Come with me urban exploring as we fly the drone over abandoned buildings including a pumping station a factory and another building we also visit a millpond. Trowse In Norwich is one of a small family of model villages in Great Britain located in Norfolk.
Trowse was expanded by the Colman family during the 1800s for workers at Colman's mustard factory. The family still owns much of the surrounding land. It was also home to May Gurney, a major civil engineering and construction company which was acquired by Kier Group in 2013.
The parish is in the deanery of Brooke and the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a small flint building in the Perpendicular style, comprising a chancel, nave, and square tower with a bell; the chancel was restored in 1879.
The parish formed part of the Henstead Hundred, until 1834 when the Hundred expanded to become the Henstead Union. Source: Kelly's Directory 1883 and 1927.
The name Trowse derives from the old English/Scottish word "trouse", for "a grating of wood or iron" which could be raised or lowered (like a gate) to allow water out of a dam into a mill race (the original village grew up round the local water mill – now Trowse Millgate).
The Trowse village sign located opposite the church was presented to the parish in 1969 by the Women's Institute to celebrate their Golden Jubilee, it saw renovation projects in 1999 and 2023.
Trouse (or Trews north of the border) was also the slang name for the leggings worn by Scots (since they too went up and down like a gate to allow water out) – and hence the word Trouser. Source: Kelly's Directory 1883, Oxford companion to place names, English Gazetteer and others.
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