Library Catalogue |
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The Norfolk Library and Information Services catalogue contains details of the books,
films, music CDs, local studies and reference items. Having found the item on NOAH, you can
link directly to the Library Online catalogue to view full details and place reservations
for items available for loan.
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Local Newspapers Index |
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Over 23,000 indexed articles digitized from the Eastern Daily Press, covering the period
1922 -1978 and 1990. The full articles can be viewed on computers in the Norfolk and Norwich
Millennium Library.
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Picture Norfolk |
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Picture Norfolk is a digital archive of cultural and historical images charting the
development of Norfolk up to the present day. At present Picture Norfolk comprises of
approximately 16,000 images - archaeological, architectural, historical, geological,
agricultural, industrial and social themes all being represented. This makes it the ideal
visual resource for local history studies, education projects for pupils of all ages,
academic research and simply just for personal interest and enjoyment.
If you wish to purchase images found on NOAH, then there is a direct link to the full
Picture Norfolk catalogue for this purpose. |
Cromer Museum |
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You can search the Cromer Museum collections with over 12,000 records of local history
objects, local maritime collection, holiday industry, books, maps, pictures, photographs and
geology. It includes the Crawford Holden Collection of topography and local history.
Many records are illustrated. |
Decorative Art (Norwich Castle) |
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You can search the decorative art collection at Norwich Castle with over 10,000 items
of ceramics, glass, jewellery, including the World’s largest collection of teapots and a fine
collection of Lowestoft porcelain. Most records are illustrated. |
Fine Art (Norwich Castle) |
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You can search the fine art collection at Norwich Castle of over 23,000 oil paintings,
watercolours, drawings, prints and sculptures. It is particularly rich in paintings of the
Norwich School of the early to mid 19th century. Many records are illustrated. |
Great Yarmouth Museums |
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You can search the Great Yarmouth Museums collections of over 20,000 objects reflecting
life in the port, particularly its maritime history and including an art collection. Some
records are illustrated. |
King's Lynn Museums |
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You can search the King's Lynn Museums collections including local and social history,
costume, archaeology, art, natural history and geology of Lynn and West Norfolk. Some records
are illustrated. |
Gressenhall, Museum of Norfolk Life |
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You can search the Gressenhall collections, which are rich in rural life, trades and
industries of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including agriculture, schooling, shopping
and the workhouse. Few records are illustrated yet. |
Social History (Norwich Museums) |
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You can search the social history collections of Norwich including over 70,000 items
housed in the Bridewell Museum, Strangers’ Hall and the Costume and Textile Study Centre
(Carrow House). Some records are illustrated. |
Thetford Ancient House Museum |
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You can search the Thetford Ancient House collection of almost 10,000 items that
reflect the history and development of Thetford and Breckland. Few records are illustrated. |
Norfolk Record Office |
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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. Records displayed in NOAH are
linked to the same record in the NRO online catalogue,
NROCAT
where they can be seen in the context of the collection as a whole. |
Aerial Photographs, 1946 and 1988 |
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NOAH includes around 8,300 aerial photographs of Norfolk taken between 1945 and 1946. The
photographs are at a scale of around 1:10,000 or 6 inches to 1 mile. The photographs do not
cover all of Norfolk. English Heritage's National Monuments Record includes others. Cloud or
camera failure may also cause some gaps.
NOAH includes around 4,100 aerial photographs of Norfolk taken in the summer of 1988. |
Archaeology |
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You can search the Archaeology collection of Norwich Castle of over 37,000 items from
every parish in Norfolk and every period of prehistory. It includes excavated material,
systematic field walking material, antiquarian material and casual finds. It also includes the
small Egyptology collection. Few records are illustrated. |
Bryant: Norfolk Churches |
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The contents of these volumes were initially published as articles in the Norwich
Mercury, around the turn of the nineteenth to twentieth centuries. Because there was such an
interest in the information that they contained, the articles were eventually published in book
form, when the opportunity was taken to make additions and corrections. Each volume covers
a “Hundred” (an administrative subdivision of the county), and includes geographical and
historical information about the area, details of the manors and the major families and
landowners and a thorough survey of the churches, including lists of incumbents, descriptions
of architecture, stained glass windows and church plate, as well as the text of memorials and
notes on the parish registers. |
Mackerell: King’s Lynn |
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“The history and antiquities of the flourishing corporation of King’s-Lynn in the county
of Norfolk” by Benjamin Mackerell was published in 1738. This book claims to record things which
are “curious and remarkable in every respect”, give an “account of whatever is contained in
each parish church”, including details of tombs and monuments, list all mayors of the town and
include an “alphabetical account of every individual person”, as well as providing a
“chronological and historical account of remarkable and memorable occurrences” |
Mackerell: Norwich |
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This “History of the City of Norwich, both ancient and modern” was written in the
eighteenth century, but not published. A typescript copy of the manuscript was made, and it is
this which you can see on Norfolk Sources. The majority of this work gives information about
the ecclesiastical history of Norwich, recording the text to be found on memorials and
monuments in the churches, and listing the clergy. There are lists of other important people
in the city, such as mayors and members of parliament, and a chronology of “the most remarkable
events and occurrences” in the history of Norwich, which includes details of visits by royalty
and notes the names of many people burnt for heresy. |
Palmer: Great Yarmouth |
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“The Perlustration of Great Yarmouth” by Charles Palmer was published in 3 volumes in
1872. A “perlustration” is defined as “the act of viewing all over” or a thorough survey. It
attempts to be a comprehensive history, giving much information about many aspects of the town
and its area, including local inhabitants, events, customs, places and buildings. |
Enclosure Maps |
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Parliamentary enclosure maps show how land, usually in a large open field or a piece of
a village common, was separated from neighboring land by the placing of a hedge or fence around
it and generally date between 1760 and 1840. Full details of the agreements between landowners
involved in such arrangements are given in Enclosure Awards. NOAH only includes a small portion
of those Enclosure Maps that are held in the Norfolk Record Office and available for
consultation. For details of what Enclosure Maps and Awards exist for a certain parish please
consult the Norfolk Record Office's online catalogue NROCAT
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Broadsides |
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A broadside is a single sheet printed on one side only. Broadsides were used soon after
the beginning of printing for royal proclamations and official notices but were later used for
political agitation, advertisements, poems, ballads etc. They served as a precursor and
alternative to newspapers, often featuring reports of murders and other crimes, and the trials
and executions of criminals. Interesting items in the collection of broadsides are a number of
Lamplighters’ verses and poems describing a variety of entertainments, ranging from boxing
matches to a brass band contest, and posters advertising all types of entertainment, such as
fairs and fetes, concerts and organ recitals. |
Probate |
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Before 11 January 1858, the ecclesiastical courts dealt with most probate matters. NOAH
includes wills proved and letters of adminstration granted in the period 1800-1858 in the
courts of the Bishop of Norwich (the Consistory Court), the Archdeacons of Norfolk and Norwich
and the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. Index terms include names of persons and places as well as
occupations. For more information on the courts and their records, see
http://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/guide/nroprob.htm.
The probate material has been provided by the
Norfolk Record Office.
Queries regarding probate images from NOAH should include the image reference number, e.g.,
GS_0166997/05982.jpg. This can be obtained by hovering your computer mouse over the image and reading the highlighted text, or by clicking on the
image with the right-hand mouse button and selecting ‘Properties’.
The NRO provides a fee-based transcription and Latin translation service
or can supply a list of records searchers who work locally and provide the same service. |
Historical maps of Norfolk and Norwich |
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NOAH includes a number of historical maps of Norfolk and Norwich including William
Fadden's 1797, and Andrew Bryant's 1826 maps of Norfolk. Also included are maps of Great
Yarmouth, King's Lynn and Thetford. You can view these maps through
Norfolk E-Map Explorer |
Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum |
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You can search the Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum collection of over 12,000 records
of regimental memorabilia, uniforms, weaponry, photographs, archives and medals. It is
particularly rich in names of soldiers – useful for those tracing family history. Most
photograph records are illustrated. |
Tithe Maps |
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A tithe map was drawn up for almost all rural parishes in Norfolk between 1836 and 1850
and most of these maps are available on NOAH. The tithe maps give boundaries of individual
plots in a given parish. Each plot has a unique number which links to a tithe apportionment
(not included on NOAH), which gives details of land ownership and occupation. The purpose of
tithe maps and apportionments was to assess how much tax people had to pay to the local church.
Most tithe maps will show at least the boundaries of woods, fields, roads and waterways and
the location of buildings. Please consult the Norfolk Record Office's online catalogue NROCAT
for details of what tithe maps and apportionments exist for a certain parish
for parishes in the Diocese of Norwich
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for Norfolk parishes in the Diocese of Ely.
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Trade Directories |
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Local trade and commercial directories were published between the eighteenth and
twentieth centuries. They gave information on many local residents, often listing separately
“Principal inhabitants”, “Professionals”, “Business and tradesmen”. Many directories also
listed all the major streets in the area covered, noting the name of the person resident or
the business carried on at each address. |
The Norfolk Historic Environment Record |
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The Norfolk Historic Environment Record is a database of more than 50,000 records of
archaeological sites and finds in Norfolk, including excavations and surveys, historic buildings,
findspots and finds scatters, earthworks, cropmarks, wrecks, intertidal remains, parks and gardens,
industrial remains and defensive structures. Having found a record of interest on NOAH,
you can link directly to the Norfolk Heritage Explorer
website, which has more detailed information, mapping and a wide range of other resources. |
