This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Fire and storms ravage Norfolk barns in 1763
Reports from Norwich and nearby towns describe lightning sparked fires gutting barns and outbuildings at Thomas Harvey of Wymondham John Cory at Wicklewood and Mr Cafe of Toftrees, with one fire nearly consuming a cart and farming utensils. Several storms sweep the region causing damage and alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Thomas Harvey
Wymondham
Norfolk
John Cory
Wicklewood
Woodstock
Cafe
Toftrees
Fakenham
New Woodstock
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Newcastle
ClareniGns
Duke
Dutchess of Richmond
Earl of Tylney
Spencer
Dover
France
Marquis of Granby
Knightsbridge
Scarborough Spa
Portsmouth
China River
Admiral Holburne
Niger
Spithead
Smith
Siera Leon
Africa
Harding
Jamaica
London
N. Long
Apollo
Green
John Evans
South Carolina
Cowes
Albemarle
William Stephens
Bristol
Culvars
Bridgewater River
Daniel Phieff
St. Croix
Copenhagen
Bahama Islands
Hamburgh
Charles Harding
48Th Regiment of Four
Daniel Webb
Rogers
Pembroke College
Duke of Beaufort
Chumleigh
Exeter
Wheeler
St. Ethelburga
Bishopsgate-Breet
Stevens
D’oyley
Castlecomer
Kilkenny
Ireland
John Maret la Live
Bastile
Ellis
Bath Lane
Barker
Wandsworth
Vauxhall
Guildhall
Mansfield
M.‘Sergeaunt
Dean
Gloucestershire
Cornelius Duich
John Fogerty
Capt
Fearner
Clonmel
John Chardin
Londown
Highgate
Finchley, &c
St. James’s
Vienna
Marshal Daun
Prague
Leipsick
Prussia
Count Tottleben
Dantzick
Prussian Pomerania
Saltzthal
Magdeburgh
Ratisbon
Mentz
Wezlar
Hesfe-Darmestadt
Sieur Offorio
Turin
Order of the Annunciation
Department of Foreign Affairs
Newcastle Upon Tyné
John Cooper
Wheyhouse
County of Cumberland
Mable
Durham
John Hopper
Johnson