Much of the original material in this history site was obtained after many hours, days and weeks, of research at the old research section of the former Norwich library, by Terence Richards and his wife Joyce, from substantiated records, written accounts and reports. The rest is from personal items of the author's and a number of villagers. Where heresay, handed-down accounts or popular belief has been relied upon, this is indicated as such.
In particular, the Poppy-land histories and accounts took a good deal of time and effort to put together. Much of the perceived and generally accepted history has proven to be merely romantic embelishment of events, which many (including a number of experts that should have known better) fell for and reported as gospel.
So sadly, your Lutyens property isn't. That bit of advice Gertrude Jekyll gave your grandfather's gardener was never given and the First and Second World Wars were not orchestrated from the house next door.
However, we are but amateurs and openly solicit any written accounts and records, photographs and drawings that will help tell our tale the better, now and for the generations that follow.
So please, if you have any resources that would help, then please let us know. We handle and copy old photographs and documents extremely carefully and are pleased to credit our sources if so desired.