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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... further east into Mousehold . The stone would be flint quarried from both pits and tunnels into the chalk bedrock . Above the chalk are beds of rolled flints and gravels , results of the glaciations . This Giles Street Guild Hall The ...
... further east into Mousehold . The stone would be flint quarried from both pits and tunnels into the chalk bedrock . Above the chalk are beds of rolled flints and gravels , results of the glaciations . This Giles Street Guild Hall The ...
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... further bridge to solve the problem . But not until 1810 was Carrow bridge constructed . A new road , now known as Carrow Hill , was built outside the city wall down to the new bridge and an extension made across. FIGURE 16. Norwich ...
... further bridge to solve the problem . But not until 1810 was Carrow bridge constructed . A new road , now known as Carrow Hill , was built outside the city wall down to the new bridge and an extension made across. FIGURE 16. Norwich ...
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... further subdivision of some larger ones took place . The famous report by William Lee ( 1851 ) into the sanitary condition of Norwich alerted the city to the appalling conditions in many of its yards.34 It was the first step in a ...
... further subdivision of some larger ones took place . The famous report by William Lee ( 1851 ) into the sanitary condition of Norwich alerted the city to the appalling conditions in many of its yards.34 It was the first step in a ...
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... further housing and industrial development . Hidden from view , they provided , with their miles of pipes and drains , a sanitary system far more comprehensive than any transport network.36 These services have , or had , influenced ...
... further housing and industrial development . Hidden from view , they provided , with their miles of pipes and drains , a sanitary system far more comprehensive than any transport network.36 These services have , or had , influenced ...
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... further south on Antwerp , but the Dutch contacts made , not least on this personal level , were to prove extremely useful . There were already forty - two Dutch and Walloon families in resi- dence when ' alien ' immigrants were ...
... further south on Antwerp , but the Dutch contacts made , not least on this personal level , were to prove extremely useful . There were already forty - two Dutch and Walloon families in resi- dence when ' alien ' immigrants were ...
Contents
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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 |
Select Bibliography | 575 |
Index | 579 |
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