NORWICH


Meaning of NORWICH in English

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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 .

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Julian of Norwich

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