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July 2026
Fri 17
to
Sat 25
Norwich History Festival

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NNAS
Sat 25Seely Suffolk : A conference-style all-day event on aspects of Suffolk history
Sat 25Suffolk History Day
Time: 10:00 - 17:30

'Pakefield to Pagodas: Suffolk's Archaeological Heritage' : Richard Hoggett (Heritage Consultant)
'The Making of the Suffolk Landscape' : Edward Martin (Independent Researcher, Retired Archaeologist)
'Rendlesham and the East Anglian Kingdom' : Christopher Scull (Hon. Visiting Professor, Cardiff Uni.)
'Current Research into Roman Villas in Suffolk' : Jude Pluviez (Retired Senior Archaeological Officer)
'The Landscape of Domesday Suffolk': George Barlow (Independent Researcher)

NAHRG members will be £20.00 per head.
Non-members £30.00 per head (UEA History Dept staff and students £25.00).
Booking form from NAHRG

NAHRG
August 2026
Sat 1Day Trip: Ely by train with NNAS president Heather Wallis

The medieval highlights of Ely, including a guided tour of the Cathedral and the Stained Glass Museum, and free time to visit the city museum - either joining a group on the train, or making your own travel arrangements. Booking here

NNAS
Wed 12Fishermen, Bathers and Beach Folk

Helen Murray

DHT
September 2026
Fri 4Reminiscence Session - Talking Sport
Time: 10:00 - 11:30

Join us to see some documents and have a chat about your sporting memories.
Book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990633939700

NRO
Wed 9Walter Rye, Norfolk antiquarian and saviour of Bishop Bonner's Cottages

Rob Knee

DHT
Wed 9History Talk - The Rows of Great Yarmouth
Time: 13:00

by Stuart Burgess
FREE HYBRID EVENT

Booking essential in-person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991040577966
Booking essential Online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991044437510

NRO
Thu 10Advanced House History - online workshop
Time: 10:00

Free online event to help you to continue your research looking at manor court books, probate inventories, field books and valuation books.
Book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-house-history-online-workshop-tickets-1991039899938

NRO
Wed 16Norfolk at War: Bombing and Blackout (morning session)
Time: 10:30

For Heritage Open Days
Join us for a rare chance to see the original Norwich Bomb map.
Standing at 2 metres tall, and 2 meters wide, the map gives the locations of the bombs which fell on Norwich during the war.
Booking opens 26 August at 10am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987065337916

NRO
Wed 16Norfolk at War: Bombing and Blackout (afternoon session)
Time: 14:00

For Heritage Open Days
Join us for a rare chance to see the original Norwich Bomb map.
Standing at 2 metres tall, and 2 meters wide, the map gives the locations of the bombs which fell on Norwich during the war.
Booking opens 26 August at 10am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987670862055

NRO
Fri 18The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Time: 13:00

For Heritage Open Days
Explore how people communicated in the past through a series of hands on mini activities inspired by historical letters.
Booking opens 26 August at 10am https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1987069241592

NRO
Wed 23Behind 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 Federation members can get £1 discount by using the code FEDWS
Book essential https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990633623755

NRO
Fri 25Advanced Family History - Part 1 - online workshop
Time: 10:00

FREE online workshop, looking at electoral registers, marriage licence bonds and tithe documents
Book here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991038055421

NRO
Fri 25Advanced Family History - Part 2 - Online workshop
Time: 14:00

Free Online Workshop
Take your family history further -how to use probate material, school records, business records, and papers relating to the workhouse.

Book In person https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1991038924019

NRO
October 2026
Wed 14Annual DinnerDHT
Thu 15Quick Guides - Maritime Records
Time: 10:00

FREE online event
Explore the Norfolk Record Office's resources on merchant shipping in Great Yarmouth, as well as information on shipbuilders and operators.
Booking essential https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990773331625

NRO
Tue 20Reading from the Archives - The Force of Nature
Time: 10:00

Listen to readings of a variety of documents all linked by the theme of the force of nature
FREE online event

Book online https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990639742055

NRO
November 2026
Wed 11The History of Swaffham

Sue Gattuso

DHT
December 2026
Wed 9Treasures from Dereham's Archive

Robena Brown

DHT
   

Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project

September 2026
Exhibition Visit: Medieval Churches of Norwich
Wednesday 23rd

Dr Clare Haynes celebrates the publication of the new book on the Medieval Churches of Norwich with a guided visit to the accompanying exhibition at Hungate Medieval Art.

For further information: www.sharp.org.uk

Poppyland Publishing - Latest Titles

For full information go to
www.poppyland.co.uk

Price & ISBNTitle and Author
£19.95 (pbk)
£29.95 (hbk)
978-1-909796-45-4
Taverham: The Story of a Cathedral Priory Manor
Judy Sims
£19.95
978-1-909796-95-9
An Angel Amongst Strange Bears: John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, Blickling Hall, Norfolk
Joy Beresford Frye
£20.95
978-1-909796-99-7
Sir James Neville: War and Peace, A Norfolk Soldier at Home and Abroad
Sara Barton-Wood
£10.95
978-1-869831-10-3
Ketteringham: A Norfolk Country Estate
Robert Sharpe
£10.95
978-1-869831-11-0
Doodlebugs and Rockets, Norfolk and Suffolk 1944-1945
John Bridges