Summer Visits 2024

We will be visiting 3 Norfolk Churches, The Old Rectory in Fritton, The Great Hospital, a house in Mount Street, Diss, The houses of North Lopham (and AGM), St Mary’s Farm, Tacolneston and The Elizabethan House in...
Boulton & Paul

Boulton & Paul

A very brief History of Boulton & Paul Boulton & Paul started in Rose Lane in Norwich in 1864 manufacturing iron items such as stoves and agricultural tools. Their range increased to include wire fencing and cast-iron framed buildings as well as portable...
Church Low-side Windows Project

Church Low-side Windows Project

Church Low-side Windows Project Low side-windows in churches are usually to be found in the south wall of the chancel and they take several forms. Nothing was ever written at the time of their creation about their purpose. Long-winded discussions since 1839 have...
Norfolk Church Aisles

Norfolk Church Aisles

Norfolk Church Aisles The County of Norfolk is blessed with the largest number of medieval church buildings in the country, the product of many small manors in early medieval times, where many lords established their own church. In most cases these were substantially...

Winter lectures preview 2023

Tickets for winter lectures will be handled by Eventbrite. The link to obtain them will be emailed to members a couple of weeks before the date. Lectures include: In October Lynsey Mclaughlin on Castles – Fortress or Status symbol? November Nick Hill on...