It is in Snettisham  that William CHILVERS the wheelwright had his workshop and he is buried in the churchyard with his two wives alongside. William's brother Jonas was responsible for building many of the still occupied carrstone terraced houses  in the Station Road area.  Jonas' son Joseph CHILVERS was a saddler of some repute and a mock up of his (or similar) saddler's workshop, with his photograph on the wall, can be seen at Gressenhall Folk Museum.

Where the church stands has been a centre for Christian worship for a very long time. "Snetesham" is mentioned in the Domesday Book. There must have been an earlier church on this site since the list of Vicars of Snettisham and the ancient Saunce Bell both predate the present church, which was built about 1340.  Much information about Snettisham folk may be found in R.W. Harding's book "A Tour of Snettisham" now sadly out of print, although I managed to borrow a copy from King's Lynn library. If you don't have any luck in getting a copy, e-mail me and I'll speak to Bob about it. That sounds like name dropping but Bob started me off down this family history trail.

 

Edited 27 April 2000