Author Archives: nroeando2017

Black Shuck: The Hell Hound that Terrorises Blickling Hall

Posted on August 3, 2023 by nroeando2017

If you are familiar with the Norfolk Record Office blog, you may have read a recent entry on the death by duel of Sir Henry Hobart, the fourth baronet of Blickling Hall. Curiously, Hobart’s remarkable story doesn’t end with his … Continue reading →

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Norfolk’s Final Farewell to the Drama of the Duel

Posted on June 23, 2023 by nroeando2017

A seventeenth century document held by the Norfolk Record Office (NRO, FX210/1) details the high drama of a spectacular clash of egos that took place more than three hundred years ago. The broiling emotions of the challenger to the duel, … Continue reading →

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Norfolk’s Ancient Animal Magic

Posted on March 23, 2023 by nroeando2017

Language, we are told is a constantly evolving beast. Whilst this is undeniable, in certain rural areas this evolution can be somewhat slow. We have, for example in the Norfolk vernacular today the phrase ‘to put the toad on someone.’ … Continue reading →

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The Clandestine Marriage of 1774

Posted on December 8, 2022 by nroeando2017

The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) holds a large series of correspondence of Elizabeth Leathes, formerly Elizabeth Reading, later Elizabeth Peach, but known to her friends and family as Betsy. Part of the Bolingbroke Collection, these letters give us a glimpse … Continue reading →

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From Tram Conductor to Chief Inspector: The Police Registers of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn

Posted on November 24, 2022 by nroeando2017

From Norfolk Record Office documents C/PO 1/58 & C/PO 1/46 Brief History of the Police Force The first official police force was the London Metropolitan Police set up by Sir Robert Peel in 1829.  The County and Borough Police Act … Continue reading →

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The Ghostly Mystery of Mannington Hall

Posted on October 31, 2022 by nroeando2017

With the nights drawing in and a distinct chill in the autumnal air, our thoughts turn towards all things ghoulish, ghostly and spectral. If you’re looking for a spine-chilling tale to tell by the fireside on a dark winter’s evening, … Continue reading →

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Heritage Open Days 2022 at Norfolk Record Office

Posted on September 28, 2022 by nroeando2017

This year to mark Heritage Open Days (HODs), we invited members of the public to take a peek behind the scenes, gave a talk about Richard Bright ‘The Man Behind the Discovery of Bright’s Disease’ and the Conservation project at … Continue reading →

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‘Too common amongst young people’

Posted on July 2, 2022 by nroeando2017

These words relate to having sex outside of marriage. They were written in a letter of support, dated 3 May 1760, for a James Lacey of Scarning. The letter is just one of several thousand documents which form the archive, … Continue reading →

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