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.
Our Tudor mannequin complete with newly fur trimmed cloak and altered black dress underneath. Thank you to all our volunteers who joined us yesterday, and we look forward to seeing more finished pieces to take out for school workshops soon! #tudortailors #volunteers
This dress is being altered to fit a smaller frame and be more accessible, with a Velcro fastening. It will be used in our school workshops. #tudortailors #volunteering
Our Tudor Tailors are taking over the searchroom today. These volunteers are creating tudor inspired clothing for us to use in our school workshops. #tudortailors #volunteers #schoolworkshops
We hold a variety of #Nelson documents born #otd 1758 #BurnhamThorpe but the strangest has to be 3 hairs found in a collection of papers and letters of #ElizabethFry
Thank you to our speaker Stuart Burgess and everyone who came to his fascinating talk on the Rows of Great Yarmouth recently. We're delighted to say this talk is now available to watch on our YouTube channel. Share with a friend who loves local history! youtu.be/u_YZVByidcA?... #greatyarmouth
The Rows of Great Yarmouth by Stuart Burgess
This talk took place at the Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre on Wednesday 9 September 2026. Great Yarmouth once had over 147 narrow alleyways, called Rows, dissecting its medieval town.…
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👀 Want to have a peek behind the scenes? There's still some space on our Behind the Scenes Experience tomorrow at 2pm. See our Searchroom, a Strongroom and the Conservation studio, as well as a selection of original documents. Tickets here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the...
Thank you to everyone who came to our Heritage Open Days events today. The Norwich Bomb Map was a big draw and we hope you enjoyed this very rare and special opportunity to see it up close, and hear about the painstaking conservation work behind it. #norfolkhods #heritageopendays #norwichbombmap
To celebrate the birthday of #AgathaChristie #otd 1890, we have a 1961 note from Agatha Christie to Thomas Upcher, commenting on his praise of the 'Big Four' a #Poirot story first published in 1927.
A lovely display for #WorldBeardDay from the Capps Family of #GreatYarmouth and #Gorleston, you could hire a bathing machine and learn to swim
For #backtoschool day, we have this 1840 drawing of the playground of Thomas Clayton's boarding school at Bawburgh as drawn by the talented John Baly of Hardingham. How many of these games did you play at school?
For this #WorldLetterWritingDay we have this cross-hatched letter from Admiral G Henderson to his father in 1840. Cross-hatching was a way of saving paper & reducing the cost of postage: which depended on the distance the letter had to go & the number of sheets of paper. #NorfolkHistory
To celebrate #InternationalDogDay we have this adorable pencil sketch of Mops from the Jex-Blake family papers. #DogDay #NationalDogDay
Bookings are NOW OPEN for our #HeritageOpenDays events, join us to find out about the Norwich Bomb Map or our creative workshop to discover the lost art of letter writing. norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-july-...
Get ready to book Heritage Open Days events, tomorrow 26 Aug from 10am #HODs #NorfolkHeritageOpenDays #NorfolkHistory
Get ready to book Heritage Open Days events, tomorrow 26 Aug from 10am #HODs #NorfolkHeritageOpenDays #NorfolkHistory
Our latest project Grounds for Appeal has shown some unusual claims for being exempted from military conscription between 1916-18 in the Great Yarmouth Tribunal papers. One of our volunteers Anya Page explains in the latest blog post. wwigroundsforappeal.substack.com/p/his-mother...
“His mother was now solely dependent upon his allotment.”[1]
Anya Page, Grounds for Appeal volunteer, tells us about some unusual claims among the Great Yarmouth Tribunal papers at Norfolk Record Office
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🏘️ The Rows of Great Yamouth 📅 Wednesday 9 Sept at 1pm 📍 Green Room, the Archive Centre and online 🎫 Free, booking required norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-july-...
Yesterday's archive-inspired holiday activity was all about kite making! 🪁 There was lots of tweaking and fine-tuning happening in the Long Gallery, with top tips from expert kite flyer from @ColourtheSkyKiteDisplays. #FamilyFun #SummerActivities #ArchivesInspire
We couldn’t have picked a more apt venue for our next ‘Research your family or house history for FREE’ event this Sat 15 Aug – Long Stratton Library. Booking essential: lstratton.eventbrite.co.uk The library stands beside what was once the main approach to Long Stratton Manor (demolished 1940s).
Research your family or house history - for FREE (Long Stratton)
Want to research the history of your family or house but don’t know where to start? This beginner’s session will get you on track, for free!
lstratton.eventbrite.co.uk
We couldn’t resist this cute sketch for #WorldElephantDay from our favourite Journals of Hilda Zigomala. #BeElephantEthical #BEE
You can keep in touch with us at NRO in many different ways. We love to hear from you! #norfolkrecordoffice #norfolkarchives #socialmedia
This caught our eye today-a 1753 probate inventory for Anthony Tills,Worstead Weaver. It lists all his possessions on his death, including his loom and also a bird cage, alas no mention of a canary which would have kept Anthony company as he worked #Norwich #Strangers #Canaries
⚽️ Reminiscence Session: Talking Sport 📅 Friday 4 Sept at 10am 📍 Green Room, The Archive Centre 🎫 Free, booking required www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reminiscen...
🚶🏽♀️➡️Thinking of taking the first steps on your family or house history journey?🌳🏠 🚶🏽♀️➡️🚶🏽♀️➡️Set off with a guide at our ‘Research your family or house history–for FREE!’ event at Long Stratton Library on Saturday 15 August. Talk-Booklet-1to1 computer sessions Booking essential lstratton.eventbrite.co.uk
Research your family or house history - for FREE (Long Stratton)
Want to research the history of your family or house but don’t know where to start? This beginner’s session will get you on track, for free!
lstratton.eventbrite.co.uk
Recent discovery by volunteers at a repackaging session the Building Control Plan for the corner of Red Lion Street and Westlegate N/EN 12/1/23146 #NorfolkHistory #NorfolkArchives
As part of the #WorkExperienceDay we spent time in the digitisation studio learning about the camera set up, digitisation orders and how to care for the documents during the process. #workexperience #norfolkarchives #norfolkrecordoffice
The first part of the #WorkExperienceDay 'Working in a Heritage Environment' is the conservation studio, learning how to handle documents correctly. The humidification chamber is used to gently relax parchment so it can be flattened. #WorkExperience #NorfolkHistory #NorfolkHeritage
Enjoy this 1579 Christopher Saxton map map of #Norfolk from the Raymond Frostick Collection for #NorfolkDay #NorfolkHistory
For @NorwichPride we are celebrating LGBTQ+ history in the archives, with photographs exploring gender by Sydney Denny. #LGBTQ+ #NorwichPride #NorfolkHistory
