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Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive
How a Second World War air raid caused the closure of a Norfolk School: The accounts of Amy Buckley, Head Teacher
On the night of 26 – 27 June 1942, St Mark’s Primary and Infants’ School on Hall Road, Norwich was bombed and destroyed during a Second World War air raid. The school’s temporary log book (NRO, N/ED 1/86), written by … Continue reading
She was ‘a natural, a poor fool and ideot …void of reason or sense’: A harsh judgement on Margaret Cooper of Snetterton
Recent indexing work at the NRO on witness depositions from the bishop of Norwich’s consistory court has uncovered many stories relating to everyday life from the 16th to 18th centuries in both Norfolk and Suffolk (for the ancient Diocese of … Continue reading
Depositions: Uncovering the lives of ordinary Norfolk people through church court records
Archivists at the NRO have, among other projects, spent some time over the lockdown months of summer, indexing the contents of a representative sample of witness deposition books from Norwich Diocese, dating from the 16th-18th centuries (our reference, DN/DEP). Very … Continue reading
A Variety of Ways to Celebrate Christmas: Exploring the many Christmases of Hilda Zigomala
Those of you who have read out blog posts in the past, will probably remember we have mentioned the journals of Hilda Zigomala many times before. A collection of 15 volumes which chronicles her life from getting married to Jack … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, First World War, India, London, traditional, Victorian, Zigomala
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The Cinemas of King’s Lynn from the Building Control Plans
The King’s Lynn Borough Archives hold the building control plans for the old Borough Council of King’s Lynn from 1883 up to 1960. The plans from 1960 to 1974 were sadly lost during the flood of the 1978. The plan … Continue reading
Religion in Norfolk at the Time of the Mayflower
This month marks the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower setting sail on a voyage that led to the foundation of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Of the 102 passengers on board we know that at least seven came from Norfolk. So what was … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th century, America, Massachusetts, Mayflower, Pilgrams, Plymouth, religion, settlement, voyage
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Then and Now: counting and control in time of epidemic
In a crisis like the plague it is vital to get a handle on what is happening. The counting of deaths was one thing the Mayor’s Court was very keen on. Norwich was one of the very first places in … Continue reading
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Tagged burial register, lockdown, norwich, plague, selfisolation, socialdistancing, Strangers
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