Looking forward to tomorrow's BAHS talk by Dr Dow on the remarkable life of Thomas Fowell-Buxton. Where: Cley Village Hall NR25 7RJ at 2.30 pm #LocalHistory #Norfolk

An old photo from our archives of Blakeney High Street looking down towards the harbour. Not certain if the photo shows 2 or 3 drinking establishments but now there is only one here now - The White Horse. #WeAreLocalHistory #Norfolk

Blakeney Point aerial image - North Norfolk coast #Blakeney #aerial #image #Norfolk #coast

Looking forward to Blakeney Players next play in January, the Pied Piper - blakeneyplayers.com. The tradition of acting in Blakeney goes back over a 100 years. The Blakeney Follies as seen in this image were a predecessor of the players. #HistoryInTheMaking, #Norfolk

The first BAHS highlight of the year! Dr Roger Bland (editor of BAHS journal the Glaven Historian) has been awarded in the New Year's Honours List 2025 a CBE for his expertise and work on historical coins found in Norfolk #Archeology #LocalHistory #Norfolk

COASTAL: The Coastwise Creative Competition is still open for entries! The competition aims to support new and innovative approaches for communicating about coastal erosion - entries close Friday 17 January! Find out more about the competition: bit.ly/3UqJb3m

Looking forward to our 2 talks Tuesday 28th January 2.30 pm Cley Village Hall NR25 7RJ. Chris Wheeler will talk about Blakeney church in medieval times, and the mystery of its East Tower. Sarah Poppy will highlight some recent work Historic England's is doing in Norfolk #Norfolk

Two tours on Friday 21 March celebrating #englishtourismweek25 - The Pastons in Norwich at 10am and Norwich on the Dark Side at 6pm. Booking and more info via link pauldicksontours.co.uk/events Photo: St Peter Hungate Church (Pastons tour) #Norwich VisitEnglandBiz VisitNorwich

Thank you Dr Lily Hodges for your very engaging talk last month on a Norfolk Anglo Saxon site. We hope we can invite you back to learn more

The Norfolk coast is known as the fastest receding coast in Europe, it is also known for its spectacular prehistoric archeological finds including fossilised human footprints from a near million years ago. Learn more at Dr John Davis' talk on 26th March Cley Village Hall 2.30pm

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All was busy on the history front last night at the local branch of the Royal British Legion VE Day celebrations where we displayed posters on North Norfolk history around WW2 and immediate aftermath

You've probably used parish registers to trace your ancestors' births, marriages and deaths - but did you know that parishes had even more useful family history records? Discover the world of parish chest records: whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/reli…

Hello sunshine ☀️ & #WorldBeeDay 🐝 Pensthorpe is home to 21 species of Bee; all important pollinators & bee-autiful insects! 📷 A. Kerridge & A. Archer

Susan Maddock's engaging talk last month on Margery Kempe was the last of our Spring talks. We now look forward to our new talk series starting this September. Check list out on our events page - bahs.uk #Norfolk #LocalHistory #NorthNorfolk

We've just launched our new Local Heritage Hub 🚀 With nearly 400 locations, every county, city, district, and major town in England now has a dedicated digital page that uncovers its rich and layered history. ➡️ historicengland.org.uk/local 📸 Bute Street, Luton, 1928.

Did you know Henry Blogg of Cromer died 71 years ago this month. He is the most decorated in Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and known as the greatest of the lifeboatmen from leading multiple rescues and saving the lives of 873 people. #NorthNorfolk

Looking forward to the first talk of BAHS autumnal series. Walsingham high street stands out in size and age and for which the original purpose of some buildings is less known. This talk on 30th September will present research on where ancient pilgrims stayed

A talk at Cromer Museum by author Caroline McGhie; Friday, 3 October 2025 • 14:00 - 15:00 - you can book here... museums.norfolk.gov.uk/article/72500/…

Looking forward to Ian Hinton's talk exploring how in 15/16th century Walsingham managed to host thousands of pilgrims. When: tomorrow, 7.30 pm at Cley Village Hall. Members £3, Non members £6.Check list out on our events page - bahs.uk #Norfolk #LocalHistory