A message from BAHS member Margaret Bird, including three portraits of the Hardy family. Further Mary Hardy books I have finished the text of the four companion volumes Mary Hardy and her World 1773-1809 – all 3030 pages. It will take a long time to index the work, but I have made a start. Two
This is Historian Chris Barringer’s (1931-2013) story of Norfolk history published posthumously in 2019. Chris Barringer played a fundamental part in the formation of this Society. In 1990 he was invited to give a series of lectures in Blakeney and two more series followed in 1991 and 1992. Chris was a leading member of historical
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
Private 14156, 1st Bn, Norfolk RegimentDied 5th July 1916, aged 20Remembered at Blakeney (St. Nicholas) Churchyardand on both Blakeney War Memorials Reginald Cooper was born in Cromer and baptised there, 5th April, 1896. He was the son of Charles Thomas Cooper, a bricklayer, and his wife Marian Louisa Brooks. By 1901 the family were living
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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
AGM Our AGM is being held on Tuesday 24th November and the AGM papers can be accessed by clicking these links: Minutes 2025 meeting Agenda 2026 meeting Management Committee report Treasurer’s report Accounts – year to 31st August 2026 Welcome to the website for the Blakeney Area Historical Society (BAHS) covering Local History
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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