Norfolk Record Office
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Norfolk Record Office collects and preserves unique archives relating to the history of Norfolk and makes them accessible across the world.
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We're proud to launch Hall Marks: The Long Shadows of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses. Made possible by a £249,977 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
🛠️ Join workshops across Norfolk
🙋 Volunteer with us
🏚 Visit our exhibition & new Map Explorer in 2027!
Visit tinyurl.com/hallmarkspro....
🛠️ Join workshops across Norfolk
🙋 Volunteer with us
🏚 Visit our exhibition & new Map Explorer in 2027!
Visit tinyurl.com/hallmarkspro....
February 11, 2026 at 10:30 AM
We're proud to launch Hall Marks: The Long Shadows of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses. Made possible by a £249,977 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
🛠️ Join workshops across Norfolk
🙋 Volunteer with us
🏚 Visit our exhibition & new Map Explorer in 2027!
Visit tinyurl.com/hallmarkspro....
🛠️ Join workshops across Norfolk
🙋 Volunteer with us
🏚 Visit our exhibition & new Map Explorer in 2027!
Visit tinyurl.com/hallmarkspro....
Neill and Lynn are two of our wonderful volunteers who clean maps and plans. This morning they're cleaning this very detailed plan of a steam travelling derrick crane (ref NRO, Y/PH 1870). #volunteering #mapcleaning #derrickcrane
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Neill and Lynn are two of our wonderful volunteers who clean maps and plans. This morning they're cleaning this very detailed plan of a steam travelling derrick crane (ref NRO, Y/PH 1870). #volunteering #mapcleaning #derrickcrane
William confided details of his intimate life to his diaries, and proudly recorded his sexual experiences in a way that defied the legal and social constraints of the 1940s. Join us to learn more about these diaries and the LGBT+ history of Norwich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
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Gay life during the Norwich Blitz (online)
by Piers Haslam
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February 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
William confided details of his intimate life to his diaries, and proudly recorded his sexual experiences in a way that defied the legal and social constraints of the 1940s. Join us to learn more about these diaries and the LGBT+ history of Norwich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
🏳️🌈 Gay Life during the Norwich Blitz by Piers Haslam. Join us for our next lunchtime talk marking LGBT+ history month, either in person or online.
📅 Wednesday 11 February 2026
⏲️ 13:00-14:00
🎫 Free, booking essential norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-novem...
#norwichintheblitz #lgbthistorymonth
📅 Wednesday 11 February 2026
⏲️ 13:00-14:00
🎫 Free, booking essential norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-novem...
#norwichintheblitz #lgbthistorymonth
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 AM
🏳️🌈 Gay Life during the Norwich Blitz by Piers Haslam. Join us for our next lunchtime talk marking LGBT+ history month, either in person or online.
📅 Wednesday 11 February 2026
⏲️ 13:00-14:00
🎫 Free, booking essential norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-novem...
#norwichintheblitz #lgbthistorymonth
📅 Wednesday 11 February 2026
⏲️ 13:00-14:00
🎫 Free, booking essential norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-novem...
#norwichintheblitz #lgbthistorymonth
To finish #NationalStorytellingWeek discover the story of #BlackShuck as told by one of our fantastic bloggers
Black Shuck: The Hell Hound that Terrorises Blickling Hall
If you are familiar with the Norfolk Record Office blog, you may have read a recent entry on the death by duel of Sir Henry Hobart, the fourth baronet of Blickling Hall. Curiously, Hobart’s remarka…
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February 8, 2026 at 12:52 PM
To finish #NationalStorytellingWeek discover the story of #BlackShuck as told by one of our fantastic bloggers
At the end of every entry of his diary, William wrote cryptically "Yes" or "No". Join us to discover what he meant by this in a talk that marks LGBT+ History Month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
Gay life during the Norwich Blitz (online)
by Piers Haslam
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM
At the end of every entry of his diary, William wrote cryptically "Yes" or "No". Join us to discover what he meant by this in a talk that marks LGBT+ History Month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
Amidst the noise of the air-raid sirens, William wrote in his diary about his desire to see Godfrey again. He wanted news of their mutual lover, John, who'd been taken prisoner. Join us to hear more about these diaries in a talk marking LGBT+ History Month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
Gay life during the Norwich Blitz (online)
by Piers Haslam
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Amidst the noise of the air-raid sirens, William wrote in his diary about his desire to see Godfrey again. He wanted news of their mutual lover, John, who'd been taken prisoner. Join us to hear more about these diaries in a talk marking LGBT+ History Month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...
Celebrating #NationalStorytellingWeek revisit this talk by Dr Helen Busby from the British Archive for Contemporary Writing at the UEA @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social youtu.be/Bw29WP6kB6g?... #NorfolkHistory
Celebrating Literary Treasures: 10 Years of the British Archive for Contemporary Writing at the UEA
At the home of the UK’s oldest Creative Writing MA programme and home of the world-renowned literary festival UEA Live there lives a small archive service packed with literary treasures. BACW is the…
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February 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Celebrating #NationalStorytellingWeek revisit this talk by Dr Helen Busby from the British Archive for Contemporary Writing at the UEA @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social youtu.be/Bw29WP6kB6g?... #NorfolkHistory
#OnThisDay 2004, The Archive Centre was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. Read about the Norwich Library Fire and the events leading to the creation of The Archive Centre. norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2019/08/21/d... #norfolkrecordoffice #archivecentre #norwichlibraryfire
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 PM
#OnThisDay 2004, The Archive Centre was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. Read about the Norwich Library Fire and the events leading to the creation of The Archive Centre. norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2019/08/21/d... #norfolkrecordoffice #archivecentre #norwichlibraryfire
Celebrating #NationalStorytellingWeek with this 1961 note from #AgathaChristie referring to 'The Big Four' a Poirot story. During the 1930s she used to spend her holidays at the The Shrubs in North Walsham. The house was owned by the McLeods whom she had met in Mesopotamia. #NorfolkHistory
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Celebrating #NationalStorytellingWeek with this 1961 note from #AgathaChristie referring to 'The Big Four' a Poirot story. During the 1930s she used to spend her holidays at the The Shrubs in North Walsham. The house was owned by the McLeods whom she had met in Mesopotamia. #NorfolkHistory
Celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek and revisit this blog from the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. There are 9 sound recordings with stories of life in Norwich in the in the early 20thC #SoundArchive #NorfolkHistory
National Story Telling Week
Did you hear about the time that cows ran loose up Norwich’s King Street, and ate the vegetable displays in a shop? How about the time a boy threw a snow ball at a post man by accident, and was cha…
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February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek and revisit this blog from the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. There are 9 sound recordings with stories of life in Norwich in the in the early 20thC #SoundArchive #NorfolkHistory
New blog post - What made the Royal Aquarium Theatre what it is today? norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2026/01/30/w... #newblog #royalaquarium #greatyarmouthhistory #norfolkrecordoffice #researchbloggers
What Made The Royal Aquarium Theatre What It Is Today?
I suppose the idea that a business’s life can be short and tumultuous is far from original. But there are also exceptions – ventures that succeed, come into trouble, and are reborn – and rather tha…
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February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
New blog post - What made the Royal Aquarium Theatre what it is today? norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2026/01/30/w... #newblog #royalaquarium #greatyarmouthhistory #norfolkrecordoffice #researchbloggers
Celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek and find out more about Amelia Opie. Author and abolitionist youtu.be/_vF9BFuhpvs?... #AmeliaOpie #NorfolkHistory
Amelia Opie
Created by UEA Film, Media and Television students George Constantine, Jay Lawrence, Tom Watson and Dwayne Rapley.
Originally shown at a Launch Showcase on 10 March 2014 at the Norfolk Record Office…
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February 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek and find out more about Amelia Opie. Author and abolitionist youtu.be/_vF9BFuhpvs?... #AmeliaOpie #NorfolkHistory
To begin #NationalStorytellingWeek discover the story behind Black Beauty by Anna Sewell in this blog buff.ly/snV2lFc #AnnaSewell
The Black Beauty in the White House
This is the story of a child from a coastal town in Norfolk, who would go on to influence life around the world and who is just as famous today. Not Horatio Nelson, but rather Anna Sewell, the auth…
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February 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
To begin #NationalStorytellingWeek discover the story behind Black Beauty by Anna Sewell in this blog buff.ly/snV2lFc #AnnaSewell
The East Coast Flood hit Norfolk overnight on Saturday 31 January into the morning of 1 February 1953. The stretch between between Hunstanton and King's Lynn was particularly effected as these photographs of Hunstanton show. #otd #1953Flood
January 31, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The East Coast Flood hit Norfolk overnight on Saturday 31 January into the morning of 1 February 1953. The stretch between between Hunstanton and King's Lynn was particularly effected as these photographs of Hunstanton show. #otd #1953Flood
We're excited to be a part of a project led by the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre @heritagewshc.bsky.social funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund called “Grounds for Appeal: First World War Military Service Appeal Tribunals in Great Britain”. More info here - wshc.org.uk.
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Welcome to the History Centre, your passport to the past
The Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre is open to the public on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9.30am to 5pm, and on the ...
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January 28, 2026 at 11:07 AM
We're excited to be a part of a project led by the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre @heritagewshc.bsky.social funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund called “Grounds for Appeal: First World War Military Service Appeal Tribunals in Great Britain”. More info here - wshc.org.uk.
🏠 Advanced House History online workshop
📆 Friday 30 January
⏲️ 10:00-11:00
🎫 £7 plus Eventbrite fees, booking essential www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-h...
#househistory #norfolkhouses #norfolkrecordoffice
📆 Friday 30 January
⏲️ 10:00-11:00
🎫 £7 plus Eventbrite fees, booking essential www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-h...
#househistory #norfolkhouses #norfolkrecordoffice
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🏠 Advanced House History online workshop
📆 Friday 30 January
⏲️ 10:00-11:00
🎫 £7 plus Eventbrite fees, booking essential www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-h...
#househistory #norfolkhouses #norfolkrecordoffice
📆 Friday 30 January
⏲️ 10:00-11:00
🎫 £7 plus Eventbrite fees, booking essential www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-h...
#househistory #norfolkhouses #norfolkrecordoffice
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Transcription Tuesday everyone!
Can you palaeography lovers help us out with this word? It should be a duration (of illness) - usually along the lines of 3 months, 4 years, instantaneous etc. Could be 'unknown' but we have to squint reeeaalllyy hard! What do you think?
#TranscriptionTuesday
Can you palaeography lovers help us out with this word? It should be a duration (of illness) - usually along the lines of 3 months, 4 years, instantaneous etc. Could be 'unknown' but we have to squint reeeaalllyy hard! What do you think?
#TranscriptionTuesday
January 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Transcription Tuesday everyone!
Can you palaeography lovers help us out with this word? It should be a duration (of illness) - usually along the lines of 3 months, 4 years, instantaneous etc. Could be 'unknown' but we have to squint reeeaalllyy hard! What do you think?
#TranscriptionTuesday
Can you palaeography lovers help us out with this word? It should be a duration (of illness) - usually along the lines of 3 months, 4 years, instantaneous etc. Could be 'unknown' but we have to squint reeeaalllyy hard! What do you think?
#TranscriptionTuesday
To mark this #HolocaustMemorialDay we share this blog post about a holocaust survivor, Elsie Marechal, who wrote down her experiences to send to the teacher training college she attended in Norwich. Read it here - norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2017/01/27/s...
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
To mark this #HolocaustMemorialDay we share this blog post about a holocaust survivor, Elsie Marechal, who wrote down her experiences to send to the teacher training college she attended in Norwich. Read it here - norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2017/01/27/s...
To mark #AustraliaDay we share this document from the Eaton collection, a letter from William Cubitt to George Clayton Eaton, written on board the steamship the 'Telegraph' in Moreton Bay, in 1865, including an illustration of Moreton Bay at the top of the page. #norfolkrecordoffice
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM
To mark #AustraliaDay we share this document from the Eaton collection, a letter from William Cubitt to George Clayton Eaton, written on board the steamship the 'Telegraph' in Moreton Bay, in 1865, including an illustration of Moreton Bay at the top of the page. #norfolkrecordoffice
Celebrating Robert Burns with this lovely image of Loch Leven, near Kinross as drawn by Hilda Zigomala. #burnsnight #scotland #robertburns #rabbieburns
January 25, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Celebrating Robert Burns with this lovely image of Loch Leven, near Kinross as drawn by Hilda Zigomala. #burnsnight #scotland #robertburns #rabbieburns
We love this image of a bird on a seal from a title deed on a document held by King's Lynn Borough Archives from 1512.
#biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
#biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 AM
We love this image of a bird on a seal from a title deed on a document held by King's Lynn Borough Archives from 1512.
#biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
#biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
This lovely drawing shows a Ringed Plover watching the wherries on the Norfolk Broads. Drawn by Arthur Patterson for a new years card in 1911. Which birds will you see during the Big Garden Birdwatch #biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This lovely drawing shows a Ringed Plover watching the wherries on the Norfolk Broads. Drawn by Arthur Patterson for a new years card in 1911. Which birds will you see during the Big Garden Birdwatch #biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
We don't suspect many of these will be spotted in the UK during the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch! This mysterious bird appears in a book included in the Bolingbroke archives. Any suggestions what it could be? #biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
We don't suspect many of these will be spotted in the UK during the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch! This mysterious bird appears in a book included in the Bolingbroke archives. Any suggestions what it could be? #biggardenbirdwatch #birds #nature #rspb
Today is #NationalPieDay , to celebrate we have a 18thc recipe for Chicken pie from the Bulwer collection. Could this be the earliest reference to 'pulled chicken'? #recipes #NorfolkHistory
January 23, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Today is #NationalPieDay , to celebrate we have a 18thc recipe for Chicken pie from the Bulwer collection. Could this be the earliest reference to 'pulled chicken'? #recipes #NorfolkHistory