Tag Archives: Loddon

Heckingham Workhouse: Filling in the Gaps

Posted on October 24, 2024 by cbolsterNRO

When a workhouse governor’s report book was received by the Norfolk Record Office from private hands in 2009, it helped shed light on day-to-day events at Heckingham Workhouse, between 1771-2 and filled a gap in our series of report books. … Continue reading →

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Defending the Nation, Looking after the Poor and Preventing Coastal Erosion: the Varied Expenses found within Churchwardens Accounts

Posted on October 3, 2020 by cbolsterNRO

The churchwardens accounts give more than just details of how the parish ran its own affairs. They can be invaluable in understanding what was happening in surrounding parishes, other counties and nationwide. Looking into the accounts for Loddon has drawn … Continue reading →

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Call the Midwife in Loddon

Posted on March 2, 2019 by victoriadraper24

At the turn of the 20th century, with no NHS, many towns and villages had their own Nursing Association. Loddon formed its own Nursing Association as part of the Norfolk Federation from 1907. A newspaper report of March that year … Continue reading →

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Alfred Albert Suggate: Loddon’s musical maverick

Posted on August 30, 2016 by notesfrompoppy

Amongst the Parish records for Loddon we find a hand addressed envelope containing a printed letter dated 1847, detailing the work of a Mr A. A. Suggate. Who would have thought that this ordinary letter held at the Norfolk Record … Continue reading →

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