Situated in the old railway station in Little Walsingham, St. Seraphim’s Icon and Railway Heritage Museum is home to an Orthodox Pilgrim Chapel, a museum with heritage displays and a beautiful Quiet Garden. St. Seraphim’s relies on volunteers to be able to open this unique heritage site to visitors. We’re looking for volunteer welcomers who
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Created by BAHS member Richard Jefferson this walk takes you on a route through Cley to take in thirty of its heritage landmarks. Allow around an hour, possibly more if you plan to study the various buildings in depth. Click here for the leaflet. A digital version of the walk is available to download by
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Contents This page lists information (images AND text) on Wiveton Village. This information is provided to assist in deciding whether a visit to the History Centre may benefit your research. However, please do not assume that it is either complete or accurate. Images (which may be clicked on to enlarge) are provided as they often
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This page lists BAHS research papers covering a variety of different subject areas. Please do not assume it is complete. Contents This page lists information (images AND text) on BAHS research papers covering a variety of different subject areas. This information is provided to assist in deciding whether a visit to the History Centre may
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The 1963 Blakeney Regatta programme states it was the centenary programme which suggests the regatta began in 1863. The Blakeney Regatta programmes held in the History Centre are for the years 1898, 1914, 1925, 1923, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,
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The Society complies with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) (and previously the Data Protection Act (1988) which has been superceded by the GDPR). The GDPR came into effect on 25th May 2018 and provides regulations on data protection and privacy. The regulations are overseen in the UK by the Information Commissioners Office (ico.org.uk). Click here for information
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Sign-up Whilst Society meetings are held on Zoom we are allowing non-members to join in. If so, just sign-up for information emails. Better still, join the Society here. You may not wish to join the BAHS but still be kept informed of our activities. Just sign up to our information emails. All we need is
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Tuesday 30th January 2024 at 2:30pm Cley Village Hall Talks by Members Two interesting finds from Blakeney and Salthouse Roger Bland Two interesting objects have recently been found in our area. The first is a silver seal matrix (a stamp for sealing documents), found by metal detector user Steve Lancaster at Salthouse in April 2022,
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Private 20740, 103rd Regiment 10th BattalionCanadian Over-Seas Expeditionary ForceDied 22nd May 1915, aged 29Remembered Vimy Memorial& on both Blakeney War Memorials Percy Henry Allen was born in Surbiton, Surrey, 15th August, 1885, the second of four sons and third of six children born to John William Allen (born Great Yarmouth 1854) and his wife Annie
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Tuesday 30th January 2024 at 2:30pm Cley Village Hall Talks by Members Two interesting finds from Blakeney and Salthouse Roger Bland Two interesting objects have recently been found in our area. The first is a silver seal matrix (a stamp for sealing documents), found by metal detector user Steve Lancaster at Salthouse in April 2022,
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