Category Archives: NRO Research Bloggers

A Blood Red Sky, RAF plane crash over Holt, 1968

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

On a stormy August night in 1968 at the height of the Cold War, Ted Buxton a farmer in the Heydon area witnessed a terrible collision between two RAF aircraft. An RAF Victor from RAF Marham on a training flight … Continue reading →

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The Life & Times of Charles H. Harrison, Broadland artist

Posted on May 4, 2019 by

Charles H. Harrison (1842-1902) was known for his landscape paintings depicting the Norfolk countryside. Born in Great Yarmouth in a dull neighbourhood, his parents moved to a more comfortable cottage where the first signs of the young prodigy bloomed. Harrison … Continue reading →

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Anchored in Beer and Land – Bullards Brewery Estate Plans

Posted on April 6, 2019 by

The estate plans for Bullards Brewery date from 1895, beginning shortly before it registered as a limited company when it was recorded that it owned 280 houses and leased 161.  Eight volumes of plans detail their estates across Norfolk and … Continue reading →

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Concentration Camps- for Horses!

Posted on March 29, 2019 by

It is very interesting being an Archive Blogger and having access to so many maps and documents that provide windows to the past. There is, however, one problem that continually arises when you are researching a specific topic, the distraction … Continue reading →

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A Murderer in the School: The case of Eugene Aram of King’s Lynn.

Posted on March 12, 2019 by

When I was a kid in Bradford, one of my favourite weekend outings was to York. Among its attractions was the Castle Museum and the condemned cell, where I first came across the story of Eugene Aram. At that time, … Continue reading →

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Call the Midwife in Loddon

Posted on March 2, 2019 by

At the turn of the 20th century, with no NHS, many towns and villages had their own Nursing Association. Loddon formed its own Nursing Association as part of the Norfolk Federation from 1907. A newspaper report of March that year … Continue reading →

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The Will of the Distinguished Lawyer Reginald de Eccles

Posted on February 13, 2019 by

Norfolk Record Office holds the will of Reginald de Eccles [1] written in August 1380, an extensive document in Latin comprising two parts and entirely consistent with his position as a wealthy 14th century lawyer. Reflecting the beliefs of the … Continue reading →

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‘From witchcraft to understanding your own electricity account’: The activities of The Electrical Association for Women

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

We live in a gadget driven age, today’s new technology quickly replaced by the next latest advancement.  However, back in the 1920s, simply having electricity in the home was a marvel in itself. The Electrical Association for Women (EAW) was … Continue reading →

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