Taverham

The villages name means 'Red homestead/village', perhaps referring to some decoration or a place where pigment was made. The exact location of the meeting-place of the Taverham hundred is unknown. The first recorded mention of Taverham is thought to have been made in the time of Edward the Confessor. It also appears in the Domesday Book. A school existed in Taverham very early on, from at least the 13th century. In the 19th century Taverham was a major producer of paper. Some of the paper which was produced at Taverham Mill was used in producing The Times, Bank of England banknotes and the Oxford English Dictionary. It also served the University Press at Cambridge. In 1830 the paper mill,…