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

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]
1144 – A young apprentice, William of Norwich, is murdered.
1145 – Norwich Cathedral completed.
1158 - Henry II. grants the burgesses a charter.^[3]
1190 - Antisemitic massacre^[6]
1194 - Richard I. grants them a fuller charter.^[3]
1216 – Dauphin Louis takes Norwich Castle.^[7]
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.^[8]
1298 - Norwich represented in parliament by two members.^[3]

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).^[9]
1404 – Norwich incorporated.
1411 – Market Cross built.^[5]
1413 – Norwich Guildhall built.
1414 – Fire.^[7]
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.^[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

1602 – Plague/Black Death.^[5]
1608 – Norwich Public Library established.^[15]
1615 – Peter Gleane becomes mayor.^[16]
1621 – George Birch becomes mayor.^[16]
1652 – William Barnham becomes mayor.^[16]
1663 – William Oliver bookseller in business.^[17]
1671 – King Charles II visits City
1675 – George Rose bookseller in business.^[18]
1687 – Doughty's Hospital established.^[3]
– St Augustine's Church tower rebuilt.
1693 – Population: 28,881.^[19]
1697 – New Mint established.^[5]

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

1803 – Norwich Society of Artists active.^[30]
1811 – Foundry Bridge constructed.^[8]
1819 – Rosary Cemetery established.
1820 – Steward, Patterson & Stewards brewery in business.^[31]
1821 – Population: 50,288.^[19]
1822
- Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution established.^[19]
- Duke's Palace Bridge built.^[8]
1823
- J. & J. Colman in business.^[32]
- Jarrolds relocates to Norwich.^[33]
1824
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival begins.^[19]^[34]
- Norfolk and Norwich Museum, and Norfolk and Norwich United Medical Book Society established.^[19]
1826 – Theatre rebuilt.^[19]
1829
- City gaol built.^[4]
- Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society established.^[19]
1831 – Canal and harbour open.^[2]
1833
- Norwich Yarn Company in business.^[35]
- Carrow Bridge rebuilt.^[8]
1835 – Town Council elected per Municipal Corporations Act 1835.^[19]
1837 – Bullard & Watts brewery in business.
1839 – St James Mill built.
1844 – Yarmouth-Norwich railway begins operating.^[19]
1845
- Norfolk News begins publication.^[20]
- Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society established.^[19]
1847 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[19]
1849 – Norwich Victoria railway station opens.
1851 – Board of Health established.^[19]
1856 – Young Men's Christian Association chapter established.^[19]
1857
- Free Library building opens.^[15]
- Norfolk and Norwich Anglers' Society formed.^[19]
1861 – Population: 75,025.^[19]
1866 – Chapel Field Road drill hall opened.^[36]
1869 – Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society founded.^[37]
1874 – 10 September: Thorpe rail accident occurs near town.
1875 – Norwich High School for Girls founded.^[23]
1878 – Harry Bullard becomes mayor.^[16]
1880 – Chapelfield Gardens open.
1882 – Norwich City railway station opens.
1887 – HM Prison Norwich established.
1888 – Norfolk and Norwich Photographic Society established.^[38]
1891 – City College Norwich founded.
1897
- Labour strike.^[2]
- Royal Hotel in business.
1900 – Norwich Electric Tramways begin operating.

20th century

1901 – Population: 111,733.^[3]
1902 – Norwich City Football Club founded, inheriting the song "On the Ball, City".
1903 – Grand Opera House opens.^[39]
1909 – Sewell Park opens.
1910 – St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Norwich built, now St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich
1911 – Picture House (cinema) opens.^[39]
1921 – Maddermarket Theatre founded.
1923 – First lady Lord Mayor.
1924 – Heigham Park opens.
1925
- Wensum Park opened ^[40]^[41]
- 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.
1992 – Norwich Research Park launched.
1995 – Norwich Playhouse opens.

21st century

2001
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital founded.
- The Forum built.
2004 – Norwich HEART heritage organisation established.^[42]
2005 – Delia Smith made her iconic "Let's be 'avin' you!" speech at Carrow Road. ^[43]
2006 – 99.9 Radio Norwich begins broadcasting.
2007 – Theatre Royal building refurbished.
2009 – Norwich Film Festival begins.
2018 – Colman's announces transfer of most of its mustard production away from Norwich in 2018-2019
2020 - Covid 19 pandemic happens

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Norwich (England)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 819–820.
^ ^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.[1]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Timeline". Norwich's Heritage. Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "Medieval bodies in Norwich well victims of anti-Semitism". East of England. BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b William Toone (1828). Chronological Historian ... of Great Britain. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.[2]
^ ^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 (2): 353–369. doi:10.2307/2542886. JSTOR 2542886.
^ J.F. Pound (1966). "The Social and Trade Structure of Norwich 1525–1575". Past & Present (34): 49–69. doi:10.1093/past/34.1.49. 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.
^ William John Charles Moens. The Walloons and their Church at Norwich.
^ 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, OL 13521438M{{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
^ ^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
^ ^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 (47): 285–304. JSTOR 509826.
^ ^a ^b Handbook to the City of Norwich. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons. 1883.
^ "Norwich". Newspaper Press Directory. London: Charles Mitchell. 1847.
^ "Norwich". Official Guide to the Great Eastern Railway. London: Cassell & Company. 1893.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Trevor Fawcett (1978). "Music Circulating Libraries in Norwich". Musical Times. 119 (1625): 594–595. doi:10.2307/958824. JSTOR 958824.
^ 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.
^ "Norfolk Public Houses". Dereham: Richard Bristow. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "History of Colman's". Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ Gerring, Charles (1900), Notes on Printers and Booksellers
^ R.H. Legge (1896). Annals of the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festivals, 1824–1893.
^ 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.
^ "Norwich". The drill hall project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
^ 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". Los Angeles: CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "From rubbish dump to beloved city garden park". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
^ "Wensum Park". THE MILE CROSS MAN. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
^ "Annual Report 2009–2010". Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "Remembering Delia Smith's iconic 'Let's be 'avin' you!' half-time rant". 90 Min. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

External links

"A History of Norwich". Ken Ward. 2004.
Digital Public Library of America. Works related to Norwich, various dates

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[fairs-1] Samantha Letters (2005), "Norfolk", Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516, Institute of Historical Research, Centre for Metropolitan History

[haydn1910-2] Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Norwich", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.

[brit1910-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Norwich (England)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 819–820.

[tymms1833-4] 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.[1]

[HeartTimeline-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Timeline". Norwich's Heritage. Norwich HEART. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[bbc2022-6] "Medieval bodies in Norwich well victims of anti-Semitism". East of England. BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

[toone1828-7] William Toone (1828). Chronological Historian ... of Great Britain. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.[2]

[blyth1842-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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): 49–69. doi:10.1093/past/34.1.49. JSTOR 650054.

[11] "Tudors". British History Timeline. BBC. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[textiles-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.

[stephen1917-15] 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)

[strange1890-16] 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

[fawcett1972-18] Trevor Fawcett (1972). "18th Century Norfolk Booksellers". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 6. JSTOR 41154511.

[white1864-19] ^ ^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

[BL-20] "Norwich (England) Newspapers". Main Catalogue. British Library. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[TheatreRoyal-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.

[jarrold1883-23] Handbook to the City of Norwich. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons. 1883.

[mitchell-1847-24] "Norwich". Newspaper Press Directory. London: Charles Mitchell. 1847.

[eastern1893-25] "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.

[drill-36] "Norwich". The drill hall project. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[Learned1922-37] 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

[cinema-39] "Movie Theaters in Norwich, England". Los Angeles: CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved 15 September 2013.

[NENWensum-40] "From rubbish dump to beloved city garden park". Norwich Evening News. Retrieved 12 April 2023.

[MCMWensum-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.

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Timeline of Norwich

Prior to 12th century

12th–13th centuries

14th–15th centuries

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Further reading

Published in the 17th–18th centuries

Published in the 19th century

1800s–1840s

1850s–1890s

Published in the 20th century

Published in the 21st century

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