Timeline of Norwich

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

Prior to 12th century

  • 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

14th–15th centuries

Norwich c. 1300.

16th century

  • 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

18th century

  • 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

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. Samantha Letters (2005), "Norfolk", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
  2. Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Norwich", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  3. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Norwich (England)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 819–820.
  4. 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.
  5. "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. William Toone (1828). Chronological Historian ... of Great Britain. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
  8. 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 (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. 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. 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. Trevor Fawcett (1972). "18th Century Norfolk Booksellers". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 6. JSTOR 41154511.
  19. "Norwich", History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich, Sheffield: William White, 1864
  20. "Norwich (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  21. "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. 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. "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

Published in the 17th–18th centuries

1800s–1840s

1850s–1890s

Published in the 20th century

Published in the 21st century

  • 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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