Category Archives: Snapshots from the Archive

The Wooing of Elizabeth Browne- Part One

Posted on 31 January 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 22 November 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 12 October 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 17 September 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 7 September 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 19 July 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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Norfolk’s Final Farewell to the Drama of the Duel

Posted on 23 June 2023 by nroeando2017

A seventeenth century document held by the Norfolk Record Office (NRO, FX210/1) details the high drama of a spectacular clash of egos that took place more than three hundred years ago. The broiling emotions of the challenger to the duel, … Continue reading →

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Around the World in 80 Documents

Posted on 1 June 2023 by cbolsterNRO

Just over a year ago, we began a journey ‘Around the World’ looking at the range of documents in the collections of the Norfolk Record Office. Inspired, of course, by the book and tv show ‘Around the World in 80 … Continue reading →

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