Norwich Castle

The rebuilding and reopening of Norwich Castle….

Aug 23, 2025

archaeology, buildings, history, research

Norwich Castle, Rebuilding

After five years of work and expenditure of £27.5m, Norwich Castle has been restored to its original state of 900 years ago, and reopens on Sunday, 24 August. That evening there’s a documentary on Channel Four at 7.30 p.m. If you missed it it is available on 4 for a couple of weeks. To read…
Another “Mary Rose” is found….

Dec 11, 2022

anniversaries, archaeology, battles, religion, Science

Abdication, Cromer, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Henry I, Henry V, Henry VIII, Holighost, James VII/II, Leicester, Mary Rose, museums, Norfolk, Norwich Castle, Portsmouth, Raedwald, Richard III, Samuel Pepys, shipwreck, Sutton Hoo, The White Ship

I well remember all the excitement when Henry VIII’s Mary Rose was found and brought to the surface for the first time since his reign. The event was broadcast live and we watched as she reappeared inch by slow inch. Yes, it was quite a story. But then, Henry VIII (love him or hate…
A most unpleasant surprise

Nov 18, 2017

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion

Arians, Bishop of Norwich, de heretico comburendo, East Anglia, Elizabeth I, executions, Francis Kett, heresy, Ipswich, James VI/I, Matthew Hamont, Norwich, Norwich Castle, Peter Cole, Robert Kett, Unitarians

Peter Cole was a tanner from Ipswich, although his year of birth is generally unknown. He found himself tried in Norwich for heresy and executed there, presumably in the Castle moat (below), which must have been something of a shock as it was 1587 and the heresy laws had been repealed again almost thirty years…

Norwich Castle

The rebuilding and reopening of Norwich Castle….

Another “Mary Rose” is found….

A most unpleasant surprise