Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

Depositions: Uncovering the lives of ordinary Norfolk people through church court records

Posted on January 20, 2021 by nroeando2017

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 →

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A Variety of Ways to Celebrate Christmas: Exploring the many Christmases of Hilda Zigomala

Posted on December 24, 2020 by victoriadraper24

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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The Cinemas of King’s Lynn from the Building Control Plans

Posted on September 25, 2020 by cbolsterNRO

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 →

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Religion in Norfolk at the Time of the Mayflower

Posted on September 16, 2020 by victoriadraper24

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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Then and Now: counting and control in time of epidemic

Posted on August 24, 2020 by cbolsterNRO

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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The Eatons of Eaton: The Archive of a Prominent Norfolk Family

Posted on August 12, 2020 by victoriadraper24

The Eaton Collection is an extraordinary archive documenting the history and activities of the Eaton family over several generations from the late eighteenth century to the twenty-first century.  The archive was collected and maintained by Tom Eaton (1918-2010) and includes … Continue reading →

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Fighting the Plague in Tudor Norwich

Posted on August 1, 2020 by cbolsterNRO

People are supposed to learn from history, so it is interesting to compare the present situation with a similar, or even more calamitous, happening in Norwich’s past.  This is the plague, which first came to Norwich in 1349 (that first … Continue reading →

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King’s Lynn’s trading links with Europe: King’s Lynn and the Hansa

Posted on July 15, 2020 by elizabethjayne2015

(Or, in a travesty of the old saying, Hansa is as Hansa does) Over time, King’s Lynn’s trading links with Europe have developed and evolved and continue to do so today. Records held in the King’s Lynn Borough Archives can … Continue reading →

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