Jack Valentine is a Norwich and Norfolk folklore legend with a unique tradition that is still followed today.
John Crome was a founding member of the Norwich School of Painters. His work features in the collections of public art galleries worldwide.
Emma de Gauder, a Norman noblewoman, at just 16 years old, held Norwich Castle when it was besieged by William the Conqueror.
Margie was a social worker for the American Red Cross in Norfolk during WWII and a prolific letter writer.
Margaret Paston has been described by historian Diane Watt as the “most prolific letter writer in medieval England”.
Amelia Opie has been described as the most respected woman fiction writer of the 1800s and 1810s, a leading abolitionist and philanthropist.
To this day it remains a mystery how Peter the Wild Boy travelled 100 miles by himself from Hertfordshire to Norwich in 1751.
Margaret Fountaine was a well-travelled lepidopterist who detailed her life and travels 12 volumes of her diaries with sketchbooks.
Known as England’s first female journalist and first female sociologist as well as being a notable political, slavery abolitionist and feminist writer- Harriet wrote over 1,600 articles and many books.
Samuel Bignold was Secretary of Norwich Union, Mayor of Norwich four times, a supporter of the arts and responsible for saving Norwich Castle from demolition.
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