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
For copyright purposes, please do not make copies of the recording or its content for distribution to third parties. Not a member? Sign up here. 2023 Click here for David Wiseman’s lecture about Sir John Fastolf: Our Norfolk Knight 2022 Click here for Caroline Holland’s and Eric Hotblack’s lecture on Norfolk Born: the development of
The BAHS is a society covering the history of Blakeney and the surrounding area. The society holds regular meetings (apart from during the summer), arranges outings and publishes the Glaven Historian. The society operates the History Centre which hold many resources covering local villages, families, houses and much more. Whilst anyone is welcome at our meetings
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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
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 Blakeney Area Historical Society (BAHS) launches its 2024/25 season of events on 24 September with a talk by Nick Acheson, the Norfolk born naturalist, ambassador for the Norfolk Wildlife Trust and grandson of a Blakeney doctor. Nick spent Covid lockdowns observing Arctic geese as they overwintered in the county. Over seven months, he cycled
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