[5] Norgate spent fifteen years in producing her first work, England under the Angevin Kings (1887) which was regarded as authoritative.
Although her writing was popular with the public, scholars were increasingly critical of a lack of reference to primary sources.
[6] In 1929 she was elected an honorary fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, "belated recognition" in the face of having outlived most of her contemporaries and her popularity, dying largely forgotten.
[2][5] Kate Norgate never married; she lived at Jasmine Cottage, 2 Church Lane, Gorleston-on-Sea, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, from 1921 until her death in 1935.
[7][8] On 13 April 2024 a blue plaque was installed on her former home (now known as 58 Church Lane following re-numbering in c.1937) by the Great Yarmouth Local History & Archaeological Society.