Timeline of Norwich

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

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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
  • Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution established.^[17]
  • Duke's Palace Bridge built.^[7]
• 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
  • City gaol built.^[4]
  • Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society established.^[17]
• 1831 – Canal and harbour open.^[2]
• 1833
  • Norwich Yarn Company in business.^[33]
  • Carrow Bridge rebuilt.^[7]
• 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
  • Norfolk News begins publication.^[18]
  • Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society established.^[17]
• 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
  • Free Library building opens.^[13]
  • Norfolk and Norwich Anglers' Society formed.^[17]
• 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

• 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

• 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

• History of Norwich
• History of Norfolk

References

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 11, London: Vernon, Hood & Sharpe 
• 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. 
• James Dugdale (1819), "Norfolk: Norwich", New British Traveller 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 4. Edinburgh: A. Constable. 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• Susan Swain Madders (1853), Rambles in an old city, London  (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. 
• George Measom (1865), "Norwich", Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Eastern Railway, London: C. Griffin and Co. 
• Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Norwich". Geography. English Cyclopaedia (London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.). 
• 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 
• "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. 
  • 1865 ed.
  • 1875 ed.
  • 1883 ed.
• 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 
• 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. 

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 
• Records of the City of Norwich. 1906. 
• W. Hudson (1908). "Municipal Norwich". In Hugh John Dukinfield Astley. Memorials of Old Norfolk. London: Bemrose and Sons. 
• "Norwich", Great Britain (7th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1910 
• 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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