King’s Lynn’s Napoleonic Heritage?
Antique Too Big King’s Lynn has an continental antique that even BBC’s Antiques Roadshow would find too big to handle. This antique is believed to […]
Read moreSir Benjamin Keene
King’s Lynn man goes to Spain and helps save thousands of lives Sir Benjamin Keene 1697 – 1757 Introduction At various stages in his life […]
Read moreThe Biscuits and the Cannon Ball
Hampton Court (14th – C17th) in King’s Lynn is a very interesting series of buildings. The complex was finished by biscuits and finally saved by […]
Read moreKing’s Lynn’s Half Fathoms
Visitors to King’s Lynn who park on the South Quay are often mystified by the thin, bendy shape that reaches over six meters towards the […]
Read moreWeather Brings Significant Changes to the River and to the Town of Lynn
Lynn has been described as the Warehouse of the Wash during the medieval period. It has been said that during the Middle Ages it was […]
Read moreKing John Had At Least Three Very Cunning Plans
The leader, commemorated locally for giving Lynn a Charter in 1204, was infamous nationally for taxing certain mistresses – a trick he had adapted from […]
Read moreKing’s Lynn’s Third Most Famous Sailor?
The Eighteenth Century Geordie Sailor who left a mark in the heart of historical King’s Lynn If you ask people to name a famous sailor […]
Read moreThe Languages Left Behind in Place-Names
A Variety of Language Sources British place names contain elements that can be traced back to the languages spoken by at least five quite distinct […]
Read moreCastle Rising’s She-Wolf Revisited (1 of 2)
Queen Isabella – the woman who declared herself a widow while her husband still lived History isn’t always kind to people, especially if the writers […]
Read moreCastle Rising’s She-Wolf Revisited (2 of 2)
Queen Isabella – the only woman to successfully invade the country and depose an English king See Castle Rising’s She-Wolf Revisited (1 of 2) for […]
Read moreThe Riot when Bishop Henry Despenser came to Lynn
This wasn’t an afternoon for cucumber sandwiches and tea on the lawn. The bishop was running. His horse had bolted, and he was wounded. He […]
Read moreHanseatic League and King’s Lynn (3 of 3)
What happened to the Hanseatic Buildings in Lynn after the 1474 Peace Settlement? After permission was granted to build on the site (see Hanseatic League […]
Read moreHanseatic League and King’s Lynn (2 of 3)
What was the Hanseatic League? The Hanseatic League was an organization founded by the Northern European Baltic and German trading towns and cities to protect […]
Read moreHanseatic League and King’s Lynn (1 of 3)
Why did trade disputes miles away at sea end up leaving such a mark on a Norfolk Market Town? The Bay Fleet Attacks In the […]
Read moreThree Peoples on the Road
Who was the Viking who decided to stay near the Norfolk coast on the road from King’s Lynn to Hunstanton? Although people in Britain like […]
Read moreThe Siege of King’s Lynn 1643 (4) – Afterwards
(4 of 4) Local aristocrat convicted of spying and treachery. Execution date fixed for 2 January. “Sir, God hath taken away your son by cannonshot […]
Read moreThe Siege of King’s Lynn 1643 (3) – Ending
(3 of 4) Lynn’s complete legal establishment enter tough negotiations. “In our passage through the towne, not one man appeared, only women, who for the […]
Read moreThe Siege of King’s Lynn 1643 (2) – Grenadoes
(2 of 4) Lynn MP Escapes House Arrest Through Window Thomas Toll, one of the two Parliamentarian MPs for King’s Lynn, escaped house arrest through […]
Read moreThe Siege of King’s Lynn 1643 (1) – Which Side?
(1 of 4) He spent “£5. 5s when he travailed to avoyd the Troopers”. Alice Lestrange family accounts Which Side Are You On? Civil War […]
Read moreThe Sinner and the Dragon: St Margaret’s, King’s Lynn
We all have three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret one. Gabriel García Márquez The Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel […]
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