Our fantastic volunteers were cleaning this map this morning from 1912 depicting the proposed berth for vessels at the junction of the Bure and Breydon water. #NorfolkHistory #GreatYarmouth #Volunteers

Today we celebrated 10 years of our Repackaging group, formerly the #SealSockSewingBee with our fantastic volunteers. We have come together over the last 10 years to help to preserve Norfolk's archives. #NorfolkHistory #Archives #ArchiveCake #Volunteers

King’s Lynn in the Civil War: Siege, Surrender, and Aftermath An account of the Siege of King’s Lynn, 1643 - why the town declared for the king, how the siege unfolded, and how Lynn suffered in the years that followed.

The siege of #KingsLynn was about much more than cannon fire. It was also about divided loyalties, money, trade, fear, local influence, and the strain of war on an important port.
#History #Local History #NorfolkHistory #KingsLynn #EnglishCivilWar
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The Many Varied Lives of Little Massingham Manor Little Massingham Manor clearly demonstrates how the English country house has survived by adaptation.

Did you know this Norfolk manor was built by an American surgeon, used by WWII pilots, and then home to a community of nuns? Discover the "Many Lives" of this stunning Arts and Crafts estate:
circato.co.uk/the-many-liv... #NorfolkHistory #ArtsAndCrafts #LittleMassingham #HiddenEngland #WestNorfolk

For #PancakeDay why not follow this 1915 recipe from the school book of Ivy Pestell #ShroveTuesday #NorfolkHistory

Sir Thomas Browne polymath & author of 'Religio Medici' was buried in St Peter Mancroft in 1682, in 1840 his lead coffin was accidentally reopened and his skull removed it was reburied in 1922. #NorwichScienceFestival #NorwichSciFest #NorfolkHistory

From the papers of George Clayton Eaton we have this unusual Valentine's day poem from 1890. We love the rhyme of 'influenza' with 'afar' and the sketches of nose blowing. #Valentine #ValentinesDay #NorfolkHistory

Hall Marks - the long shadows of Norfolk's lost country houses - Norfolk Record Office Find out how to participate in our exciting new National Heritage Lottery funded project

Thanks to National Lottery players. Thanks also to the Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation, the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group, and Norfolk County Councillors who supported the project.

#HeritageFund #NationalLottery #NorfolkHistory #Archives

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 #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

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…

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

Celebrate #NationalStorytellingWeek and find out more about Amelia Opie. Author and abolitionist youtu.be/_vF9BFuhpvs?... #AmeliaOpie #NorfolkHistory

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

Advanced Family History -Part 1 - Online Workshop This online workshop will help you take your next steps into exploring your family history.

Join us for our Online - Advanced Family History part 1 (£7 plus fees) looking at Poll books, electoral registers, marriage licence bonds and tithe maps #NorfolkHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
🗓️ Mon Jan 19
🕑 2pm
📍 Online
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There be Dragons! We love these adorable 14thC dragons in the Marham Abbey Cartulary #marginalia #DragonAppreciationDay #AppreciateADragonDay #NorfolkHistory

At Smerton a woman with a wooden leg was accused of sorcery and, in a fit of cruelty, buried alive beneath the church floor.
Legend says her wooden leg sprouted from the earth, twisting into an oak tree that shattered the church from within.
#Witchcraft #Folklore #NorfolkHistory #WitchLegends

With the first full week #BackToSchool we celebrate #InternationalLiteracyDay with this charming 1855 letter from Moses Frosdick (nearly 7) to his uncle telling him he is ‘keeping crows being a sponsible fellow’
#NorfolkHistory #Archives

🐾🎉 Happy #InternationalDogDay! 🎉🐾
Today we celebrate our loyal four legged friends. Meet Karl, a cute dachshund from the journals of Hilda Zigomala.
Does your dog have a human name too?
#NorfolkHistory #NorfolkArchives

'The Castle, Rebuilding History' documentary from Eye Film. Having filmed this amazing project over the span of 8 years the film is finally ready for release - the documentary will air on Channel 4 tonight at 7.30 #RoyalPalaceReborn #NorfolkHistory #NorwichCastle

🐘🌍 Celebrate #WorldElephantDay with these #ElephantsintheArchives came to Norwich on 6 September 1898.
#NorfolkHistory

🦁🌍 Today is #WorldLionDay🌍🦁
Watercolours created by George Clayton Eaton in the 19th century of these endangered animals.
#NorfolkHistory #NorfolkArchives

📚✨ Happy #BookLoversDay! ✨📚
Today we celebrate the joy of reading with this image from our favourite Hilda Zigomala journals
#NorfolkHistory #BookLoversDay