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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... buildings shown below the map 14 15 19 Hochstetter's Map of Norwich , 1789. Detail of the St Stephen's area 21 Hochstetter's Map of Norwich , 1789. Detail of the Market Place 21 21 16 Norwich beyond the Walls , based on Millard X ...
... buildings shown below the map 14 15 19 Hochstetter's Map of Norwich , 1789. Detail of the St Stephen's area 21 Hochstetter's Map of Norwich , 1789. Detail of the Market Place 21 21 16 Norwich beyond the Walls , based on Millard X ...
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... buildings within them ' all ... of an old form ' , Norwich was , nevertheless , she concluded , ' a rich thriving industrious place ' , its prosperity driven by ' very great ' mar- kets and fairs , and above all by its textile industry ...
... buildings within them ' all ... of an old form ' , Norwich was , nevertheless , she concluded , ' a rich thriving industrious place ' , its prosperity driven by ' very great ' mar- kets and fairs , and above all by its textile industry ...
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... buildings surprising . A. D. Bayne , the city's Victorian historian , writing in 1872 , towards the end of the greatest boom in Britain's nineteenth - century economy , was aware that some aspects were puzzling . He detailed the city's ...
... buildings surprising . A. D. Bayne , the city's Victorian historian , writing in 1872 , towards the end of the greatest boom in Britain's nineteenth - century economy , was aware that some aspects were puzzling . He detailed the city's ...
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... Buildings came down and ownership underwent widespread changes . The dukes of Norfolk , the Hobarts and the Sheltons , amongst others , became even greater landowners , and some of the city fathers , such as Nicholas Sotherton , did ...
... Buildings came down and ownership underwent widespread changes . The dukes of Norfolk , the Hobarts and the Sheltons , amongst others , became even greater landowners , and some of the city fathers , such as Nicholas Sotherton , did ...
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... buildings , for example to the west of St Stephen's , appears accurate , however , and buildings are shown conventionally in most cases . The Chapel - in - the - Field ( the modern Assembly House ) is shown as a more complex building ...
... buildings , for example to the west of St Stephen's , appears accurate , however , and buildings are shown conventionally in most cases . The Chapel - in - the - Field ( the modern Assembly House ) is shown as a more complex building ...
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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