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March 2024
Thu 28Seahenge and her sister
Time: 19:30

David Robertson, Archaeology East. The discovery of Seahenge, a Bronze Age timber circle on Holme-next-the-Sea beach, has resulted in more than 25 years of research. Archaeologist David Robertson will give an illustrated talk on Seahenge, the neighbouring second circle, and the dating of both to 2049 BC. He will explore how they might have been used and their importance to the study of timber circles in the British Isles.
Venue: Town Hall

April 2024
Wed 3Aerial photography and its use in understanding prehistoric sites
Time: 19:30

Adrian O'dell

Sat 6The History of the Norfolk Wherry
Time: 14:30

Mike Sparkes, archivist for the Norfolk Wherry Trust, will be talking about its history and showing some wonderful photos of the Broads and Great Yarmouth harbour.

Sun 7The Biennial Community Archaeology Conference
Time: 10:00 - 16:30

Booking is now open for Community Archaeology 2024: Coast, Climate and Community

Norfolk is a coastal county with a vast array of heritage found on its coastal fringe. From tools and footprints, found at Happisburgh, dating from around 900,000 years ago, through to 20th century military installations placed to protect against invasion, much of this heritage is vulnerable to erosion.

Click for Details and Booking Info

Wed 10The A-Z of Curious Norfolk

Sarah Doig

Wed 10Yucky Yarns
Time: 11:00 - 12:00

Guided walk/tour

Wed 17From Berlin to Cringleford ; the story of Halifax bomber JD 302 DY-0

Malcolm Wagstaff

Wed 17History Talk - The Norfolk Historic Environment Record
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

By Heather Hamilton (NHER)
Free talk
Inperson and online
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 17Norfolk Poles and stories from the Norfolk Polish Heritage Group Project

Adrian O'dell

Wed 17Medieval Town Wall
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Fri 19George Skipper, Norfolk Architect
Time: 19:30

Paul Dickson introduces George Skipper, architect of many of Cromer's larger hotels. Paul gives summer walking tours in town but on this occasion, his talk will also take us further afield.

Sat 20Roman Temples in East Anglia
Time: 14:30

Natasha Harlow (Hon. Research Fellow, University of Nottingham)
Lecture preceded by AGM

Sun 21Gravestones & Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Tue 23Behind the Scenes Tour of the Norfolk Record Office
Time: 10:00 - 11:30

Visit the Conservation Studio to see where our documents are repaired, experience the atmospheric conditions of the Strongroom where we store our collections, and see a display of original documents.
Federation members can get £1 discount by using the code FEDBTS
Book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/behind-the-scenes-tour-in-person-event-tickets-835696399427

Wed 24Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 25The Wymondham Market Charter of 1440
Time: 18:30

Dr John Alban

Sun 28Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Mon 29Advanced Family History Part 1 Online Workshop
Time: 10:00 - 11:00

This session is aimed at anyone who has already started their family history research but is unsure how to take it further. We show you how to use electoral registers, marriage licence bonds and tithe documents.
£1 discount for Federation Members by using code FEDWS

Book Here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-family-history-part-1-online-workshop-tickets-835700170707

Mon 29Advanced Family History - Part 2 - Online Workshop
Time: 14:00 - 15:00

This session is aimed at anyone who has already started their family history research but is unsure how to take it further. We show you how to use probate material, school records, business records, and papers relating to the workhouse.

£1 discount for Federation Members by using code FEDWS

Book Here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-family-history-part-2-online-workshop-tickets-835706008167

Tue 30The Norwich Architects: Edward Boardman & George Skipper
Time: 14:30

Susan Riddle
Also on Zoom

May 2024
Wed 1History Talk - The St Benet's Abbey Mill and its Local Context
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

by Alison Yardy
Free talk
Inperson and online
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 1Wells-next-the-Sea 1900-1910 – Life in the town at the beginning of the 20th century
Time: 19:30

Steve Adcock

Wed 1Tales of the Old Cemetery
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Sat 4Norfolk's Indian Princess
Time: 14:30

Juyna Lewis. Maharajah Duleep Singh's daughter, despite her privileged and wealthy background, was a suffragette and served as a volunteer nurse during World War 1.

Sun 5Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Mon 6Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 8Shakespeare and Heraldry
Wed 8Norfolk Archaeological Trust - Past Present and Future - Exhibition Walk Through
Time: 14:15

Free event
Book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/norfolk-archaeological-trust-past-present-future-exhibition-walkthrough-tickets-835683380487

Wed 8History Talk - Safeguarding Norfolk's Archaeological Heritage
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

by Heather Hamilton
Free talk
Inperson and online
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 8Nursing at Gressenhall followed by the AGM
Time: 19:30

A short talk by Helen Bainbridge of Gressenhall Rural Life Museum on nursing at the workhouse. This is in conjunction with a special exhibition which is being held at Gressenhall between 9 March and 3 November this year.

Wed 8Gravestones & Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster with tea and cake
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 9Taking Family History Further- Tracing First World War Ancestors - Online Workshop
Time: 10:00 - 11:00

If you have found that your ancestors were in the military, this session is for you. We will look at how to access and use the census, absent voter lists, medal cards and attestation papers.

£1 discount for Federation Members by using code FEDWS

Book Here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/taking-family-history-further-tracing-first-world-war-ancestors-tickets-835708826597

Thu 9Advanced House History - Online Workshop
Time: 14:00 - 15:00

Find out more about tracing the history of the fabric of your building using manor court books, wills and inventories and building control plans. Plus, if your property was a former school, mill, pub or church.
£1 discount for Federation Members by using code FEDWS

Book Here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-house-history-online-workshop-tickets-835822095387

Thu 9Easton Bavents c.1480-1680; a study of a community, kinship and coastal erosion
Time: 18:30

Louise Kennedy

Sun 12Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 15Adult Craft - Creating Embroidered Cards
Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Inspired by First World War embroidered cards known as silks.
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 15Queen Victoria will visit us

Introduced by Georgette Vale

Wed 15Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 19Gravestones & Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 22Quayside & Seaside at Gorleston-on-Sea
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 26Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 29Yucky Yarns
Time: 11:00 - 12:00

Guided walk/tour

Thu 30Suffolk's roads, waterways, and railways in regional and national comparative perspective 1600-1881: A GIS-based approach

Prof. Richard Smith

Thu 302000 Years of Caister-on-Sea
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

June 2024
Wed 5Gravestones & Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 6Walpole and the Puritan Revolution

Dr Joel Halcomb
Walpole Old Chapel, Walpole, Suffolk, IP19 9AZ

Sun 9Tales of the Old Cemetery
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Tue 11Reading from the Archives- A World of Sport
Time: 10:00 - 10:30

Listen to our curated extracts from the archives with a sporting theme.
Free online event
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 12Goddard Johnson

Dr Clive Wilkins-Jones

Wed 12History Talk - Bring Your Family History Back to Life!
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

by Alan Harper and Richard Ashberry
Free talk
Inperson and online
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 12Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 13Medieval Town Wall
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 16Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 19The 1874 BMA Meeting, "When the Medics Came to Norwich"

Phyllida Scrivens

Wed 19Quayside and Seaside at Gorleston-on-Sea
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 20Gravestones & Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 23Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Tue 25Archive Ambulation-A crawl through Norwich's brewing past
Time: 14:00 - 15:30

Join us for a 90 minute relaxed walk through Norwich, looking at our archives to see how the public houses and brewing industry in the city has changed.
Book here www.norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-spring-2024

Wed 26Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 27Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

July 2024
Wed 3Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 4Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 7Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 10The Oxburgh Restoration Project

Matt Champion

Wed 10Quayside and Seaside at Gorleston-on-Sea
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 11Annual General Meeting
Time: 19:00

Members Only - Become a Member

Thu 11Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 14Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 17Visit - Langley Abbey
Wed 17Tales of the Old Cemetery
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 18Launch of 2024 volume, Socialism in King's Lynn and Suffragism in Great Yarmouth
Time: 19:30

Dr Jennifer Davey (Head of the History of Parliament).
An in-person event for members and guests. Also free, online - society website for more details.

Thu 18Gravestones & Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster with tea and cake
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 21Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 25Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 28Yucky Yarns with Yucky Tea
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 31Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

August 2024
Thu 1Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 4Tales of the Old Cemetery
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 7Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 8Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 11Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 14Anchoresses and anchorites and how they lived

Joy Taylor

Wed 14Quayside & Seaside at Gorleston-on-Sea
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 15Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 21A History of Spinning & Weaving

Susan Cranmer

Wed 21Gravestones and Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 22Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 25Medieval Town Wall
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 28Sun, Sea, Stars & Circus
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

September 2024
Sun 1Gravestones and Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 4Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 8The Finest Quay
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Sat 14Picture of Yarmouth
Time: 13:00 - 14:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 18Caistor St Edmund

Natasha Harlow

Wed 182000 Years of Caister-on-Sea
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 18TBA
Sat 21Medieval Town Wall
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 25Quayside and Seaside at Gorleston-on-Sea
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 29Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 14:00 - 15:03

Guided walk/tour

October 2024
Wed 2Tales of the Old Cemetery
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 6Forgotten Inns and Taverns of Great Yarmouth
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 9Dinner at the Beeston Ploughshare
Wed 9Gravestones and Tombstones of Great Yarmouth Minster
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 13Rows, Fishwives & Red Herrings
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 16Quayside and Seaside at Gorleston-on-Sea
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 16An update on the Caister Roman Project Digs

Mike Pinner

Sun 20Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk
Time: 18:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Wed 23Medieval Town Wall
Time: 11:00 - 12:03

Guided walk/tour

Sun 27Gory Stories on a Wicked Walk with Gory Recpetion
Time: 17:00 - 19:03

Guided walk/tour

Thu 31Yucky Yarns with Yucky Tea
Time: 14:00 - 15:00

Guided walk/tour

November 2024
Mon 11The Gloucester and Oliver Cromwell's Western design

Dr Ben Redding

Wed 13Treasures from the Dereham Heritage Trust Collection

Robena Brown/Katie Goodham

Wed 20The Norwich Castle Keep Project

Tim Pestell

Wed 20News from the Archive
December 2024
Wed 11A Christmas celebration

Chanter's Jigge

Wed 18Medieval Boozing

David Crease

January 2025
Wed 8RAF Sculthorpe Heritage Centre

Ian Brown