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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- 900–950 AD – Anglo-Scandinavian ditch and bank constructed to north of River Wensum.[1]
- 924 AD – Market active.[2]
- 1004 – Norwich sacked by Danes.[3]
- c. 1067 – Norwich Castle construction begins.
- c. 1070 – St Peter Mancroft church established by Ralph de Gael.[4]
- 1086 – 23 to 30 churches, 43 chapels and 8,000 citizens recorded in Domesday Book.[5]
- 1094 – Seat of East Anglian bishopric relocated to Norwich from Thetford.[6][7]
- 1096 – Norwich School established.
12th–13th centuries
- 1100
- Bishop's Palace built (approximate date).
- St George Colegate church built (approximate date).[8]
- 1101 – Norwich Cathedral dedicated.[6]
- 1106 – Norwich fair active.[2]
- 1110–20 – Bridge of St Martins built.[9]
- 1100 – St Leonard's Priory built on Mousehold Heath.[10]
- 1122 – King Henry I visits town.[11]
- 1144 – William of Norwich murdered.
- 1145 – Norwich Cathedral completed.
- 1158 – Henry II grants the burgesses a charter.[6]
- 1190 – Antisemitic massacre, Chapelfield well mass grave created.[12]
- 1194 – Richard I grants the burgesses a fuller charter.[6]
- 1216 – Dauphin Louis takes Norwich Castle.[13]
- 1248 – Chapel and Hospice of St Mary's in the Field founded.
- 1249 – Giles's Hospital founded.[10]
- 1258 – Penitential Friars settle in the city.[14]
- 1266 – "Disinherited Barons sack city."[11]
- 1272 – Riot.[11]
- 1294 – City walls construction begins.[15]
- 1295 – Bishop Bridge built.[16]
- 1298 – Norwich represented in parliament by two members.[6]
14th–15th centuries
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- 1341 – Norwich Market ceded to city.
- 1342 – City walls built.[6]
- 1349
- 1383 – Queen Anne of Bohemia visits Norwich.[11]
- 1384 – Cloth Seld established.[11]
- 1385
- Guild of Saint George founded (approximate date).[17]
- Guild Day ceremony established.[18]
- 1404 – Charter defines the city and county of Norwich.[19]
- 1411 – Market Cross built.[11]
- 1413 – Norwich Guildhall completed.
- 1414 – Fire.[13]
- 1430 – Great Hall built.
- 1443 – Gladman's Procession.[20][21]
- 1455 – St Peter Mancroft church consecrated.
- 1472 – St Laurence's Church built.
16th century
- 1507 – Two fires on 25 April and 4 June destroy ~40% of Norwich housing,[22] over 700 dwellings.[23]
- 1510 – Church of St John Maddermarket rebuilt.
- 1520 – Population: up to 11,000.[23]
- 1521 – Coslany Bridge rebuilt.[16]
- 1532 – Group of women punished for selling grain below the set rate at Norwich Market.[24]
- 1534 – Norwich is the first English city to receive a Rebuilding Statute from parliament.[22]
- 1541 – Norwich Sanctuary Map created.[25]
- 1543 – Hatters company formed.[26]
- 1544–1545 – Plague outbreak.[27]
- 1549
- Kett's Rebellion.[28]
- Norwich is the first English provincial town to initiate compulsory payments to finance poor relief.[29]
- 1554 – Russell company of weavers founded.[30]
- 1555–56 – Plague outbreak and influenza epidemic.[27]
- 1556 – Charter confirms the city boundaries, including the parishes of Carrow, Lakenham, Eaton, Earlham, and Heigham plus Mousehold Heath and Thorpe Wood.[19]
- 1558 – The Cuningham Prospect, a perspective plan of the city, created.[31]
- 1561 – Exports of Norwich worsteds from Great Yarmouth drops to 38 in a year.[32]
- 1565 – Strangers (Dutch and Walloons) arrive in Norwich and French Church established.[33][34]
- 1567
- Duke's Palace completed.[35]
- Anthonie de Solempne sets up first printing press.[36]
- 1570 – Census of the Poor.[37]
- 1571 – 3,925 Strangers recorded in Norwich.[38]
- 1573 – Fye Bridge rebuilt.[39][16]
- 1576 – Almost 5,000 Strangers recorded in Norwich.[38]
- 1578 – Queen Elizabeth I visits Norwich as the destination of her yearly Progress.[40]
- 1579–80 – Bubonic plague kills over 5,000 people, possibly up to 40% of the population.[27]
- 1584–5 – Bubonic plague outbreak kills at least 3,500 people.[27]
- 15 June 1583 – The Norwich Affray interrupts a performance by the Queen's Men, resulting in murder.[41]
- 1589 – Blackfriars Bridge rebuilt.[42]
- 1589–92 – Bubonic plague outbreak kills at least 3,500 people.[27]
- 1591 – Whitefriars Bridge rebuilt[9]
17th century
- 1603–4 – Bubonic plague outbreak kills almost 3,500 people.[27]
- 1608 – Norwich Public Library established.[43]
- 1615 – Peter Gleane becomes mayor.[44]
- 1621 – George Birch becomes mayor.[44]
- 1625–6 – Bubonic plague outbreak kills almost 3,500 people.[27]
- 1635 – Matthew Wren appointed Bishop of Norwich.[45]
- 1636–8 – Bubonic plague outbreak.[27]
- 1648 – The Great Blow explosion occurs after a riot, destroying 40 buildings.[46]
- 1660
- January – 14 Norwich aldermen and 25 common councillors sign the Norfolk Address to General Monck, expressing desire for a free parliament.[47]
- 24 May – Official thanksgiving held to celebrate the 10 May Restoration of Charles II.[47]
- 20 September – Norwich soldiery disbanded.[48]
- 1652 – William Barnham becomes mayor.[44]
- 1663
- My Lord's Garden, Norwich's earliest known commercial garden, laid out.[49]
- William Oliver bookseller in business.[50]
- 1666 – Final bubonic plague outbreak kills 2,500 people in a year.[27]
- 1671 – King Charles II visits Norwich.
- 1675 – George Rose bookseller in business.[51]
- 1681 – Duke's Palace rebuilt.[52]
- 1687 – Doughty's Hospital established.[53]
- 1693 – Population: 28,881.[54][55]
- 1697 – New Mint established.[11]
18th century
- 1701
- Norwich Post begins publication as Britain's first provincial newspaper.[56]
- Oil lamps come into use in Norwich.[57]
- 1706 – Norwich Gazette (later Norfolk Chronicle) and Norwich Postman (later Norwich Mercury) newspapers begin publication.[56]
- 1711 – Duke's Palace ordered for demolition.[58]
- 1724 – Maid's Head Lodge constituted, the first Masonic lodge in Norfolk.[59]
- 1731 – White Swan Playhouse active (approximate date).[60][61]
- 1741–1745 – Reverend Francis Blomefield publishes his History of the City and County of Norwich in instalments.[62]
- 1745 – Temporary triumphal arch built to commemorate the defeat of the Jacobite rising.[57]
- October 1746 – Public celebrations of the defeat of the Jacobite rebellion.[63]
- 1747 – Local epidemic, likely smallpox.[64]
- 1754 – Assembly House built.[65][57]
- 1756 – Octagon Chapel completed.[57]
- 1757 – Theatre built.[55][60]
- 1758 – New Theatre built.[57]
- 1762 – Hills and Underwood distillery in business.[66]
- 1763 – Richard Beatniffe bookseller in business.[51]
- 1770 – Gurney's Bank established.
- 1771 or 1772 – Norfolk and Norwich Hospital founded.[57][67]
- 1775 – The Scots' Society (renamed Universal Society of Goodwill in 1784) founded on Saint Andrew's Day by Scottish expatriates.[68]
- 1784
- Blackfriars Bridge rebuilt.[69]
- Norfolk and Norwich Subscription Library established.[70]
- 1785
- First manned flight over Norwich by James Decker in a hot air balloon, launched from Ranelagh Gardens.[71]
- 22 July – Major John Money is launched in a balloon from Ranelagh Gardens and before being ditched in the North Sea.[71]
- 18 October – Society of United Friars founded at Crown Court, Elm Hill.[59]
- William Stevenson bookseller in business.[51]
- 1786
- 1792 – Hudson & Harvey bank established.[74]
- April 1795 – Norwich Patriotic Society founded to agitate for parliamentary reform.[75]
- 1797 – Norwich Norwich Loyal Military Association formed.[75]
- 1800 – Fish's Musical Circulating Library in business.[76]
19th century
- 1803 – Norwich Society of Artists meets for the first time.[77][68]
- 1804 – St Miles Bridge built.[78]
- 1811 – Foundry Bridge built.[16]
- 1815 – Riots against the Corn Laws; Norfolk MP Thomas Coke is pelted with stones.[79]
- 4 April 1817 – The PS Telegraph explodes after setting off from Foundry Bridge, killing 10 and injuring five.[80]
- 1819 – Rosary Cemetery established.
- 1820 – Steward, Patterson & Stewards brewery in business.[81]
- 1821 – Population: 50,288.[55]
- 1822
- 1823
- J. & J. Colman in business.[82]
- Jarrolds relocates to Norwich.[83]
- 1824
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival begins.[55][84][49]
- Norfolk and Norwich Museum, and Norfolk and Norwich United Medical Book Society established.[55]
- 1826 – Theatre rebuilt.[55]
- 1827 – Norwich City Gaol built in Heigham Hamlet.[85]
- 1829
- 1831 – Canal and harbour open.[3]
- 1833
- Norwich Yarn Company in business.[86]
- Carrow Bridge rebuilt.[16]
- 1835
- Town Council elected per Municipal Corporations Act 1835.[55]
- Guild Day ceremony formally abolished.[18]
- 1837 – Bullard & Watts brewery in business.
- 1839 – St James Mill built.
- 1844
- Yarmouth and Norwich Railway begins operating.[55]
- Foundry Bridge rebuilt.[87]
- 1845
- 1847 – Chamber of Commerce established.[55]
- 1849
- January – Jenny Lind performs two charity concerts at St Andrew's Hall.[49]
- Norwich Victoria railway station opens.
- 1851 – Board of Health established.[55]
- 1854 – Jenny Lind Infirmary for Sick Children opens, the second children's hospital in the country.[89]
- 1856 – Young Men's Christian Association chapter established.[55]
- 1857
- 1861 – Population: 75,025.[55]
- 1866 – Chapel Field Road drill hall opened.[90]
- 1869 – Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society founded.[91]
- 1874 – 10 September: Thorpe rail accident occurs near town.
- 1875 – Norwich High School for Girls founded.[65]
- 1878 – Harry Bullard becomes mayor.[44]
- 1880 – Chapelfield Gardens open.
- 1882
- St Crispin's Bridge built.[69]
- Norwich City railway station opens.[69]
- 1886 – Foundry Bridge rebuilt again.[87]
- 1887 – HM Prison Norwich established.
- 1888 – Norfolk and Norwich Photographic Society established.[92]
- 1891 – City College Norwich founded.
- 1897
- Labour strike.[3]
- Royal Hotel in business.
- 1900 – Norwich Electric Tramways begin operating.
20th century
- 1901 – Population: 111,733.[6]
- 1902 – Norwich City Football Club founded, inheriting the song "On the Ball, City".
- 1903 – Grand Opera House opens.[93]
- 1909 – Sewell Park opens.
- 1910 – St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church built, now cathedral
- 1911 – Picture House (cinema) opens.[93]
- 1921 – Maddermarket Theatre founded.
- 1923 – First woman Lord Mayor.
- 1924 – Heigham Park opens.[94]
- 1925
- Wensum Park opened [95][96]
- The Ferry Boat Inn in business.
- Whitefriars Bridge rebuilt again.[9]
- 1928 – Eaton Park opens.[97]
- 1929 – Sloughbottom Park and Mile Cross Gardens open.
- 1933
- Waterloo Park opens.
- Fye Bridge rebuilt again.[39]
- St Peter Hungate church repurposed as a museum, becoming the first church building to be given permanent secular use since the Reformation.[98]
- 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.
- Norwich Historic Churches Trust established.[98]
- Norwich and Great Yarmouth lose their status as county boroughs and become districts.[97]
- 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.
- 1992 – Norwich Research Park launched.
- 1994 – Norwich Central Library fire destroys over 100,000 books.[99]
- 1995 – Norwich Playhouse opens.
21st century
- 2001
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital founded.
- The Forum built.
- 2004 – Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) established.[100]
- 2005 – Delia Smith makes "Let's be 'avin' you!" speech at Carrow Road.[101]
- 2006 – 99.9 Radio Norwich begins broadcasting.
- 2007 – Theatre Royal building refurbished.
- 2009
- Norwich Film Festival begins.
- 25 July – First Norwich Pride parade.[102]
- 2018 – Colman's announces transfer of most of its mustard production away from Norwich.[103]
- 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic.
See also
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Attribution
- Ayers, Brian; Haynes, Clare; Heslop, Sandy; Lunnon, Helen; Dobson, David (2026). The parish churches of medieval Norwich: city, community and architecture. Oxford; Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN 979-8-88857-182-8.
- Rawcliffe, Carole; Wilson, Richard; Clark, Christine, eds. (2004). Norwich since 1550. London; New York: Hambledon & London. ISBN 978-1-85285-450-8.
- Williamson, Fiona (16 October 2014). Social Relations and Urban Space: Norwich, 1600–1700 (1 ed.). Boydell & Brewer. doi:10.1017/9781782043959. ISBN 978-1-78204-395-9.
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
- 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 (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, hdl:2027/yale.39002040781966
- Philip Browne (1814), History of Norwich, Norwich: Printed by Bacon, Kinnebrook, and Co., OL 7069999M
- "(Norwich)". Excursions in the County of Norfolk. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. 1818.
- James Dugdale (1819), "Norfolk: Norwich", New British Traveller, vol. 3, London: J. Robins and Co.
- "Norwich". Rees's Cyclopædia. 1819.
- 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. hdl:2027/mdp.39076005081505. OCLC 961753.
- "Norwich", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
- David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Norwich". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t2x352b0z.
- History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich .., Sheffield: William White, 1836
- "Norwich". Penny Cyclopaedia. 1840.
- Samuel Woodward (1842), The Norfolk topographer's manual, London: Nichols & Son, OL 13943146M (includes Norwich)
1850s–1890s
- "Norwich". Slater's Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of ... Norfolk. Isaac Slater. 1852.
- Susan Swain Madders (1853), Rambles in an old city, London, OL 23528980M
{{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. hdl:2027/hvd.32044098621048 – via HathiTrust.
- George Measom (1865), "Norwich", Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway, London: C. Griffin and Co.
- Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Norwich". Geography. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064802.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - George Henry Townsend (1867), "Norwich", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
- A.D. Bayne (1869), A comprehensive history of Norwich, London: Jarrold and Sons, OCLC 2097366, OL 6459663M
- "Norwich", Handbook for Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and Cambridgeshire (2nd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1875, OCLC 2094145
- "Norfolk: Norwich". Post Office Directory of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk. London: Kelly and Co. 1879.
- Walter Rye (1879). "Description of Norwich". Tourist's Guide to the County of Norfolk. London: Edward Stanford.
- C.S. Ward (1886), "Norwich", The Eastern Counties, Thorough Guides (2nd ed.), London: Dulau & Co.
- Calendar of the Freemen of Norwich from 1307 to 1603, London: E. Stock, 1888, OL 7247463M
- 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.
- James Hooper (1900), Jarrold's Official Guide to Norwich, London: Jarrold and Sons, OL 24139393M
Published in the 20th century
- J.G. Bartholomew (1904), "Norwich", Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles, London: G. Newnes
- Corporation, Norwich (England) (1906). Records of the City of Norwich. Jarrold & sons, Limited.
- 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, hdl:2027/mdp.39015010546516
- C. B Hawkins (1910), Norwich, a social study, P.L. Warner, OL 7053401M
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 819–820.
- 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 (3): 371–377. doi:10.2307/2599994. JSTOR 2599994.
- Gerald Dix (1975). "Norwich: A Fine Old City". Town Planning Review. 46 (4): 417–434. doi:10.3828/tpr.46.4.271878q888g33175. JSTOR 40103149.
- David Stoker (1981). "Norwich book trades before 1800". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 8 (1): 79–125. JSTOR 41154599.
- Barry M. Doyle (1995). "Urban Liberalism and the 'Lost Generation': Politics and Middle Class Culture in Norwich, 1900–1935" (PDF). Historical Journal. 38 (3): 617–634. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00020008. JSTOR 2640005. S2CID 145683964.
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.
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