersett), Leslie George (b1895 Hethersett), Percy Herbert (b 4th qtr 1896 Hethersett), Arthur John (b 1st qtr 1900 Hethersett), May Victoria (b 2nd qtr 1901 Briston), Reginald James (b 1st qtr 1904 Melton), Frederick Thomas (b 1st qtr 1905 Melton), Walter (still born? 1st qtr 1907 Melton), Walter William (still born? 1st qtr 1908 Melton), Walter William (b 2nd qtr 1909 Melton), Dorothy N (b 4th qtr 1911 Melton), Hettie R (b 2nd qtr 1915 Melton), family lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901 and Kitchener Rd from August 1903 until June 1934.  John was shown as being a Machine worker in April 1901 and as a Wagon Lifter in April 1911.  Leslie was an Apprentice Coppersmith in April 1911, he enlisted in the 1st/5th Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment on 5th February 1913 and was killed in action at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915.  Percy was an Apprentice Timekeeper in April 1911, Walter, also known as Billy, was a Fitter (possibly from 1928) until the works closed, whereupon he went to Doncaster, he was involved in the ambulance classes.
WOOLSEY, Father = Frederick William (b1867 Briston), Mother = Martha Agnes Fox (b1866 Fakenham), children = Herbert Henry (b 4th qtr 1895 Briston), Gladys (b1897 Briston), Frederick William (b1898 Briston), Elsie May (b1901 Briston), family lived Aubrey Terrace, Briston in April 1901, Kitchener Rd from August 1905 until August 1909 and 25 Briston Rd from August 1910 until June 1956.  Frederick was a Bricklayer from April 1901 to 1936, his sister Alice Woolsey married Charles Richard Groves, Herbert was an Apprentice Carriage Painter in April 1911.
WOOLSTON, A worked at Melton but what he did is not known.
WOOLWAY, Stephen Kingdom (b1893 Briningham) lived Melton in April 1911 with his aunt Harriet Eleanor Linder was an Apprentice Telegraph (instrument maker?).  In April 1901 he was living with his uncle Stephen Linder in Peterborough.
WORSHIP, Father = Alfred Francis (b1882 Hindolveston) son of William George senior, Mother = Amelia Sarah Jones (b 2nd qtr 1885 Yarmouth), daughter of Benjamin Jones, children = Esther May (b 2nd qtr 1906 Briningham), Reginald William (b 1st qtr 1909 Briningham) family lived Hindolveston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Alfred was a Foundry Labourer in April 1901 and a Brass Caster in the Foundry Shop in April 1911, he died in the 4th qtr of 1918 (during the Spanish flu epidemic?) and Amelia later married James Ezra Greves in the 3rd qtr of 1923.  Esther married Ernest George Graveling
WORSHIP, Husband = George Charles (b 2nd qtr 1897 Hindolveston), son of William George [2], Wife = Margaret Phillipo (b 2nd qtr 1894), daughter of Samuel Phillipo.  George was possibly a Porter at Melton before joining the army in the First World War, he was taken prisoner and when released re-joined the railway.  He was a Goods Guard in September 1936 and later became an Inspector at Melton but died in 1944 whilst still in service.  Margaret had worked in the Civil Engineer’s Office before she got married, possibly starting there during the First World War.
WORSHIP, Father = Harry Walter (b 1st qtr 1886 Hindolveston), son of William George Worship, Mother = Edith May A Seaman (1889 Bilney, Norfolk), children = Helen May (b1910), Harry Kenneth W (1913), Bertram Leonard (b1920), Phyllis M (b1918), family lived Hindolveston in April 1911 and 15 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 36) from August 1912 until June 1934.  Harry senior was a Gas Fitter in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. from April 1911 to 1940; possibly he was Foreman of the Gas Works later, he has also been noted as being a Gasser-Up (of carriages).  He was also a member of the Melton Park cricket club.  Harry junior, also (always?) known as Kenneth and also known as Fatty, was an Apprentice Fitter and Turner in 1925 but is much better known as being the works manager at Laurence Scott in Norwich and giving employment to many former M&GN employees, he was later made an OBE.  Phyllis married Dudley Leamon.
WORSHIP, Husband = Reginald William (b 1st qtr 1909 Briningham), son of Alfred Francis Worship, stepson of James Ezra Greves, Wife = Lorna Mary Cozens, daughter of John Cozens, family lived 21 Briston Rd (which had been renumbered from 21) from June 1956 until 1958.  Reginald, also known as Tippler, was an Apprentice Boilersmith, possibly in 1928.  He was a Temporary Cleaner for the 1934 Summer Season, becoming established later that year, he was a Passed Fireman (?) from September 1936 until 1940, and a Driver from June 1958 until the line closed.  He was a member of the Melton Institute F. C. in 1927/28.  Family moved to another house in Briston Rd in about 1958.
WORSHIP, Father = William George [1] (b1850 Hindolveston), Mother = Ann Mary Rudd (b 4th qtr 1852 Briston), children = all children (born within marriage) born in Hindolveston, John William Worship Rudd (b 1st qtr 1871 Briston), William George (b1874), Mary Ann, (b1875) Blanche Edith (b1877), Esther Ann (b1879), Alfred Francis (b1882), Elsie May (1884), Harry Walter (b 1st qtr 1886), Beatrice Augusta (b1889), Alice Maud (b1892), Stanley Ernest (b 4th qtr 1896), family lived Hindolveston from 1881 until 1911.  William senior did not work for the railway, he was a Domestic Gardener and he married Ann in the 1st qtr 1873.  Stanley possibly worked on the railway at Hindolveston or Melton before moving to Eye Green where he was a Shunter, alternating weekly with the Leading Porter from April 1936 until 1938 when he failed an eye test, being colour blind.  After this he was transferred to Wisbech Goods Shed where he remained until retirement, travelling daily from Eye Green.
WORSHIP, Father = William George [2] (b1874 Hindolveston), son of William George [1], Wife = Ellen Kate Stewart (b1873 Lambeth, London), children (all born Hindolveston) = George Charles (b 2nd qtr 1897), David (b 2nd qtr 1899), Dorothy Vashti (b1904), Marjorie Constance (b1908), William Arthur (b1910), family lived Hindolveston from April 1901 until April 1911.  William was a Coalman from April 1901 until 1930.  David began his M&GN career on 7th June 1914 as a Messenger Boy in the Telegraph Office until May 1916 when he became a Junior Clerk at Wisbech for the fruit season (note Circle Bulletin 291 page 3 gives the station as Ferry and the date as June 1917).  From there he went into the Royal Signals unit until 1919 when he became a Junior Booking Office Clerk at Melton until 1920, a Clerk at Holt until 1922, Mundesley in 1922, Goods Clerk at Norwich in 1925, then the same at Wisbech in September from 1927 until September 1936 and then Senior Clerk at Stalham from June 1937 until November 1941.  He was then Stationmaster at Ormesby until circa October 1944, East Rudham, supervising Raynham Park until circa May 1955 and finally Reepham, supervising Whitwell and Reepham after 1959 until he retired in 1961.
WORSHIP, first name unknown, son of William George worked in the Carriage and Wagon works.
WORSHIP, first name not known, son of William George worked in the Smiths Shop.
WRIDLEY, Peter (?), was Shed Master.
WRIGHT, Father = Alfred (b1854 Kettlestone), Mother = Louisa (b1855 Saham Toney, Norfolk), children = Alfred (b1874 Kettlestone), Charles (b1878 Ryburgh), Eliza (b1880 Ryburgh), Lydia (b1883 Ryburgh), Edith (b1886 Ryburgh), George (b1889 Briston), Stephen William (b 4th qtr 1891 Briston), Herbert (b1895 Briston), family lived near the Horseshoe Inn, Briston in April 1891, West End, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Alfred senior was a Blacksmith from April 1891 until April 1911, Alfred junior was a Cleaner in April 1891 and Stephen was a Carriage Trimmer in April 1911, he had moved to Manchester by the time he enlisted with the Royal Engineers in 1914.
WRIGHT, Husband = Alfred Herbert William (b 4th qtr 1908 Briningham), son of Alfred William Wright, Wife = Kathleen Eva Woollard, daughter of George, family lived Burgh Beck Rd in June 1934.  Alfred, also known as Nobby, was an Apprentice Signal Fitter and later a Lineman’s Mate from circa 1934 to 1936.  He was also a member of the railway institute football club.
WRIGHT, Father = Alfred William (b 3rd qtr 1885 Melton), son of William Wright, Mother = Jessie Graveling (b1883 Haverhill), daughter of Herbert Funnell Graveling, children = Alfred Herbert William (b 4th qtr 1908 Briningham), Doris (b1910), Alfred lived 18 Melton St in April 1901, family lived Briningham in April 1911.  Alfred senior was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1901 becoming established by April 1911.  An Alfred Wright shown as grandson is recorded on the census record for William Wright but whether this was Alfred Herbert William recorded on his grandfather’s record as well as his father’s is not known.
WRIGHT, Edward James (b1854 Norwich Thorpe) lived near the Congregational Chapel, Briston in April 1901 and lodged Briston in April 1911.  Edward began his M&GN career in 1894, but as what is not known, he was a Copper Stay Turner in the Machine Shop from April 1901 until April 1911 and Screwing Machine Man in April 1924 when he retired.
WRIGHT, J, was Sub Ganger of the Briston Gang in 1934.
WRIGHT, J began as a Cleaner in 1946, when the line closed he transferred to Southend (?).
WRIGHT, Father = James (b1856 Briston), 1st Wife/Mother = Susanna Wesby Cletheroe (b1859 Briston), 2nd Wife/Mother = Elizabeth Rayner (b1861 Stody), sister of George Rayner, children = Henry William (b1882 Briston), Herbert James R (b 4th qtr 1884 Briston), Agnes E (b1887 Briston), Bertie G (b1888 Briston), Robert J (b1890 Briston), family lived Hall St, Briston from April 1891 until April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  James and Susanna were married in the 4th qtr 1880 but she died in the 3rd qtr 1881, James then married Elizabeth in the 3rd qtr 1884.  James was a Carpenter from April 1891 until April 1911, Henry was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Bricklayer’s Labourer in April 1911, and Herbert was an Apprentice Carpenter in April 1901.  He worked for the railway in 1940, but as what is not known.
WRIGHT, Jean A Miss lived Bodham in February 1959 was a Clerk until the 1959 closure whereupon she transferred to Norwich Thorpe.
WRIGHT, Father = Matthew William (b1861 Hempton), Mother = Anna (b1867 Fakenham), children= Frederick (b 2nd qtr 1890 Briston), family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston, in April 1891 and 7 Grove Rd from April until August 1901.  Matthew was a Blacksmith presumably from the 2nd quarter 1890 until at least the 1st quarter 1908 when son Donald was born in Briston, his brother Walter Wright also worked for the railway.
WRIGHT, Robert (b1854 Wood Norton) lived Wood Norton from April 1901 until April 1911 began his M&GN career in 1891, but as what is not known.  He was a Labourer from April 1901 until April 1911 and a Labourer in the Loco and Carriage and Wagon works when he retired in October 1924.
WRIGHT, Thomas (b1879 Sharre, Yorks) lodged Sharrington from April 1901 until April 1911 was a Gas Maker.  At some unknown date he lived in Gunthorpe Gatehouse.
WRIGHT, Walter, was a Ticket Collector from 1917 until 1935.
WRIGHT, Father = Walter William (b 1st qtr 1869 Hempton, Norfolk), Mother = Edith, children = daughter (name indecipherable), Cassie, Lilian, family lived Edgefield Rd, Briston in April 1901 and Briston in April 1911.  Walter was a Labourer in April 1901 and a Carpenter’s Labourer in April 1911 (probably the same job!), his brother Matthew Wright also worked for the railway.
WRIGHT, Father = William (b1851 Cromer), Mother = Louisa Jarvis Todd (b1861 Roughton, Norfolk), children = Alice (b1882 Briston), Alfred William (b 3rd qtr 1885 Melton), Lilly (b1888 Melton), family lived 18 Melton St from August 1885 until circa 1920.  William also known as Gassy, was a Gas Maker at the Gas Works from April 1891 until 1927.  An Alfred Wright listed as grandson is listed on their 1911 census record, whether this is Alfred Herbert William Wright who was also listed on his parent’s record is not known.
WYATT, John, was a Fireman in July 1958 who later left the M&GN.
WYBROE, Father = Charles (b1878 Sculthorpe, Norfolk), Mother = Ethel Anna Riches (b1882 Whissonsett, Norfolk), children = Edith Mabel (b1901 Briston) and listed as Wybrow in the register, Ethel Mary (b1903 Briston), Frederick Charles (b1905 Briston), Dolly Maud (b1907 Briston), Hilda Audrey (b1909 Briston), family lived Briston in April 1911 and 17 Briston Rd (later renumbered to 40) from August 1912 until June 1934.  Charles is shown as being a Coach Builder from April 1911 to December 1936, although he is also shown as a Chargehand in the Carriage and Wagon works in 1925 and an Assistant Foreman in the Carriage Shop.  He is thought to have enlisted during the First World War.  Ethel’s brother Horace Walter Riches also worked for the railway.  Edith married Frederick Charles Hunt son of Samuel Hunt.
YARHAM, Frederick (b1871 Hanworth, Norfolk) lived Bale in April 1911 was a Labourer.
YARHAM, William (b1839 Stody), was a Labourer in April 1891 and lived in a caravan (adjacent to 23 Holt Rd?) Hunworth.
YARHAM, Husband = William, Wife = Irene Bunn, daughter of Alfred Robert.  William was an Oil Tanker Driver and was killed in a road accident in about 1945/46.  Irene was a Booking Office Clerk, probably starting in about 1940.  She went to Brandon following William’s death but later returned and was there in November 1946 until 1950.  Irene later married Alan Barnard and moved to Holt.
YATES, William (b1865 Peterborough) lodged (or lived) Gordon Rd in August 1913 was presumably a Fitter as that had been his job in both Peterborough and South Lynn.
YAXLEY, Robert (b1881 Knapton) lodged Gloucester Terrace, Briston, in April 1891 was a Cleaner.
YOUNGMAN, Herbert Thomas (b 28th April 1884 North Walsham) lived The Street, Corpusty in April 1901 and Corpusty in April 1911 began his M&GN career on 23rd August 1899 in the Permanent Way Dept. at Melton but as what is not known.  He transferred to the Loco Dept. as a Storeman on 16th November 1900 and transferred to the Stores Dept. as a Store Issuer (grade 1?) on 25th January 1937.  He transferred again on 15th August 1938 to the Engineer’s Dept. as a Permanent Way Inspector’s Timekeeper and remained as such until he retired on 28th April 1949.  During his time as a Storeman in the Loco Dept. he apparently ‘staked out’ the route of the new Cromer to Mundesley line and acted as Timekeeper on the Langor Bridge to Melton and Corpusty to Briningham line doublings and also on the new line to North Gorleston Junction.  Quite how this fits in with being a Storeman in the Loco Dept. is somewhat of a mystery.  His 1901 census return shows him as a Time Checker!  He has been recorded as being a Storeman in the Mechanical Engineer’s Dept. in 1930 but presumably this would be when he was in the Loco Dept.
YOUNGMAN, Father = Herbert William (b September 1880 Grimston), Mother = Alice Rosamond Hawes (b1885 Hindringham, Norfolk), children = Cyril Hawes (b 1st qtr 1909, Holt), Vera May (b1911 Guestwick), Ronald S (b 1st qtr 1912 Guestwick), Marian A (b1913 Guestwick), Grace E B (b1915 Guestwick), Herbert E J (b1917 Guestwick), Alan G (b 4th qtr 1919 Thursford), Joan D (b1922 Thursford).  Herbert was a Junior Clerk at Fakenham in April 1901 and possibly a Clerk at Holt in 1909.  He was Stationmaster at Guestwick from April 1911 until June 1917 and Stationmaster at Thursford from 1921 until 1940 when he was killed when he fell under a departing train which was being fired by his son Ronald.  His father Stephen had been a Permanent Way Sub Inspector at Holbeach before also being killed in an accident in January 1913.  Ronald was a Passed Fireman from circa 1939 to 1944 and later a Driver, he later went to Norwich Thorpe (at closure?).  Alan began his M&GN career on 22nd October 1934 as an Apprentice Loco Fitter and Turner and remained in the works until 20th February 1937 to dismantle the Machinery.  He then became a Cleaner at Peterborough from December 1937 until 1938 when he went to Cromer Beach as a Passed Cleaner.  He then moved to Melton, then Norwich Thorpe, Norwich City, Neasden, and then returned to Melton in 1939, still as a Passed Cleaner.  He remained as such until 2nd September 1945 when he became a Fireman, then a Passed Fireman in July 1958 and went to Hatfield when the line closed still as a Passed Fireman.  Cyril, also known as Sixer or Enoch, was a Junior Porter at Fakenham in April 1924 and later a Cleaner (?) at Melton in May 1926, going to Walpole for the fruit season after the General Strike.  He was a Fireman from 1940 to 1944 and later a Passed Fireman then a Driver in 1953.
YOUNGMAN, Husband = Percy Arthur, Wife = Phyllis, family lived 19 Kitchener Rd (which had been renumbered from 16) in June 1956.  Percy began his M&GN career in 1922 as a Junior Porter at Weybourne, where his father Arthur was Stationmaster.  He then went to Lenwade and Attlebridge, before moving to Yarmouth Beach as a Porter for the fishing season.  He acted as Conductor Guard and Ticket Collector in 1933 and was a Porter at Norwich in September 1936 before becoming grade one Porter at Counter Drain.  He then became a Signalman serving at Weybourne, Massingham and Runton West before becoming Relief Signalman at Melton and Signalman in the East box in 1951.  About 1953 he was Stationmaster at Corpusty, supervising Bluestone, then Temporary Stationmaster at Thursford before going back to Corpusty again.  He later became Station Inspector at Melton circa January 1956 where he remained until the line closed.  After closure he was a Pilotman for the section from Melton Constable to East Rudham for track lifting, when this had been completed in October 1959 he became Stationmaster at Lenwade, supervising the remaining stations on the Norwich branch until he retired in May 1972.