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June 2025
Mon 23Reading from the Archives - All Creatures Great and Small
Time: 10:00 - 10:30

Discover people's experiences of seeing different animals for the first time in our next Reading from the Archives.
FREE online event

Book online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244647166179

NRO
Fri 27Behind the Scenes Experience at the Norfolk Record Office
Time: 14:00 - 15:30

Join us for our popular visit behind the scenes at the Norfolk Record Office. Find out what how the conservators repair both parchment and paper documents, have a sneak peak at our Strongrooms, and see a display of original documents.
£7
Book In person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244533817149r

July 2025
Wed 9Norfolk and the Mayflower

Rob Knee

DHT
Wed 16Langley Hall visit

Details from Society web link.

LDLH
Wed 16Free tour of the Britons Arms
Time: 10:00

The Britons Arms, at the top of Elm Hill, dates from the early 15th century and is the only house in Elm Hill to survive the 1507 fire. Trevor will give an introductory talk, and then the group will be divided into two and go around the building in smaller groups. Please note that the tour includes steep steps.
Please note, this is a small group tour with only ten tickets - if you have visited with NNAS before please consider letting another member take the place, and do use the cafe to ensure our continued welcome!
Book here

NNAS
Sat 26Norwich Castle: Royal Palace Reborn – A Story 900 Years in the Making

Hannah Jackson, preceded by AGM

BRLHG
Sat 26Norfolk Landscape History Conference

All-day event in honour of Tom Williamson

NAHRG
August 2025
Fri 8Chapelfield and beyond
Time: 11:00

Edward Baker
The Friends Meeting House, Pegg's Yard
Booking required.

ALHS
Wed 13The Mid Norfolk Railway

Station visit

DHT
Wed 20How nursing has changed since the 80'sLDLH
Fri 22The Black Death and its Aftermath
Time: 19:30

Imogen Corrigan, B.A. Hons Historian, Author

GYLHAS
Sat 30Early English and Decorated Churches in the Wensum Valley

Following on from the very enjoyable tour last year of Romanesque churches in the Waveney valley, Dr Brendan Chester-Kadwell will lead us on an exploration of three churches to the north of Norwich. https://www.nnas.info/product/early-english-and-decorated-churches-in-the-wensum-valley/
There are 15 places available. Tickets are £10 and all proceeds will go to support the churches. SITELINK(Book here,

NNAS
September 2025
Wed 10Stones, bones and herbs – treating everyday ailments in medieval England

Dr Joy Hawkins

DHT
Sat 13
to
Sun 21
George Plunkett Photographic Prize

A special exhibition for Heritage Open Days at Hungate, launching an initiative we have been talking about for a long time; the George Plunkett Photographic Prize!
No booking required.

NNAS
Wed 17The Cathedral, The Close and the Norwich Blitz
Time: 19:30

Anne Ma

CHS
Wed 17Why the Wreck of HMS Gloucester in 1682 Matters: The Secrets of a Restoration Warship

Claire Jowitt

LDLH
Fri 19Queen Elizabeth I's Progress to Norwich in 1578 (and refusal to go to Yarmouth)
Time: 19:30

Victor Morgan, BA, PhD, FRHistS

GYLHAS
October 2025
Tue 7Behind the Scenes Experience at the Norfolk Record Office
Time: 10:00 - 11:30

Join us for our popular visit behind the scenes at the Norfolk Record Office. Find out what how the conservators repair both parchment and paper documents, have a sneak peak at our Strongrooms, and see a display of original documents.
£7
Book In person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244551620399

NRO
Wed 8Annual Members' DinnerDHT
Tue 14Talk - Pablo Fanque & the Victorian Circus
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
Wed 15The Norwich Fire of 1508

Carole Rawcliffe

CHS
Fri 17Coastal Communities: The Archaeology of Sizewell C.
Time: 19:30

Claire Halley, Oxford Cotswold Archaeology, Cotswold Archaeology Work in a Joint Venture on the Project with Oxford Archaeology

GYLHAS
Fri 31Talk - Great Yarmouth Witch Trials
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
November 2025
Tue 11Talk - Behind the Screens - Amphibious Tanks of Fritton Lake and District
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
Wed 12Howard Carter - his Breckland roots, his work in Egypt and his Grand Discovery

Sue Gattuso

DHT
Wed 19Chanter's Jigge
Time: 19:30
CHS
Fri 21The Raising the Roof Project on Oxburgh Hall During the Covid Lockdown
Time: 19:30

Matthew Champion M.A. FRHist S.

GYLHAS
December 2025
Tue 9Talk - Ghost Stories of Great Yarmouth
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
Wed 10Christmas Past

Dr Mary Fewster

DHT
Wed 17More Brewing

David Crease

LDLH
Fri 19Christmas Meeting
Time: 19:30

In-house Speaker.

GYLHAS
January 2026
Tue 13Talk - Growing up in Southtown
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
February 2026
Tue 10Talk - Arthur Nelson: The Clown King
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
March 2026
Tue 10Talk - Hopping Around Hopton
Time: 13:00

Town Hall. Great Yarmouth NR30 2QF

GYHG
   

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Robert Sharpe
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