City (pop., 2001: 121,553), administrative and historic county, Norfolk , England.
Located on the River Wensum northeast of London , it had become an important market centre when it was sacked and occupied by the Danes in the 11th century. It was among the most prosperous English provincial towns for centuries; its economy was fostered by Edward III , who induced Flemish weavers to settle there, and by the influx of immigrants during the reign of Elizabeth I . One of England's largest centres of footwear manufacturing, it features a Norman castle and cathedral. It is the traditional regional capital of East Anglia and the site of a cathedral founded shortly after the Norman Conquest .