Category Archives: Behind the Scenes
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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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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Working in a heritage environment
Twelve students enjoyed our latest work experience day at The Archive Centre. Pupils from Years 11-13 enjoyed learning about working in a heritage environment. They learnt how the archivists catalogue items in the collection, including how every document needs to … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind the Scenes, cataloging, digitzing, students, transcribing, work experience, Young People
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Around the World in 80 Documents
Just over a year ago, we began a journey ‘Around the World’ looking at the range of documents in the collections of the Norfolk Record Office. Inspired, of course, by the book and tv show ‘Around the World in 80 … Continue reading
Heritage Open Days 2022 at Norfolk Record Office
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
‘Too common amongst young people’
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
Local history is all about stories
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
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Tagged Community Archives, local history, Martham
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