Timeline of Norwich
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.
Prior to 12th century
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- 924 CE – 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
- 1100 – Bishop's Palace built (approximate date).
- 1101 – Norwich Cathedral dedicated.[3]
- 1106 – Norwich fair active.[1]
- 1100 – St. Leonard's priory built on Mousehold Heath.[4]
- 1122 – King Henry I visits town.[5]
- 1145 – Norwich Cathedral completed.
- 1216 – Dauphin Louis takes Norwich Castle.[6]
- 1248 – Chapel and Hospice of St Mary's in the Field founded.
- 1249 – St. Giles's Hospital founded.[4]
- 1266 – "Disinherited Barons sack city."[5]
- 1272 – Norwich riot.[5]
- 1295 – Bishops Bridge built.[7]
14th-15th centuries
- 1341 – Norwich Market ceded to city.
- 1342 – City walls built.[3]
- 1348 – Plague/ Black Death.[2]
- 1383 – Queen Anne of Bohemia visits Norwich.[5]
- 1384 – Cloth Seld established.[5]
- 1385 – Guild of Saint George founded (approximate date).[8]
- 1404 – Norwich incorporated.
- 1411 – Market Cross built.[5]
- 1413 – Norwich Guildhall built.
- 1414 – Fire.[6]
- 1430 – Great Hall built.
- 1443 – Gladman's insurrection.[5]
- 1455 – St Peter Mancroft church consecrated.
- 1472 – St Laurence's Church built.
16th century
- 1505 – Fire.[2]
- 1510 – Church of St John Maddermarket rebuilt.
- 1521 – Coslany bridge rebuilt.[7]
- 1543 – Hatters company formed.[9]
- 1549 – Kett's Rebellion.[10]
- 1554 – Russell company of weavers founded.[11]
- 1558 – Cunninghams map of city created.[5]
- 1567 – Anthony de Solempne sets up printing press.[12]
- 1573 – Fye bridge rebuilt.[7]
- 1578 – Queen Elizabeth I visits city.[5]
- 1586 – Blackfriars Bridge rebuilt.[7]
- 1591 – Whitefriars Bridge rebuilt[7]
17th century
- 1602 – Plague/Black Death.[5]
- 1608 – Norwich Public Library established.[13]
- 1615 – Peter Gleane becomes mayor.[14]
- 1621 – George Birch becomes mayor.[14]
- 1652 – William Barnham becomes mayor.[14]
- 1663 - William Oliver bookseller in business.[15]
- 1671 - King Charles II visits City
- 1675 – George Rose bookseller in business.[16]
- 1687 - Doughty's Hospital established.[3]
- - St Augustine's Church tower rebuilt.
- 1693 – Population: 28,881.[17]
- 1697 – New Mint established.[5]
18th century
- 1701 – Norwich Post newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1727 – Norwich Mercury newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1731 – White Swan Playhouse active (approximate date).[19][20]
- 1754 – Assembly House built.[21]
- 1756 – Octagon Chapel built.
- 1757 – Theatre built.[17][19]
- 1761 – Norfolk Chronicle newspaper begins publication.[22]
- 1762 – Hills and Underwood distillery in business.[23]
- 1763 – Richard Beatniffe bookseller in business.[16]
- 1770 – Gurney's Bank established.
- 1771 – Norfolk and Norwich Hospital founded.
- 1784 – Norfolk and Norwich Subscription Library established.[24]
- 1785 – William Stevenson bookseller in business.[16]
- 1786 – Norfolk And Norwich Benevolent Medical Society founded.[25]
- 1792 – Hudson & Harvey bank established.[26]
19th century
- 1800 – Fish's Musical Circulating Library in business.[27]
- 1803 – Norwich Society of Artists active.[28]
- 1811 – Foundry Bridge constructed.[7]
- 1819 – Rosary Cemetery established.
- 1820 – Steward, Patterson & Stewards brewery in business.[29]
- 1821 – Population: 50,288.[17]
- 1822
- 1823
- J. & J. Colman in business.[30]
- Jarrolds relocates to Norwich.[31]
- 1824
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival begins.[17][32]
- Norfolk and Norwich Museum, and Norfolk and Norwich United Medical Book Society established.[17]
- 1826 – Theatre rebuilt.[17]
- 1829
- 1831 – Canal and harbour open.[2]
- 1833
- 1835 – Town Council elected per Municipal Corporations Act 1835.[17]
- 1837 – Bullard & Watts brewery in business.
- 1839 – St James Mill built.
- 1844 – Yarmouth-Norwich railway begins operating.[17]
- 1845
- 1847 – Chamber of Commerce established.[17]
- 1849 – Norwich Victoria railway station opens.
- 1851 – Board of Health established.[17]
- 1856 – Young Men's Christian Association chapter established.[17]
- 1857
- 1861 – Population: 75,025.[17]
- 1869 – Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society founded.[34]
- 1874 – 10 September: Thorpe rail accident occurs near town.
- 1875 – Norwich High School for Girls founded.[21]
- 1878 – Harry Bullard becomes mayor.[14]
- 1880 – Chapelfield Gardens open.
- 1882 – Norwich City railway station opens.
- 1887 – HM Prison Norwich established.
- 1888 – Norfolk and Norwich Photographic Society established.[35]
- 1891 – City College Norwich founded.
- 1897
- Labour strike.[2]
- Royal Hotel in business.
20th century
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- 1900 – Norwich Electric Tramways begin operating.
- 1901 – Population: 111,733.[3]
- 1902 - Norwich City Football Club founded.
- 1903 – Grand Opera House opens.[36]
- 1909 – Sewell Park opens.
- 1910 – St John the Baptist Cathedral built.
- 1911 – Picture House (cinema) opens.[36]
- 1921 – Maddermarket Theatre founded.
- 1924 – Heigham Park opens.
- 1925
- Wensum Park laid out.
- The Ferry Boat Inn in business.
- 1928 – Eaton Park opens.
- 1929 – Sloughbottom Park and Mile Cross Gardens open.
- 1933 – Waterloo Park opens.
- 1938 – City Hall built.
- 1942 – April: Aerial bombing by German forces.
- 1963 – University of East Anglia established.
- 1973 – Colman's Mustard Shop opens.
- 1974 – Norfolk Tower built.
- 1976 – Norwich Buddhist Centre established.
- 1977 – Norwich Arts Centre opens.
- 1978 – Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and Norwich Cinema City open.
- 1979 – Norwich Puppet Theatre founded.
- 1980 – Sewell Barn Theatre opens.
- 1982 – City of Norwich Aviation Museum active (approximate date).
- 1988 – Norwich Airport terminal opens.
- 1995 – Norwich Playhouse opens.
21st century
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- 2001
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital founded.
- The Forum built.
- 2004 – Norwich HEART heritage organization established.[37]
- 2006 – 99.9 Radio Norwich begins broadcasting.
- 2007 – Theatre Royal building refurbished.
- 2009 – Norwich Film Festival begins.
See also
References
- ^ a b Samantha Letters (2005), "Norfolk", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History
- ^ a b c d e Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Norwich", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "Norwich", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c 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.
{{cite book}}: External link in|author=and|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Timeline". Norwich's Heritage. Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ a b William Toone (1828). Chronological Historian ... of Great Britain. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
{{cite book}}: External link in|author= - ^ a b c d e f g h G.K. Blyth (1842). Norwich guide and directory. London: R. Hastings.
- ^ Muriel C. McClendon (1994). ""Against God's Word": Government, Religion and the Crisis of Authority in Early Reformation Norwich". Sixteenth Century Journal. 25. JSTOR 2542886.
- ^ J.F. Pound (1966). "The Social and Trade Structure of Norwich 1525–1575". Past & Present (34). JSTOR 650054.
- ^ "Tudors". British History Timeline. BBC. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "History Overview". Norwich Textiles. Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service, Norwich University of the Arts. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Stoker, David (1981). "Anthony de Solempne: attributions to his press". The Library: Transactions of the Bibliographical Society. 6 (3rd series) (3): 17–32.
- ^ a b Geo. A. Stephen (1917), Three centuries of a city library: an historical and descriptive account of the Norwich Public Library, Norwich, OCLC 6320901
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d Hamon Le Strange (1890). Norfolk official lists.
- ^ 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
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Trevor Fawcett (1972). "18th Century Norfolk Booksellers". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 6. JSTOR 41154511.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Norwich", History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich, Sheffield: William White, 1864
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Norwich (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Detailed History of Norwich Theatre Royal". Norwich Theatre Royal. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Sybil Rosenfeld (1936). "The Players in Norwich, 1710–1750". Review of English Studies. 12. JSTOR 509826.
- ^ a b Handbook to the City of Norwich. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons. 1883.
- ^ "Norwich". Newspaper Press Directory. London: Charles Mitchell. 1847.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Norwich". Official Guide to the Great Eastern Railway. London: Cassell & Company. 1893.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ Paul Kaufman (1967). "The Community Library: A Chapter in English Social History". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 57. JSTOR 1006043.
- ^ Anthony Batty Shaw (1986). "Two Centuries Of Medical Benevolence: The Norfolk And Norwich Benevolent Medical Society 1786–1986". British Medical Journal. 292. JSTOR 29522938.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 4051669.
- ^ Trevor Fawcett (1978). "Music Circulating Libraries in Norwich". Musical Times. 119. JSTOR 958824.
- ^ Andrew Hemingway (1988). "Cultural Philanthropy and the Invention of the Norwich School". Oxford Art Journal. 11. JSTOR 1360460.
- ^ "Norfolk Public Houses". Dereham: Richard Bristow. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "History of Colman's". Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Notes on Printers and Booksellers, 1900
- ^ R.H.
Legge (1896). Annals of the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festivals, 1824–1893.
{{cite book}}: line feed character in|author=at position 5 (help) - ^ J.H. Clapham (1910). "Transference of the Worsted Industry from Norfolk to the West Riding". Economic Journal. 20.
- ^ Yearbook of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1922
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Photographic Societies of the British Isles and Colonies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1891
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Norwich, England". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "Annual Report 2009–2010". Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
Further reading
Published in the 17th-18th centuries
- John Ogilby (1699), "(Norwich)", Traveller's Guide, or, a Most Exact Description of the Roads of England, London: Abel Swall
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Compleat History of the Famous City of Norwich. Norwich: William Chase. 1728.
- Daniel Defoe; Samuel Richardson (1778), "Norfolk: Norwich", A Tour Through the Island of Great Britain (8th ed.), London: J.F. and C. Rivingdon
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) (Defoe visited circa 1723) - Charles Parkin (1783). History and Antiquities of the City of Norwich. Lynn: J. Robson.
Published in the 19th century
1800s-1840s
- John Evans; John Britton (1810), "Norfolk: Norwich", Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 11, London: Vernon, Hood & Sharpe
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Philip Browne (1814), History of Norwich, Norwich: Printed by Bacon, Kinnebrook, and Co.
- "(Norwich)". Excursions in the County of Norfolk. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1818.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - James Dugdale (1819), "Norfolk: Norwich", New British Traveller, vol. 3, London: J. Robins and Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Norwich". Rees's Cyclopædia. 1819.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Topographical and historical account of the city and county of Norwich. Norwich: John Stacy. 1819.
- Norfolk and Norwich Remembrancer and Vade-mecum (2nd ed.). Norwich: Matchett and Stevenson. 1822.
- Robert Watt (1824). "Norwich". Bibliotheca Britannica. Vol. 4. Edinburgh: A. Constable. OCLC 961753.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Norwich", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Norwich". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich .., Sheffield: William White, 1836
- History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich .., Sheffield: William White, 1845, OCLC 2011287
- "Norwich". Penny Cyclopaedia. 1840.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Samuel Woodward (1842), The Norfolk topographer's manual, London: Nichols & Son (includes Norwich)
1850s-1890s
- "Norwich". Slater's Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of ... Norfolk. Isaac Slater. 1852.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Susan Swain Madders (1853), Rambles in an old city, London
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (describes Norwich) - J. Willoughby Rosse (1859). "Norwich". Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World. London: H.G. Bohn – via Hathi Trust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - George Measom (1865), "Norwich", Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway, London: C. Griffin and Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Norwich". Geography. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - George Henry Townsend (1867), "Norwich", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - A.D. Bayne (1869), A comprehensive history of Norwich, London: Jarrold and Sons, OCLC 2097366
- "Norwich", Handbook for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire (2nd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1875, OCLC 2094145
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Norfolk: Norwich". Post Office Directory Of The Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk. London: Kelly and Co. 1879.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Walter Rye (1879). "Description of Norwich". Tourist's Guide to the County of Norfolk. London: Edward Stanford.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - C.S. Ward (1886), "Norwich", The Eastern Counties, Thorough Guides (2nd ed.), London: Dulau & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Calendar of the Freemen of Norwich from 1307 to 1603, London: E. Stock, 1888
- William Hudson (1891), The Wards of the City of Norwich: Their Origin and History, Jarrold and Sons
- William Hudson (1896), How the city of Norwich grew into shape, Norwich: Agas H. Goose
- Charles Gross (1897). "Norwich". Bibliography of British Municipal History. New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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Published in the 20th century
- James Hooper (1900), Jarrold's Official Guide to Norwich, London: Jarrold and Sons
- J.G. Bartholomew (1904), "Norwich", Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles, London: G. Newnes
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Records of the City of Norwich. 1906.
- W. Hudson (1908). "Municipal Norwich". In Hugh John Dukinfield Astley (ed.). Memorials of Old Norfolk. London: Bemrose and Sons.
- "Norwich", Great Britain (7th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - C. B Hawkins (1910), Norwich, a social study, P.L. Warner
- E. A. Kent, The Mayors of Norwich, 1403 to 1835 (Norwich, 1938)
- M.F. Lloyd Prichard (1951). "The Decline of Norwich". Economic History Review. 3. JSTOR 2599994.
- Gerald Dix (1975). "Norwich: A Fine Old City". Town Planning Review. 46. JSTOR 40103149.
- David Stoker (1981). "Norwich book trades before 1800". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 8. JSTOR 41154599.
- Barry M. Doyle (1995). "Urban Liberalism and the 'Lost Generation': Politics and Middle Class Culture in Norwich, 1900–1935". Historical Journal. 38. JSTOR 2640005.
Published in the 21st century
- Carole Rawcliffe and Richard Wilson, eds., Norwich since 1550: a fine city (London: Hambledon and London, 2004)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norwich, Norfolk.
- "A History of Norwich". Ken Ward. 2004.
- Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Norwich, various dates
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