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Heritage Open Days 2022 at Norfolk Record Office

Posted on 28 September 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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Snuff in 19th Century Norfolk

Posted on 23 August 2022 by victoriadraper24

Snuff, high society’s choice of tobacco inhalation, first appeared in England in the middle of the sixteenth century, along with tobacco imports from America. Sir Walter Raleigh is usually supposed to have been the first to bring it home to … Continue reading →

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Caught Red Handed: Duck Feathers and all!

Posted on 10 August 2022 by victoriadraper24

Looking through the archives can lead to some interesting stories. Take, for example the case of Robert Goffin. He was convicted of larceny at the Norfolk Quarter Sessions in January 1843 . A contemporary report from the Norwich Mercury newspaper … Continue reading →

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‘Too common amongst young people’

Posted on 2 July 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 →

Posted in All Posts, Behind the Scenes, Snapshots from the Archive | Tagged archives, consistory court, defamation, deposistions, libel, norfolk church court, norwich consistory court, original wagatha christie, suffolk church court, volunteering, wendling | 2 Comments

Shenanigans in Southrepps: Adultery in the Norwich Consistory Court Depositions

Posted on 17 June 2022 by nroeando2017

The jurisdiction of church courts used to cover many aspects of human activity. They heard causes, the church court term for cases, on such matters as marriage, defamation and probate. As part of their activity, the courts collected witness statements, … Continue reading →

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Local history is all about stories

Posted on 10 June 2022 by victoriadraper24

The ‘Community Archives: Skills, Support & Sustainability’ project has been set up by the Norfolk Record Office with the aim of providing Norfolk’s community archive and local heritage groups with advice, training and resources to help them improve the management … Continue reading →