You can click here to view or download the complete issue. Contents The Military Survey of 1522 John Wright Synopsis: The Military Survey of 1522 appeared to be a muster of all able-bodied males aged 16-60 but the government of the day had an ulterior motive: to prepare for a substantial tax in the form of a
Welcome to the website for the Blakeney Area Historical Society (BAHS) covering Local History in the Blakeney Haven (Blakeney, Cley, Morston, Salthouse, Wiveton) & Adjacent Hinterland in Norfolk. The website provides information on the activities of the BAHS including our events’ programme. A particular focus of the website is providing information on the History Centre collection
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A/Sgt 16837, 7th Bn, Norfolk RegimentDied 13th October 1915, aged 30Remembered at Loos Memorialand on both Blakeney War Memorials Alfred was born in Blakeney 1886, the 4th of five sons born to Edward Clifford and Anna Turner nee Buck. His siblings were Clifford John, Ellis Capps, William Buck and Harry Page, all born in Blakeney
The four-volume study Mary Hardy and her World 1773-1809 will be published in April 2020. Two of the covers are pictured here; also the set of four spines. Drawing on the testimony of the local diarist Mary Hardy (1733-1809), these volumes of commentary and analysis provide a detailed panorama of work and social life in
Spring Outing 2018 Monday, 30th April The 2018 Spring Outing took place in Norwich on Monday 30th April with a group of 21 members. Our morning session around the ‘French Borough’ was led by Jonathan Hooton, a Norwich blue guide and long-standing BAHS member. This was a follow up to the informative lecture which he
The table below lists the contents of the issues 1 (1998) to 19 (2024), and can be filtered using the Search field, or sorted by clicking on the column headings in the table below.
The BAHS publishes a regular journal, The Glaven Historian which is well received within the local history community. If you are a current member of the Society when a new issue is published then you will receive a complimentary copy as a membership benefit. The society discontinued the publication of our printed newsletter following the
From BAHS member Margaret Bird, 20 March 2023:A 32-page booklet, Georgian Holt at Work and Play, will be published by the Holt Society on 3 April 2023. Written by Margaret Bird, it features social and commercial life in Holt and the surrounding area in the period 1780-1810 when Mary Hardy was writing her daily diary
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