Amelia Opie

An interesting website worth exploring is:  https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/norfolk-women-in-history/.  There are lots of names which I know nothing about.  One of those is Amelia Opie.  We all know of Opie Street but who was Amelia Opie and what was she famous for?  Did you know she was a quaker and why did she give up writing fictional novels?  The answers and much more are in the following article: 

https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/amelia-opie/

Lost Rivers of Norwich

If you are like me and you thought the Little Cockey and the Great Cockey were the same river, then  prepare to be educated by the following article.  There is also an interesting map of Norwich with the rivers flowing through it:

https://www.invisibleworks.co.uk/lost-rivers-of-norwich/ 

Dorothy Jewson

Here is an article on the above.  A feminist and politician, Dorothy was one of two children of Alderman George Jewson JP, a coal and timber merchant.  She was the first female MP for Norwich.  She was influential in obtaining the voting rights for younger women and was a Norwich Counsellor from 1929 to 1936.  To find our more please select the following link:

https://norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/dorothy-jewson/

History of Bungay

Here is an article to supplement our visit to Bungay on 25th June.  The article reinforces our guide, Chris  Reeve's messages regarding Earl Bigod, The Butter Cross, the castle, the great fire and of course Bungay is the only town in the UK with a town Reeve.  To find out more please select the following link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungay 

Norwich Fire of 1507

Colin did a recent Heritage Walk about the fires of Norwich recently and included the fire of 1507, which some including Professor Carole Rawcliffe contest that it was 1508.  You may recall we showed a talk by Carole Rawcliffe on this subject matter last year.  Anyway here is an interesting article on the fire which virtually destroyed Elm Hill and had quite significant repercussions on the city:  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/norfolk.history.tales.myths/posts/6727530763929239/ 

Broadland Memories

Here is an article that provides the history of boating on the Broads up to 1900.  When did boating for pleasure start on the Broads?  What was a “lateener” yacht?  What led to Wroxham becoming known as the “Capitol of the Broads”?  When was a wherry first used for pleasure trips?  There were far less trees because the wherry men had cut them down.  Small steam launches and larger passenger steamers began to be built and became a common site on the Broads.  What was John Loynes famous for?  And when were ladies expected to rise so that they didn’t see any men bathing?  To learn more please select the following link:

http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/pre1900history.html

History of Nuffield Trust

I learnt from a friend the other day that the origins of the Nuffield Trust go back to William Morris, the car manufacturer tycoon.  I am sure that a number of us have benefited from this trust over the years, so I thought an article on it’s history would be of interest:  

https://www.nuffieldhealth.com/about-us/our-strategy-and-plans/our-history