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| Thu 22 | Worstead Weavers - Postponed
Margaret Brooker
| ALHS |
| Tue 27 | Roman coins from rivers and wells in Britain: hoards or gifts for the gods?
Roger Bland (Short AGM precedes Talk)
Presentation on Zoom
| BAHS |
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| Tue 3 | Cancelled
Oliver Bone , Kings Lynn Museum
| WHS |
| Wed 4 | Cancelled | WLHG |
| Wed 4 | Norfolk Record Office Quiz Evening
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Join us for our inaugural online quiz evening.
Grab yourself a drink and settle down to test your knowledge of Norfolk history.
Some (but not all questions) will relate to one of our archives, with rounds such as
Which year in history?
and
Where in Norfolk?.
This is purely for fun and you don’t need to reveal how you do unless you want to!
The quiz should take 60-90 minutes.
No booking required, just click on the link on this page ( https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events/) 5 minutes before we go live.
| NRO |
| Thu 5 | House History - Free Online Workshop
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
This workshop is designed to help you use online sources to begin discovering the History of your House from home.
Learn how to discover the fabric of your building using OS, tithe and enclosure maps, before moving on to uncover the previous inhabitants of your house using census returns, trade directories, manor court books and wills.
Book your ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-history-online-workshop-tickets-115335389254
| NRO |
| Mon 9 | Introduction to Family History - Online Workshop
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
This online workshop will help you take your first steps into exploring your family history.
Book your free ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-family-history-online-workshop-tickets-115330941952
| NRO |
| Wed 11 | Armstrong’s Dereham
Zoom discussion with Susanna Wade-Martins.
(on-line presentation ahead of the meeting).
| DHT |
| Wed 11 | Online History Talk - The Grand Tour and Beyond
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
The Grand Tour and Beyond- Accounts from Norfolk’s Archives
by Victoria Draper
Join us on a journey through the archives to uncover the grand tourists’ experiences during their travels. Using letters and diaries within the Norfolk Record Office we will see what the tourists thought about crossing the Chanel, how they found their transport on the continent and their encounters when site seeing.
20 min talk plus live Q and A with speaker- Victoria Draper
Zoom link can be found here https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/history-talks/
| NRO |
| Wed 11 | Online History Talk - The Grand Tour and Beyond- Accounts from Norfolk’s Archives
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
The Grand Tour and Beyond- Accounts from Norfolk’s Archives
by Victoria Draper
Join us on a journey through the archives to uncover the grand tourists’ experiences during their travels. Using letters and diaries within the Norfolk Record Office we will see what the tourists thought about crossing the Chanel, how they found their transport on the continent and their encounters when site seeing.
20 min talk plus live Q and A with speaker- Victoria Draper
Zoom link can be found here https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/history-talks/
| NRO |
| Thu 12 | Advanced Family History
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
This free online workshop will introduce you to new sources to help explore your family history.
Find out how to use some of the more advanced sources for tracing your family tree. This session includes a mixture of documents which can be accessed online but also those which are only available in the Norfolk Record Office searchroom in person. Sources included are electoral registers, marriage licence bonds and tithe documents.
Book your ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-family-history-online-workshop-tickets-115336263870
| NRO |
| Fri 13 | Small Bites - Wills - Online Workshop
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
Find out about the court system before 1858 and understand where your ancestor or individual you are researching may have had their will proved. Discover the changes to the system after 1858 and find out about some of the accompanying resources.
A 30 min session with a talk and time for questions.
Book your ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-bites-wills-online-workshop-tickets-115341206654
| NRO |
| Tue 17 | The Carmelite Priory Arch (Whitefriars), Boal Quay, King’s Lynn
Time: 16:00
Dr. Julian Litten
The Carmelite Priory Arch, Boal Quay, King’s Lynn & open air social.
Contact clivejbond@ao.com, 01553 671239, before day of event.
| WNKL |
| Wed 18 | ‘A very remote period indeed’; Discovering East Anglia’s Early Humans - Cancelled
Dr Richard Hoggett
| LDLH |
| Wed 18 | The ups and downs of Elm Hill, Properties and People - Cancelled
Victor Morgan
| CHS |
| Thu 19 | The Penny in your Purse
David Bailey
| GHS |
| Fri 20 | Admiral Lord Nelson in Context
Assistant Professor Evan Wilson
Online presentation, https://speakerregister.org.uk/gylhas from 19.30 and for one month afterwards
| GYLH |
| Fri 20 | Make your own Christmas Decorations - Free Online Workshop
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Have a go at making your very own Christmas decorations inspired by documents in the Norfolk Record Office
Book your place here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-your-own-christmas-decorations-online-workshop-tickets-115343156486
| NRO |
| Mon 23 | Mindful Monday - Online Get Together
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
This relaxing online workshop will help you begin your week.
Book your free online ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mindful-monday-online-get-together-tickets-115337335074
| NRO |
| Tue 24 | Dereham and its vicar in Victorian times
Susanna Wade-Martins
Presentation on Zoom.
| BAHS |
| Thu 26 | Iron Age Norfolk - Postponed
Dr John Davies
| ALHS |
| Thu 26 | House History - Free Online Workshop
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
This workshop is designed to help you use online sources to begin discovering the History of your House from home.
Learn how to discover the fabric of your building using OS, tithe and enclosure maps, before moving on to uncover the previous inhabitants of your house using census returns, trade directories, manor court books and wills.
Book your ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-history-online-workshop-tickets-115335467488
| NRO |
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| Wed 2 | Cancelled
2.30pm
| WLHG |
| Wed 2 | Introduction to Family History - Online Workshop
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
This online workshop will help you take your first steps into exploring your family history.
Book your free ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-family-history-online-workshop-tickets-115331136534
| NRO |
| Thu 3 | Cancelled
Dr Tom Licence (UEA)
| WHS |
| Fri 4 | Small Bites - Schools - Online Workshop
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
Interested in researching an old school building? Want to find out what happened in your local school in the past? Join us for a session looking at school records, including public building grants and log books. Find out what closure periods mean in terms of accessing some of these records and what is available to view.
A 30 min session with a talk and time for questions.
Book your free ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/small-bites-schools-online-workshop-tickets-115341611866
| NRO |
| Mon 7 | Mindful Monday - Online Get Together
Time: 13:00 - 13:30
This relaxing online workshop will help you begin your week.
Book your free ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mindful-monday-online-get-together-tickets-115337561752
| NRO |
| Wed 9 | Thatchers and Thackers, Larwoods and Fleggs - surname maps as windows on the past
Zoom discussion with Trevor Ogden.
(on line presentation ahead of the meeting).
| DHT |
| Wed 9 | Online History Talk - How Norwich Fought against the Plague
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
How Norwich Fought against the Plague
by Frank Meeres
The year 2020 is not the first time Norwich has come under threat from a pandemic. Outbreaks of plague in Tudor and Stuart times were just as devastating for the city – and led to many more deaths. Have we learnt from the past? – this talk looks at how the city authorities tried to fight against the plague – and compares their actions with those of people at the present time.
20 min talk plus live Q and A with speaker- Frank Meeres
Zoom link can be found here https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/history-talks/
| NRO |
| Wed 9 | Online History Talk- How Norwich Fought against the Plague
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
How Norwich Fought against the Plague
by Frank Meeres
The year 2020 is not the first time Norwich has come under threat from a pandemic. Outbreaks of plague in Tudor and Stuart times were just as devastating for the city – and led to many more deaths. Have we learnt from the past? – this talk looks at how the city authorities tried to fight against the plague – and compares their actions with those of people at the present time.
20 min talk plus live Q and A with speaker- Frank Meeres
Zoom link can be found here https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/history-talks/
| NRO |
| Thu 10 | Advanced Family History
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
This free online workshop will introduce you to new sources to help explore your family history.
Find out how to use some of the more advanced sources for tracing your family tree. This session includes a mixture of documents which can be accessed online but also those which are only available in the Norfolk Record Office searchroom in person. Sources included are electoral registers, marriage licence bonds and tithe documents.
Book your ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-family-history-online-workshop-tickets-115336318032
| NRO |
| Fri 11 | House History - Free Online Workshop
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
This workshop is designed to help you use online sources to begin discovering the History of your House from home.
Learn how to discover the fabric of your building using OS, tithe and enclosure maps, before moving on to uncover the previous inhabitants of your house using census returns, trade directories, manor court books and wills.
Book your ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/house-history-online-workshop-tickets-115335533686
| NRO |
| Tue 15 | Conservation in Action: King’s Lynn
Time: 16:00
Kevin Elfleet
Socially distanced at the Globe Hotel, possible social in beer garden.
Contact clivejbond@ao.com, 01553 671239, before day of event.
| WNKL |
| Wed 16 | Living History from Blickling Hall - Cancelled
Two characters from Blickling join us for our Christmas Do.
| LDLH |
| Thu 17 | Music and Party Time
Bristol Fashion
| GHS |
| Fri 18 | A Virtual Tour around St Nicholas Minster
Dr Paul Davies
Online presentation, https://speakerregister.org.uk/gylhas from 19.30 and for one month afterwards
| GYLH |
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| Wed 6 | Sewage in Wells
Roger Arguile, 2.30pm
| WLHG |
| Tue 19 | St Mary’s Church, South Wootton
Time: 16:00
John Smallwood
Socially distanced at t Mary’s Church, Church Lane, South Wootton followed by social outside at the Swan Inn.
Contact clivejbond@ao.com, 01553 671239, before day of event.
| WNKL |
| Wed 20 | The de Argentein Family: Cup Bearers to Medieval Kings - Cancelled
David Wollweber
| LDLH |
| Thu 28 | Shardlake's Norwich - CJ Sansom's Tombland and Kett's Rebellion
Paul Dickson
| ALHS |
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| Wed 3 | The Black Death in Norfolk
Mark Bailey, 2.30pm
| WLHG |
| Sat 20 | In the Steps of King John
Time: 14:00
Mike Brown and Graham Sampson
Meet at Ferry Square, then drive to Clenchwarton, Church Road, for various locations.
Social follows at The Partridge Inn beer garden.
Contact clivejbond@ao.com, 01553 671239, before day of event.
| WNKL |
| Thu 25 | The Walsingham Study
Ian Hinton, Norfolk Historic Buildings Group
| ALHS |
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| Wed 3 | Binham Priory
Nicholas Vincent 7.30pm
| WLHG |
| Thu 4 | What the Victorians threw away
Dr Tom Licence (UEA)
| WHS |
| Tue 16 | Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s Roydon Common and Grimston Warren Nature Reserves and their Archaeology
Time: 16:00
Dr. Clive Jonathon Bond
Meet at Roydon Common, Lynn Road PE32 1A, at the newly refurbished Norfolk
Wildlife Trust Western car park, with picnic in hand
Contact clivejbond@ao.com, 01553 671239, before day of event.
| WNKL |
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| Thu 1 | Hempton Priory
Matthew Champion
| WHS |
| Wed 7 | Early Policing in Wells II
Steve Adcock 7.30pm
| WLHG |
| Tue 20 | The Open Fields of South-West Norfolk – A Midlands System in East Anglia?
Michael Medlar
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| Tue 20 | Tydd St Mary RFC Landing Ground: The Archaeological Survey in 2014
Time: 18:00
Paul Markillie & Dr. Clive Jonathon Bond
Meet at Markillie S. & Son Ltd, Grange Farm, Tydd St Mary, with a picnic in hand.
Contact clivejbond@ao.com, 01553 671239, before day of event.
| WNKL |
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| Wed 5 | Blickling Hall
Liz & Robert Scott 7.30pm
| WLHG |
| Thu 6 | Lucy Lavers return to Dunkirk 75 years on
Simon Garnier
| WHS |
| Wed 12 | AGM & members social evening
7.30pm
| WLHG |