Acre Priory News Today

Castle Acre in Norfolk one of Britain's best villages

The Commonplace Book world map. - Credit: Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery Two extraordinary medieval treasures - giving a remarkable insight into life in Norfolk hundreds of years ago - have been preserved for the people of the county. The remarkable manuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries, one of which includes delicate diagrams of the solar system and a fold-out world map, can be carefully conserved, following a funding boost. They will then go on display when the Norwich Castle Ke...