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April 2025
Tue 1Introduction to Family History - FREE online session
Time: 10:00 - 11:00

Join us online to find out how to get started on tracing your family history. Topics and documents include tips on collecting materials and memories within your immediate family, how to use census records, civil registration, and parish registers to trace your ancestors.
This session is aimed at anyone who is new to family history research.

Book https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244665601319

NRO
Wed 2Little Walsingham – Birth of a Village

Andrew Tullet

WLHG
Thu 3Introduction to House History - FREE online workshop
Time: 10:00 - 11:00

We will look at how to trace the history of the fabric of your building using historical and modern maps before using census returns and trade directories to find out about the previous owners and occupiers of your property.

Book https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244750766049

NRO
Sat 5The A to Z of Curious Norfolk: Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics

Sarah Doig

BRLHG
Wed 9The remarkable life of Thomas Fowell Buxton – the Liberator

Alison Dow

DHT
Fri 11Medieval Pilgrimage in North Norfolk
Time: 19:30

Dr John Beal

FCM
Fri 11Thomas Milnes, the nearly man of British sculpture'
Time: 11:00

Chris Belle
The Friends Meeting House, Pegg's Yard
Booking required.

ALHS
Fri 11The Broads Waterside Project
Time: 19:30

Alison Yardy, Senior Projects Officer (Heritage), Norfolk County Council

GYLHAS
Wed 16Newhaven Court: A story of love, tragedy, heroism and intrigue
Time: 19:30

Helen Murray

CHS
Wed 16Medieval Women as Healers: Nurses, Midwives and Wise Women

Joy Hawkins

LDLH
Sat 26Norfolk's Deep History Coast
Time: 14:30

John Davies (retired Chief Curator, Norwich Castle Museum)

NAHRG
Tue 29The Real Margery Kempe

Susan Maddock

BAHS
Wed 30History Talk - Once visited never forgotten: St Andrew's Asylum and Hospital
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

By Dale Wiseman
Discover the history of the Norfolk asylum from 1813 through to its closure as a hospital in 1998. Using research from the Change Minds project Dale will featuring case studies from the 1880s, including a patient who was at the Norfolk asylum for a just a few months and a long-term patient.
FREE
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Book online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1254305444349

NRO
May 2025
Thu 1Advanced Family History - Part 1 - in person workshop
Time: 10:00 - 12:00

If you have started your research independently or joined us on our introduction to family history online previously and want to take your research a step further this session is for you. Including a mixture of practical activities and demonstrations we show you how to use documents needed for delving deeper into your family history. There will also be original records be on display to illustrate some of the topics taught.
£10
Book online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244736463269

NRO
Sat 3The Hotblack Family of Norwich

Caroline Holland

BRLHG
Fri 9Norwich: Culture, community and church, 1500-1750
Time: 10:00 - 16:30

Six leading historians will share their perspectives and research on various aspects of Norwich's history at this study day.
Carole Rawcliffe, Reid Barbour, and Clare Haynes focus on - Augustine Steward, Thomas Browne, and Francis Blomefield
Joel Halcomb takes a broad view of the development of non-conformism in early modern Norwich.
Rebecca Pinner searches for the mythic origins of Norwich through the figure of Gurgunt
Andy Wood presents two new documents on Kett's Rebellion.
£25
Book In person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1219104898569
Book online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1219106984809

NRO
Sat 10Early Middle Ages in East Anglia: Illuminating the Dark Ages
Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Day Conference - Imperial Hotel
Professor Katy Cubitt - UEA: East Anglia's Contacts with the Continent before 700CE
Professor Lesley Abrams - Oxford: Scandinavian Settlement of Norfolk
Dr Keith Ruiter - University of Suffolk: Law and Scandinavian Society
Professor Rory Naismith - Cambridge University: The Late Anglo-Saxon Period

GYLHAS
Wed 14'Bob Halls' Sand – Are we any closer to discovering the origins of the name?

Short talk by Steve Adcock, followed by AGM

WLHG
Wed 14Jack Cates – the Last Norfolk Wherryman

Dale Wiseman

DHT
Wed 14Advanced Family History - Part 2 - in-person workshop
Time: 14:00 - 16:00

If you are hoping to take your family history further you may want to check this session. Including a mixture of practical activities and demonstrations we show you how to use probate material, school records, business records, and papers relating to the workhouse. There will also be original records be on display to illustrate some of the topics taught.

Book In person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244747315729

NRO
Fri 16Re-enactment of Life in the Middle Ages
Time: 19:30

Ashley Dyer & the Norwich and Norfolk Medieval Association

GYLHAS
Wed 21Castles in the Landscape

Rik Hoggett

LDLH
Wed 21History Talk - Battlefield wills from the First World War
Time: 13:00 - 14:00

by Daryl Long
More than 15,000 Norfolk men died in the First World War. What happened to their estate after their death? A soldier's pay book allowed last wishes and bequests to be recorded and, for some, just the name of next of kin was sufficient to ensure any valuables and a soldier's pay could find its way home. However, of those 15,000, just over 200 made wills that were proved in the Norwich Probate Court and these records are held at the Norfolk Record Office. Ongoing research explores the story behind these wills. Who were these men? What is their back story and what was the impact on those they left behind?
FREE talk

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Book online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1249222571339

NRO
Fri 23Advanced House History - in-person workshop
Time: 10:00 - 12:00

This session includes a mixture of practical activities and demonstrations to show how to use the documents needed for finding out about the history of your house. There will also be original records be on display to illustrate some of the topics taught. 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, we will look at if your property was a former school, mill, pub or church. Staff are also happy to take questions on where to go next in research into your individual property.
£10
Book In person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244772250309

NRO
June 2025
Sat 7Red Cross Walk, Yarmouth Road

Dale Wiseman

BRLHG
Wed 11Treasures from DHT collections

Robena Brown and Katie Goodman

DHT
Fri 13Celebrating Margaret Rope - Stained Glass Artist
Time: 11:00

Arthur Rope
The Friends Meeting House, Pegg's Yard
Booking required.

ALHS
Fri 13History in Focus - Lifting the lid on the Parish Chest
Time: 11:00 - 12:30

Discover the variety of documents to be found in the parish chest, find out how to access this material and how it can help in your research.

This is a pay what you can event.
Book https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1244614297869

NRO
Wed 18History on a Stick - Norfolk Flora

Andrew Tullett

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

Dr Joy Hawkins

DHT
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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Taverham: The Story of a Cathedral Priory Manor
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An Angel Amongst Strange Bears: John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, Blickling Hall, Norfolk
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Sir James Neville: War and Peace, A Norfolk Soldier at Home and Abroad
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Ketteringham: A Norfolk Country Estate
Robert Sharpe
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978-1-869831-11-0
Doodlebugs and Rockets, Norfolk and Suffolk 1944-1945
John Bridges