Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

The Black Beauty in the White House

Posted on February 29, 2024 by jumpyspiders

This is the story of a child from a coastal town in Norfolk, who would go on to influence life around the world and who is just as famous today. Not Horatio Nelson, but rather Anna Sewell, the author of … Continue reading →

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The Wooing of Elizabeth Browne- Part Two

Posted on February 14, 2024 by victoriadraper24

As a sub-plot, there is within the letters a story of unrequited affection. In the only letter from John Browne, he writes to Sir Henry Gawdy in response to a letter (sadly not in this bundle) informing him that Henry’s … Continue reading →

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The Wooing of Elizabeth Browne- Part One

Posted on January 31, 2024 by victoriadraper24

The Browne family of Poringland, were well respected lesser gentry, with some wealth and property and good connexions. John Browne, gentleman, was secretary for many years to Sir Robert Wodehouse of Kimberly and then to Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham. … Continue reading →

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Where There’s a Will There’s a Story

Posted on November 22, 2023 by victoriadraper24

Norwich District Probate Registry records held at the Norfolk Record Office (NRO) The Court of Probates Act 1858 abolished the church courts’ jurisdiction over wills and established the Principal Probate Registry.  The country was divided into districts and the NRO … Continue reading →

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Dear Mrs Cavell…

Posted on October 12, 2023 by victoriadraper24

Written by Christine Shackell The twelfth of October marks the anniversary of the death of Edith Cavell, the Norfolk born nurse, who was executed by the German military authorities in 1915 for sheltering British and Allied soldiers and assisting them … Continue reading →

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A Unique Treasure Revealed: Claxton Opera Costumes created by Helen Hoyte MBE

Posted on September 17, 2023 by victoriadraper24

The Norfolk Record Office are delighted to have accessioned ten folders of costume designs by celebrated textile specialist Helen Hoyte MBE. Mrs Hoyte designed and dressed eighteen stage productions for the Claxton Opera, founded by the late Richard White. Mr. … Continue reading →

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Searching for ancestors in Norfolk: Unsticking the Stark family

Posted on September 7, 2023 by victoriadraper24

Have you ever wondered who your ancestors were? The people who, through aseries of chance meetings and events over countless centuries, resulted in youbeing here today? The excitement of finding out first engaged my attention some years ago,sparked by my … Continue reading →

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The Victorian Gentlemen and the Norwich Shawl Letters

Posted on July 19, 2023 by cbolsterNRO

Written by Christine Shackell, NRO research blogger, July 2023 The history of Norwich shawls may seem an unlikely topic for correspondence between two Victorian gentlemen but the archive holds four such letters, written at the beginning of 1897. (Norfolk Record … Continue reading →

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