East Anglia Notes & Queries

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[The Cut @CutHalesworth]

For this month's U3A talk, coinciding with a new exhibition at Halesworth Museum, David Wollweber talks about the men and women from Halesworth & surrounding villages in 1645 accused of Witchcraft. 2:30PM, Tuesday, 19th September. Tickets for non-members at £4 on the door.

[Richard Mortimer @RichardMortime2]

The Bus Stops of Essex, Stansted

[Duncan Mackay @theDuncanMackay]

Oh, come on, I’m in London, you didn’t really think you’d get away without one shot of her, did you?
#boadicea #boudica #boudicca #echolands

[Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life @AncientHouseMus]

Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is Mountains and Hills.
Thetford's Castle Hill features on this 1819 Norfolk & Suffolk Bank one pound note.

[Reggie Unthank @ReggieUnthank]

The Kenninghall horse, carved on the left of the main doorway of St Mary's. From the trappings it is dated ca. 1300.

[Cromer Museum @CromerMuseum]

FREE!! Free entry to Cromer Museum today as part of Heritage Open Days; open 12 - 4pm... & extra pop-up exhibition from author Helen Murray on her book about Newhaven Court in Cromer, available in the shop why not get a signed copy?
#HeritageOpenDays #Norfolk #NorfolkHODs #HODs

[Churches Conservation Trust @TheCCT]

St Nicholas', Feltwell in Norfolk, is one of two churches in this large village on the edge of the Fens. The church is as broad as it is long, like a meeting house. This impression is enhanced by the light pouring through clear glass windows.

[Luke Sherlock @lukejsherlock]

This evening I’m serving a late medieval doom painting from Wenhaston, Suffolk 💅:

[kenticisms @kenticisms]

September 14th is Holy-Rood Day and according to folklore found in Publications of the Folk-Lore Society (1878) it was a bad day for collecting hazel nuts in Kent, Suffolk and Lincolnshire.

[Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum @TideMill_Museum]

Miller Olly Wood showing schoolchildren from Bentwaters (we think) around the Mill on the Stone Floor. Picture kindly donated by his daughter. #history #tidemillwoodbridge #kidsinmuseums

[Historic England @HistoricEngland]

The Royal Arcade in Norwich, Norfolk, was built in 1899.

The arcade features beautiful Art Nouveau designs that transport visitors back in time.

Explore more of England's beautiful Art Nouveau buildings featuring flowing lines and floral designs. ➡️ https://t.co/ltLuCLsYKu

[Southend & South Essex History @HistorySouthend]

Following yesterdays post about The Blitz, here is a photograph of the locally famous RA Jones jewellers on Southend high street following an air raid on 28 October 1940. Sadly, four people were killed and 46 were injured.

[John Fielding Aerial Images @johnfielding001]

Earlham Hall - built in 1642. Once home to Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney). Now the University of East Anglia's Law School. Site of a Norfolk lost village #EarlhamHall #aerial #image #Norwich #UEA #LostVillagesNorfolkBook

[Duncan Hill 🔶🇺🇦 @DuncanDucky]

@JamesWoodforde1 Do we know how much bread could be got for a Guinea in 1781?

[Reverend James Woodforde ( Parson Woodforde ) @JamesWoodforde1]

9 Sep 1781
During my Sermon at Church, a poor Woman was taken in Fits, which disconcerted the whole Congregation and made me conclude sooner than I intended. They could not get her out of Church… One Guineas worth of Bread was given away… to the Poor of Weston - a Legacy

[Colchester Civic Society @ColCivicSociety]

#OnThisDay - 9 September 1965, #Asterix in Britain was first published in Pilote Magazine no 307.

The story tells how #Camulodunum (#Roman #Colchester) win a rugby game with the help of a little magic potion and their sacred goose.

More:

https://t.co/LxNFBiBxKz

[Dr Allan Barton @antiquariananon]

My new favourite Norfolk brass - that of Sir William Yelverton at Rougham. Yelverton was a powerful man both in local and national affairs, he was Recorder of Norwich and was a justice of the King's Bench from 1444 until his death in the 1470s.

[Luke Sherlock @lukejsherlock]

Culture connoisseurs of the world unite …for the Ufford font cover. One of the great treasures of medieval England…

Oh they don’t like music on here…oh no…they have dignity…class…so in hushed murmurs I bring you: St Mary’s, Ufford, Suffolk:

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Labours of the months: September Made in Norwich, c. 1480 (V&A Museum, London) Some nice #hop-picking here.

[Reggie Unthank @ReggieUnthank]

Elizabeth I ordered that figures in the rood loft be replaced with the royal coat of arms. In St Mary's Kenninghall, Elizabeth's arms, once in the chancel arch, are now located in the north aisle. Love the naively-painted Welsh dragon introduced by grandfather, Henry Tudor.