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This article is about the village and former city...

Are we sure it used to be a city? The rest of the article doesn't mention this. 66.92.237.111 03:27, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

It used to be a city in the American sense- in that it was a large, important town. It never had a cathedral, so wasn't ever a city in England- or at least I don't think it did- sources seemed confused whether it did or not! Coyote-37 15:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Ah, but it did have a cathedral between 630 and 673. See under Bishop of Norwich. 66.92.237.111 02:37, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Dunwich most certainly did not have a cathedral, at least not one as we would know it now. When St Felix established his see here the place of worship would probably have resembled more of a barn structure.

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That's certainly what I assumed. But the size of the structure is irrelevant isn't it? It's a cathedral if it has a bishop, regardless of size. Chelmsford cathedral, for instance, is smaller than many large churches I'm familiar with, just as Chelmsford is smaller than many large towns, but is a city because of the cathedral. So does anyone have a definitive answer as to whether or not Dunwich was ever a city in the British sense of the word? Coyote-37 09:13, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

White's 1844 Directory of Suffolk says: "It was the capital of East Anglia, and the See of a Bishop, and formerly held no inconsiderable rank among the commercial cities of the kingdom." I think the Bishop referred to was Felix, in the reign of King Sigebert of the East Angles. Bluewave 09:34, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I have just dug up my 1963 edition of 'Dunwich Story,' a pamphlet by Allan Jobson. In it he refers to Gardiners account of an incident during the demolition of St John the Baptist church when a stone was uncovered to reveal the remains of a man on whose breast stood 'two chalices of course metal.' Jobson suggests that this indicates the remains may have belonged to a Saxon bishop of Dunwich and that therefore St Johns was quite possibly built on the site of the original 'cathedral.' --Edchilvers 17:21, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dunwich Today

The Dunwich today section isn't accurate- Dunwich Heath is also to the south of the village (as can be seen by http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-dunwichheathandminsmerebeach/w-dunwichheathandminsmerebeach-gettingthere.htm ). I'm going to re write, to describe it as between those places, with Dunwich Heath and Minsmere as nearby. Enlightened Bystander 20:53, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Possible copyvio

The January 14 edit seems to by copied directly from a BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7187239.stm "Dunwich was the capital of East Anglia 1,500 years ago. Its decline began in 1286 when a sea surge hit the East Anglian coast and it was eventually reduced through coastal erosion to the village it is today." Hugo Dufort (talk) 20:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)