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The Great and Good:
Norwich City’s Built Heritage in the Archives |
The Great and Good: Norwich City’s Built Heritage in the Archives
A course of six two-hour long sessions started on Tuesday 22 nd January at The Archive Centre, Norwich, led by Norfolk Record Office’s Outreach and Education Officer, Frank Meeres, and Archivist, Tom Townsend, with guest lecturer, Sheree Leeds of Aviva.
The course offers an opportunity to learn about and use original documentary sources relating to 12 iconic buildings and their sites in Norwich.
The sessions are at 6.00pm on Tuesday evenings, and the subjects are as follows: |
22 January
Session 1: Angels in the Architecture: Norwich’s two Cathedrals (Frank Meeres)
29 January
Session 2: Our City Fathers: The Guildhall and City Hall (Tom Townsend)
5 February
Session 3: Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Great Hospital and St Andrew’s and Blackfriars’ Halls (Frank Meeres) |
12 February
Session 4: Decline and Renewal: Norwich Castle and Dragon Hall (Tom Townsend)
19 February
Session 5: Cathedrals of Commerce: St James’ Mill and Surrey House (Sheree Leeds and Tom Townsend) NB – This session is to be held at Surrey House, Surrey Street
26 February
Session 6: Palaces of Leisure: the Assembly House and the Forum (Frank Meeres and Tom Townsend) |
The cost for the six session course is £30 – please note it will not be possible to book single sessions. Due to the nature of the course, which will involve handing original documents, the course is restricted to a maximum of 25 people.
As demand has been high and the current places are now full, we hope to run this course again later in the year. Please check back on the website from February onwards for further information.
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Short Films
Click here for short films about Norwich created by HEART - simply select Factual from the Short Film Menu and look for the Guildhall and the Great Hospital |
Click here to view a 15 min streaming video of beautiful, historic Norwich with a voice-over explaining the importance and context of some facets of this incredible heritage jewel. |
TIMELINE
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DID YOU KNOW?
The finest piece of art known from pre Conquest Norwich is a walrus ivory cross discovered beneath Tombland in the 19 th Century and likely to have been associated with the pre conquest church of St Michael. The cross is currently displayed in the Victoria & Albert Museum
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