It's #BlackHistoryMonth This is Thetford Union Workshouse bell. It was cast in 1863 by John Taylor & Co. In 1888 Dr Allan Glaisyer Minns became Medical Officer there. In 1904 he was elected mayor of Thetford and became Britain’s first Black mayor. He was re-elected in 1905.

It's UK Coffee Week! This box was packaging for the Ibex coffee brand which was produced in Thetford between 1936-56. Owned by @TwiningsUK, Ibex coffee was roasted, ground and packaged at the Pit Mill in Thetford. Find out more at our online exhibition https://t.co/5BmUGv0B8n

Happy #WorldArchitectureDay2021! Ancient House is among the principal attractions of the town of Thetford in Norfolk. Indeed, it probably ranks as one of the best examples of an early Tudor town house in East Anglia.

#OnThisDay in 1952, tea rationing ended in Britain. Restrictions had been in force since January 1940 but a buying rush was not anticipated, as the allotted ration had already reached the prewar consumption level of three ounces per week. 📸 Getty

#OnThisDay in 1452 King Richard III was born. John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk was a close friend and supporter of Richard and was killed at the Battle of Bosworth fighting for him. He was buried at Thetford Priory. This photograph in the museum collection shows the priory ruins.

#OnThisDay in 1869 Princess Bamba Duleep Singh was born in London.

#OnThisDay in 1829 the Metropolitan Police Service was established in London as the first modern and professional police force in the world. This portrait of Thetford Police Constable Goodbury is from an album put together by Thetford photographer WJ Chalk in about 1897.

#OnThisDay in 1066 the Norman Conquest of England began. Thetford’s Castle Mound is the tallest medieval earthwork in England. It once supported a wooden keep on top, erected soon after the Norman Conquest.

#OnThisDay in 1759 Thomas Paine married Mary Lambert.

Allan Noel Minns (son of Dr Minns, first Black Mayor) took a temporary commission as lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.) #OnThisDay in 1914.

Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is animals! This is an early etching by Pieter van Laer, 1599-1642, showing a horse tied to a tree and guarded by a dog.

Happy #NationalComicBookDay! This comic book is set at Ancient House!

It's #EuropeanWeekOfSport so we will be sharing some #SportingHeritage. Here's the Thetford Abbey Quoits Club in 1920.

It's @BiVisibilityDay! Virginia Woolf stayed here at Blo Norton Hall in 1906. She had an affair with Vita Sackville-West. They were both married and we would probably call them bisexual today. In 1926 Vita wrote: “I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia”.

This etching, from the museum collections, depicts the burning at the stake of Cicely Ormes at Lollards Pit in Norwich, #OnThisDay in 1557. Born in East Dereham, she died for her protestant faith during the catholic reign of Mary I, and became known as a Marian Martyr.

Calling all Home Educating Families! Free Thetford Castle Workshop at Ancient House, Thetford on Thursday 25 September 2025. 12.30-2.30pm To book please email melissa.hawker@norfolk.gov.uk with Name: Number and age of children: Number of adults: Telephone number:

#OTD in 1880, Dame Christabel Harriette #Pankhurst, English activist and #suffragette, co-founded the Women’s Social and #Political Union, is born.🗳️🚺 Learn more about the #Pankhursts: https://t.co/9F8h4Rgu25 #OnThisDay #WomensHistory #WomensVote

Today is #HobbitDay! It is the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two characters in J R R #Tolkien's popular books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. These Hobbit toys featured in our 2014 I ♥️ Toys exhibition.

Happy #NationalGymnasticsDay This #PostcardsAH shows St Cuthbert's Club engaging in gymnastics probably at Thetford Grammar School.

#OnThisDay in 1887 Maharani Bamba was died. Her father was Thomas Ludwig Muller, a partner Todd Muller and Co., a German merchant bank, based in Alexandria. Her mother was Sophia, an enslaved Abyssinian woman from Cairo. She married Duleep Singh in 1864.