A Bibliography of Norfolk History to 1978

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-906-21990-4

Price:  £25.00

Ancient Funeral Monuments - 1631

A superb and very ancient book published in 1631 - gravestone & monumental inscriptions in churches in East Anglia, London, the home counties and the south east. Transcribed as they appeared in 1631 !!    

Price:  £13.62

Blythburgh Priory Cartulary Part One

The priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Blythburgh was one of the earliest of the many houses of Augustinian canons established in the diocese of Norwich; the beginnings of conventual life most likely date from the mid-12th century.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15128-1

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Blythburgh Priory Cartulary Part Two

Domesday Book records Blythburgh as a prosperous royal town with an exceptionally well-endowed church. Its priory, the Blessed Virgin Mary, was one of the earliest of the many houses of Augustinian canons established in the diocese of Norwich in the 12th and early 13th centuries.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15152-6

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Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Copyhold Documents

A collection of 51 copyhold documents (surrenders of land & property). These original documents, dated 1803 to 1856 relate to the transfer of land and property in the Manor Court.    

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Counties and Communities

This collection of twenty East Anglian essays celebrates Hassell Smith's seventieth birthday. It has been written and edited by former colleagues, friends and post-graduate students who have been connected, in various ways, with his work at the Centre of East Anglian Studies at the University of East Anglia during the past thirty years. They cover a wide variety of topics from the thirteenth century through to the eighteenth century and make a valuable contribution to the understanding of the history of Suffolk and Norfolk.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-906-21943-0

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Country Remedies

For several years, the author has been gathering information concerning domestic plant remedies used within living memory in rural East Anglia. Informants have been for the most part elderly country people, and in almost every instance, this information has never been written down, but has been preserved orally from one generation to the next. A surprisingly large number of these native plant remedies has come to light, and an analysis of them brings out many interesting points, including the apparent accuracy of oral testimony, when compared with written information on the subject of plant remedies. Another perhaps surprising point to emerge is that new plant remedies are still being developed, some involving the use of widely grown food vegetables. The author was fortunate enough to come across manuscript material of work done by Dr Mark Taylor, a regional health officer in Norwich in the 1920's, who carried out a similar study of East Anglian domestic medicine seventy years ago. However, although he presented some of his results to the Folklore Society, most of it was never published. The present author's information, presented against the background of Dr Taylor's work some seventy years ago, provides an interesting picture of the continuity and change in the use of plant remedies in rural East Anglia. This book won the Michaelis-Jean Ratcliff prize for significant contributions to the study of folklore in 1993.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15563-0

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East Anglia's History

East Anglia's political and economic importance in the middle ages is plain for all to see, stemming initially from its crucial position on the eastern shores of the North Sea and its participation in the successive patterns of invasion and settlement of England. Archaeological evidence abounds: burial mounds, castles, great churches deriving from the wealth created by sheep, yeoman farmhouses, and market towns of eighteenth-century elegance. Behind thesevisible manifestations of the march of centuries lie particular histories, and these seventeen studies from the region's best scholars reveal some of those jigsaw puzzles of time, ranging from the Domesday herring industry by wayof monasteries, memorials, wills, Gainsborough and garden history to the growing passion for natural history and science in the mid nineteenth century. They make a serious contribution to an understanding of the region, and at thesame time honour Norman Scarfe, whose own studies have played a notable part in the interpretation of East Anglia's history.
Contributors JOHN BLATCHLY, JAMES CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER HARPER-BILL, CAROLE RAWCLIFFE, DAVID DYMOND, PETER NORTHEAST, COLIN RICHMOND, JUDITH MIDDLETON-STEWART, DIARMAID MacCULLOCH, HASSELL SMITH, TOM WILLIAMSON, EDWARD MARTIN, JONATHAN THEOBALD, RICHARD WILSON, HUGH BELSEY, STEVEN PLUNKETT, GEOFFREY MARTIN, MICHAEL HOWARD.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-851-15878-5

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East Anglian Pedigrees

Pedigrees of Norfolk and Suffolk families that for the large part do not appear in the Heralds Visitations of the counties, although there a few exceptions to this.    

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East Anglian Society and the Political Community of Late Medieval England

The essays and articles produced by Roger Virgoe (1932-1996) over a period of thirty-five years make a notable contribution to the study of political life in late medieval England, and to our knowledge of the workings of East Anglian gentry society.   paperback   ISBN 978-0-906-21944-7

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East Norfolk & parts of Suffolk 1850 Hunt's Directory

A little gem of a directory, amazing lists of residents with their address which will make makes a search of the 1851 census that little bit easier.    

Price:  £12.13

Godly Reformers and their Opponents in Early Modern England

This book traces the emergence of religious factionalism within an urban community, from Elizabeth's reign until the outbreak of the English Civil War, focusing upon early modern England's second city, Norwich, but placing it in the context of England as a whole. Typically, Tudor and Stuart Norwich has been viewed as a centre of radical puritanism, but through careful study of its rich municipal archive as well as hitherto untapped diocesan and parochial material, the author offers a more rounded account of Norwich's religious life, which considers the appearance of groups at odds with the godly. The first section explores how and why the Reformation flourished in Norwich. Later chapters address the fortunes of the city's puritan movement in relation to successive anti-Calvinist bishops - notably Samuel Harsnett and Matthew Wren - and their local allies [both clerical and lay] during the 1620s and 30s. Reacting to godly complaint, Norwich's anti-puritan tradition evolved into something approaching 'civic Laudianism' in borough affairs under Charles I.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83149-5

Price:  £50.00

Great Yarmouth 1894 Cook's Directory

A directory for any single town or city is always an absolute gem as the attention to detail is incredible. Also included with Great Yarmouth are Gorleston and Southtown.    

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Guilds and the Parish Community in Late Medieval East Anglia c. 1470-1550

The parish and the guild were the two poles round which social and religious life revolved in late medieval England. This study, drawing freely on East Anglian records, shows how influential they were in the lives of their communities in the years before the break with Rome - and provides an implicit commentary on the impact of the Henrician Reformation at parish level. The records of many of the guilds (or fraternities) of East Anglia in the years 1470-1550 are examined for evidence of their form, function and popularity; the spread of fraternities across East Anglia, the size of individual guilds, types of member, and the benefits of guild membership are all studied in detail. The social and religious functions of the fraternities are then compared with the parish, through a study of the records of two Norfolk market towns (Wymondham and Swaffham) and two Suffolk villages (Bardwell and Cratfield). A final chapter studies the fortunes of the guilds during the early years of the Reformation, up to their dissolution in 1548. KEN FARNHILL is research associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-903-15305-5

Price:  £55.00

Handbook of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk & Cambridgeshire (1892)

Published in 1892, a wonderful description of all of the towns and villages in the four counties.    

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Handbook of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk & Cambridgeshire (1892)

Published in 1892, a wonderful description of all of the towns and villages in the four counties.    

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Landscapes of Monastic Foundation

Monastic studies usually focus upon the post-Conquest period; here, in valuable contrast, the focus is on pre-Conquest monastic foundations, in the present-day counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Tim Pestell considers the place of the monastery in wider landscapes - topographical, social, economic and political.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83062-7

Price:  £50.00

Leicestershire, Rutland and Norfolk 1822 Pigot's Directory

Three very rare directories on one CD Note that these directories include only the main towns and market towns, and not the villages in each county.    

Price:  £9.79

Lords and Communities in Early Medieval East Anglia

The period between the late tenth and late twelfth centuries saw many changes in the structure and composition of the European and English aristocracy. One of the most important is the growth in local power bases and patrimonies at the expense of wider property and kinship ties. In this volume, the author uses the organisation of aristocracy in East Anglia as a case-study to explore the issue as a whole, considering the extent to which local families adopted national and European values, and investigating the role of local circumstances in the formulation of regional patterns and frameworks. The book is interdisciplinary in approach, using anthropological, economic and prosopographical research to analyse themes such as marriage and kinship, social mobility, relations between secular and ecclesiastical lords, ethnic groups, and patterns of economic growth amongst social groupings; there is a particular focus too on how different landscapes - fenland, upland, coastal and urban - affected the pattern of aristocratic experience. Dr ANDREW WAREHAM is a Research Associate at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College London.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83155-6

Price:  £45.00

Maps - Vol. 8 - Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk

An incredibly useful resource! Really high quality digitised maps that you can zoom in and in to see the finest detail.    

Price:  £9.79

Medieval East Anglia

East Anglia was the most prosperous region of medieval England; far from being an isolated backwater, it had strong economic, religious and cultural connections with continental Europe, with Norwich for a time England's second city. The essays in this volume bring out the importance of the region during the middle ages. Spanning the late eleventh to the fifteenth century, they offer a broad coverage of East Anglia's history and culture; particular topics examined include its landscape, urban history, buildings, government and society, religion and rich culture.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83151-8

Price:  £45.00

Norfolk 1830 Pigot's Directory

One of the earliest directories, this one covers the whole of the county, with descriptions of all of the towns and main villages, churches, schools, etc. and a listing of people with trades.    

Price:  £9.79

Norfolk 1839 Pigot's Directory

Similar to the 1830 directory.    

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Norfolk 1845 White's History, Directory & Gazetteer

A really comprehensive history, directory and gazetteer of the whole of the county. These White's directories are probably the most versatile resources available to genealogists and historians alike.    

Price:  £15.11

Norfolk 1854 White's Directory

A tremendous amount of detail about the county and its history, and the history and current facilities of every town, village and hamle. One of the most important sources of information for the county.    

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Norfolk 1864 White's History, Gazetteer and Directory

Contains a general survey of each place in the county including it's historical, statistical and topographical descriptions. Thoroughly indexed so easy to use.    

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Norfolk 1873 Return of Owners of Land

Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value.    

Price:  £8.94

Norfolk 1879 Kelly's Directory

An excellent resource for genealogists and family historians. This very comprehensive directory describes each place in the county in great detail with information about schools, churches, hospitals and other institutions.    

Price:  £12.13

Norfolk 1883 White's Directory

The White's directories are, without doubt, the very best available as they are so incredibly comprehensive. Also included is an excellent classified trades directory.    

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Norfolk 1888 Kelly's Directory

A comprehensive directory of the tradespeople of each place in the county along with wonderful descriptions of the local facilities such as churches, schools and hospitals.    

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Norfolk 1892 Kelly's Directory

A very comprehensive directory. The county section has a description of every place in the area along with lists of private residents and commercial traders. There is also a court directory which lists private individuals alphabetically plus a classified trades directory. This book was kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by the Family Record Centre (the PRO) in London.    

Price:  £12.13

Norfolk 1896 Kelly's Directory

By this date, the Kelly's directories were becoming more comprehensive, and include street directories with private resident listings for the major towns. An excellent resource book for genealogists!    

Price:  £12.13

Norfolk 1908 Kelly's Directory

A comprehensive, late directory, full of information about every place in Norfolk. There are thousands of names contained within this directory each listed with the persons trade. For those researching Norwich there is the added benefit of a house by house, street directory.    

Price:  £12.13

Norfolk 1912 Kelly's Directory (with map)

A wonderfully comprehensive directory. Every town, village and hamlet is described in great detail with information about the churches, schools, hospitals and other institutionss plus important historical events. Each place has its own lists of private residents and commercial traders. There is also a directory of private residents with the names and addresses of people across the coonty arranged alphabetically. The final sectiion contains a classified trades directory which lists all of the types of trades and the people who performed them.    

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Norfolk 1916 Kelly's Directory

A typically comprehensive Kelly's directory from a very interesting period of history, being right in the middle of the Great War of 1914-18. It starts with an excellent description and history of the county, with details of fairs and markets, parliamentary representation, county council officers, magistrates etc. Following this are descriptions of every town, village and hamlet in the county, with lists of private residents and commercial traders in each place. The county town of Norwich also has a street by street, almost house by house directory of people, not just those with trades but ordinary private individuals too. There is also a separate alphabetical list of private residents and their addresses throughout the county and a very comprehensive classified trades directory. Also included is a beautiful map of the county.    

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Norfolk 1933 Kelly's Directory

A huge book! A very comprehensive county directory, that not only includes the usual trades directory, but street by street listings of the householders in the major towns. A wonderful resource.    

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Norfolk Parish Registers - Marriages (12 Vols)

ARCHIVE CD BOOKS PARISH REGISTER SERIES All 12 volumes of the Phillimore's marriages transcripts, making up the county set. (Phillimore's did not have access to the registers in all parishes when making the transcripts. For parishes included see below). The transcriptions for each parish contain the whole of the registers for each parish from the first available preserved register (usually in the 1500s and as early as 1538) up to either 1812 or in many cases, 1837. Just 150 copies of each volume were printed. These are very rare and sought-after books of incredible value to the family historian. (New release February 2005) #    

Price:  £15.00

Norfolk Poll Book 1768

Lists all the people in the whole of Norfolk who voted in the general election in 1768. (To be eligible to vote, a person had to be a freeholder, i.e. owning a house or a plot of land). The book is divided into the hundreds of Norfolk, and then the towns and villages within each. A superb source of early family history information.    

Price:  £9.79

Norwich Cathedral Close

Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award What explains the layout of the cathedral and its close? What ideas and beliefs shaped this familiar landscape? Through this pioneering study of the development of Norwich cathedral close [one of the most important buildings in medieval England] from its foundation in 1096 up to c.1700, the author looks at changes in cathedral landscape, both sacred and social.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83173-0

Price:  £30.00

Norwich Poll Book for 1818

A very rare resource indeed, this contains the names of those people in Norwich who voted in the General Election of 1818.    

Price:  £9.79

Photographs of the Norfolk Broads

One hundred photographs of the river and broads of Norfolk and Suffolk. Published in 1891 the CD contains delightful images of the area and the local people, various boats, houses and wildlife. An interesting CD for those with ancestors from Norfolk, you can print out pictures and put them in your family history book to document what life would have been like on the Norfolk broads in the 19th century.    

Price:  £9.95

Pigot's 1831 Topography and Gazetteer of England

Superb and rare topography and gazetteer of; Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex and Wiltshire.    

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The Gentleman's Magazine Library 1731-1868, Norfolk, Northamptonshire & Northumberland

The original Gentleman's Magazine contained articles on a vast array of subjects, including lots of wonderful topographical pieces. In 1891 George Gomme republished all of these topograhical articles but edited and indexed them into county specific order. Each of Gomme's works contains between two and four separate counties, except for the London volumes. An absolute goldmine of information about the county, its people and its places.    

Price:  £12.13

The History of Hingham

This 50 page book is a must if your ancestors came from Hingham. Includes a descriptive history of the town from it's Saxon origins to 1742, an interesting description of the association between the town and it's sister town in America, founded by Norfolk emigrants. Plus lists of the Church's incumbents and patrons, rural deans and descriptions of it's repairs, windows and memorials. Concludes with a list of all those who participated in WW1, that was 1 in 7 of the population.    

Price:  £7.50

The Hospitals of Medieval Norwich

  paperback   ISBN 978-0-906-21939-3

Price:  £14.99

The Pastons

Within three generations (1426 to 1485), and through the dark and dangerous years of the Wars of the Roses, the Pastons established themselves as a family of consequence, both in their native Norfolk and within court circles. Ambitious and highly mobile - womenfolk as well as men - they kept in touch by correspondence, usually but notinvariably through the medium of a clerk. These letters, a rare survival, break upon us across the centuries with the urgency, and sometimes the violence, of their preoccupations: defending property,fighting court cases, making the right alliances, and, on the domesticside, managing their estates, conducting their courtships, stocking their cupboards. Selected and presented here with Richard Barber's invaluable linking narrative, they bring the middle ages triumphantlyto life.   paperback   ISBN 978-1-843-83111-2

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The Register of William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich 1344-1355: I

This is the first Norwich episcopal register to be published. The two counties of the Norwich diocese, Norfolk and Suffolk, were more densely populated than most of medieval England, with nearly 1300 parishes, some one seventh ofthe national total. Its period covers the fateful progress of the Black Death in 1349, showing its full effects; also of particular interest is Bishop Bateman's foundation of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and the editor's identification of many of the non-surviving churches in the diocese. Dr Pobst's introduction demonstrates the unusual character of the early Norwich registers, and traces the rise of Bateman to prominence in the Anglo-French negotations in theopening years of the Hundred Years War. Dr PHYLLIS E. POBST is Assistant Professor of History at Arkansas State University.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-907-23954-3

Price:  £30.00

The Register of William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich 1344-55: II

This volume completes the Bateman register, the first of the Norwich registers to be published. Containing the later half of the calendar of institutions, it is unusual for the organisation, clarity and state of completeness of its records, which paint a dramatic picture of the impact of the Black Death on East Anglia. Scholars and students will also welcome the appendices dealing with diocesan administrators and the religious houses and hospitals of Norfolk and Suffolk, as well as indices for both volumes.
PHYLLIS E. POBST is Assistant Professor of History at Arkansas State University.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-907-23960-4

Price:  £25.00

The Victoria History of the County of Norfolk, Volume I

  hardback   ISBN 978-0-712-90645-6

Price:  £75.00

The Visitation of Norfolk 1563, 1589, 1613

Pedigrees of Norfolk families in 1563, 1589 & 1613.    

Price:  £9.79

The Visitation of Norfolk 1664

Pedigrees of Norfolk families in 1664.    

Price:  £15.11

Topographical History of Norfolk

Blomefield and Parkin, 11 Volumes - 1739 THE RECOGNISED AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE FOR NORFOLK Archive CD Books are very fortunate indeed to be able to make this excellent set of 11 volumes available on CD for researchers. These volumes are extremely rare, and if you could find them, they would cost several thousand pounds to purchase. An absolute MUST for the serious Norfolk researcher. A Description of the Towns, Villages, and Hamlets, with the Foundations of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Chanteries, and other Religious Buildings... Also An Account of the ancient and present state of all the Rectories, Vicarages, Donatives and etc. Likewise an Historical Account of the Castles, Seats and manors, etc. A Monumental Work by Francis Blomefield and continued after his death in 1752, by Charles Parkin. AVAILABLE NOW    

Price:  £49.00