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Blakeney Area Historical Society

Covering the Blakeney Haven (Blakeney, Cley, Morston, Salthouse, Wiveton) & Adjacent Hinterland

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      •                 - Accessions
        •                         - BAHS Accessions: Public Register
        •                         - Understanding The Public Register
        •                         - Gifting Accessions
      •                 - Local Area & Events
        •                         - 1953 Flood: Cley Letter by Nancy Gull
        •                         - 1953 Flood: Cley Letter by Margaret Spurrell
        •                         - 1953 Flood: Wiveton Letter
        •                         - Glaven Valley Conservation Area Appraisals
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        •                         - Bayfield
        •                         - Blakeney
          •                                 - Blakeney WW1 Casualties
          •                                 - Blakeney Galleries
          •                                 - Blakeney Regatta
          •                                 - The Cooke Posts at Blakeney
          •                                 - The Sim Posts at Blakeney
        •                         - Cley Next The Sea
          •                                 - Cley Next the Sea Gallery
        •                         - Glandford
        •                         - Holt
        •                         - Langham
        •                         - Letheringsett
        •                         - Morston
        •                         - Salthouse
        •                         - Saxlingham
        •                         - Wiveton
      •                 - Local Family History
      •                 - Local People & Characters
        •                         - Local People Gallery
        •                         - Kenneth Allen Papers
        •                         - Howard Brett
        •                         - Brigadier Mellor Papers
        •                         - Wills
      •                 - Local House Histories
        •                         - Burroughes Deposit
        •                         - Gidney Deposit
        •                         - Jefferson Collection
        •                         - Magavelda
        •                         - Mariner’s Cottage
        •                         - Ryder Deposit
      •                 - Oral & Local Memories
      •                 - Local Registers & Records
        •                         - Blakeney School Register 1864-1912
      •                 - BAHS Research Papers
      •                 - Local Churches
      •                 - Local Publications
        •                         - The Local Lynx
      •                 - Local Groups And Organisations
        •                         - Blakeney Regatta
      •                 - Public Houses, Hotels And Businesses
      •                 - Shipping
        •                         - Coastguards
      •                 - Other Towns & Villages
        •                         - Aylsham
        •                         - Binham
        •                         - Cockthorpe
        •                         - Edgefield
        •                         - Field Dalling
        •                         - Kelling
        •                         - Little Thornage
        •                         - Saxthorpe
        •                         - Stiffkey
        •                         - Wells Next the Sea
        •                         - Weybourne
      •                 - WW1: Blakeney Remembers
        •                         - Blakeney WW1 Casualties
        •                         - Appeal for Photos of WW1 Casualties
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      •                 - 2025 Past Events
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      •                 - 2022 Past Events
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      •                 - Notes on past events
    •         - Lecture Recordings
    •         - Speaker Information
  • Publications
    •         - The Glaven Historian
    •         - Newsletter archive
    •         - Online Publications
      •                 - 1586 Map of Blakeney Haven & Port of Cley
      •                 - A Norfolk Miscellany
      •                 - Blakeney WW1 Casualties
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BAHS meets monthly from September to April for a talk on a fascinating range of Norfolk-related topics by expert speakers. Do join our friendly group!
Great for us to partner with the Blakeney Cley and Great for us to partner with the Blakeney Cley and District @royalbritishlegion to mark #VJ day 80 at Blakeney Harbour Room- here Helen Gimson (left), our chair Diana Cooke (centre) and Michelle Gibbs looking just the part to celebrate victory in the 1940s 🙌🥂🤜👏
A regular flow of visitors enjoy our #WW2 boards a A regular flow of visitors enjoy our #WW2 boards at Blakeney Harbour Room where we celebrate #VJ 80 today
Surely one of the best-dressed visitors to our #VJ Surely one of the best-dressed visitors to our #VJ day 80th celebration this evening is Mary Richards from West Runton pictured with our Chair Diana Cooke 🌟
Counting down to our #VJ 80 celebration with local Counting down to our #VJ 80 celebration with local district @royalbritishlegion this evening at Blakeney Harbour Room. Free event. Bring a picnic. The village of CLEY will celebrate tomorrow afternoon on the church field 🇬🇧
Brilliant coverage for our free street party in co Brilliant coverage for our free street party in conjunction with local @royalbritishlegion on Friday in current Briston District news! Celebrate VJ Day #80 Thanks Briston 👌👏Do join us from 5pm at Blakeney Harbour Room where a free drink and family quiz awaits
A photo from nearly 100 years ago showing a very h A photo from nearly 100 years ago showing a very high tide and behind the creek the amazing almost newly built @blakeneyhotel Today the hotel is a popular holiday destination celebrated for its location and fascinating history. Tea for two at the hotel is a top prize in our quiz to mark #VJ day on Friday. Check out our website towards the end of the week. 👌🙏
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Coming up this weekend the @theholtbookshop litera Coming up this weekend the @theholtbookshop literary festival. This wonderful independent bookshop is supporting our #VJ day quiz on August 15. Please support your local bookstore 📕👌🙏
Blakeney regatta is a brilliant tradition- and alr Blakeney regatta is a brilliant tradition- and already a popular event in 1888 when, as the poster shows, there were donkey races, obstacle races and ‘other rural sports’!
We have meetings in July and August but a reminder We have meetings in July and August but a reminder we resume in September and we meet at Cley Village Hall on the last Tuesday of the month. More on our website!
The photographs of WJJ Boulding in a book by BAHS The photographs of WJJ Boulding in a book by BAHS member Richard Jefferson are among the most powerful in the history of photography- and he lived in Weybourne
A sculpture in aluminium at Lambeth Palace of Norf A sculpture in aluminium at Lambeth Palace of Norfolk’s very own mystic Margery Kempe. BAHS was fortunate to have a talk about Margery in our last season of events. Next year’s programme shaping up nicely- and don’t forget that we have evening meetings in September and October to make it easier for working people to join us. 👌🙏
The great @rnli coxswain and local hero Henry Blog The great @rnli coxswain and local hero Henry Blogg died 71 years ago this month. He rescued 873 people during his 53 years of service
At least the algorithms which power AI provides an At least the algorithms which power AI provides an authoritative reference when mentioning historical facts about our area! So good to see our Society referenced in this bit of fact-checking! ☺️🤜
Jonathan Hooton in Norwich on Wednesday leading ou Jonathan Hooton in Norwich on Wednesday leading our summer outing, a tour of Tombland and Cathedral Close - thank-you Jonathan 👌🙌🌟
Our summer outing 2025 a tour of Tombland and Cath Our summer outing 2025 a tour of Tombland and Cathedral Close in Norwich led by experienced city guide Jonathan Hooton - also a member of the BAHS committee 👌🙏
What a delight to share pictures and stories from What a delight to share pictures and stories from our archive as part of VE Day celebrations, working with @royalbritishlegion . Here is our Chair Diana Cooke with the display boards wearing her son’s Royal Marine uniform - not quite 80 years old but fitting the mood! Tomorrow (May 10) the display boards will be in Cley for the VE celebrations there. Excellent teamwork all 👌🙌
Delighted that pupils of BlakeySchool contributed Delighted that pupils of BlakeySchool contributed to our VE day celebrations today with some wonderful drawings 😌🌟
Guests at the VE celebration organised jointly wit Guests at the VE celebration organised jointly with local branch of @royalbritishlegion got into the swing - literally! Well done to all the volunteers who helped make the day such a success 🌟🇬🇧
It’s hard to see the person in this image of Mar It’s hard to see the person in this image of Margery Kempe, Norfolk’s very own mystic, but Researcher Susan Maddock will be bringing her to life this afternoon at 2.30 in Cley Village Hall. It will be fascinating! Come if you can for the last in our 24/25 programme #localhistory #unforsaken
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        • Recording: Octavia Hill, Co-Founder of the National Trust
        • Recording: Privateers, the press gang and service in the Sea Fencibles: the pressures on Blakeney and Cley’s seafarers c.1800
        • Recording: Sir John Fastolf: Our Norfolk Knight
        • Recording: Talks by Members (2022)
        • Recording: The Grand Tour & Beyond
        • Recording: The King of the Norfolk Poachers and his life story edited by Lilias Rider Haggard
        • Recording: The Norwich Castle: Royal Palace Reborn Project—Principles and Processes
        • Recording: Travels in the footsteps of James Baillie Fraser
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        • 1953 Flood: Cley Letter by Nancy Gull
        • 1953 Flood: Wiveton Letter
        • Glaven Valley Conservation Area Appraisals
      • Local Churches
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        • Burroughes Deposit
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      • Local People & Characters
        • Brigadier Mellor Papers
        • Howard Brett
        • Kenneth Allen Papers
        • Local People Gallery
        • Wills
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        • Blakeney School Register 1864-1912
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      • Oral & Local Memories
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