Norfolk, a maritime county in E. of England, bounded N.and E. by the North Sea, S. by Suffolk, and W. by Cambridgeshire; greatest length, 70 miles; greatest breadth, 43 miles; area, 1,356,173 acres, population 444,749. The coast line is about 90 miles in extent. All along the seaboard the land is low, and has suffered greatly from encroachments of the sea. Many thousands of acres however have been reclaimed from the waters of the Wash, and the work is still being prosecuted. A level surface characterises the appearance of the county, which is watered by the Yare, with its tributaries the Wensum, Waveuey, and Bure, and by the Ouse and its tributaries. Light sand and loam is the prevailing character of the soil, which generally has been rendered productive through the excellence of the system of farming that has been pursued during recent years. The barley of the county has especial celebrity. Great attention is paid to live stock, and the cobs and cart horses of the county are well known. Large numbers of geese and turkeys are supplied to city markets. Besides the great herring fishery of Yarmouth, there is all along the coast an important and valuable fishing industry, which employs many thousands of the people. Norfolk comprises 33 hundreds, 736 parishes, with parts of 9 others, the parliamentary and municipal boroughs of King’s Lynn and Norwich, and most of the parliamentary and municipal borough of Great Yarmouth, and of the municipal borough of Thetford. It is mostly in the diocese of Norwich.
– John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum
Common Road, Dickleburgh
Diss IP21 4PH
01379 740 708
Housed in the original airfield control tower and other atmospheric buildings 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum is a moving testament to the Americans who came to Thorpe Abbotts in Norfolk to fight alongside the allies during World War Two.
2nd Air Division Memorial Library
2nd Air Division Memorial Library, The Forum, Millennium Plain
Norwich NR2 1AW
01603 774747
During the Second World War over 6,700 young Americans, members of the 2nd Air Division of the 8th United States Army Air Forces, based in Norfolk and Suffolk England, lost their lives in the line of duty.
Collections: The purpose of the library is to house a collection of materials about American freedom, culture, and life, about the Second World War in the air, and about the special relationship between the people of the UK and the people of the United States.
448th Bomb Group Collection / Seething WWII USAAF Control Tower
448th BG Collection, Stanmare, Seething St, Seething; Seething Control Tower, Toad Lane, Seething .
Norwich NR151AL
01508 550288
www.seethingtower.org/448-grouphistory.php
Seething Control Tower is a restored WWII control tower. The 448th Bomb Group flew B24 Liberator Bombers on 262 Mission and 500 men lost from November to June. We have lots of memorabilia, displays and the 448th BG collection consisting of large collection of photographs and albums of 448th veterans stories/war diaries.
93rd Bomb Group Museum
Station 104, Topcroft
Norwich NR15 2PP
sites.google.com/site/usaafhardwick/home
Located in original Nissen (Quonset) huts which formed part of the communal site for the 329th Bomb Squadron on the airfield, the museums exhibits range from displays of Second World War memorabilia to items of aviation archaeology. These include engines and sections of undercarriage.
Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life
21-23 White Hart Street
Thetford IP24 1AA
01824 752599
Thetford’s Ancient House has recently benefited from a £1.6 million renovation, which has gone towards conserving the Grade I listed Tudor merchant’s house and creating up-to-date displays. The atmospheric crooked house tells the remarkable story of Thetford and the Brecks. Discover rich collections alongside audio guides, films and animations. Meet local people from Thetford’s past, from the revolutionary philosopher Thomas Paine to the Sikh hero Maharajah Duleep Singh and from rabbit warreners to railway workers.
Aviva Group Archive
8 Surrey Street
Norwich NR1 3NG
01603 682645
www.aviva.com/about-us/heritage
Our archive is acknowledged as the most important insurance industry archive in the UK. Discover some of the facts and stories from our 300-year history.
Binham Priory
Langham Road
Fakenham NR21 0DW
01328 830362
The Priory church of St Mary and the Holy Cross in Binham, is a village parish church, but its ruins, precinct walls and gatehouse tell a different story. This was the site of a Benedictine monastery, founded in 1091 as a cell of St Albans Abbey by Peter de Valoines, a nephew of William the Conqueror. The Priory has had an amazing history.
Bishop Bonner’s Cottage Museum
St Withburga Lane
East Dereham NR19 1ED
01362 853453 or 693969
Housed in a beautiful timber-framed, reed-thatched early C16th cottage, with colourful pargetting. It is the oldest domestic building in the market town of Dereham.
Collections: Local Collection Rooms, with photographs and memorabilia from bygone Dereham. Local history exhibits include domestic and farm tools, Victorian clothing, toys, local personalities and trades.
Blickling Estate – National Trust
Blickling, Nr. Aylsham
Norwich NR11 6NF
01263 738030
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/blickling-estate
Blickling has been at the heart of this north Norfolk community since the 16th century. One of the most imposing and complete country estates in Norfolk, it offers you a glimpse into the lives of those who lived and worked above and below stairs. The estate is a treasure trove of romantic buildings, beautiful gardens, and landscaped park.
Brancaster Estate – National Trust
Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre, Dial House, Brancaster Staithe
King’s Lynn PE31 8BW
01485 210719
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brancaster-estate
Extensive coastal area around the fishing village of Brancaster Staithe, famous for wild birds. As well as the site of the Roman fort of Branodunum and Scolt Head Island (to which there is a private ferry service), there are tidal mud and sandflats and saltmarshes to explore.
Bressingham Steam Museum
Bressingham
Diss IP22 2AA
01379 686900
www.bressingham.co.uk
Take a step back in time to the power and romance of the age of steam. We have one of Europe’s leading collections, including over 40 steam locomotives, traction and stationary engines and vehicles, all restored to their former glory – and each with its own story to tell.
Carrow House Costume & Textile Study Centre
301 King Street
Norwich NR1 2TN
01603 223870
Carrow House is a specialist study centre offering exceptional facilities for anyone interested in costume and textiles. Carrow is home to one of the UK’s largest collections of period dress, textiles, accessories, needle crafts and home furnishings. The collection comprises over 25,000 items.
Castle Acre Priory – English Heritage
Castle Acre
Swaffham PE32 2XD
01760 755394
One of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England, the foundation of Castle Acre Priory in about 1090 sprang directly from a visit by William de Warenne II and his wife Gundrada to the great French monastery of Cluny. So impressed were they by its beauty and holiness that they vowed to introduce the Cluniac order of monks to England. There is much more to see at the priory, including the substantial remains of many of the buildings round the cloister.
Cathedral of St John the Baptist
Cathedral House, Unthank Road
Norwich NR2 2PA
01603 624615
One of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in England. Norwich’s Catholic Cathedral was gifted to the city of Norwich by Henry Fitzalan Howard, the 15th Duke of Norfolk, providing a new centre of worship for the Catholic community in Norwich.
Charles Burrell Museum
Minstergate
Thetford IP24 1BN
01842 751166
www.facebook.com/CharlesBurrellMuseum
The Charles Burrell Museum opened in 1991 and is housed in the former Paint Shop on Minstergate in Thetford, Norfolk. The museum tells the stories of the Charles Burrell Works, the people who laboured there, and the machinery they produced. The past is captured through displays representing different areas of the works, such as the foundry, and the display of our collection of Burrell engines and other agricultural equipment.
City Hall
Norwich City Council, City Hall
Norwich NR2 1NH
01603 212212
www.norwich12.co.uk/city-hall
One of the finest municipal buildings of the inter-war period in England. During the 19th century the city’s civic offices were housed in the medieval Guildhall and a range of old buildings located in what is now the Market Place. With developments in local government duties it became clear these premises were unsuitable.
City of Norwich Aviation Museum
Old Norwich Road, Horsham St Faith
Norwich NR10 3JF
01603 893080
www.cnam.co.uk
Aircraft and memorabilia relating to the history of aviation in Norfolk. The collection features a massive Vulcan bomber and some of the military and civil aircraft which have flown from Norfolk airfields.
Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum
15 The Royal Arcade
Norwich NR2 1NQ
01603 627889
www.mustardshopnorwich.co.uk
Colman’s Mustard Shop & Museum is housed in the historic Royal Arcade and is a careful replica of a Victorian trade premises, where you can browse through original Colman’s memorabilia whilst choosing from a wide range of unusual and exclusive mustard treats for your friends and family.
Cromer Museum
East Cottages, Tucker Street
Cromer NR27 9HB
01263 513543
Explore this cosy Victorian fisherman’s cottage and imagine what it was like to live in Cromer at the end of the 19th century. Delve into the ‘Old Cromer’ Gallery and learn about the lost village of Shipden and Cromer’s coal ships. Discover Cromer’s history as a Victorian seaside resort with its fine hotels and scandalous mixed bathing.
Dad’s Army Museum
The Old Fire Station, Cage Lane
Thetford IP24 2DS
01842 751975
The location shots for the Dad’s Army TV series were filmed in and around the town of Thetford from 1968 to 1977. The museum celebrates this wonderful comedy.
Diss Museum
The Shambles, 4 Market Place
Diss IP22 4AB
01379 650618
www.disscouncil.com/museum.php
Diss Museum is situated in the Market Place in a building called The Shambles, formerly two butchers’ shops. There are a variety of displays, frequently changed, about the history of the town and area. Always on display are the Old Rectory Doll’s House, old photos and jottings from the Memory Bank.
Dragon Hall
115-123 King Street
Norwich NR1 1QE
01603 663922
The City of Norwich is renowned for its wealth of historic buildings – from the Norman Castle and Cathedral to the Victorian railway station and Shire Hall to name but a few. Dragon Hall is a magnificent medieval trading hall, dating from around 1430, newly refurbished and restored.
Elizabethan House Museum – National Trust
4 South Quay
Great Yarmouth NR30 2QH
01493 855746
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/elizabethan-house-museum
Experience the lives of families who lived in this splendid 16th century quayside house from Tudor to Victorian times. Discover Victorian life ‘upstairs and downstairs’ and find out what it was really like to work in the kitchen and scullery. Decide for yourself if the death of Charles I was plotted in the Conspiracy Room.
Fakenham Museum of Gas & Local History
Hempton Road
Fakenham NR21 7LA
01328 863150
The Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History is the only surviving town gasworks in England and Wales, complete with all equipment used for the manufacture of gas from coal: retorts, condenser, purifiers, meter and gasholder. The museum is housed in the town’s former gasworks, which ceased production of gas from the heating of coal in 1965 following the discovery of Natural Gas in the North Sea.
Felbrigg Hall, Gardens & Estate – National Trust
Felbrigg
Norwich NR11 8PR
01263 837444
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/felbrigg-hall
One of the finest 17th-century country houses in East Anglia. The Hall contains its original 18th-century furniture, one of the largest collections of Grand Tour paintings by a single artist, and an outstanding library.
Fishermen’s Heritage Centre, The
West Cliff
Sheringham NR26 8JT
01263 821737
The centre is housed in restored fishing sheds scenically situated at the top of the Fishermen’s Slope, still used by fishing boats. It describes the lives led by the fishing community of Sheringham from the 19th century to the present day and contains the preserved lifeboat the Henry Ramey Upcher built in 1894 and presented to the fishing community by the Upcher family of Sheringham Hall.
Flying Eightballs Museum
67 Barton Street
Thetford IP25 7SB
01362 820709
www.shipdhamflyingclub.co.uk
Shipdham Flying Club is a group of flyers and friends who operate Shipdham Airfield for the benefit of the general aviation community. The airfield was the wartime base of the 44th Bombardment Group, known as the Flying Eightballs.
Great Hospital, The
Bishopgate
Norwich NR1 4EL
01603 622022
An exceptional set of medieval hospital buildings, in continuous use for more than 750 years. The Great Hospital was established when Bishop Walter de Suffield decided to found a hospital for elderly clergy, poor scholars and the sick poor.
Great Yarmouth Row of Houses & Greyfriars’ Cloisters – English Heritage
No 8, Row 117, South Quay
Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
01493 857900
Dating from 1603, this wealthy merchant’s house with fine plaster ceilings was later divided into two tenements. It is displayed to show the living conditions of the Victorian families that occupied the house shortly after its division.
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Museum of Norfolk Life
Gressenhall
Dereham NR20 4DR
01362 860563
Gressenhall brings together a museum, traditional farm, historic workhouse and beautiful grounds. Explore atmospheric shops and homes, stunning displays and a treasure trove of fascinating objects.
Grime’s Graves Prehistoric Flint Mine – English Heritage
Brandon IP26 5DE
01842 810656
Grime’s Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. A grassy lunar landscape of over 400 shafts, pits, quarries and spoil dumps, they were first named Grim’s Graves – meaning the pagan god Grim’s quarries, or ‘the Devil’s holes’ – by the Anglo-Saxons.
Guildhall, The
Gaol Hill
Norwich NR2 1JS
01603 305575
www.norwich12.co.uk/the-guildhall
England’s largest and most elaborate provincial medieval city hall, Norwich Guildhall was the centre of city government from the early 15th century until its replacement by City Hall in 1938. The exterior provides an excellent example of the flint work that the city is so famous for. The east end of the building was reconstructed in the 16th century and is crafted from alternate squares of faced flint and ashlar stone, giving the building its chequered effect. As well as various courts, a prison and a chapel the building contained facilities for accounting and tax collection, accommodation for civic officials (it remains the home of the Sheriff’s parlour today) and storage space for records, money and civic regalia. The Assembly Chamber (or Sheriff’s Court) was designed for meetings of the full medieval council.
History of Advertising Trust Archive
12 Raveningham Centre, Raveningham
Norwich NR14 6NU
01508 548623
The History of Advertising Trust (HAT Archive) was established in the UK in 1974 by a small group of individuals who believed that the best of UK advertising should be preserved for posterity.
Collections: HAT Archive provides a vast and unique research resource. The collections consist of every kind of advertising and public relations material, including original artwork, posters, point of sale promotions, brochures, proofs, press and magazine cuttings, complete consumer magazines, direct mail, photographs, transparencies, audio and video tapes, TV and cinema commercials and campaign research.
Hungate Medieval Art
St Peter Hungate Princes Street
Norwich NR3 1AE
Hungate Medieval Art is a centre for the appreciation of medieval art located in the heart of Britain’s most complete medieval city, Norwich. Hungate Medieval Art aims to promote Norfolk’s medieval heritage. In particular, the charity is concerned with the medieval art hidden in the county’s parish churches.
Iceni Village Nature Reserve & Museums
Cockley Cley Iceni Village, Cockley Cley
Swaffham PE37 8AG
01760 721339
A reconstruction of the type of village occupied by Queen Boadicea and the Iceni tribe just before the invasion of the Romans around 2000 years ago. There is evidence that there was a settlement at Cockley Cley around the time of Christ.
John Jarrold Printing Museum
Norwich NR3 1SH
www.johnjarroldprintingmuseum.org.uk
One of the finest museums in the country dedicated to printing.
Litcham Village Museum
Fourways, Litcham
King’s Lynn PE32 2NZ
01328 701383
www.litcham.org/Litcham/Museum.html
The museum is home to extensive collections of artefacts, photographs and records from the local area which date back several hundred years. .
Lynn Museum
Market Street
King’s Lynn PE30 1NL
01553 775001
Visit the home of Seahenge – the astonishing Bronze Age timber circle uncovered on a Norfolk beach. Learn how these ancient timbers amazingly survived for 4,000 years and about the people who crafted them.
Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
104 Norwich Road, Dereham
Norwich NR20 3AR
www.tsites.co.uk/sites/mnfhs
Our local members have an interest in family history in general but do not necessarily have genealogical links to this part of Norfolk. However, we have a large number of distant members with interests in Mid-Norfolk and we aim to assist in their research by collecting and recording family history information from within an area of approximately 10 miles around Dereham.
Mo: Sheringham Museum, The
Lifeboat Plain
Sheringham NR26 8BP
01263 824482
www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk
The Mo: Sheringham Museum is a stunning museum, located right on the seafront in Sheringham. The museum has a beautiful collection of fishing boats, crab boats and lifeboats.
Collections: Displays of local Sheringham history including boat building, lifeboats, fishing, the ‘Weybourne Elephant’ (1.5 million years old), leisure in Sheringham, the Upcher family, the war years, beach finds, the art of local people, art relating to the town, flint picking. In the museums research room we hold a digital copy of our photographic archive of around 2500 images and a collections database.
Muckleburgh Collection
Weybourne Military Camp
Weybourne NR25 7EG
01263 588210
www.muckleburgh.co.uk
The Muckleburgh Collection isthe UK’s largest privately owned working military collection with 25 Tanks all in working order.
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell
Bridewell Alley
Norwich NR2 1AQ
01603 629127
The Bridewell started life as a rich merchant’s house in 1325. It became a prison for women and beggars (a ‘Bridewell’) in 1585 and in the mid 18th century became a conventional prison.
Collections: Highlights include an original Jacquard loom, Norwich shawls, shoes, the first wire netting machine, Shand Mason fire engine, printing presses, chemist shop, recreated pawnbrokers shop and Norwich City Football Club display.
Museum of the Broads, The
The Staithe
Stalham NR12 9DA
01692 581681
The Broads, one of England’s unique landscapes, was formed by medieval peat diggings which became shallow lakes. Today they are a haven for both wildlife and holidaymakers, but behind the tourist industry lies a myriad of traditional ways of working and living.
Nelson Museum
26 South Quay
Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
01493 850 698
www.nelson-museum.co.uk
The Nelson Museum celebrates the life and times of Horatio Nelson, England’s famous Naval hero. Explore Nelson’s career, from his childhood through his famous battles to his tragic, heroic death, with our great displays and our hands-on activities.
Norfolk Family History Society
Headquarters, Library & Registered Office, Kirby Hall, 70 St Giles Street
Norwich NR2 1LS
01603 763718
The society welcomes people researching their Norfolk ancestors and family history. We currently have around 4,000 members researching their Ancestors in Norfolk, including members from as far afield as Papua New Guinea, Australia, U.S.A.
Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service
Shire Hall
Norwich NR1 3JQ
There are approximately 3 million objects in the collections of the NMAS. Most of them have been catalogued on the databases and we have over 300,000 records in Collections Online for All, covering all subjects and museums. More work remains to be done however. The Costume and Textile collection (about 15,000 items) was recently added but Natural History collection at Norwich Castle (about 2 million specimens) is still being documented electronically.
Norfolk Record Office
The Archive Centre, Martineau Lane
Norwich NR1 2DQ
01603 222599
The Norfolk Record Office collects and preserves records of historical significance for the county of Norfolk and makes them accessible to as wide a range of people as possible. It is a joint service of the County and District Councils of Norfolk.
Norfolk Tank Museum
Bridge Farm, Station Road, Forncett St Peter
Norwich NR16 1HZ
01508 532650
www.norfolktankmuseum.co.uk
The Norfolk Tank Museum is a small, independent museum of Cold War military vehicles, uniforms and artefacts. We are a not-for-profit organisation.
North Norfolk Railway
Sheringham Station, Station Approach
Sheringham NR26 8RA
01263 820800
www.nnrailway.co.uk
The North Norfolk Railway is a working museum, providing an insight into railway transport in East Anglia over the last 130 years or so. Trains run, as per timetable, between Sheringham and Holt, a distance of 5 1/4 miles.
Collections: The working collection includes everything on the railway, including locomotives, coaches, wagons, signals and signalboxes, stations and other buildings, right down to the large collection of original signs.
Norwich 12
Norwich HEART, The Guildhall, PO Box 3130
Norwich NR2 1XR
01603 305575
www.norwich12.co.uk
Norwich 12 is the UK’s finest collection of individually outstanding heritage buildings spanning the Norman, medieval, Georgian, Victorian and modern eras. The group consists of: Norwich Castle, Norwich Cathedral, The Great Hospital, The Halls – St Andrew’s and Blackfriars’, The Guildhall, Dragon Hall, The Assembly House, St James Mill, St John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Surrey House, City Hall and The Forum. Individually each building is exceptional, but seen as a group they form an internationally important showcase of English urban and cultural development over the last millennium.
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Norwich Castle
Norwich NR1 3JQ
01603 493636
One of the city’s most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Now a museum and art gallery, the castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages.
Norwich Cathedral
12 The Close
Norwich NR1 4DH
01603 218300
For over 900 years the awesome beauty of this Norman building has reached out and touched people. The Cathedral’s architecture is justly famous, its history fascinating and its collection of art and objects outstanding.
Origins
The Forum, Millennium Plain, Bethel Street, Norfolk
Norwich NR2 1TF
01603 727922
theforumnorwich.co.uk/norfolkheritagecentre
Origins is an exciting exploration of 2000 years of Norfolk and Norwich history for you to take part in. Covering three floors within the stunning landmark Millennium project for the East of England Forum building, Origins has over 60 different exhibits – most with buttons to press, flaps to lift, levers to pull, games to play and challenges to take, there is information to read and listen to and artefacts to look at too, as well as the amazing panoramic film show.
Collections: The first floor works through Roman times through to WWII, including strong social history collections, artefacts from each period, information on language, architecture, cloth making and war-time recollections. The second floor is more hands-on, with information about dialect, famous personalities, agriculture, architecture and traditional myths and legends.
Oxburgh Hall – National Trust
Oxborough
nr King’s Lynn PE33 9PS
01366 328258
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/oxburgh-hall
15th-century moated manor house: * Secret doors and priest hole * Mary Queen of Scots embroideries * Bedingfeld family, still in residence after 500yrs * Magnificent Tudor gatehouse * French parterre.
RNLI Henry Blogg Museum
The RNLI Henry Blogg Museum, The Rocket House, The Gangway
Cromer NR27 9ET
01263 511294
www.rnli.org.uk/HenryBlogg
Coxswain Henry Blogg (1876-1954) was the RNLI’s most decorated lifeboatman. The museum illustrates the history of Cromer’s lifeboats and tells the story of Henry Blogg’s most famous rescues. For 37 years he served as Coxswain at Cromer and from 1935–45 his lifeboat was the legendary HF Bailey, which is the centrepiece of the museum.
Row 111 House (Great Yarmouth Row Houses) – English Heritage
Nos 6-8, Row 111, South Quay
Great Yarmouth NR30 2RG
01493 857 900
An early 17th century Merchants House, later divided into three tenements. Displayed to show the living conditions of the last occupents in the late 1930s and early World War Two.
Royal Air Force Air Defence Radar Museum – RAFADRM
Royal Air Force Neatishead
Norwich NR12 8YB
01692 631485
www.radarmuseum.co.uk
Discover the top secret world of Radar at the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum. Established in 1941 the base at Neatishead has remained pivotal in Air Defence from WWII right through the Cold War and it still remains an operational RAF station even today.
Collections: A unique collection of original, signed, RAF Sation and Unit Badges. The original ‘Cold War’ Operations Room used by the RAF until 1993.
Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum
Norwich Castle Museum, Castle Meadow
Norwich NR1 3JU
01603 493625
The Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum (RNRM) looks after a wealth of objects relating to the regiment. Many of these objects are on display in Norwich Castle Museum, including army uniform, kit, personal letters and diaries that reflect the daily lives of soldiers in wartime and peace.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
01603 593199
www.scva.ac.uk
The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is an inspirational public art museum where you can see outstanding world art for free.
Collections: The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection is primarily found in a gallery known as the Living Area, where modern European art is interspersed with works from around the globe. The objects you’ll find here span 5,000 years of human creativity. Objects from the UEA Collection of Abstract and Constructivist Art, Architecture and Design are also displayed.
Sheringham Park – National Trust
Sheringham Park
Upper Sheringham NR26 8TL
01263 820550
Wander through Sheringham Park and you’ll discover why it became the personal favourite of its designer, Humphry Repton. Visit the Repton exhibition to see the story of his 1812 design during a turbulent period of history.
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, The
Education Department, The College, Knight street, Walsingham
Walsingham NR22 6EF
01328 824205
The Shrine Church is situated in beautiful grounds close to the centre of the medieval village of Little Walsingham. Built in the 20th century, the Shrine Church is where the Holy House is located – a replica of the home in Nazareth of Joseph, Mary and Jesus (the Holy Family) – and where the Guardians of the Shrine have their stalls. This modern church reminds us of unbroken pilgrimage to the site for about a thousand years.
St Andrew’s & Blackfriars’ Halls
St Andrew’s Plain
Norwich NR3 1AU
01603 628477
www.standrewshall.co.uk
The only English friary to survive intact from the medieval period. The Halls were built over 600 years ago and were part of the medieval precinct of the Dominican or Black Friars. The layout is typical of a medieval English friary church, including a large nave (St Andrew’s) used for preaching to congregations and a smaller chancel (Blackfriars‘), where the friars held services. St Andrew’s Hall has an impressive hammer beam roof, a gift of the Paston family, whose townhouse was in nearby Elm Hill.
St James Mill
Whitefriars
Norwich NR3 1SH
01603 677100
www.norwich12.co.uk/st-james-mill
The quintessential English Industrial Revolution mill. A Grade I listed building, St James Mill was built on a site originally occupied by the White Friars (or Carmelite Friars). The friars made many additions to their original site, building an impressive church of almost 68 metres (225 feet) in length.
St Seraphim
Station Rd
Walsingham NR22 6DG
01328 820610
St Seraphim’s Icon and Railway Heritage Museum incorporates St Seraphim’s Chapel, which was founded in 1967 for the Orthodox community. It was converted in a former railway station, which opened in 1857.
Strangers’ Hall
Charing Cross
Norwich NR2 4AL
01603 493625
Explore one of the oldest and most fascinating buildings in Norwich. Home to wealthy merchants and Mayors when Norwich was in its heyday, this beautifully preserved building dates back to 1320.
Swaffham Museum
Town Hall, 4 London Street
Swaffham PE37 7DQ
01760 721230
www.swaffhammuseum.co.uk
A jewel of a museum set in a handsome townhouse on Swaffham’s Georgian Market Place. Explore elegant rooms, rich collections and 21st century displays with lots for all the family to enjoy.
Collections: The museum focuses on the social history of the town and surrounding villages. The collections cover the many aspects of life including trade, industries, domestic life, from prehistoric times to the present day.
Time & Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life
Blackfriars Road
Great Yarmouth NR30 3BX
01493 743930
Come and explore this museum housed in a converted Victorian herring curing works and take an exciting journey into the past. Discover Great Yarmouth’s fascinating history, its rich maritime and fishing heritage and some of the colourful characters who made their living from the sea. Wander through a Victorian ‘Row’ and see inside a fisherman’s home.
Tolhouse, The
Tolhouse Street
Great Yarmouth NR30 2SH
01493 858900
Visit one of the oldest prisons in the country and explore Great Yarmouth’s story of crime and punishment. Use the free audio guide to hear the gaoler and his prisoners describe their experiences.
True’s Yard Museum
True’s Yard, North Street
King’s Lynn PE30 1QU
01553 770479
www.truesyard.co.uk
True’s Yard is all that remains of King’s Lynn’s old fishing community, the North End, which existed for hundreds of years, and which was finally demolished in the clearances of the 1930s and the 1960s. Once hundreds of families lived within a stone’s throw of their chapel of St Nicholas, which still dominates the area, and the North End had its own boat builders, chandlers, sail makers, pubs, bake houses and school.
University of East Anglia Library, Archives & Special Collections
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ
01603 592 421
www.uea.ac.uk/is
Collections: Apart from a core collection of University documents for public reference, the archives holds the following collections, among others: The Pritchard Papers and Isokon Trust (architecture, art and design of the 1930s); (Holloway Collection (printed ephemera on culture, 1960-2000); Zuckerman Archive (World War 2 operations and post-war science policy); Kenney Papers (suffragettes).
Walsingham Abbey Grounds & Shirehall Museum
Common Place
Little Walsingham NR22 6BP
01328 820510
A place of pilgrimage since the 11th century, ruins of medieval priory, river and woodland walks leading into unspoilt woods and parkland famous for spectacular snowdrops in early spring. The Shirehall Museum houses an original Georgian courthouse, in use until 1971, displays on the history of Walsingham, local photographs and artefacts.
William Marriott Museum
c/o North Norfolk Railway, Holt Station, Cromer Road
Holt NR25 6QA
01263 710484
www.museumsnorfolk.org.uk/william-marriott-museum
The William Marriott Museum building houses many artefacts, documents and other bygones from the age of steam in East Anglia. Outside, the full 5 1/4 miles of the Poppy Line are packed with a multitude of working museum items, such as the buildings and general railway infrastructure, the locomotives and rolling stock and a truly historic signalling system. The museum has been created in a replica of a typical M&GN Goods Shed in Holt Station yard.
Wolterton & Mannington Estate
Mannington Hall
Norwich NR11 7BB
01263 584175
www.manningtongardens.co.uk
The gardens around this medieval moated manor house feature a wide variety of plants, trees (around 50 varieties) and shrubs in many different settings. Throughout the gardens are thousands of roses especially classic varieties. In the Heritage and Modern Rose Gardens are roses in areas with designs reflecting their date of origin from the 15th century to the present day.
Wymondham Heritage Museum
10 The Bridewell, Norwich Road
Wymondham NR18 0NS
01953 600205
www.wymondhamheritagemuseum.co.uk
This traditional and delightful museum brings together daily life and heroes and villains with great events from Wymondham’s past. It also offers a lovely garden and a warm welcome.