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Name: Norwich “Twenty Stories, One City” Story Walk – Part 2
Start: 2026-07-24 17:30:00
End: 2026-07-24 19:00:00

Norwich “Twenty Stories, One City” Story Walk – Part 2

24 July 2026

These walks are part of the Norwich History Festival.

This 2-part series celebrates VisitNorwich’s 20th anniversary. Each walk will tell the tales of 10 individuals who contributed something significant to the city’s long history.
Norwich “Twenty Stories, One City” Story Walk – Part 1

20 July 2026

These walks are part of the Norwich History Festival.

This 2-part series celebrates VisitNorwich’s 20th anniversary. Each walk will tell the tales of 10 individuals who contributed something significant to the city’s long history.
Norwich – City of Mavericks and Pioneering Women with VisitNorwich

14 July 2026

Norwich History festival launches with a fun event which will see ten individual speakers give a five-minute talk about their hero or heroine from Norwich’s past and why that person should be better remembered. Part of VisitNorwich’s 20th anniversary
Step into the Story: Twenty Stories. One City.

Follow our plotted map to visit locations of interest which sit at the heart of our twenty historic individuals with links to Norwich.
Step into the Story: Jack Valentine

Jack Valentine is a Norwich and Norfolk folklore legend with a unique tradition that is still followed today.
- See & Do
- Step into the Story
Step into the Story: John Crome

John Crome was a founding member of the Norwich School of Painters. His work features in the collections of public art galleries worldwide.
- See & Do
- Step into the Story
Step into the Story: Emma de Guader

Emma de Gauder, a Norman noblewoman, at just 16 years old, held Norwich Castle when it was besieged by William the Conqueror.
- See & Do
- Step into the Story
Step into the Story: Margaret (Margie) Fahey-McGrath

Margie was a social worker for the American Red Cross in Norfolk during WWII and a prolific letter writer.
- See & Do
- Step into the Story
Step into the Story: Margaret Paston

Margaret Paston has been described by historian Diane Watt as the “most prolific letter writer in medieval England”.
- See & Do
- Step into the Story
Step into the Story: Amelia Opie

Amelia Opie has been described as the most respected woman fiction writer of the 1800s and 1810s, a leading abolitionist and philanthropist.
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- Step into the Story

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Norwich “Twenty Stories, One City” Story Walk – Part 2

Norwich “Twenty Stories, One City” Story Walk – Part 1

Norwich – City of Mavericks and Pioneering Women with VisitNorwich

Step into the Story: Twenty Stories. One City.

Step into the Story: Jack Valentine

Step into the Story: John Crome

Step into the Story: Emma de Guader

Step into the Story: Margaret (Margie) Fahey-McGrath

Step into the Story: Margaret Paston

Step into the Story: Amelia Opie

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