Stand on Purfleet Quay and you can still see why King’s Lynn became a port of consequence. The river meets the sea-world here, and the […]
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A Shorter History of King’s Lynn
Chronological Timeline of King’s Lynn 1100 Years of King’s Lynn History Before 1100 – Lynn’s Saxon Beginnings c. 9th–11th centuries: A small coastal community forms […]
Read moreThe 1347 Summer when Lynn Seized the Corn
Hunger on the Quay: When Bishop’s Lynn Stopped the Grain Ships A June day at the waterfront The grain was already on the move. On […]
Read moreHistory as Therapy: the Life and Work of Rev. William Richards of King’s Lynn
In 1805, the sudden death of William Richards’s twenty-eight year old wife led to his seven-year withdrawal from society. They had only been married for […]
Read moreFrom hidden Catholics to public processions: the story of Roman Catholics in King’s Lynn
For centuries after the Reformation, Roman Catholics in King’s Lynn were easy to miss. They had no grand medieval parish church at the centre of […]
Read moreA New Margery Kempe for King’s Lynn’s Minster
King’s Lynn Minster is a building that tends to make people look up. The stone pulls the eye into height and distance, and the effect […]
Read moreWhen King’s Lynn Went Conkers: children, chemistry, and the work of war
King’s Lynn played a part in one of the strangest schemes of the First World War. In 1917, as Britain struggled to keep up cordite […]
Read moreThe King’s Lynn Invention That Saved Time and Money
Cooper Roller Bearings in King’s Lynn: a local factory behind a world-class idea If you want a reminder that King’s Lynn has never been only […]
Read moreKing’s Lynn and the Wool Trade: The Port That Fed Flanders
There are towns whose history can be told through a single building, a single family, or a single dramatic event. King’s Lynn is not one […]
Read moreThe Siege of King’s Lynn, 1643: Why the Town Changed Sides and Paid the Price
In the summer of 1643 King’s Lynn found itself caught in one of the sharpest local reversals of the early Civil War. A port with […]
Read moreRefugee in King’s Lynn Minster: Naomi Blake’s Quiet Monument
Refugee in King’s Lynn Minster: Naomi Blake’s Quiet Monument in the Holy Trinity Chapel Finding the sculpture If you make your way beyond the choir stalls […]
Read moreThe Lost Market Cross of King’s Lynn: Henry Bell’s Tuesday Market Missing Centrepiece
A market monument at the heart of King’s Lynn At the northern end of King’s Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place there once stood one of the […]
Read moreThe Crafty Strangers in King’s Lynn
Immigration, Religion, and Work in King’s Lynn, c.1565–1580 For a short period in the later sixteenth century King’s Lynn became, quite literally, a town of […]
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