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Norwich: Area, History and Background

Riding are well acquainted with the United Kingdom, its cities and towns.

Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Norwich in the United Kingdom.

  • Norwich is a city in England.
  • It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk.
  • During the 11th century, Norwich was the second largest city in England, after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom.
  • It is the fourth most densely populated local government district within the East of England.
  • Norwich has 3,480 people per square kilometre (8,993 per square mile).
  • It received a royal charter from Henry II in 1158, and another one from Richard the Lionheart in 1194.
  • By the middle of the 14th century Norwich's city walls, about two and a half miles (4 km) long, had been completed.
  • These, along with the river, enclosed a larger area than that of the City of London.
  • However, when the city walls were constructed it was made illegal to build outside them, inhibiting expansion of the city.
  • Its geographical isolation was such that until 1845 when a railway connection was established, it was often quicker to travel to Amsterdam by boat than to London.
  • From 1808 to 1814 Norwich hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London.
  • It also has a long association with chocolate manufacture, primarily through the local firm of Caley's.
  • Norwich suffered extensive bomb damage during World War II, affecting large parts of the old city centre.
  • The new Chapelfield shopping mall has been built on the site where the Caleys (later Rowntree Mackintosh and NestlĂ©) chocolate factory once stood.
  • Chapelfield opened in September 2005, featuring as its flagship department store House of Fraser.
  • It has long been associated with the manufacture of mustard.
  • The world famous Colman's brand, with its yellow packaging, was founded in 1814 and continues to operate from its factory at Carrow