Author: norah

Blog Learning from archives 

The Bells That Toll Beneath the Waves

28th September 201815th January 2019 norah 0 Comments bells, Eccles, legends

David Stannard, local historian and NORAH trustee has written this blog on an aspect of Norfolk’s coastal history, which is

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Blog Learning from archives 

The Last Pryor of Ingham Priory, Norfolk

17th August 201829th August 2018 norah 0 Comments Dissolution of the Monastries, Henry VIII, Heritage Open Days 2018, HODs, Ingham Priory in Norfolk, John Attwoode, John Saye

NORAH trustee and local historian, David Stannard, will be giving a talk on the fascinating history of Ingham church and

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Blog Learning from archives 

Let NORAH Do The Talking

9th February 2018 norah 0 Comments coast, Eccles, Hempstead, NORAH talks, Norfolk, storms

Let NORAH do the talking Whether you’re interested in Norfolk’s maritime heritage, medieval treasures in the archives or the history

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Blog Learning from archives Morningthorpe 

Great Yarmouth Political Squibs

10th January 2018 norah 0 Comments 1810s, 1820s, 1830s, Great Yarmouth, local history, political history, Tories, Whigs

Great Yarmouth Political Squibs The first substantial grant made by NORAH allowed the Norfolk Record Office to buy a lot

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Blog Drawing in the archives Learning from archives 

Drawing in the Archives

8th December 201712th December 2017 norah 0 Comments

NORAH supports children’s learning NORAH has recently helped to fund four exciting drawing workshops for school children at the Norfolk

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Blog Conserving archives 

Conserving Great Yarmouth’s first parish register

1st November 20172nd February 2018 norah 1 Comment family history, Great Yarmouth, local history, Salem witch trials, Towne Family Association

Great Yarmouth’s first parish register records baptisms, marriages and burials which took place in the town from 1558 to 1653.

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