1797, before the Rocket House was built.
The marsh was a vast expanse of tidal water.
This view of Great Eye (called 'Lodge Hill' on early maps), shows the beach road and the Rocket House in the 1930s-1940s.
Below: The first Ordnance Survey map 1838
Barely discernable, in this poor reproduction, you can just see Little Eye, Great Eye- marked as 'Lodge Hill', and Gramborough Hill. To the right of Lodge Hill is Flat Eye where locals of a past generation could remember hay being made and cows taken to graze.
The Houghton Tithe Map 1838
click the thumnail to see it enlarged
In the above slice of an 1886 map (Norfolk sheet XNW)
'Lodge Hill' (Great Eye) with Flat Eye to the right of it,
and beach road are easily discernable and the Rocket House
is marked I think but, in this reproduction, impossible to read.
use this link to go to www.old-maps.co.uk and see the 1891 village map which can be enlarged - click here
