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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Prior to 12th century

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  • 924 AD – Market active.[1]
  • 1004 – Norwich sacked by Danes.[2]
  • 1067 – Norwich Castle construction begins (approximate date).
  • 1094 – Seat of East Anglian bishopric relocated to Norwich from Thetford.[3]
  • 1096 – Norwich School established.

12th–13th centuries

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14th–15th centuries

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Norwich c. 1300.

16th century

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  • 1505 – Fire.[2]
  • 1510 – Church of St John Maddermarket rebuilt.
  • 1521 – Coslany bridge rebuilt.[8]
  • 1543 – Hatters company formed.[10]
  • 1549 – Kett's Rebellion.[11]
  • 1554 – Russell company of weavers founded.[12]
  • 1558 – Cunninghams map of city created.[5]
  • 1565 - Walloons arrive in Norwich and French Church established.[13]
  • 1567 – Anthony de Solempne sets up printing press.[14]
  • 1573 – Fye bridge rebuilt.[8]
  • 1578 – Queen Elizabeth I visits city.[5]
  • 1586 – Blackfriars Bridge rebuilt.[8]
  • 1591 – Whitefriars Bridge rebuilt[8]

17th century

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18th century

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  • 1701 – Norwich Post newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1727 – Norwich Mercury newspaper begins publication.[20]
  • 1731 – White Swan Playhouse active (approximate date).[21][22]
  • 1754 – Assembly House built.[23]
  • 1756 – Octagon Chapel built.
  • 1757 – Theatre built.[19][21]
  • 1761 – Norfolk Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[24]
  • 1762 – Hills and Underwood distillery in business.[25]
  • 1763 – Richard Beatniffe bookseller in business.[18]
  • 1770 – Gurney's Bank established.
  • 1771 – Norfolk and Norwich Hospital founded.
  • 1784 – Norfolk and Norwich Subscription Library established.[26]
  • 1785 – William Stevenson bookseller in business.[18]
  • 1786 – Norfolk And Norwich Benevolent Medical Society founded.[27]
  • 1792 – Hudson & Harvey bank established.[28]
  • 1800 – Fish's Musical Circulating Library in business.[29]

19th century

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20th century

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21st century

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Samantha Letters (2005), "Norfolk", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
  2. ^ a b c d e Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Norwich", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Norwich (England)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 819–820.
  4. ^ a b c Samuel Tymms (1833). "Norfolk". Norfolk Circuit. The Family Topographer: Being a Compendious Account of the ... Counties of England. Vol. 3. London: J.B. Nichols and Son. OCLC 2127940.[1]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Timeline". Norwich's Heritage. Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Medieval bodies in Norwich well victims of anti-Semitism". East of England. BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. ^ a b William Toone (1828). Chronological Historian ... of Great Britain. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.[2]
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h G.K. Blyth (1842). Norwich guide and directory. London: R. Hastings.
  9. ^ Muriel C. McClendon (1994). ""Against God's Word": Government, Religion and the Crisis of Authority in Early Reformation Norwich". Sixteenth Century Journal. 25 (2): 353–369. doi:10.2307/2542886. JSTOR 2542886.
  10. ^ J.F. Pound (1966). "The Social and Trade Structure of Norwich 1525–1575". Past & Present (34): 49–69. doi:10.1093/past/34.1.49. JSTOR 650054.
  11. ^ "Tudors". British History Timeline. BBC. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  12. ^ "History Overview". Norwich Textiles. Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service, Norwich University of the Arts. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  13. ^ William John Charles Moens. The Walloons and their Church at Norwich.
  14. ^ Stoker, David (1981). "Anthony de Solempne: attributions to his press". The Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. 6 (3rd series) (3): 17–32.
  15. ^ a b Geo. A. Stephen (1917), Three centuries of a city library: an historical and descriptive account of the Norwich Public Library, Norwich, OCLC 6320901, OL 13521438M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ^ a b c d Hamon Le Strange (1890). Norfolk official lists.
  17. ^ Henry Robert Plomer (1922), "Norwich", Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725, Oxford: Bibliographical Society
  18. ^ a b c Trevor Fawcett (1972). "18th Century Norfolk Booksellers". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 6. JSTOR 41154511.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Norwich", History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich, Sheffield: William White, 1864
  20. ^ a b "Norwich (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  21. ^ a b "Detailed History of Norwich Theatre Royal". Norwich Theatre Royal. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  22. ^ Sybil Rosenfeld (1936). "The Players in Norwich, 1710–1750". Review of English Studies. 12 (47): 285–304. JSTOR 509826.
  23. ^ a b Handbook to the City of Norwich. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons. 1883.
  24. ^ "Norwich". Newspaper Press Directory. London: Charles Mitchell. 1847.
  25. ^ "Norwich". Official Guide to the Great Eastern Railway. London: Cassell & Company. 1893.
  26. ^ Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57 (7): 1–67. doi:10.2307/1006043. JSTOR 1006043.
  27. ^ Anthony Batty Shaw (1986). "Two Centuries of Medical Benevolence: The Norfolk And Norwich Benevolent Medical Society 1786–1986". British Medical Journal. 292 (6527): 1066–1067. doi:10.1136/bmj.292.6527.1066. JSTOR 29522938. PMC 1340127. PMID 3083999.
  28. ^ David J. Moss (1997). "Business and Banking: Ethics and White-Collar Crime in Norwich, 1825–1831". Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies. 29 (3): 373–398. doi:10.2307/4051669. JSTOR 4051669.
  29. ^ Trevor Fawcett (1978). "Music Circulating Libraries in Norwich". Musical Times. 119 (1625): 594–595. doi:10.2307/958824. JSTOR 958824.
  30. ^ Andrew Hemingway (1988). "Cultural Philanthropy and the Invention of the Norwich School". Oxford Art Journal. 11 (2): 17–39. doi:10.1093/oxartj/11.2.17. JSTOR 1360460.
  31. ^ "Norfolk Public Houses". Dereham: Richard Bristow. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  32. ^ "History of Colman's". Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  33. ^ Gerring, Charles (1900), Notes on Printers and Booksellers
  34. ^ R.H. Legge (1896). Annals of the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festivals, 1824–1893.
  35. ^ J.H. Clapham (1910). "Transference of the Worsted Industry from Norfolk to the West Riding". Economic Journal. 20 (78): 195–210. doi:10.2307/2220916. JSTOR 2220916.
  36. ^ "Norwich". The drill hall project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  37. ^ Yearbook of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1922{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  38. ^ "Photographic Societies of the British Isles and Colonies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1891
  39. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Norwich, England". Los Angeles: CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  40. ^ "From rubbish dump to beloved city garden park". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  41. ^ "Wensum Park". THE MILE CROSS MAN. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  42. ^ "Annual Report 2009–2010". Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  43. ^ "Remembering Delia Smith's iconic 'Let's be 'avin' you!' half-time rant". 90 Min. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

Further reading

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Published in the 17th–18th centuries

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Published in the 19th century

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1800s–1840s

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1850s–1890s

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Published in the 20th century

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Published in the 21st century

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  • Carole Rawcliffe and Richard Wilson, eds., Norwich since 1550: a fine city (London: Hambledon and London, 2004)
  • Muriel C. McClendon (2016). "Reimagining a Community: Worker Protest and Illicit Artisans in Early Seventeenth-Century Norwich". Journal of Urban History. 42.
  • Fiona Williamson (2017). "When 'Comoners Were Made Slaves by the Magistrates': The 1627 Election and Political Culture in Norwich". Journal of Urban History. 43.
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