- December 10, 2023

Thetford 5K Santa Run
Get in the festive spirit at this fun, family friendly Santa Run. More


- Registration from 9am, Run starts at 10am
- Thetford Market Place, Norfolk, IP24 2AL
- *A booking fee applies of £0.45 + 6% per ticket
The ‘Great Heathen Army’ in history and archaeology Talk Tuesday 7 March 2023 2pm to 3pm Booking link: https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house/2023-03-07-the-viking-great-army-talk £5 or Free for Ancient House Friends and Norfolk Museums Passholders Advanced booking essential. Join Gareth Williams, curator at the British Museum for a talk on the Viking Great Army. In 865 a Scandinavian force arrived […]
The ‘Great Heathen Army’ in history and archaeology Talk
Tuesday 7 March 2023
2pm to 3pm
Booking link: https://norfolk-museums.arttickets.org.uk/ancient-house/2023-03-07-the-viking-great-army-talk
£5 or Free for Ancient House Friends and Norfolk Museums Passholders
Advanced booking essential.
Join Gareth Williams, curator at the British Museum for a talk on the Viking Great Army. In 865 a Scandinavian force arrived in East Anglia, and established itself over the winter. It was labelled by Anglo-Saxon sources as ‘the great heathen army’, and over the next fourteen years it travelled around England, conquering one kingdom after another. Unlike previous Viking raiders, this force over-wintered in hostile territory each year in a series of winter camps, including Thetford, and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms struggled to counter this new strategy. The conquests of the ‘great heathen army’ led first to the division of England into areas under Anglo-Saxon and Viking rulers, and then to the creation of a new unified kingdom of England under the descendants of the West Saxon king Alfred the Great. Contemporary written sources provide only an outline of events, although one that has shaped our understanding of this key period in English history ever since. Over the last two decades, a series of new archaeological discoveries, including Viking silver hoards and the sites of winter camps, have provided important new insights into the detail of what really happened during this turbulent period.
Get in the festive spirit at this fun, family friendly Santa Run. More
Truth & Myth Talk and Book Signing - the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment during the Christmas Truce of 1914. More
Join West Stow Country Park for a Breckland-themed singing session led by Natural Voice singing leader, Lynn Whitehead. More