Author Archives: elizabethjayne2015

How a Second World War air raid caused the closure of a Norfolk School: The accounts of Amy Buckley, Head Teacher

Posted on February 24, 2021 by elizabethjayne2015

On the night of 26 – 27 June 1942, St Mark’s Primary and Infants’ School on Hall Road, Norwich was bombed and destroyed during a Second World War air raid. The school’s temporary log book (NRO, N/ED 1/86), written by … Continue reading →

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King’s Lynn’s trading links with Europe: King’s Lynn and the Hansa

Posted on July 15, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

(Or, in a travesty of the old saying, Hansa is as Hansa does) Over time, King’s Lynn’s trading links with Europe have developed and evolved and continue to do so today. Records held in the King’s Lynn Borough Archives can … Continue reading →

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'Conscientious and promising nurse' to 'Appeared to lack brain and interest': Comments found in the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital Nurses’ Registers (1900-1928)

Posted on April 4, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

Nurses’ Registers can be a useful historical source for those researching their family history or nursing training. They can also provide a fascinating insight into the lives and personalities of the people who worked there. Nurse Training In the early … Continue reading →

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Conserving the Richard Bright Collection

Posted on March 15, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

Dr Richard Bright is a key figure in the history of medicine and intellectual life, famous for his work in nephrology and discovery of Bright’s disease, but also active in other areas, including natural history, geology, anthropology and travel. Bright … Continue reading →

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Much Ado About Nothing?

Posted on March 7, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

A Letter from Edward Harbord 3rd Baron Suffield, to his sixteen-year-old son starts ‘With an aching heart and a trembling hand, I take up my pen to reply to your note…’ The eleven-page letter written in 1829 and held at … Continue reading →

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William Curtis: an 18th century farmer, debtor and habitual complainer

Posted on February 26, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

Corruption always tends to capture our interest- reading the tabloids indicates that- and it is very easy to identify what looks like corruption when we research documents from the past. We tend to forget that in previous centuries different rules … Continue reading →

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The Angel Inn of King’s Lynn

Posted on February 19, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

It sometimes seems strange- though on second thoughts it’s only to be expected- how researching one topic recalls previous ones, with one thread leading to another, then another, until they are all intertwined. While browsing the records at King’s Lynn … Continue reading →

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The Norwich Bread Riot of 1766

Posted on February 1, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

If you heard about bread riots in the 18th century your mind might go to France, where the peasants waged war against the upper classes in order to simply be able to afford food. However, these images may be closer … Continue reading →

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