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History of Norfolk in 100 Places [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, 180 Illustrations, color
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Jan-2022
  • Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0750993669
  • ISBN-13: 9780750993661
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, 180 Illustrations, color
  • Ilmumisaeg: 06-Jan-2022
  • Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 0750993669
  • ISBN-13: 9780750993661
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Norfolk has a wealth of important archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes. This guide is the first to use them to tell the countys rich history.

Starting with real footprints of people who lived here nearly 1 million years ago, A History of Norfolk in 100 Places will take you on a chronological journey through prehistoric monuments, Roman forts, medieval churches and Nelsons Monument, right up to twentieth-century defensive sites. With detailed entries illustrated by aerial photographs and ground-level shots, here you will find a reliable guide to historic places that are either open to the public, or are visible from public roads or footpaths for you to explore.

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"Stories of 100 Norfolk sites revealed in new book." "From traces of Palaeolithic life along the coast to deserted medieval villages and a Cold War airfield, A History of Norfolk in 100 Places is a whistle-stop tour of the countys most intriguing buildings, archaeological sites, and historic landscapes." "The many archaeological sites, historic buildings and landscapes across Norfolk are revealed in a history of the county focusing on 100 fascinating places."

Acknowledgements 9(2)
Introduction 11(2)
THE PALAEOLITHIC
13(8)
Introduction
13(3)
1 Happisburgh Beach
16(3)
2 Lynford Lakes
19(2)
THE NEOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE
21(20)
Introduction
21(4)
3 Broome Heath, Ditchingham
25(2)
4 Arminghall Henge
27(2)
5 Seahenge and its Sister
29(2)
6 Salthouse Heath Round Barrows
31(4)
7 West Rudham Round Barrows
35(1)
8 Harpley Common Round Barrows
36(2)
9 Grime's Graves Flint Mines
38(3)
THE IRON AGE
41(8)
Introduction
41(2)
10 Warham St Mary Iron Age Fort
43(2)
11 Bloodgate Hill, South Creake, Iron Age Fort
45(2)
12 Thetford Iron Age Fort and Medieval Castle
47(2)
THE ROMAN PERIOD
49(18)
Introduction
49(4)
13 Peddars Way Roman Road
53(2)
14 Caistor St Edmund Roman Regional Capital and the Dunston Field Anglo-Saxon Trading Centre
55(3)
15 Brancaster `Saxon Shore' Roman Fort and Vicus
58(4)
16 Burgh Castle Roman `Saxon Shore' Fort, Anglo-Saxon Monastery and Medieval Castle
62(3)
17 Caister-on-Sea `Saxon Shore' Roman Fort
65(2)
THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD
67(14)
Introduction
67(5)
18 The Fossditch
72(3)
19 The Late Saxon Sea Bank Around Marshland known as `The Roman Bank'
75(2)
20 The Whissonsett Late Saxon Cross
77(2)
21 Norman Ruined Church at Bawsey Surrounded by Evidence of a High-Status Middle Saxon Trading Centre
79(2)
FROM CASTLES TO GREAT HOUSES
81(24)
Introduction
81(2)
22 Moot Hill Ringwork, Wymondham
83(2)
23 New Buckenham Ringwork Castle and Planned Town
85(3)
24 Castle Rising Ringwork Castle and Planned Town
88(3)
25 Denton Castle
91(2)
26 Castle Acre Castle and Planned Town
93(3)
27 Mileham Castle
96(3)
28 Norwich Castle, Prison and Museum
99(2)
29 Baconsthorpe Castle
101(2)
30 Oxburgh Hall
103(2)
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
105(40)
Introduction
105(2)
31 Site of the Anglo-Saxon Cathedral and Early Norman Bishop's Chapel, North Elmham
107(2)
32 The Saxo-Norman Churches at East and West Lexham
109(3)
33 The Early Norman Church at Great Dunham
112(3)
34 Norwich Romanesque Cathedral and Precinct
115(4)
35 The Norman Church at Hales
119(1)
36 St William's Chapel, Mousehold Heath
120(3)
37 St Julian's Anchorite Cell, Norwich
123(2)
38 Worstead Church and the Worsted Woollen Industry
125(3)
39 Salle Fifteenth-Century Church
128(3)
40 St Peter Mancroft Fifteenth-Century Church, Norwich
131(2)
41 Cley Church and the Glaven Ports
133(4)
42 Fifteenth-Century Rood Screen at St Helen's Church, Ranworth
137(3)
43 Oulton Independent Chapel
140(3)
44 The Octagon Chapel, Colegate, Norwich
143(2)
MONASTERIES
145(12)
Introduction
145(2)
45 Castle Acre Priory
147(2)
46 Binham Priory
149(2)
47 St Benet's Abbey, Horning
151(3)
48 Walsingham: A Medieval Pilgrimage Town
154(3)
MEDIEVAL TOWNS
157(22)
Introduction
157(2)
49 Norwich City Walls and Cow Tower
159(4)
50 Norwich Guildhall
163(1)
51 Norwich Bridewell
164(1)
52 Norwich Strangers' Hall
165(2)
53 Norwich Elm Hill
167(3)
54 King's Lynn Town Defences
170(3)
55 King's Lynn Trinity Guildhall, Gaol and Town Hall
173(2)
56 King's Lynn Hanse House
175(2)
57 Great Yarmouth Town Wall
177(2)
THE MEDIEVAL COUNTRYSIDE
179(14)
Introduction
179(2)
58 Godwick Deserted Medieval Village
181(3)
59 Houghton Deserted Medieval Village
184(2)
60 Ridge and Furrow at Hilgay
186(2)
61 Hales Green
188(1)
62 The Broads
189(2)
63 Thetford Warren Lodge
191(2)
THE SIXTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURIES
193(52)
Introduction
193(5)
64 Kett'sOak
198(3)
65 WaxhamBarn
201(2)
66 Wymondham Market House
203(3)
67 The Custom House, King's Lynn
206(3)
68 Denver Sluice and the Draining of the Peat Fens
209(4)
69 Happisburgh Lighthouse
213(1)
70 The Great Barn, Holkham
214(1)
71 The Nelson Monument, Great Yarmouth
215(2)
72 Gressenhall Union Workhouse
217(2)
73 Pulham Market Workhouse
219(2)
74 Horsey Wind Pump and Drainage of the Broadland Marshes
221(2)
75 Wells Sea Bank and Reclamation of the Coastal Marshes
223(2)
76 Diss Corn Hall
225(2)
77 Letheringsett Watermill
227(2)
78 Letheringsett Maltings
229(2)
79 Billingford Windmill
231(2)
80 Fakenham Gasworks
233(2)
81 North Walsham and Dilham Canal
235(3)
82 East Dereham Station and the Coming of the Railways
238(2)
83 Great Yarmouth, Marine Parade
240(3)
84 St James' Mill, Whitefriars, Norwich
243(2)
GREAT HOUSES
85 Blickling Hall and Park
245(2)
86 Houghton Hall and New Houghton Village
247(2)
87 Holkham Hall, Park and Monument
249(2)
88 Sheringham Park
251(2)
89 Sandringham House and Gardens
253(2)
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
255(28)
Introduction
255(3)
90 Norwich Union Headquarters, Surrey Street, Norwich (now Aviva)
258(2)
91 Edith Cavell Grave and Monument
260(2)
92 Burston Strike School
262(3)
93 Thetford Forest
265(2)
94 Second World War Coastal Defences
267(2)
95 Hethel Airfield Chapel
269(2)
96 LanghamDome
271(2)
97 West Raynham Cold War Airfield
273(2)
98 The Halvergate Marshes Controversy and Berney Arms Windmill
275(2)
99 The Sainsbury Centre
277(2)
100 Norwich Central Library, Technopolis and the Forum
279(4)
About the Authors 283(1)
About the Aerial Photographers 284(1)
Selected Index 285
Peter was County Archaeologist for Norfolk from 1973 to 1999 and then Director of the Norfolk Archaeological Trust until 2014. Susanna is a rural historian of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with a specific interest in buildings and landscape. She is an Honourary Research Associate of the School of History at the University of East Anglia. David is a freelance archaeologist, historian and geographer who has been studying Norfolks archaeology and history for over 20 years. For many years the authors have independently considered producing a book that covers Norfolks key archaeological sites, and decided to join forces. They all live in Norfolk.