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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... continued , ' in traversing portions of old Norwich , we seem to pass through a city of departed greatness ' . The city , he believed , occupied more ground than any other town of equal population ( 80,000 ) in England , yet the visitor ...
... continued , ' in traversing portions of old Norwich , we seem to pass through a city of departed greatness ' . The city , he believed , occupied more ground than any other town of equal population ( 80,000 ) in England , yet the visitor ...
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... continued as Eng- land's second city until , in the second quarter of the eighteenth century , it was overtaken by Bristol.16 Norwich was famed throughout England as a city which combined the highest manufacturing skills in the pre ...
... continued as Eng- land's second city until , in the second quarter of the eighteenth century , it was overtaken by Bristol.16 Norwich was famed throughout England as a city which combined the highest manufacturing skills in the pre ...
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... continued tradition from Roman times and of later maps produced by the crusaders of the cities of the Holy Land . The first evidence of the new surveying techniques being used in Norwich appears with the production of the Sanctuary map ...
... continued tradition from Roman times and of later maps produced by the crusaders of the cities of the Holy Land . The first evidence of the new surveying techniques being used in Norwich appears with the production of the Sanctuary map ...
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... continued , largely unchanged , for another two hun- dred years . His ' view ' remained the basis for a series of other Norwich views for over a century . Braun and Hogenberg and even John Speed in his map of Norfolk produced in 1611 ...
... continued , largely unchanged , for another two hun- dred years . His ' view ' remained the basis for a series of other Norwich views for over a century . Braun and Hogenberg and even John Speed in his map of Norfolk produced in 1611 ...
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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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