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Tithe Maps and Apportionments
The Norfolk Record Office (NRO) is planning a landscape history project which will include work to make tithe maps and their apportionments more accessible. We want to add maps to the tithe map layer on the Norfolk Historical Map Explorer … Continue reading
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The Wooing of Elizabeth Browne- Part Two
As a sub-plot, there is within the letters a story of unrequited affection. In the only letter from John Browne, he writes to Sir Henry Gawdy in response to a letter (sadly not in this bundle) informing him that Henry’s … Continue reading
The Wooing of Elizabeth Browne- Part One
The Browne family of Poringland, were well respected lesser gentry, with some wealth and property and good connexions. John Browne, gentleman, was secretary for many years to Sir Robert Wodehouse of Kimberly and then to Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham. … Continue reading
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How Tall were your Ancestors?
What did our ancestors look like? We know nothing about the appearances of most people who lived before the invention of photography. However, the parish records of Shotesham St Mary and St Botolph, held in the Norfolk Record Office, provide … Continue reading
A Journey through Norfolk in 1681
‘It being now May 1681 after a dry winter and scorching dry spring’, Thomas Baskerville wrote, ‘We went the banck waie through the depth and levell of the Fenns’. He was heading for Ely. Was the weather the result of … Continue reading
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Where There’s a Will There’s a Story
Norwich District Probate Registry records held at the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) The Court of Probates Act 1858 abolished the church courts’ jurisdiction over wills and established the Principal Probate Registry. The country was divided into districts and the NRO … Continue reading
Discovering Holkham
Every year the staff who work with volunteers at the Norfolk Record Office arrange an outing as a thank you for their hard work and dedication during the previous 12 months. This year 20 volunteers visited the archives at Holkham … Continue reading
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Using asylum archives to help people who live with mental health issues
“For me, it’s a highlight of the week when I can get here, but it’s such an open and understanding group and that’s what keeps drawing you back, as well as trying to get I guess into the head of … Continue reading
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