Norfolk Collection

Wroxham Bridge, with yachts and other boats

Map / Norfolk C1857
Map of Norfolk

Norwich Cathedral / 1905
Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk

Norfolk Broads / Thurne
Norfolk Broads: on the Thurne

Wells-Next-The-Sea
Boats in the picturesque harbour of Wells-next-the-Sea, on the north Norfolk coast, East Anglia, England

Oxnead Hall, Norfolk
A fine print of a splendid example of a stately home - Oxnead Hall, Norfolk, with its terrace and walled garden, and woods behind

Norwich / Market Place
Norwich, Norfolk: the Market Place Date: 1905

Great Snoring
A signpost pointing to the village of Great Snoring, North Norfolk, England, has clearly effected the man beneath it!

Fishing boats entering the harbour at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk. Britain was once described by a politician as " built on coal and surrounded by fish"

Castle Rising / Norfolk
Castle Rising, Norfolk (built by William d Albini in 1176)

Officers of Arms of the Heralds College, 1952
Participants in the Coronation Ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II. The Officers of Arms of the Heralds College (l to r): Bluemantle, J A Frere; Windsor Herald, R P Graham-Vivian; Richmond Herald

WW1 poster, Types of the British Army, Dismounted Branches, showing the various uniforms. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Norfolk, British heavy cruiser, WW2
HMS Norfolk, British County-class heavy cruiser, launched 1928, served throughout the Second World War, decommissioned 1950. Date: circa 1940s

Richard II interrupting a tournament
Richard II stopping a tournament between Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford -- a scene which comes at the beginning of Shakespeares play

Guiltcross Union Workhouse, Kenninghall, Norfolk
The Guiltcross Union Workhouse, designed by William Thorold, was erected in 1836-7 at Kenninghall, Norfolk. After its closure in 1902 the site was acquired by the Rev Harold Burden

Rowing in 1935
A woman sits and rows a boat single-handedly on the Norfolk Broads during the 1930s

Henstead Union Workhouse, Swainsthorpe, Norfolk
The driveway up to Henstead Union workhouse at Swainsthorpe, Norfolk. The building, erected in 1836, was designed by John Brown

The Arrival of the First Thor Ballistic Missile to RAF Bom
Photograph of the delivery of first Thor Ballistic Missile to an RAF Base in Norfolk, 19th September 1958. Sixty-five feet long

19th Century Ploughs
Kentish turn-wrest plough Old Norfolk plough Rotheram plough Paring plough Lord Somervilles double plough

Horse / Shire Honest Tom
SHIRE HORSE Honest Tom bred by Mr Welcher of Watton, Norfolk

Shrimping Hunstanton
A group of children shrimping among the Boulders on the beach at Hunstanton, Norfolk

Beach at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Raynham Hall Ghost (Cl)
Raynham Hall, Norfolk; This figure is not seen but is unknowingly photographed on the staircase; it may be the ghost of Dorothy Walpole, known as The Brown Lady. Date: 1936

Covent Garden Market
Crates of fresh fruit and vegetables from Norfolk etc. being unloaded in the morning at Covent Garden market, central London. Date: circa 1950

Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum, Thorpe, Norfolk
The Norfolk County Lunatic Asylum was established in 1814 at Thorpe near Norwich. This view, from the early 1900s, shows what was then the most recent addition to the buildings

Seaside boating scene
A couple push out their small motor boat into an estuary at the mouth of a small coastal river. This looks like a southern Norfolk or North Suffolk coastal view as the terns swoop overhead

Union Workhouse, Downham Market, Norfolk
The Downham Union workhouse at Downham Market, Norfolk. The building, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1836. It later became the Howdale County Home

Le Strange Coat of Arms
An elaborate coat of arms for the Stigleman Le Strange family of Hunstanton, Norfolk, UK

Kings Lynn / South Gate
Kings Lynn, Norfolk: the South Gate

Cottages at Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk by J.C.T. Willis

Fishermen, Sheringham, Norfolk
Fishermen, Sheringham, near Cromer, Norfolk, England. Date: 1900s

Norfolk Broads - River Thurne
A sign by the windmill points the way to the Lion Hotel on the River Thurne, Norfolk. The sailing boat on the broad certainly seems keen to get home for supper! Date: circa 1930s

Girls filling penny tins of mustard, Norwich, Norfolk
Girls at work filling penny tins of mustard at the firm of J Colman Ltd, Norwich, Norfolk

St Michaels Hospital, Aylsham, Norfolk. The building, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 as the Aylsham Union Workhouse

Horning Ferry
Horning ferry

Hoveton Broad and the River Bure, Norfolk, England Date: circa 1905

Industrial School, Buxton, near Norwich, Norfolk
Boys and dog stand on the football pitch of the Buxton Industrial School near Norwich, Norfolk, established in 1855 to hold 100 boys. From 1933 it became Red House Farm Approved School

Union Workhouse, Aylsham, Norfolk
The entrance driveway to Aylsham Union workhouse, Norfolk. The workhouse, designed by William J Donthorn, was erected in 1848-9 at Aylsham. It later became St Michaels Hospital

Cromer Beach 1930S
Rough seas on the coast of Norfolk at Cromer, England, with its bathing huts on the beach and pier in the background

Norwich Castle / C1845
Norwich Castle, Norfolk: view from the south-west

Horstead Watermill, on the River Bure, Norfolk, was one of the most beautiful weatherboarded wooden mills in England. Tragically destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963

15th Duke of Norfolk
Henry Fitzalan Howard, 15th duke of NORFOLK statesman Date: 1847 - 1917

Last photograph taken of Queen Alexandra at Sandringham
Last photograph taken of Queen Alexandra (1844 1925) consort to Edward VII, at Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, holding her favourite dog Pekingese. Date: 1925

Map - The River Ant, Norfolk Broads
Map by M. F. Peck - The River Ant, Norfolk Broads

Eccles Tower, Norfolk, England. Photograph of the tower, with silhouetted figure bottom right. Eccles Tower is the round tower, circa 12th of the church of Eccles St Mary next the Sea

The Royal West Norfolk Golf Club
Caricatures of members of the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club at Brancaster depicted by Tatler cartoonist, Mel. Date: 1933

The Flint Knapper, at Brandon, Suffolk, England. This ancient craft is still continued in Norfolk, England. Date: 1950s

Breeches-Buoy used to save the crew of Esras, East Runton
Illustration showing a Breeches-Buoy in use, to save the crew of the Norwegian ship Esras, East Runton, Norfolk, 1901. Esras had run aground on the Hasboro sands

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