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PLAQUE 16:
​Old Post Office

Holt Owl Trail Plaque 16 Old Post Office
Old Post Office 1930 Holt Owl Trail
Holt’s old Post Office in 1930
The Old Post Office today Holt Owl Trail
The Old Post Office today
Keystone above Old Post Office door Holt Owl Trail
Keystone above Old Post Office door
Carving on keystone Holt Owl Trail
Oak leaf carving on keystone
Former Free Methodist Manse Holt Owl Trail
Former Free Methodist Manse

Intriguing stone carving above the door...


The previous use of No. 7 Shirehall Plain as a post office was only recently established when this 1930 photograph was found. 

Charles William Jex, a dominant character in Holt  devoted himself to finding work for local unemployed people and set up and managed Holt’s first Labour Exchange here after the Post Office was relocated to 1 Cromer Road.
 
Of particular note is the detailed oak leaf carving on the key-stone above the entrance door. 

The building attached to The Shirehall was the Free Methodist Manse from 1896 to 1926 which replaced the ‘Black Boys’ public house. Little more than a lean-to building, it belonged to the Cozens-Hardy family’s brewery. 
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Please take care when crossing to Plaque 17 on Shirehall Plain.

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