Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

‘Le Strange’ Lockdown Life – Discovering the World of Eric Mackay

Posted on 3 July 2021 by nroeando2017

A young clerk working for the Steward of the le Strange Estate in North-west Norfolk in 1863 left a diary recording a year of his life, but failed to put his name to it. The diary, held at Norfolk Record … Continue reading →

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All Quiet. Roof Still On: Jarrold’s Fire Watching Log August 1940-May 1941 (Part 2)

Posted on 26 June 2021 by nroeando2017

(Continued from Part 1, taken from the Jarrold’s fire watch log book JLD 4/10/16) Battling the Enemy Britain went to war with Germany in 1939.  The Jarrold’s firewatchers went to war with the rats in August 1940. Youngman took it … Continue reading →

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Book of Orders for Dutch and Walloon Strangers: Refugee Week 2021

Posted on 19 June 2021 by nroeando2017

For Refugee Week, we take a look at the Book of Orders for Dutch and Walloon Strangers (NRO, NCR 17d/9). This is a document containing orders for the regulation of the Strangers’ Hall in Norwich and for ordering the life … Continue reading →

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All Quiet. Roof Still On: Jarrold’s Fire Watching Log August 1940-May 1941 (Part 1)

Posted on 5 June 2021 by nroeando2017

Jarrold’s department store in Norwich had to adhere to the 1940 Fire Watchers Orders by having firewatchers on duty at all times.  This log begins in August 1940 and ends in May 1941 (JLD 4/10/16).  It records the duties and … Continue reading →

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So What’s New About Norfolk Barn Conversions?: The Will of Thomas Norffolke, husbandman of Hempstead cum Eccles, Norfolk

Posted on 20 May 2021 by nroeando2017

The Modern Barn Conversion The changing face of Norfolk agriculture in the late 20th century saw the merger of smaller farms to much larger holdings, prompted by mechanisation and the need for bigger fields able to accommodate modern large-scale machinery. … Continue reading →

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Murder in Wells next the Sea

Posted on 8 May 2021 by nroeando2017

Written by Christine Shackell, NRO Research Blogger The Murder On Saturday 11 October 1817, Robert Baker, a fifty-eight year old glover and breeches maker, left his home in Wells next the Sea, on the North Norfolk coast to collect debts … Continue reading →

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Forgotten: R. H. Mottram

Posted on 14 April 2021 by nroeando2017

It’s become a historical trope, not to mention a clever marketing ploy, to use forgotten in book, article, blog and documentary titles, whether actually warranted or not (Google ‘forgotten history’). It’s catchy, pithy, and excites curiosity. In the case of … Continue reading →

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Dickleburgh Churchwardens’ Accounts Present an Unresolved Conundrum

Posted on 3 April 2021 by nroeando2017

Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation (NORAH) trustee David Stannard discusses the acquisition by the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) of a single manuscript folio, which must have been removed from a set of 16th century churchwardens’ accounts of the parish … Continue reading →

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