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Their wills were quite specific about when and to whom the bequest should be given and what should happen in the event that the bequest was not paid. They are excerpts from a recording of a broadcast of a 1975 performance at the 28th Aldeburgh Festival, performed by the Aldeburgh Festival Singers and English Chamber Orchestra at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk. Audiovisual documents include moving image, such as films and television programmes, and recorded sound, such as radio programmes, music, oral history interviews, and recordings of nature. Coleridge-Taylor continued to work prolifically to support his family, composing and conducting, and teaching at institutions including the Trinity College of Music (1903), and Crystal Palace School of Art and Music (1905). What was it like to live in Norfolk during the Second World War? Audio formats such as magnetic audio tape require different optimum conditions for long term preservation to that of paper or parchment, and so having a separate store allows for the relative temperature and humidity levels to be maintained at a different level to those of the main strong rooms. Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast continued to be hugely popular after Coleridge-Taylor’s death, with ten seasons of a large costumed ballet version running at the Royal Albert Hall between 1928 and 1939. Sadly, Golden Balls senior died at the young age of 29, a few months after the 1841 census was taken. Audio archives may include a wide range of formats, such as reel-to-reel magnetic audiotape, compact cassette tape, MiniDisc, CD, vinyl, or shellac discs. Check our opening times.. Email. The death certificate, when it came, proved beyond doubt that Anna Maria Morris/Palmer/Buttolph was my great-grandmother. (As Charles II didn’t return to power until 1680, it would seem that Stephen was calculating Charles II’s ascension to the throne from when Charles I died, ie 1649. He was discharged after ‘receiving a severe reprimand’. In the 1841 census, the family were recorded as living on ‘Millgate Street East’ in Aylsham, which maps show to be close to the River Bure, where Golden senior was again recorded as a Boat Builder. I have no idea of when he was born but he left a will so I was able to prove the line of descent. The audio archive holdings are checked for any signs of natural decay, and occasionally specialist treatment must be carried out to stabilise at-risk sound carriers. There my search stalled until a few years later when a photograph of my grandfather appeared in a family history magazine together with a brief outline of my quandary. This was run by the City of Norwich, but it had accepted deposits and donations of records relating to the whole of Norfolk since at least the 1930s. Welcome to the new look Norfolk Record Office online catalogue. The first version of Coleridge-Taylor’s final commission, Violin Concerto, is believed to have been lost in the same year as his death, when it went down with the RMS Titanic on its way to the US premiere. That alone would have been an expensive item which is a clear indication that the Buttolphs weren’t ‘without a bob or two’ as they say in Lancashire! Welcome to the Norfolk Record Office Facebook page. Coleridge-Taylor was the first composer to use the already popular poem as inspiration for a musical work, and the piece became an immediate success, first premiering at the Royal College of Music. It would appear that she and Jonathan had gone to visit her family, still living at The Lizard, but had died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. But his eight engagement diaries, spanning 1786 to 1794 tell us so much more than that about this Georgian gentleman. And what a joy these have been from a historical point of view! But where did the name Golden Balls come from, I hear you ask? This can be temporarily reversed by a process called ‘baking’ the tape, a temperature controlled process of removing the moisture from the binder to allow for the tape to temporarily be returned to a playable state in which it is necessary to create a copy of the threatened audio. However, despite his success and fame, his private life was not exempt from racial harassment, both himself and his family being targets of racial abuse. In this video, Cataloguing Manager Helen Busby shares extracts from one of her favourite collections, the audio archives of the British Antarctic Survey: So far, Unlocking Our Sound Heritage nationwide has digitally preserved over 200,000 rare and at-risk sound recordings. The will of Alice Spratt [1] dated January 11th 1558/1559 [2] clearly shows counter-Reformation tendencies despite the fact that Catholic Queen Mary had died in the previous November and her younger sister Elizabeth now sat on the throne. At the moment it only contains the catalogue of the King's Lynn Borough Archives together with images of some of the original manuscripts held at King's Lynn. norfrec@norfolk.gov.uk. Another risk that threatens audiovisual documents is the physical decay of the carrier. The challenge for heritage organisations is to digitise as much existing material as possible without compromising quality or meaning, to ensure that audio archives are preserved for future generations. Yet still I could find no birth certificate for William under the name of Palmer. I knew that Jonathan/John was claiming to be a widower in the 1911 census so I searched for a death registration for Anna Maria prior to that date and found her back in Wymondham in 1891. From the 1851 census records for Wymondham, I produced a list of about 15 Hannah/Anna Marias and either ‘married’ them off or ‘buried’ them. It is estimated that there is a ten to fifteen-year window for safeguarding at risk sound recordings before irremediable loss occurs due to the obsolescence of playback equipment. The will of Alice Spratt, widow, of Eccles against the Sea, John Fenn – A Dereham Man: The Diaries of Sir John Fenn, 1786-1794, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: a British musical prodigy. Golden, the son of Golden and Mary Ann Balls was born, and baptised as a Primitive Methodist in Aylsham in 1836. The results of profiling digital records with DROID are published on the ‘Digital Archiving at the University of York’ blog. Norfolk Record Office. The burial register does not record the cause of death, and to find that out, we’d need to obtain a copy of the death certificate. Norfolk Record Office The Archive Centre For example, magnetic audiotape is prone to a natural deterioration of the binders (the glue) that holds the magnetisable oxide particles to the tape. Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast continued to be hugely popular after Coleridge-Taylor’s death, with ten seasons of a large costumed ballet version running at the Royal Albert Hall between 1928 and 1939. He was buried on 2 November 1841 in the churchyard at Aylsham. It has been such a joy to discover so much about my Buttolph ancestors through the wills that they left and I couldn’t have done it without the excellent resources of the Norfolk Record Office. From the 1851 census records for Wymondham, I produced a list of about 15 Hannah/Anna Marias and either ‘married’ them off or ‘buried’ them. We’d love to hear them in the comments! Have you ever looked at the main page of our Norfolk Record Office Blog and wondered how you can get your ideas and research included? From this, I can only assume that this Stephen Buttolph was a royalist!) You can also order up to four documents in advance, at least one working day before your visit. I knew that Jonathan/John was claiming to be a widower in the 1911 census so I searched for a death registration for Anna Maria prior to that date and found her back in Wymondham in 1891. As yeoman farmers, with considerable lands, they often left what would have been considerable sums of money. a disc or magnetic audio tape) is paramount to the preservation of the recording, and poor handling, poorly maintained equipment or poor storage can result in irreversible damage. Their wedding took place there a few days later. First Name: Last Name: Region: Search. On October 27th, heritage organisations across the world will join in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. One such story relates to Mahershalalhashbaz Tuck and Emily Beddoe who applied for a licence to be married at East Dereham on 20th December 1866. His death revealed to the music world the fact that Coleridge-Taylor and his family did not receive any royalties from the hugely commercial Hiawatha’s Wedding, a scandal which assisted with the development of The Performing Rights Society who worked to put in place a legislation on rights and royalties. Some met prominent figures, for example,  Marianne North met Charles Darwin and attended a dinner at The White House (though she had been mistaken for the PM’s daughter!). It is likely that future viewers and listeners will access audio heritage in a purely digital environment, and so it is important that audio archives are digitised for both preservation purposes as well as for ensuring that they are compatible with modern technology to allow for public access. Another reason why it is necessary to digitally preserve sound archives is accessibility. It is thought that overwork was a contributing factor, and his death provoked warm tributes in the press, and a funeral procession through Croydon that was lined for three and a half miles by crowds with their heads bared. Welcome to the Norfolk Record Office Facebook page. Taken from documents held at the Norfolk Record Office, NRO, MC 525/1. When I first started doing my family history many years ago, I wasn’t surprised to find that most of my ancestors had gravitated to the heavily-industrialised area of Salford and then to the Bolton area of Lancashire where I was born. Among the millions of original and unique documents we hold are many relating to WW1, like personal diaries written by different people involved in WW1 in many different ways. Surrounded by blooming musical talent, many of Coleridge-Taylor’s early concerts took place at the Royal College of Music and featured instrumental performances from his fellows, including the composers Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Coronavirus service disruptions Following government guidance, the Norfolk Record Office searchroom will reopen on Wednesday 2 December. Golden Balls was born in the parish of Aylsham to parents Golden and Mary Ann (formerly Mary Ann Pull). Opening times and location of the Norfolk Record Office, plus information on group and school visits, using its searchroom and its sound archive “Only ignorant fools think that because one likes sugar, one cannot like salt” Marianne North, Recollections of a Happy Life. Read the new blog from our friends Norfolk Archives & Heritage Development Foundation - NORAH about conserving Great Yarmouth's first parish register. We collect and preserve unique archives relating to the history of Norfolk and make them accessible across the world. Sir John Fenn was a man most notably known for his publication of the Paston Letters. I remembered then that Anna Maria Buttolph was one of those remaining unaccounted for, her father being a John Buttolph of The Lizard in Wymondham, an agricultural labourer. Those who were ‘flaunting conventions and encountering the extraordinary’ (Wagner, Travel, 176), are admirable, and I would like to introduce a couple of these fascinating women, their pursuits and their travel writing. But his eight engagement diaries, spanning 1786 to 1794 tell us so much more than that about this Georgian gentleman. Public Records Search. But where did the name Golden Balls come from, I hear you ask? Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. They are excerpts from a recording of a broadcast of a 1975 performance at the 28th Aldeburgh Festival, performed by the Aldeburgh Festival Singers and English Chamber Orchestra at the Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk. Someone who’d read the article, emailed me with the news that she had found a marriage of an Anna Maria Buttolph to a James Palmer in Heigham, Norfolk, in 1869. His musical gift quickly became apparent, and when he turned fifteen, he was accepted into the Royal College of Music initially as a violinist. Golden senior was recorded as a Boatwright (boatbuilder) in the baptism register. Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast was a step away from heavily serious or religious choral works, instead combining light tuneful melodies with adventurous narrative, and exotic costumes of feathers and animal skins which captured the public imagination. Although there was a space for signatures, Golden and his wife Mary did not sign the baptism register. Taken from documents held at the Norfolk Record Office, NRO, MC 525/1. Stephen Buttolph’s will (Ref: ANF will register, 1676, folio 276, no 153) for instance, mentions being written in ‘this three and twenty (year) of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles 1671’. We’d love to hear them in the comments! Have a read of the new blog from NORAH, about art workshops for Norfolk school children which ran here at NRO during the recent 'Drawing in the Archive' exhibition. (As Charles II didn’t return to power until 1680, it would seem that Stephen was calculating Charles II’s ascension to the throne from when Charles I died, ie 1649. In this blog, I would like to share the adventures of the ‘eccentric female explorer (s)’, who became ‘a Victorian icon of adventurous travel’ (Wagner, Travel, 175). You can search through the online catalogue via the NRO website https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/, Written by Anne Harvey, NRO Research Blogger. Coleridge-Taylor premiered his melodic piece Ballade in A Minor at the 1898 Three Choirs Festival, gaining immediate success. To find out more information about what is happening in Unlocking Our Sound Heritage hubs around the country, visit the British Library Sound Heritage Twitter page: @BLSoundHeritage. Amongst the millions of documents held at the Norfolk Record Office (NRO), those connected with probate provide an insight into the homes and workplaces of the county’s citizens. These extract of Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast are from the Norfolk Record Office sound archives and have been digitally preserved through the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage audio preservation project. These two subsequent works however, did not receive the same acclaim and were criticised by former champions of his work including August Jaeger and Edward Elgar. This page will be updated regularly with information about our services and news of forthcoming events. Coleridge-Taylor was a family man, married to fellow Royal College of Music graduate Jessie Sarah Fleetwood Walmisley, and father to a son (Hiawatha) and daughter (Gwendolen, later Avril), both of whom went on to have their own musical careers. One of the main risks for audio archives is technical obsolescence. Each format therefore has a finite window of time in which it will be able to be played, as the playback equipment becomes increasingly more difficult to obtain, maintain, or repair. Another reason why it is necessary to digitally preserve sound archives is accessibility. We first found Golden Balls whilst carrying out some family history research. This blog focuses on his life in (East) Dereham and Norfolk. Word began to spread of the talented young composer. Norfolk Record Office. Sadly, Golden Balls senior died at the young age of 29, a few months after the 1841 census was taken. This can be temporarily reversed by a process called ‘baking’ the tape, a temperature controlled process of removing the moisture from the binder to allow for the tape to temporarily be returned to a playable state in which it is necessary to create a copy of the threatened audio. The Norwich Public Library was the forerunner to the Norfolk Record Office (NRO). Norfolk Record Office safeguards many forms of audiovisual heritage documents and is home to both the East Anglian Film Archives, and a substantial sound archive. One of the main risks for audio archives is technical obsolescence. Each format therefore has a finite window of time in which it will be able to be played, as the playback equipment becomes increasingly more difficult to obtain, maintain, or repair. 1.8K likes. The baptism register shows his date of birth as 12 April 1836, and he was baptised the following month on 8 May. To ensure that the service is safe to use, we will only be able to provide a limited service for six people per session based on advance booking of places and original documents. Additional information in this register, which was not included as standard in the parish baptism register, includes place and date of birth, former name of the mother, and the signatures (or marks) of the parents. The story of how I discovered this link reads like a detective story. Audio archives may include a wide range of formats, such as reel-to-reel magnetic audiotape, compact cassette tape, MiniDisc, CD, vinyl, or shellac discs. It is estimated that there is a ten to fifteen-year window for safeguarding at risk sound recordings before irremediable loss occurs due to the obsolescence of playback equipment. These formats vary not only in the materials that they are made from, but also in the playback equipment that they each require. Golden senior was recorded as a Boatwright (boatbuilder) in the baptism register. We cannot assume that the Golden and Mary were not able to sign their names, especially as another of the entries on the page contains a cross in place of a signature. After two years, he changed his direction of study to composition, and under the guidance of Charles Stanford (one of the founding professors of the Royal College of Music), began to develop as a skilful composer. Further research shows Golden Balls and Mary (no Ann) Pull to have married in Aylsham parish church on 29 June 1835, where Golden senior signed the register (further suggesting that the signatures were simply missing from the baptism entry a year later). Taken from documents held at the Norfolk Record Office, NRO, MC 525/1. The work was internationally acclaimed, touring three times in the United States despite the black community’s ongoing battle against racism. Today, the most practical means of making a sound recording available to members of the public is via a digital copy of the original, listened to either in-situ at a heritage organisation or online. In a few cases, the backstory to some of these bonds (rarely given in the document itself) is recounted in other sources. Briefly, I had never been able to find a birth certificate for my maternal grandfather, William Morris, who had been killed at Gallipoli in 1915. His death revealed to the music world the fact that Coleridge-Taylor and his family did not receive any royalties from the hugely commercial Hiawatha’s Wedding, a scandal which assisted with the development of The Performing Rights Society who worked to put in place a legislation on rights and royalties. Like my search for William’s birth certificate, neither could I find a marriage of a Jonathan Morris to Hannah Maria. The inventory of the ‘Goods and Chattles of Robt Wales late Grocer of Norwich’, (NRO, DN/INV 53b/120), is dated 18th April 1666. (Norfolk Record Office, PD 66/1) In some ways, this isolation would be even more difficult than today: the house would, of course, have no fridge or freezer to preserve food – and no running water. Coleridge-Taylor’s talents were clear and well nurtured, and in the face of racial prejudice he was defended by those around him: when overhearing a racial insult towards Coleridge-Taylor from a fellow student, tutor Charles Stanford declared that Coleridge-Taylor had “more music in his little finger” than the other student had in “his whole body”. Strays – Norfolk people recorded out of the county. From Wednesday 2 December, the Norfolk Record Office will re-open. He was received at the White House by President Theodore Roosevelt during his first tour of America in 1904, which was a rare event at the time for a man of African descent. Norwich Birth returns from 1904. Norfolk, England Public Record Office. Marriage licence bonds for the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, 1704-1886, and for the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral, 1705-1860, have recently been indexed by a group of dedicated Norfolk Record Office volunteers. These formats vary not only in the materials that they are made from, but also in the playback equipment that they each require. His son Thomas mentions his will being drawn up in ‘the tenth year of the reign of our beloved Soverign Lady Queen Anne’ and, invaluably, gives the names of his grandchildren in his will, thus proving relationships. However, despite being a pivotal work in Coleridge-Taylor’s career, the piece did not lead him to financial prosperity. The baptism register shows his date of birth as 12 April 1836, and he was baptised the following month on 8 May. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Stephen Buttolph’s will (Ref: ANF will register, 1676, folio 276, no 153) for instance, mentions being written in ‘this three and twenty (year) of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King Charles 1671’. The office of Vital Records is the city’s official records keeper for vital information pertaining to acknowledgement of paternity, minor name changes and home births occurring in Norfolk. The sound archives at Norfolk Record Office are preserved within a designated tape store in the Record Office strong rooms. Many audiovisual carriers, such as magnetic recordings, have relatively short life expectancies due to their physical composition, and are prone to natural deterioration and decay over time. Sir John Fenn was a man most notably known for his publication of the Paston Letters. Another risk that threatens audiovisual documents is the physical decay of the carrier. But his eight engagement diaries, spanning 1786 to 1794 tell us so much more than that about this Georgian gentleman. Which makes it all the harder to understand why my own great-great grandfather, Anna Maria’s father John Buttolph, (1808-1881) was listed as an agricultural labourer on various censuses yet his father, William Buttolph (1785-1871) listed in censuses as a farmer with 125 acres employing 6 men and 1 boy and who later was described in his will as a ‘gentleman’ Was John one of those 6 men? Then finally, the last piece of the puzzle was the marriage of John Balls and Maria (on 4 December 1810 in Colby, a few miles north of Aylsham) which revealed her maiden name to be… Golden! If so, this session is for you. The death certificate, when it came, proved beyond doubt that Anna Maria Morris/Palmer/Buttolph was my great-grandmother. The sound archives at Norfolk Record Office are preserved within a designated tape store in the Record Office strong rooms. Collecting, caring for, and making unique Norfolk records accessible, Golden Balls of Aylsham: A Shining Example of a Funny Name, A Generous Gift Compromised by Events? Across the world, heritage organisations have been carefully stockpiling equipment, spare parts, service manuals and other accessories that have been or shortly will be discontinued, and ensuring the retention of maintenance and operational skills. Our new series of History Talks include a 20 minute talk followed by the chance to ask questions. The writing too, particularly the earlier wills, was hard to decipher with ‘s’ and ‘f’ often looking the same. But one of our all-time favourites is Golden Balls! Leading family history website, Findmypast, has today announced the online publication of more than 1.4 million new parish registers in partnership with the Norfolk Record Office. It would appear that she and Jonathan had gone to visit her family, still living at The Lizard, but had died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage. In 1898 Coleridge-Taylor composed what would become his most renowned work, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. Audiences flocked to see the spectacular large-scale performances, attending in fancy dress of feathers and bows and arrows, and joining in with the better-known numbers. I do know that John was caught stealing a bushel of barley from his father, William Buttolph, much to the surprise of the arresting officer. In 1975 Coleridge-Taylor became the first black recipient of a blue heritage plaque, which was erected on his former home at 30 Dagnall Park, South Norwood. The audio archive holdings are checked for any signs of natural decay, and occasionally specialist treatment must be carried out to stabilise at-risk sound carriers. Following the end of the Second World War Coleridge-Taylor’s music largely disappeared from the public sphere, a shift in popular music and the decline of amateur choral-tradition changing the atmosphere and public appetite. Each year we welcome a new group of research bloggers who carry out research and write articles for the blog. Over time the binders absorb moisture from the air, causing them to breakdown and rendering the tape unplayable, a condition referred to as ‘Sticky Shed Syndrome’. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in Holborn, London, an area just around the corner from Fetter Lane which was described by the writer Charles Dickens as being “the dingiest collection of shabby buildings ever squeezed together in a rank corner”. Alice bequeaths her soul to ‘Almytghtie god And to our blissed ladye sainte Marye and to all the gloryous companye of heaven’, firmly Catholic sentiments which would have been heavily suppressed in her lifetime during the reign of Protestant King Edward VI [1547-1553] However, Catholicism was restored as the state religion during Mary’s reign and it seems still tolerated in the early days of Protestant Elizabeth’s reign. The city took on the responsibility of supplying those in self-isolation, paying someone to supply food and drink to the infected house. Welcome to the Norfolk Record Office Facebook page. The work was internationally acclaimed, touring three times in the United States despite the black community’s ongoing battle against racism. Coronavirus: Visit the Norfolk County Council coronavirus updates page for the latest advice and information. For example, magnetic audiotape is prone to a natural deterioration of the binders (the glue) that holds the magnetisable oxide particles to the tape. In an age where amateur choirs and sheet music were a key part of popular culture, hundreds of thousands of copies of Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast were sold worldwide. Key Stage: 2 Length: 45 minutes Curriculum links: History Key Themes: WW2, Local History Learning Objectives: • Understand what happened to the pupils of one Norwich school which was bombed. It is thought that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was named after the famous poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and from the age of five Coleridge-Taylor showed his own artistic talents when starting to learn the violin. Someone who’d read the article, emailed me with the news that she had found a marriage of an Anna Maria Buttolph to a James Palmer in Heigham, Norfolk, in 1869. Although there was a space for signatures, Golden and his wife Mary did not sign the baptism register. We enjoy a comedy name at the Norfolk Record Office. On October 27th, heritage organisations across the world will join in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Coleridge-Taylor was the first composer to use the already popular poem as inspiration for a musical work, and the piece became an immediate success, first premiering at the Royal College of Music. In this blog we will explore the life of this prominent composer, and the trilogy of Hiawatha cantatas that brought him international critical acclaim. It is likely that future viewers and listeners will access audio heritage in a purely digital environment, and so it is important that audio archives are digitised for both preservation purposes as well as for ensuring that they are compatible with modern technology to allow for public access. His father was listed as Jonathan Morris born in Abergele, Wales in 1845, his mother as Hannah Maria Morris born in Wymondham in 1843 and William himself born in Hull, Yorkshire in 1875. In 1898 Coleridge-Taylor composed what would become his most renowned work, Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast. Then finally, the last piece of the puzzle was the marriage of John Balls and Maria (on 4 December 1810 in Colby, a few miles north of Aylsham) which revealed her maiden name to be… Golden! Just click on a link 10 minutes before the start time and you will be admitted to a virtual lobby ready to listen to… The burial register does not record the cause of death, and to find that out, we’d need to obtain a copy of the death certificate. To discover collections that have been digitally preserved at Norfolk Record Office, follow the Norfolk Record Office social media channels for sound clips and behind the scenes footage. 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