Norfolk Record Office

Situated at The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, with staff also based at Norfolk Heritage Centre (@NorfolkHC) and King's Lynn Borough Archive.

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Norfolk Record Office will no longer be regularly posting on X. Thank you for your contributions over the years.
Stay connected with us on our website, blog, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky and YouTube.
Find all of our links here - https://t.co/oQELglnJmz

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Join us today, Wednesday, April 30th at 1 PM, either in person or online, for Dale Wiseman's FREE presentation: "Once Visited, Never Forgotten: The St Andrew’s Asylum." Reserve your spot now at https://t.co/WUWRrK1lrI. #HistoryBuff #NorfolkStories

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Archives connect us to our past, present and future and most importantly to each other #Archive30 #WhyArchives? Thanks @ARAScot

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Join us tomorrow weds 30 April 1pm inperson or online for Dale Wiseman’s FREE talk Once Visited never forgotten: St Andrew’s Asylum Book https://t.co/WUWRrK1lrI #NorfolkHistory #freetalk

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Join us Behind the Scenes to experience our strongrooms and conservation studios before enjoying some exceptional original documents https://t.co/zXJgD4c8EB #ArchivesBuildings #Archive30 @ARAScot

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Full of hints, tips & resources our fantastic #CommunityArchives https://t.co/aEQVjyr9e4 #OurArchive #YourArchive.
@HeritageFundUK #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
@ARAScot #Archive30

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One of the biggest #ArchiveMyths is the wearing of white cotton gloves to examine archives. Clean bare hands are best when handling documents, or nitrile gloves when looking at photographs. Find out more https://t.co/TY6QP0dXGN #Archive30 @ARAScot

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Discover #ArchiveTravel around Norfolk from our Reading from the Archives series Norfolk Routes https://t.co/33OP2NgU5a
#Archive30 @ARAScot #NorfolkHistory

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This tiny document is a late 18thC fragment of music in tonic sol-fa from the #Wramplingham parish records #SomethingSmall #Archive30 @ARAScot

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A late entry for #ArchiveFoodAndDrink from the parish register of St Martin at Palace Plain, Norwich ~ John son of Elizabeth Pizza widow buried 19 Sep 1725 #Archive30 @ARAScot

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A feast for the eyes

#Archive30 #ArchiveFoodAndDrink

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For #ArchiveFoodAndDrink we have a collection of 18thC culinary and medicinal recipes NRS 26354, listed by our fabulous volunteers. Almond cheesecake anyone? #Archive30 @ARAScot

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Today's #Archive30 theme is #hiddenhistories

We're doing our best to make sure history isn't hidden, and our Special For Everyone Project is working towards making the history of marginalised groups in our collections more visible.

Read about it here: https://t.co/FndvJS2VYM

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For #ArchiveFashion we have these stunning costume designs by Helen Hoyte MBE NRO, MC 3590 https://t.co/XXWh8BwCyQ #Archive30 @ARAScot

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Our favourite #ArchiveAnimals are of course #Dragons. These are from an early 14th C cartulary for Marham Abbey NRO, Hare 1 #Archive30 @ARAScot

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@WhitchurchHosp @ARAScot It is endlessly fascinating.

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The #NorwichBombMap was created by the Air Raid Precautions Dept during WW2. It has 679 paper labels attached by pins showing location, date and size of each bomb. The map is 188 x 182 x 8cm and was conserved in 2012.
#SomethingBig #Archive30 @ARAScot

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@Scranlife @HistEnvScot wow

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It's Day 9 of @ARAScot's #Archive30 The theme is #SomethingBig
This is a detail of Burrell's 1807 Thetford map with paper mill shown at bottom.

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@DerbyshireDRO Wow