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Norfolk Record Office The official YouTube channel for the Norfolk Record Office. We collect and preserve unique archives relating to the history of Norfolk and make them accessible across the world. We hold material from...

These events are not being streamed or recorded, but it might be something we consider doing. There are useful guides about using Find My Past (free at all Norfolk libraries) and researching in Norfolk Record Office on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@NorfolkReco...

Please note that the time on the image is correct. The event in Cromer begins at 12:30pm, not 1:30pm as mentioned in the text. Booking is essential.

Want to research the history of your family or house but don’t know where to start?

Our first ‘Research your family or house history for FREE’ event takes place this weekend.

Cromer Library (Sat 7 Mar, 1.30pm). Free, booking essential.

Go to tinyurl.com/hallmarkseve... (includes other venues).

To celebrate the Feast of St David we have this clipping from the #EDP marking Daffodil Services at the Mile Cross Methodist Church in 1936 #StDavidsDay #StDavid

Thanks to all who came to our talk about the Hall Marks project yesterday as part of the NAHRG lecture series. We were told that 175 was a record attendance.

Did you come along? Let us know what you thought.

If you didn’t get to speak to us at the end, our email is hallmarks@norfolk.gov.uk

Another flag for #ScottishArchivesDay from the journals of Hilda Zigomala, this time the St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire. This is a continuation of Hilda's stay on the 'Kingfisher' house boat at Datchet, Berkshire in 1899. @arascot.bsky.social #scotland #standrewscross #saltire

We've been looking through the wonderful journals of Hilda Zigomala for hints of Scotland for #ScottishArchivesDay. This entry from 1899 shows the beautiful house boat 'Kingfisher' flying the Lion Rampant in Datchet, Berkshire. @arascot.bsky.social #scotland #archives #norfolkrecordoffice

New online hub helping partnerships promote wellbeing through archive exploration Heritage can make a significant, positive contribution to how we feel about our lives. One of our funded projects is sharing a decade of its learnings with organisations across the UK.

Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for highlighting the Change Minds project on its website. Read all about the project and the impact it has had on the participants, thanks to the funding received over the past decade. www.heritagefund.org.uk/stories/onli...

Hall Marks is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. Thanks also to The Norfolk Archaeological & Historical Research Group and Norfolk Archives & Heritage Development Foundation for their funding support.

Text reads: Norfolk Record Office @ NAHRG Talk: Hall Marks: the Long Shadows of Norfolk's Lost Country Houses Saturday 28 February 2:30pm Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre UEA Free talk, non-members welcome Image shows Costessey Hall mid-demolition with a person in the foreground looking on. Image labelled: Picture Norfolk: BRN 711987

FREE TALK - Hall Marks: the long shadows of Norfolk’s lost country houses

Saturday 28 February 2026, 2:30pm, Thomas Paine Lecture Theatre, UEA, Norwich. No booking required.

Hosted by the Norfolk Archaeological & Historical Research Group (NAHRG) as part of its lecture series.

🌹 A reconstructed history of an early Tudor Norfolk gentry's garden. Lunchtime talk by Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social
📅 Wed 25 February
⏲️ 13:00-14:00
📍 Norfolk Record Office, The Archive Centre or online
🎫 Booking essential norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-novem... #tudorgarden

YouTube video by Norfolk Record Office Gay Life during the Norwich Blitz by Piers Haslam

Hi Tina, in case you hadn't already spotted it, here is the link for the talk - www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHyA...

To celebrate National #LoveYourPetDay we share this lovely image of a black dog called Ralph getting a wash, while some other pets look on. How many animals can you see in the image? #LoveYourPetDay

YouTube video by Norfolk Record Office Gay Life during the Norwich Blitz by Piers Haslam

We had a great turn out for 'Gay Life during the Norwich Blitz' last week. If you missed it, would like to listen again or share it with friends, the recording is now available on YouTube. Thank you to @phghaslam.bsky.social for sharing their fascinating research with us. youtu.be/EHyAXuNkhWg?...

We're hiring text poster with a photograph of a man looking at negatives

📣 We’re #hiring! AK1 Photographic Collections 📸

The National Library of Ireland is recruiting an Assistant Keeper Grade 1 to help care for and develop our Photographic Collections.

🗓️ #Apply by 3pm, 27 Feb 2026 via our website: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

For #PancakeDay why not follow this 1915 recipe from the school book of Ivy Pestell #ShroveTuesday #NorfolkHistory

Researching LGBTQ+ history The criminalization, stigmatisation and persecution of the LGBTQ+ community has made researching LGBTQ+ history a challenge. Throughout history people have for religious, social and personal reason…

It's #LGBTHistoryMonth , and for researchers into this subject it can be challenging to find material, with stories and experiences of the LGBT+ community often being concealed, and sources not immediately obvious. Have a look at our guide for a few tips:

Hi Tina, we did record the talk and it should be available on our YouTube channel in the next few days.

Sir Thomas Browne polymath & author of 'Religio Medici' was buried in St Peter Mancroft in 1682, in 1840 his lead coffin was accidentally reopened and his skull removed it was reburied in 1922. #NorwichScienceFestival #NorwichSciFest #NorfolkHistory

From the papers of George Clayton Eaton we have this unusual Valentine's day poem from 1890. We love the rhyme of 'influenza' with 'afar' and the sketches of nose blowing. #Valentine #ValentinesDay #NorfolkHistory

Hall Marks - the long shadows of Norfolk's lost country houses - Norfolk Record Office Find out how to participate in our exciting new National Heritage Lottery funded project

Thanks to National Lottery players. Thanks also to the Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation, the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group, and Norfolk County Councillors who supported the project.

#HeritageFund #NationalLottery #NorfolkHistory #Archives

Hall Marks logo with text curved around it reading ‘we’re launching!’, and ‘the long shadows of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses’ Beneath that text reads ‘A project by…’ around the Norfolk Record Office logo, and ‘Funded by…’ around the National Lottery Heritage Fund logo.

We're proud to launch Hall Marks: The Long Shadows of Norfolk’s Lost Country Houses. Made possible by a £249,977 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Neill and Lynn are two of our wonderful volunteers who clean maps and plans. This morning they're cleaning this very detailed plan of a steam travelling derrick crane (ref NRO, Y/PH 1870). #volunteering #mapcleaning #derrickcrane

Gay life during the Norwich Blitz (online) by Piers Haslam

William confided details of his intimate life to his diaries, and proudly recorded his sexual experiences in a way that defied the legal and social constraints of the 1940s. Join us to learn more about these diaries and the LGBT+ history of Norwich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...

🏳️‍🌈 Gay Life during the Norwich Blitz by Piers Haslam. Join us for our next lunchtime talk marking LGBT+ history month, either in person or online.
📅 Wednesday 11 February 2026
⏲️ 13:00-14:00
🎫 Free, booking essential norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/events-novem...
#norwichintheblitz #lgbthistorymonth

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 remarka…

To finish #NationalStorytellingWeek discover the story of #BlackShuck as told by one of our fantastic bloggers

Gay life during the Norwich Blitz (online) by Piers Haslam

At the end of every entry of his diary, William wrote cryptically "Yes" or "No". Join us to discover what he meant by this in a talk that marks LGBT+ History Month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...

Gay life during the Norwich Blitz (online) by Piers Haslam

Amidst the noise of the air-raid sirens, William wrote in his diary about his desire to see Godfrey again. He wanted news of their mutual lover, John, who'd been taken prisoner. Join us to hear more about these diaries in a talk marking LGBT+ History Month.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1829393698...

At the home of the UK’s oldest Creative Writing MA programme and home of the world-renowned literary festival UEA Live there lives a small archive service packed with literary treasures. BACW is the… Celebrating Literary Treasures: 10 Years of the British Archive for Contemporary Writing at the UEA

Celebrating #NationalStorytellingWeek revisit this talk by Dr Helen Busby from the British Archive for Contemporary Writing at the UEA @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social youtu.be/Bw29WP6kB6g?... #NorfolkHistory

#OnThisDay 2004, The Archive Centre was officially opened by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II. Read about the Norwich Library Fire and the events leading to the creation of The Archive Centre. norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2019/08/21/d... #norfolkrecordoffice #archivecentre #norwichlibraryfire