Norwich Since 1550Norwich remained the second largest city in England until the eighteenth century. Its history over the last 450 years is of exceptional interest. Norwich since 1550 is a full account of the post-medieval history of the city and covers all aspects of Norwich life, including its population, housing, churches and chapels, politics, work, education, arts, architecture and medical care. It brings out Norwich's individuality and shows how it became the city it is today. While it changed and developed in many ways over the centuries, its textiles could not compete with those of the northern boom towns of the Industrial Revolution. Instead it settled into its role as a regional and banking capital. |
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... became as notable a feature of life after the Reformation as its exuberant Catholicism had been before . As staunchly Protestant as it had once been fervently Catholic , the city sided with the parliamentary forces in the Civil War ...
... became as notable a feature of life after the Reformation as its exuberant Catholicism had been before . As staunchly Protestant as it had once been fervently Catholic , the city sided with the parliamentary forces in the Civil War ...
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... became an open garden with a summer house ( the surviving , if ruinous , Howard house ) . The Greyfriars also went to the Norfolks but then came to the city . The assembly of 8 December 1565 granted leases of the ' late dissolved ...
... became an open garden with a summer house ( the surviving , if ruinous , Howard house ) . The Greyfriars also went to the Norfolks but then came to the city . The assembly of 8 December 1565 granted leases of the ' late dissolved ...
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... became available and surveyors began to be trained many landowners , who had themselves studied mathematics , had their newly acquired estates surveyed . Books on surveying such as The Cos- mographical Glasse ( 1559 ) by William ...
... became available and surveyors began to be trained many landowners , who had themselves studied mathematics , had their newly acquired estates surveyed . Books on surveying such as The Cos- mographical Glasse ( 1559 ) by William ...
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Contents
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2 Government to 1660 | 35 |
3 Inhabitants | 63 |
4 The Civil War | 89 |
5 Health and Sanitation to 1750 | 117 |
6 From Second City to Regional Capital | 139 |
7 Politics 16601835 | 167 |
8 An Enlightened and Polite Society | 193 |
13 Architecture since 1800 | 323 |
14 Politics 18351945 | 343 |
15 Banking and Insurance | 361 |
16 Work and Employment | 385 |
17 Church and Chapel | 409 |
18 Sports and Games | 437 |
19 Norwich since 1945 | 461 |
Notes | 483 |
9 The Textile Industry | 219 |
10 Population 170001950 | 243 |
11 Medical Care since 1750 | 271 |
12 Education since 1750 | 295 |
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