One of the most important collections in the Norfolk Record Office is the huge archive of estate and household accounts left by Alice, wife of Sir Hamon Le Strange, which are exceptional, both in scale and quantity. Alice and Sir Hamon married in 1602 when both were still in their…
Minutes of the King’s Lynn Socialist and Labour Societies, 1897-1916 Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Great Yarmouth Women’s Suffrage Society, 1909-1915 This year’s volume might well be titled ‘The Struggle for Democracy in Edwardian Norfolk’. It illustrates in fascinating detail the battle for social, political, and gender equality…
In the seventeenth century, Norwich was the second city in England, after London, with a thriving textile industry. Following an influx of Flemish and Dutch weavers, the weavers of Norwich turned to the manufacture of the ‘New Draperies ’ –light fabrics of mixed wool and silk in bright colours which…
On Saturday 22 October, around 20 members and guests of the society visited Ryston Hall, near Downham Market, Norfolk, by kind invitation of Mrs Sarah Pratt the current custodian of the hall and estate. The visit was organised by the society in connection to our 2022 publication The Literary Papers…
Humphry Repton grave close by the south wall of Aylsham Parish Church The life and work of Humphry Repton are of interest to scholars and readers from a wide variety of historical sub-disciplines because his activities made an impact not only on architecture, gardens and the landscape but also on…
John Buxton, Norfolk Gentleman and Architect, Letters to his son 1719-1729 Reading other people’s letters is not obviously legitimate, but past collections can fairly be explored to illuminate the lives of individuals and their families. Between 1719 and 1729, John Buxton (1685-1731), a south-Norfolk landowner remembered as a gentleman-architect, exchanged…