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Black Shuck: The Hell Hound that Terrorises Blickling Hall
If you are familiar with the Norfolk Record Office blog, you may have read a recent entry on the death by duel of Sir Henry Hobart, the fourth baronet of Blickling Hall. Curiously, Hobart’s remarkable story doesn’t end with his … Continue reading
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Norfolk’s Ancient Animal Magic
Language, we are told is a constantly evolving beast. Whilst this is undeniable, in certain rural areas this evolution can be somewhat slow. We have, for example in the Norfolk vernacular today the phrase ‘to put the toad on someone.’ … Continue reading
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The Unusual Burial Request of Stephen Kendall, singleman of Hempstead cum Eccles, Norfolk
Introduction The wills of 16th and 17th century testators can provide researchers with some remarkable insights into the lives of ordinary people by telling us their actual thoughts and beliefs, albeit in a stylised form, as opposed to what written … Continue reading
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Tagged burial at sea, hempstead, Hempstead cum Eccles, jacobean, norfolk, norfolk mariner, probate, protestant
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Defending the Nation, Looking after the Poor and Preventing Coastal Erosion: the Varied Expenses found within Churchwardens Accounts
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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Tagged churchwardens, churchwardens accounts, coastal erosion, great yarmouth, Loddon, norfolk, parish records, soldiers
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Messing about on the river 1878 style
On Monday 26th August 1878 four friends, including the artist Ernest Arthur Freeman, set off from New Mills, Norwich on a five day canoe trip down the Yare and up the Waveney via the New Cut. The tourist industry on … Continue reading
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Tagged beccles, bramerton, bungay, cantley, earsham, geldeston, Lowestoft, norfolk, pubs, railway, reedham, river waveney, river yare, somerleyton, Suffolk
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