City of Norwich
	Shown within Norfolk
Geography
Status:	City (1195)
Government Region:	East of England
Administrative County:	Norfolk
Area: - Total	Ranked 322nd 39.02 km²
Admin. HQ:	Norwich
Grid reference:	TG 232 085
ONS code:	33UG
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 147th 129,500 3319 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.8% White 1.08% Mixed race 0.85% South Asian 0.38% Chinese 0.35% Black.
Heraldry
Arms of the City of Norwich Gules a Castle triple-towered and domed Argent in base a Lion passant guardant Or.
Politics
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour (council NOC)
MPs:	Charles Clarke, Ian Gibson
Post Office and Telephone
Postcode:	NR
Dialling Code:	01603

Norwich (pronunciation (help·info); IPA ˈnɒrɪdʒ),^[1] is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk. Norwich is the name of several places: Norwich, England UK, source of many other location names. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (600x800, 11 KB) Summary Description: A blank map of the United Kingdom, with country outline and coastline; contact the author for help with modifications or add-ons Source: Reference map provided by Demis Mapper 6 Date: 2006-21-06 Author: User... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... Norfolk district File links The following pages link to this file: Norwich Categories: GFDL images ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005, unless otherwise stated, from the Office for National Statistics [1]. See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List... In heraldry, gules is the tincture with the colour red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called colours. In engraving, it is sometimes depicted as a region of vertical lines or else marked with gu. ... For other uses, see Argent (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lion (heraldry). ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... NOC can refer to: National Olympic Committee, a group eligible to enter athletes and teams into an Olympic Games. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... The Rt Hon. ... Ian Gibson (born 26 September 1938) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The NR postcode area, also known as the Norwich postcode area[2], is a group of postal districts around part of the East Anglia area of England. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... Historically, city status in England and Wales was associated with the presence of a cathedral, such as York Minster. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...

The suburban area expands far beyond its boundary, with extensive suburban areas outside the city on the western, northern and eastern sides, including Thorpe St. Andrew on the eastern side. The Parliamentary seats cross over into adjacent local government districts. 129,500 (2006 est) people live in the Norwich City Council area. Norwich is the fourth most densely populated Local Authority District within the Eastern Region with 3,319 people per square kilometre (8,592 per square mile). Thorpe St Andrew is a suburb of Norwich in Norfolk, England. ... Eastern Region may refer to: Eastern Region, Nigeria This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The Department for Communities and Local Government recently considered whether Norwich should become a unitary authority, separate from Norfolk County Council.^[2][3][4] It was not selected as one of the new creations in July 2007 as its proposals did not meet the strict criteria.^[5] The Department for Communities and Local Government is a United Kingdom government department. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...

History

Roman

The Romans had their regional capital at Venta Icenorum on the river to the south which is near modern-day Caistor St Edmund. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between 43 and 410. ... Venta Icenorum was the civitas[1] capital of the powerful and independent Iceni tribe, who inhabited the flatlands and marshes of Norfolk and earned immortality for their revolt against Roman rule under their queen Boudica (or Boadicea) in the winter of 61 CE. The Iceni had close ties with their... Caistor St Edmund is a village (population 270) on the River Tas, near Norwich, Norfolk, England. ...

Early English/Norman Conquest

There are two suggested models of development for Norwich. It is possible that three separate early Anglo-Saxon settlements, one on the north of the river and two either side on the south, joined together as they grew or that one Anglo-Saxon settlement, on the north of the river, emerged in the mid 7th century after the abandonment of the previous three. The ancient city was a thriving centre for trade and commerce in East Anglia in 1004 AD when it was raided and burnt by Swein Forkbeard the Viking. Mercian coins and shards of pottery from the Rhineland dating to the 8th century suggest that long distance trade was happening long before this. Between 924-939 AD Norwich became fully established as a town due to the fact that it had its own mint. The word Norvic appears on coins across Europe minted during this period, in the reign of King Athelstan. The Vikings were a strong cultural influence in Norwich for 40-50 years at the end of the 9th century, setting up an Anglo-Scandinavian district towards the north end of present day King Street. For other uses, see Anglo-Saxon. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ... Sweyn I, or Sweyn Forkbeard, (Danish: Svend Tveskæg, originally Tjugeskæg or Tyvskæg, Old Norse: Sveinn Tjúguskegg, Norwegian: Svein Tjugeskjegg), (??? – February 3, 1014), king of Denmark and England, a leading Viking warrior and the father of Canute the Great (Cnut I). ... Athelstan (c. ...

At the time of the Norman Conquest the city was one of the largest in England. The Domesday Book states that it had approximately twenty-five churches and a population of between five and ten thousand. It also records the site of an Anglo-Saxon church in Tombland, the site of the Saxon market place and the later Norman cathedral. Norwich continued to be a major centre for trade, the River Wensum being a convenient export route to the sea. Quern stones, and other artifacts, from Scandinavia and the Rhineland have been found during excavations in Norwich city centre which date from the 11th century onwards. Bayeux Tapestry depicting events leading to the Battle of Hastings The Norman Conquest of England was the conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy), in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and the subsequent Norman control of England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Norwich Cathedral: Spire and south transcept. ... A tree-lined section of the River Wensum as it flows through the city of Norwich, seen in July 2005. ...

The main area of Saxon settlement south of the Wensum was destroyed by the construction of the Norman castle (see Norwich Castle) during the 1070s. The Normans established a new focus of settlement around the Castle and the area to the west of it: this became known as the "New" or "French" borough, centred on the Norman's own Market Place which survives to the present day as the City's Provision Market. Norwich castle Norwich Castle ( ) was built in 1067 when William the Conqueror (c. ... Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century Decades: 1020s 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s - 1070s - 1080s 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s Years: 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 Significant Events and Trends: 1071 Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army. ...

In 1096, Herbert de Losinga, the Bishop of Thetford, began construction of Norwich Cathedral. The chief building material for the Cathedral was limestone, imported from Caen in Normandy. To transport the building stone to the cathedral site, a canal was cut from the river (from the site of present-day Pulls Ferry), all the way up to the east wall. Herbert de Losinga then moved his See there to what became the cathedral church for the Diocese of Norwich. The bishop of Norwich still signs himself Norvic. Bishop Herbert de Losinga was the first Bishop of Norwich. ... The Diocese of Norwich forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. ...

Middle Ages

By the middle of the 14th century the 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 1144, the Jews of Norwich were accused of ritual murder after a boy (William of Norwich) was found dead with stab wounds. This was the first incidence of blood libel in England. The story was turned into a cult, William acquiring the status of martyr and William was subsequently canonized. The cult of St. William attracted large numbers of pilgrims, bringing wealth to the local church. On February 6, 1190, all the Jews of Norwich were massacred except for a few who found refuge in the castle. Ritual murder is murder performed in a ritualistic fashion or on a basis of rituals. ... William of Norwich (1132? - March 1144) was an English boy who was supposedly ritually murdered by Jews. ... Blood libels are the accusations that Jews use human blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals. ... This article discusses the process of declaring saints. ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 16 - Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150-500 Jews in Cliffords Tower June 10 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. ...

The wealth generated by the wool trade throughout the Middle Ages financed the construction of many fine churches and Norwich still has more medieval churches than any other city in Western Europe north of the Alps. Throughout this period Norwich established wide-ranging trading links with other parts of Europe, its markets stretching from Scandinavia to Spain. Around this time, the city was made a county corporate and became capital of one of the most densely populated and prosperous counties of England. For other uses, see Wool (disambiguation). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... A county corporate or corporate county was a form of local government in England and Wales. ... The historic counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England. ...

The great immigration of 1567 brought a substantial Walloon community of weavers to Norwich. Norwich has been the home of various dissident minorities, notably the French Huguenot and the Belgian Walloon communities in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. These immigrants were known locally as 'Strangers'. The merchant's house - now a museum - which was their earliest base in the city is still known as 'Strangers' Hall'. It seems that the Strangers were integrated into the local community without a great deal of animosity, at least among the business fraternity who had the most to gain from their skills. The arrival of the Strangers in Norwich bolstered trade with mainland Europe, fostering a movement toward religious reform and radical politics in the city. During this time Norwich became the second largest city in the country second only to london The term Walloons (French: Wallons, Walloon: Walons) refers, in daily speech, to Belgians from Wallonia, roughly the southern half of the country. ... From the 16th to the 18th century the name Huguenot was applied to a member of the Protestant Reformed Church of France, historically known as the French Calvinists. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

English Civil Wars to Victorian Era

The eastern counties were profoundly Parliamentarian in nature and Norwich followed suit, at the cost of some discomfort to the Lord Mayor, a Royalist, and the bishop, Joseph Hall, a moderate but targeted because of his position. Joseph Hall (July 1, 1574 - September 8, 1656), English bishop and satirist, was born at Bristow park, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, on the 1st of July 1574. ...

The Norwich Canary was first introduced into England by Flemish refugees fleeing from Spanish persecution in the 1500s. They brought with them not only advanced techniques in textile working but also their pet canaries, which they began to breed locally. The canary is the emblem of the city's football team, Norwich City F.C., nicknamed "The Canaries". Binomial name Serinus canaria (Linnaeus, 1758) The Canary (Serinus canaria) sometimes called the Island Canary, Wild Canary or Atlantic Canary, is a small bird in the finch family. ... Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen) are inhabitants of Flanders in the widest sense of the term, i. ... The decade of years from 1500 to 1509, inclusive. ... Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. ...

In 1797 Thomas Bignold, a 36-year-old wine merchant and banker, founded the first Norwich Union Society. Some years earlier, when he moved from Kent to Norwich, Bignold had been unable to find anyone willing to insure him against the threat from highwaymen. With the entrepreneurial thought that nothing was impossible, and aware that in a city built largely of wood the threat of fire was uppermost in people's minds, Bignold formed the "Norwich Union Society for the Insurance of Houses, Stock and Merchandise from Fire". The new business, which became known as the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Office, was a "mutual" enterprise. Norwich Union was later to become the country's largest insurance giant. Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. ...

Until the industrial revolution, as the capital of England's most populous and prosperous county, Norwich vied with Bristol as England's second city.

Norwich's 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. The railway was introduced to Norwich by Morton Peto, who also built the line to Great Yarmouth. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sir Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet (August 4, 1809 – November 13, 1889) was an English entrepreneur in the 19th century. ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ...

From 1808 to 1814 Norwich hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ...

20th century

In the early part of the 20th century Norwich still had several major manufacturing industries. Among these were the manufacture of shoes (for example the Start-rite brand), clothing, joinery, and structural engineering as well as aircraft design and manufacture. Important employers included Boulton & Paul, Barnards (inventors of machine produced wire netting), and electrical engineers Laurence Scott and Electromotors. Boulton Paul Defiant Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that operated between 1914 and 1961. ... A chain link fence. ...

Norwich also has a long association with chocolate manufacture, primarily through the local firm of Caley's, which began as a manufacturer and bottler of mineral water and later diversified into making chocolate and Christmas crackers. Caley's was acquired by Mackintosh in the 1930s. It merged with Rowntree's in 1969 to become Rowntree-Mackintosh; it finally was bought by Nestlé and closed down in 1996 with all operations moved to York, ending a 120-year association with Norwich. The factory existed on the site of what is now the Chapelfield development. Caley's chocolate has since made a reappearance as a brand, and is still produced in Norwich. The Christmas cracker is an integral part of British Christmas celebrations. ... Rowntrees is a historic brand of Nestlé SA that is used to market a range of fruit gums and pastilles formerly owned by Rowntree Mackintosh. ... This article is about the company. ... York shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state Constituent country Region Yorkshire and the Humber Ceremonial county North Yorkshire Admin HQ York City Centre Founded 71 City Status 71 Government  - Type Unitary Authority, City  - Governing body City of York Council  - Leadership: Leader & Executive  - Executive: Liberal Democrat  - MPs: Hugh Bayley (L) John...

HMSO, once the official publishing and stationery arm of the British government and one of the largest print buyers, printers and suppliers of office equipment in the UK, moved most of its operations from London to Norwich in the 1970s. Her Majestys Stationery Office (usually abbreviated as HMSO) is part of the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. ...

Jarrolds, established in 1810, was a well-known printer and publisher. Jarrolds is a large, family run department store in Norwich. ...

Norwich suffered extensive bomb damage during World War II, affecting large parts of the old city centre and Victorian terrace housing around the centre. Industry and the rail infrastructure also suffered. The heaviest raids occurred on the nights of 27/28th and 29/30 April 1942; as part of the Baedeker raids (so called because Baedeker's series of tourist guides to the British Isles were used to select propaganda rich targets of cultural and historic significance rather than strategic importance). Lord Haw-Haw made reference to the imminent destruction of Norwich's new City Hall (completed in 1938), although in the event it survived unscathed. Significant targets hit included the Morgan's Brewery building, Colman's Wincarnis works, City Station, the Mackintosh chocolate factory, and shopping areas including St. Stephen's Street, St. Benedict's Street, the site of Bonds department store and Curls department store (now Debenhams). Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of reprisal raids for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of Lübeck during World War II, which was being used to supply the Russian front. ... Lord Haw-Haw was the nickname of several announcers on the English language propaganda radio programme Germany Calling, broadcast by Nazi German radio to audiences in Great Britain on the mediumwave station Radio Hamburg and by shortwave to the United States. ... Debenhams plc (LSE: DEB) is a retailer with a chain of department stores based in the United Kingdom, and franchised stores in a number of other countries. ...

Economy

Shopping

Norwich Market (before renovation)

Norwich Market (after renovation)

Norwich was the eighth most prosperous shopping destination in the UK in 2006.^[6] Norwich has an ancient market place, established by the Normans between 1071 and 1074, which is today the largest six-days-a-week open-air market in England. The market has recently been downsized and undergone redevelopment, and the new market stalls have proved controversial: with 20% less floorspace than the original stalls, higher rental and other charges, and inadequate rainwater handling, they have been unpopular with many stallholders and customers alike. Indeed, the local Norwich Evening News characterises Norwich Market as an ongoing conflict between the market traders and Norwich City Council, which operates the market.^[7] Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1035 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1035 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links New_norwich_market. ... Image File history File links New_norwich_market. ... The Norwich Evening News is a daily newspaper for Norwich city and the surrounding suburbs and outlying towns, and is published by Archant. ...

The Mall Norwich (Castle Mall until 2007), a shopping mall designed by local practice Lambert, Scott & Innes and opened in 1993, presents an ingenious solution to the problem of sensitively accommodating new retail space in a historic city-centre environment - the building is largely concealed underground and built into the side of a hill, with a public park created on its roof in the area south of the Castle.

The new Chapelfield shopping mall has been built on the site where the Caleys (later Rowntree Mackintosh and Nestlé) chocolate factory once stood. Chapelfield opened in September 2005, and is described as 'a major new shopping experience', featuring a new flagship department store House of Fraser. Detractors have criticised Chapelfield as unnecessary and damaging to local businesses; its presence has prompted smaller retailers to band together to promote the virtues of independent shops. Despite this in August 2006 it was reported by the Javelin Group that Norwich was one of the top five retail destinations in the UK,^[8] and in October 2006 the city centre was voted the best in the UK, in a shopping satisfaction survey run by Goldfish Credit Card.^[9] Chapelfield is a large indoor shopping mall located on the edge of Norwich town centre, on the site previously occupied by the Caleys (later Rowntree Mackintosh and Nestlé) chocolate factory. ... Rowntrees is now a brand of Nestlé SA that is used to market a range of fruit gums and pastilles formerly owned by Rowntree Mackintosh. ... This article is about the company. ... House of Fraser is a British department store group with 61 stores (July 2007) across the UK and Ireland. ... Look up credit card in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Business

Norwich City Hall

The city's economy, originally chiefly industrial with shoemaking a large sector, has changed throughout the eighties and nineties to a service-based economy. Norwich Union, an Aviva company, still dominates these, but has been joined by other insurance and financial services companies. Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1069 KB)GNU-FDL (own photo) File links The following pages link to this file: Norwich ... Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1069 KB)GNU-FDL (own photo) File links The following pages link to this file: Norwich ... Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. ... Aviva plc (LSE: AV.) is the worlds fifth-largest insurance group, the biggest insurance group in the UK and the second-largest insurance group in Canada. ...

New developments on the former Boulton and Paul site include the Riverside entertainment complex with nightclubs and other venues featuring the usual national leisure brands. Nearby, the football stadium is being upgraded with more residential property development alongside the river Wensum. For the post 1934 aircraft manufacturer, see Boulton Paul Aircraft Boulton Paul was a British general manufacturer from Norwich that became involved in aircraft manufacture. ...

Archant, formerly known as Eastern Counties Newspapers (ECN) is a national publishing group that has grown out of the city's local newspaper, the Norwich Evening News and the regional Eastern Daily Press (EDP). Archant is a publishing company, based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. ... The Norwich Evening News is a daily newspaper for Norwich city and the surrounding suburbs and outlying towns, and is published by Archant. ... The Eastern Daily Press is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, and northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK. Originally a broadsheet, it changed to compact (tabloid) format in the mid-1990s. ...

Norwich 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. Colman's is now been exported world wide by its parent company Unilever (Unilever UK Export) putting Norwich on the map of British heritage brands. You also can find the Colman's gift shop in the centre of Norwich which sells all kind of Colman's related products. Mustard on bread. ... Colmans English Mustard jar Colmans is a UK manufacturer of mustard, based in Norwich, Norfolk. ... Unilever is a widely listed [2] [3] multi-national corporation, formed of Anglo-Dutch parentage, that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ...

Culture

The University of East Anglia on the outskirts of Norwich was one of the so-called plate glass universities founded in 1963, following the Robbins Report. UEA adopted the city's motto of independence Do different and is especially well-known for its creative writing programme; established by Malcolm Bradbury and Angus Wilson, its graduates including Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan. The university campus houses the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. The city also has an art college, the Norwich School of Art & Design, located in the city centre. Additionally, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on the city's periphery at Colney was opened in 2001. UEA redirects here. ... The University of Yorks Central Hall is an example of plate glass architectural design. ... The Robbins Report was a British government-commissioned report into the future of higher education in the country. ... Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury (September 7, 1932 – November 27, 2000) was a British author and academic. ... Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (August 11, 1913-1991) was a British novelist and short story writer. ... Kazuo Ishiguro (カズオ・イシグロ Kazuo Ishiguro, originally 石黒一雄 Ishiguro Kazuo, born November 8, 1954) is a British author of Japanese origin. ... Ian McEwan CBE (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist. ... The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich in the United Kingdom. ... Norwich School of Art & Design is a higher education specialist art and design college, based on a single site in the centre of Norwich, in the United Kingdom. ... Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is a National Health Service teaching hospital situated along the B1108 on the southwestern outskirts of Norwich, Norfolk. ... Colney St Andrew Colney is a village in the western outskirts of Norwich in Norfolk, England. ...

Norwich City skyline

Norwich Theatre Royal has been on its present site for nearly 250 years, the Act of Parliament in the tenth year of the reign of George II having been rescinded in 1761. The 1300-seat theatre hosts a mix of national touring productions including musicals, dance, drama, family shows, stand-up comedians, opera and pop. Download high resolution version (1592x816, 158 KB)Norwich UK city skyline, taken from Mousehold Heath, February 2004 by me Martin Richards File links The following pages link to this file: Norwich User:Bluemoose/images Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (1592x816, 158 KB)Norwich UK city skyline, taken from Mousehold Heath, February 2004 by me Martin Richards File links The following pages link to this file: Norwich User:Bluemoose/images Categories: GFDL images ...

Each year the Norfolk and Norwich Festival celebrates the arts, drawing many visitors into the city from all over eastern England. The Norwich Twenty Group, founded in 1944, presents exhibitions of its members to promote awareness of modern art. Arts and music festival centred on Norwich in East Anglia. ...

The Forum, designed by Michael Hopkins and Partners and opened in 2002 is a building designed to house the Millennium Library, a replacement for the Norwich Central Library building which burned down in 1994, and the regional headquarters and television centre for BBC East. The building provides a venue for exhibitions, concerts and events, although the city still lacks a dedicated concert venue. The Forum, Norwich The Forum is a modern library and information centre located in the heart of Norwich, Norfolk. ... Wellcome Trust building on Euston Road Sir Michael Hopkins CBE (b. ... The Millennium Library (251 Donald St. ... BBC East is the BBC English Region that produces local television and radio programming for Norfolk, Suffolk, northern Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, southern Northamptonshire andBuckinghamshire. ... Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience, a temporary presentation of art. ... A concert comprises a performance, usually involving some degree of formality, and particularly a performance featuring music. ...

The Forum, housing (among other things) the Millennium Library and the BBC's Eastern England News Rooms

The Millennium Library contains the 2nd Air Division Memorial Library, a collection of material about American culture and the American relationship with East Anglia, especially the role of the United States Air Force on UK air bases throughout the Second World War and Cold War. Much of the collection was lost in the 1994 fire, but the collection has been restored by contributions from many veterans of the war, both European and American. Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1078 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 1078 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Second Air Division came into being following the reorganisation of the 8th USAAF Bomber Command as the Eighth Air Force. ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

Recent attempts to shed the backwater image of Norwich and market it as a popular tourist destination, as well as a centre for science, commerce, culture and the arts, have included the refurbishment of the Norwich Castle Museum and the opening of the Forum. The proposed new slogan for Norwich, England's Other City, has been the subject of much discussion and controversy - and it remains to be seen whether it will be finally adopted. A number of signs at the approaches to the city still display the traditional phrase - "Norwich - a fine city." Tourist redirects here. ... Norwich castle Norwich Castle ( ) was built in 1067 when William the Conqueror (c. ...

Media

Satirical comedian Steve Coogan decided to base his unbearably vain, cheesy broadcaster character 'Alan Partridge' in Norfolk, specifically hosting the pre-breakfast show on the fictitious independent station 'Radio Norwich'. It exploited the county's reputation as being somewhat detached from modern trends, past its prime, and rather peripheral to national life. Since then Radio Norwich has ceased to be a fictitious station - it began broadcasting in 2006 - although not surprisingly "Up With The Partridge" does not feature in its schedule. Stephen John Steve Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. ... Information Gender Male Date of birth April 2, 1955 ) Occupation Radio and Television Broadcaster Portrayed by Steve Coogan Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional television and radio presenter portrayed by English comedian Steve Coogan. ...

Other comic entertainers who have drawn comedy from that stereotype include Allan Smethurst 'The Singing Postman' and The Kipper Family lately represented by 'son' Sid Kipper, though these are associated with Norfolk in general and not just the City. These have been joined by The Nimmo Twins. Allan Smethurst (November 19, 1927 - December 23, 1990), aka The Singing Postman was an English postman and singer. ... Sid Kipper is the nom de plume of Chris Sugden, a Norfolk humorist. ... Sid Kipper is the nom de plume of Chris Sugden, a Norfolk humorist. ... The Nimmo Twins are a sketch comedy duo from The United Kingdom. ...

Independent radio stations include Radio Broadland (formerly Broadland 102), Classic Gold Amber, and new station 99.9 Radio Norwich which was launched at the end of June 2006. BBC Radio Norfolk and the University of East Anglia's Livewire 1350 also broadcast to the city. Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub ... Radio Broadland (formerly Broadland 102) is part of the GCap Media national radio network. ... 99. ... BBC Radio Norfolk is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Norfolk, broadcasting since 11 September 1980. ...

There is also a thriving Community Radio station which has recently become Norwich's newest independent broadcaster. Called Future Radio and broadcasting on 96.9 FM, it launched on August 6, 2007. is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

England Under-21s at Carrow Road.

Norwich has a thriving music scene based around local venues such as the University of East Anglia, Norwich Arts Centre, The Waterfront, The Queen Charlotte and the Marquee. The city is host to many artists that have achieved national and international recognition such as Goober Patrol, Bearsuit, Cord, Tim Bowness, Sennen, Magoo, KaitO, Mantoid, Teknikov and The Sadtowns. There are also some established record labels in Norwich such as Hungry Audio, Burning Shed, MQ Projects, Wilde Club Records and Mummy Where's The Milkman. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 1024 pixel, file size: 337 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The England national under-21 football team prepare for a free kick in a friendly against Slovakia at Carrow Road in Norwich, England on June 5... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 750 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 1024 pixel, file size: 337 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The England national under-21 football team prepare for a free kick in a friendly against Slovakia at Carrow Road in Norwich, England on June 5... First International England U-21 0-0 Wales U-21 (Molineux, Wolverhampton; December 15, 1976) Biggest win England U-21 8-1 Finland U-21 (Boothferry Park, Hull; October 12, 1977) Biggest defeat Romania U-21 4-0 England U-21 (Ploieşti, Romania; October 14, 1980) & England U-21... Carrow Road is a British football stadium in Norwich, England. ... UEA redirects here. ... Norwich Arts Centreis a live music venue, concert hall and theatre located in St. ... Bearsuit are an indie band from Norwich, UK. They currently release records on the Fantastic Plastic and Fortuna Pop! labels in the UK and Micro Indie in the US. They have also released records under their own Bearslut label, and many of their 7 inch singles were released through the... Cord (often written as C/O/R/D) are a four-piece band from Norfolk, UK. // Band Members James Leeds - Vocals and Guitar Phil Davison - Drums Mike Jackson - Guitar Andrew Walsh - Bass Discography Albums Other peoples lives are not as perfect as they seem Singles Winter Go Either Way... Tim Bowness (from Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England, born, November 29th, 1963) is a singer/songwriter primarily known for his work as part of the band No-Man, a long-term project with Porcupine Trees Steven Wilson. ... Magoo are an indie rock band who formed in Norfolk, England in 1992. ... Kaito can mean different things: Kaito, a UK indie band, also known as Kaito UK. Kaito, a Japanese techno artist. ... Hungry Audio is a Norwich/London based independent record label whos roster includes The Telescopes, Sennen, The Walk Off, The Aprons, Stuffy / The Fuses, My favorite and Master Solo. ... Burning Shed is an independent record label established in 2001 by musicians Tim Bowness and Lord Peter Chilvers, in association with duplication company manager, Pete Morgan. ...

Sport

Norwich North Stars (2008)

The principal local football team is Norwich City F.C., also known as the Canaries (majority-owned by celebrity chef Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones); their ground is at Carrow Road. They have a strong East Anglian rivalry with Ipswich Town F.C.. Norwich City are not to be confused with Norwich United F.C. who actually play their games at Plantation Park, Blofield some 5 miles east of the city. Norwich also has an athletics club called City of Norwich AC (CoNAC), rugby club, the Norwich Lions and four hockey clubs, Norwich City Hockey Club, Norwich Union Hockey Club, Norfolk Nomads Hockey Club and the Veterans only side Norwich Exiles. Soccer redirects here. ... Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries) is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. ... Delia Smith OBE (born 18 June 1941) is an English television chef, known for her interest in food and teaching basic cookery. ... Carrow Road is a British football stadium in Norwich, England. ... Ipswich Town Football Club (also known as Ipswich, The Blues, Town or The Tractor Boys) are an English professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. ... Norwich United F.C. is a football club based in Norwich, England. ... Blofield is a village civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. ...

Outside the city boundary, the Norfolk Ski and Snowboarding club is located at Whitlingham Lane, Trowse the club has currently a membership of 5000[1].Close by at Whitlingham is the 280 acre Whitlingham Country Park. The Great Broad is home to the Whitlingham Outdoor Education Centre[2]. The city is also home to the large number of sports clubs that belong to the University of East Anglia. Trowse is a village in South Norfolk which lies about 1½ miles (2½ km) south-east of Norwich city centre on the banks of the River Yare. ... Whitlingham is a small churchless parish, 3 miles E. by S. of Norwich, on the south side of the river Yare. ...

Norwich also has its own ice hockey team, the Norwich North Stars. The recreational team, made up of novices and semi-pros, was started in November 2006 by goalkeeper Nicholas Simoes.^[10] Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

Speedway racing was staged in Norwich both before and after WWII at The Firs Stadium in Holt Road. The Norwich Stars raced in the Northern League of 1946 and the National League Division Two 1947 - 1951 (winners 1951). They were elevated to National League Division One in 1952 and raced at the top flight until the stadium was closed at the end of the 1964 season.^[11] One meeting was staged at a venue at Hevingham but the event, staged without an official permit, did not lead to a revival of the sport in the Norwich area.

Perception

Norwich is sometimes portrayed in the UK media as a place which is remote, unsophisticated, gauche, and out-of-step with national trends (see Alan Partridge). This is perhaps primarily due to its geographical isolation, and an identification of Norwich as the epitome of Norfolk, a largely rural county. However, Norwich was the second city of England (after London) for several centuries before industrialisation, which came late to Norwich due to its isolation. Information Gender Male Date of birth April 2, 1955 ) Occupation Radio and Television Broadcaster Portrayed by Steve Coogan Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional television and radio presenter portrayed by English comedian Steve Coogan. ...

Despite this perception, Norwich has a long history of political radicalism and is by no means a conservative city. With 10 seats, Norwich City Council has a significant proportion of Green Party councillors. The largest number of seats, however, is held by the Labour Party with 15; the Liberal Democrats are in second place with 11. The Conservative Party is currently in fourth place with 3 councillors. The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) is the principal Green political party in England and Wales. ...

In November 2006 the city was voted the greenest in the UK.^[12]

According to the 2001 census, 27.8% of respondents in Norwich stated that they were of "no religion", the highest percentage in England.^[13]

There has always been a general tolerance of "incomers" by the "native" population of Norwich and Norfolk, though becoming a "local" is still reckoned to take decades. There are good rail links from Norwich railway station to Peterborough and London, and direct services to Cambridge were added in 2004. A DBSO approaching Norwich station Norwich railway station is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in Norfolk. ... This article is about the city in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the city in England. ...

A large proportion of the population of Norwich are users of the Internet. A recent article has suggested that, compared with other UK cities, it is top of the league for the percentage of population who use the popular Internet auction site eBay.^[14] The city has also unveiled the biggest free Wi-Fi network in the UK, which opened in July 2006.^[15] Open Link will be undergoing essential work during august^[16] This article is about the online auction center. ... Official Wi-Fi logo Wi-Fi (pronounced wye-fye, IPA: ) is a wireless technology brand owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance intended to improve the interoperability of wireless local area network products based on the IEEE 802. ... Norfolk Open Link is the free wireless service offered by Norwich City Council in Norwich. ...

In August 2007 Norwich was shortlisted as one of nine finalists its population group for the International Awards for Liveable Communities | LivCom Awards

Transport

Norwich railway station

Norwich Bus Station

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Road

Norwich sits astride the A47 (bypassed to the south of the city) which connects it with Great Yarmouth to the east and with Kings Lynn to the west, which ultimately connects to Peterborough. At present the A47 is in the planning stages of upgrades, largely to sections which are still single-carriageway and with much focus on improving the road network in conjunction with the in-construction Great Yarmouth Harbour. Norwich is linked to Cambridge via the A11, which leads to the M11 motorway for London and the M25. It is linked to Ipswich (to the south) by the A140 and to Lowestoft (to the south-east) by the A146. Norwich is currently the largest population centre in the UK not to be connected to any other centre by an unbroken dual carriageway. The A47 is a trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth (although most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton has been reclassified as the B4114). ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ... Kings Lynn is a medium-sized town in Norfolk, England on the River Great Ouse. ... This article is about the city in the United Kingdom. ... The A47 is a trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth (although most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton has been reclassified as the B4114). ... This article is about the city in England. ... The A11 is a major road in England. ... This page is about the M11 motorway in England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... For other uses, see Ipswich (disambiguation). ... // The A140 is a road in the United Kingdom running from the A14 near Ipswich northward to A149 south of Cromer. ... , Lowestoft (pronouned IPA: /loʊs tɔft, -tɒft, -təf/) is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea. ... The A146 is a road that runs between two of East Anglias largest population centres - Norwich in Norfolk and Lowestoft in Suffolk. ... This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ...

Rail

Rail links to the rest of the country are via London Liverpool Street Station and Peterborough. Local lines also run to destinations including Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Sheringham and Cambridge. Norwich formerly had three stations running to a number of other local destinations, but now the rail terminus is at Thorpe Station. Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ... , Lowestoft (pronouned IPA: /loʊs tɔft, -tɒft, -təf/) is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea. ... Sheringham from the mound Sheringham is a seaside town (population 7143[1]) in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer. ... A DBSO approaching Norwich station Norwich railway station is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in Norfolk. ...

Current Station

• Norwich Thorpe railway station

Closed Stations

• Norwich City railway station
• Norwich Victoria railway station

Bus and coach

Norwich is served by many bus operators. The main bus operator is First Eastern Counties with their Overground network served by low floor buses and other routes served with a mixture of low floor and standard floor vehicles. Destinations throughout Norfolk are served and some beyond including Peterborough, Lowestoft and Thetford. National Express also run ten coaches a day to Stansted Airport, five a day to London, and one a day to Birmingham. Most bus and coach services, run from Norwich bus station in Surrey Street. First Eastern Counties is a major bus operator in Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England. ... This article is about the city in the United Kingdom. ... , Lowestoft (pronouned IPA: /loʊs tɔft, -tɒft, -təf/) is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea. ... Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland area of Norfolk, England. ... National Express coach on route 561 National Express is the brand under which the majority of long distance bus and coach services in the United Kingdom are marketed, and also the company that manages this network and operates some of the services. ... Terminal building, designed by Sir Norman Foster Stansted Airport is a medium-sized passenger airport with a single runway, located in the English county of Essex about thirty miles north of London. ... This article is about the British city. ... Norwich Bus Station Norwich bus station is situated in Surrey Street Norwich, it is served by 6 local bus companies (Konectbus, Saunders, Neaves, Norfolk Green, Simmonds and First) as well as National Express and the open top Norwich Tour bus, a converted routemaster. ...

Park and Ride

As of 2005, Norwich had the biggest Park and Ride operation in the UK. Run by Norfolk County Council it runs from six purpose-built sites into Norwich bus station using colour-coded buses: a park-and-ride bus in Oxford Park and ride terminals are public transport stations that allow commuters to drive short distances in their personal automobiles to catch a ride on a bus or railroad system (usually classified as light rail or the heavier commuter rail). ...

• Norwich Airport (off the A140) to the north via Aylsham Road; 620 spaces, yellow buses.
• Sprowston (off the A1151) to the northeast via Wroxham Road; 788 spaces, purple buses.
• Postwick (off the A47) to the east via Thorpe Road; 525 spaces, red buses.
• Harford (off the A140) to the south via Ipswich Road; 1088 spaces, blue buses.
• Thickthorn (of the A11) to the southwest via Newmarket Road; 786 spaces, pink buses.
• Costessey (off the A47) to the west via Dereham Road; 110 spaces, green buses.

Altogether nearly 5000 parking spaces are provided and in 2006 3.4 million passengers used the service. Services begin running into the city at 06:40 Monday to Friday, with the last buses returning from 19:25 (20:30 on Thursday). The control tower at Norwich International Airport Norwich International Airport (IATA: NWI, ICAO: EGSH) also just Norwich Airport, is an airport 2. ... // The A140 is a road in the United Kingdom running from the A14 near Ipswich northward to A149 south of Cromer. ... Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in North Norfolk, England. ... Sprowston (oftern refered to as SPT by the youth of the area) is a suburban village (population 14027) bordering Norwich in Norfolk, England. ... The A1151 is an A-class road, running entirely in Norfolk, England. ... The Coltishall side of Wroxham Bridge Wroxham is a small town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. ... Postwick with Witton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, comprising the two nearby villages of Postwick and Witton. ... The A47 is a trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth (although most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton has been reclassified as the B4114). ... Harford may refer to: In the United States: Harford, New York Harford County, Maryland In the United Kingdom: Harford, Carmarthenshire Harford, Devon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... // The A140 is a road in the United Kingdom running from the A14 near Ipswich northward to A149 south of Cromer. ... For other uses, see Ipswich (disambiguation). ... The A11 is a major road in England. ... Newmarket is a market town in the English county of Suffolk,approximately 65 miles (105 kilometres) north of London, which has grown and become famous because of its connection with race horses and Thoroughbred horse racing at Newmarket Racecourse. ... Costessey (pronounced ) is a parish situated 4 miles west of Norwich in Norfolk, England. ... The A47 is a trunk road in England linking Birmingham to Great Yarmouth (although most of the section between Birmingham and Nuneaton has been reclassified as the B4114). ... Dereham, also known as East Dereham, is a town in Norfolk, England. ...

Air

Norwich International Airport is a feeder to KLM's Schiphol hub. FlyBe, Air Southwest, Eastern Airways, and Bristow Helicopters all serve Norwich, in addition to a strong holiday charter flight business. The airport was originally the airfield part of the former RAF Horsham St Faith. One of the former RAF hangars was once the home of Air UK, which grew out of Air Anglia and was then absorbed by the Dutch airline KLM. The control tower at Norwich International Airport Norwich International Airport (IATA: NWI, ICAO: EGSH) also just Norwich Airport, is an airport 2. ... KLM can also refer to KLM (Human Computer Interaction) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is an airline subsidiary of Air France-KLM based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ... Schiphol (IATA: AMS, ICAO: EHAM) (municipality Haarlemmermeer) is the Netherlands main airport. ... Flybe is a British airline based at Exeter Airport, England. ... Air Southwest is an airline based at Plymouth City Airport, Plymouth, England. ... Eastern Airways is an airline based at Humberside International Airport, United Kingdom. ... Bristow Helicopters is a British helicopter airline based at Aberdeen Airport, Scotland. ... RAF redirects here. ... Horsham St. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Air Anglia was a regional British airline formed in 1970, based at Norwich Airport. ...

Bicycle

National Cycle Route 1 passes through Norwich, linking Beccles and Fakenham (and eventually Dover and the Shetland Islands!). A map of cycle routes in and around Norwich is available here The first section of the NCN to be built was the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, opened in 1984. ... The first section of the NCN to be built was the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, opened in 1984. ... Map sources for Beccles at grid reference TM4290 Beccles is a market town in Suffolk within The Broads National Park. ... Fakenham is a town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. ... , Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. ... The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

Water

The River Yare is navigable from the sea at Great Yarmouth all the way to Trowse, south of the city. From there the River Wensum is navigable into Norwich, and is crossed by the Novi Sad Friendship Bridge. Scheduled trips through the city and out to the nearby Broads are run by City Boats from outside Norwich Station and also Elm Hill. The River Yare is a river on the Suffolk Broads in The Broads National Park in England. ... Great Yarmouth, often known to locals simply as Yarmouth, is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ... A tree-lined section of the River Wensum as it flows through the city of Norwich, seen in July 2005. ... Novi Sad Friendship Bridge is a cable footbridge which spans the River Wensum in Norwich, England. ... Look up broad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Tourism

Norwich Cathedral.

Elm Hill.

Cow Tower

Norwich is a popular destination for a city break; attractions include Norwich Cathedral, the cobbled streets and museums of old Norwich, The Castle, Cow Tower Dragon Hall and The Forum. Norwich is also one of the UK's top ten shopping destinations, with a mix of chain retailers and independent stores as well as one of the largest outdoor markets in England. It is currently ranked the 147th biggest city in Europe.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 189 KB) Norwich Cathedral Photo taken by Mark Oakden of TourNorfolk for the Norwich online guided tour at www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 189 KB) Norwich Cathedral Photo taken by Mark Oakden of TourNorfolk for the Norwich online guided tour at www. ... Norwich Cathedral: Spire and south transcept. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 177 KB) Elm Hill in Norwich Photo taken by Mark Oakden of TourNorfolk for the Norwich online guided tour at www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 177 KB) Elm Hill in Norwich Photo taken by Mark Oakden of TourNorfolk for the Norwich online guided tour at www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 2. ... Norwich Cathedral: Spire and south transcept. ... Norwich castle Norwich Castle ( ) was built in 1067 when William the Conqueror (c. ... Cow Tower is an historic military tower which stands by the River Wensum in Norwich, Norfolk. ... Dragon Hall is a medieval building located in King Street, Norwich, Norfolk close to the River Wensum. ... The Forum, Norwich The Forum is a modern library and information centre located in the heart of Norwich, Norfolk. ...

Travellers' comments

In 1507 the poet John Skelton (1460–1529) wrote of two destructive fires in his Lament for the City of Norwich. Year 1507 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... John Skelton (c. ...

All life is brief, and frail all man's estate. City, farewell: I mourn thy cruel fate.

Thomas Fuller in his The Worthies of England described the City in 1662 as - Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller (1608–August 16, 1661) was an English churchman and historian. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ...

Either a city in an orchard or an orchard in a city, so equally are houses and trees blended in it, so that the pleasure of the country and the populousness of the city meet here together. Yet in this mixture, the inhabitants participate nothing of the rusticalness of the one, but altogether the urbanity and civility of the other.

Celia Fiennes (1662–1741) visited Norwich in 1698 and described it as Celia Fiennes (7 June 1642 - 10 April 1741) was an English traveller. ...

a city walled full round of towers, except on the river side which serves as a wall; they seem the best in repair of any walled city I know.

She also records that held in the City three times a year were-

great fairs...to which resort a vast concourse of people and wares a full trade.

Norwich being a rich, thriving industrious place full of weaving, knitting and dyeing.

Daniel Defoe in his Tour of the whole Island of Great Britain (1724) wrote of the City- Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] â€“ April 24 [?], 1731)[1] was a British writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ...

the inhabitants being all busy at their manufactures, dwell in their garrets at their looms, in their combing-shops, so they all them, twisting-mills, and other work-houses; almost all the works they are employed in being done within doors.

John Evelyn (1620–1706) Royalist, Traveller and Diarist wrote to Sir Thomas Browne- John Evelyn. ... Sir Thomas Browne (October 19, 1605 - October 19, 1682) was an English author of varied works that disclose his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. ...

I hear Norwich is a place very much addicted to the flowery part.

He visited the City as a courtier to King Charles II in 1671 and described it thus - Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ...

The suburbs are large, the prospect sweet, and other amenities, not omitting the flower-garden, which all the Inhabitants excel in of this City, the fabric of stuffs, which affords the Merchants, and brings a vast trade to this populous Town.

George Borrow in his semi-autobiographical novel Lavengro (1851) wrote of Norwich as- George Borrow George Henry Borrow (1803-1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues based on his own experiences around Europe. ...

A fine old city, perhaps the most curious specimen at present extant of the genuine old English Town. ..There it spreads from north to south, with its venerable houses, its numerous gardens, its thrice twelve churches, its mighty mound....There is an old grey castle on top of that mighty mound: and yonder rising three hundred feet above the soil, from amongst those noble forest trees, behold that old Norman master-work, that cloud-enriched cathedral spire ...Now who can wonder that the children of that fine old city are proud, and offer up prayers for her prosperity?

Borrow wrote far less favourably of the City in his translation of Faust- For other uses, see Faust (disambiguation). ...

They found the people of the place modelled after so unsightly a pattern, with such ugly figures and flat features that the devil owned he had never seen them equalled, except by the inhabitants of an English town, called Norwich, when dressed in their Sunday's best.

In 1812, Andrew Robertson wrote to the painter Constable- For the painter, see John Constable. ...

I arrived here a week ago and find it a place where the arts are very much cultivated....some branches of knowledge, chemistry, botany, etc. are carried to a great length. General literature seems to be pursued with an ardour which is astonishing when we consider that it does not contain a university, as is merely a manufacturing town.

In 1962, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner stated in his North-West Norfolk and Norwich volume of The Buildings of England that Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ... Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...

Norwich is distinguished by a prouder sense of civic responsibility than any other town of about the same size in Britain

praising its monumental and bravely modernist City Hall.

Notable residents

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Throughout its history, Norwich has been associated with radical politics, nonconformist religion, political dissent and liberalism. Between 1790 and 1840, many of the famous names associated with the City flourished. These include: Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Prose is writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to everyday speech. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... A nonconformist is an English or Welsh Protestant of any non-Anglican denomination, chiefly advocating religious liberty. ... Individual rights Free speech, free press Soap box, Speakers corner (Hyde Park), blog (weblog) prior restraint, censorship, self-censorship, censor Right to assembly Gay rights, Stonewall Feminism, ERA, equal pay, Title IX Famous political dissenters Gandhi Steve Biko Nelson Mandela Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ...

• Michael Andrews (artist) (1928-1995)
• Elizabeth Bentley 1767-1839.Authoress wrote " Tales for Children in Verse".Lived at 45 St Stephen's Square.
• George Borrow (1803–1881), writer and traveller. In his youth Borrow was resident at Willow Lane. He attended the Norwich King Edward school. Borrow recollects his youth in the city and conversations with the philologist and translator of German Romantic literature, William Taylor in his semi-autobiographical novel Lavengro.
• Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). medical doctor, polymath scholar, encyclopedist and philosopher with interests in Biblical scholarship and the esoteric. The stylistic purity and stupendous learning displayed in Browne's varied prose in the spheres of religion, science and art are minor classics of World literature.
• Edith Cavell (1865–1915) was born in Swardeston, 4 miles south of Norwich. She was a World War I nurse who was executed by firing squad by the Germans for helping allied prisoners escape in violation of military law. She is buried on Life's Green, on the east side of Norwich Cathedral.
• William Calthorpe who purchased in, 1447, as a town house, Erpingham manor in St.Martin's at the Palace, Norwich.
• John Crome and Joseph Stannard, along with John Sell Cotman, established the first art movement outside of London. The Norwich school of painters were influenced by the achievements of Dutch landscape painting and the beauty of the rural hinterland surrounding Norwich.
• William Crotch (1775–1847). Composer, artist and teacher. Norwich's Mozart. He gave daily public organ recitals aged two and a half. Crotch played God Save the King before the King aged three. He had performed at every major town in England and Scotland by the age of seven. Crotch became Organist of Christ Church, Oxford and for fifty years he was Oxford's Professor of Music. Unlike Mozart, however, his precocious musical talents failed to mature to genius.
• Pablo Fanque (1796–1871). The first Black Circus Proprietor in Britain was born in the city.
• Elizabeth Fry (1780–1845). The prison reformer and leading Quaker was born in Gurney Court in Magdalen Street and was one of several philanthropists associated with the city. Her portrait is upon the Series E (2005) Bank of England £5 note.
• Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847) was a banker and philanthropist who worked with his sister Elizabeth Fry (see above) in prison reform. He was also active in the movement to abolish the slave trade and a member of the temperance movement.
• Robert William Bilton Hornby (1821–1884) was a noted local antiquarian, priest and lord of the manor from the City of York. He was ordained a deacon at Norwich in 1844.
• Julian of Norwich. Medieval Christian mystic and contemporary of Chaucer. Julian is the author of The revelations of Divine Love the first book written by a woman in the English language. Julian's writings are well-represented by the scholarly website www.umilta.net.
• Robert Kett. Norwich's very own Robin Hood or Wat Tyler. Kett was a Norfolk landowner from Wymondham who lead the peasant's revolt in 1549 in the name of the common man against the corrupt Norfolk landowners. This eventually lead to the Battle of Dussindale against the King's forces on the 27 August 1549 in which 3000 of Kett's men were killed. He was hanged for Treason at Norwich Castle on the 7 December 1549.
• James Martineau (1805–1900) Philosopher and brother to Harriet.
• Harriet Martineau (1802–1876). The daughter of a Norwich manufacturer of Huguenot descent, she suffered from ill-health and deafness throughout her life. A devout Unitarian, her writings include Illustrations of political economy (1832-1834). Harriet Martineau supported the abolitionist campaign in the United States writing Society in America (1837). She translated writings by Auguste Comte. Her first novel was entitled Deerbrook (1839). A radical in religion she published the anti-theological Laws of Man's Social Nature (1851) and Biographical sketches (1869).
• Bernard Meadows,(1915–2005) Modernist Sculptor
• R. H. Mottram (1883-1971)- novelist and Lord Mayor of Norwich
• Admiral Horatio Nelson attended the Norwich School from 1767 to 1768. He was born in nearby Burnham Thorpe.
• Amelia Opie (1769–1853), Norwich author and Quaker. In 1825 she drastically changed her life as a socialite, party-goer, and attendant at literary soirees, to become a Quaker.
• Sir James Edward Smith botanist, natural historian and one-time owner of the Linnean collection of Carolus Linnaeus
• William Smith (1756 – 1835), Whig politician, dissenter and abolitionist, M.P. for Norwich from 1807.
• Roy Carroll Derby County Goalkeeper, currently resides in Norwich.

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• Bill Bryson, American writer and humorist, lives near Wymondham, near Norwich.
• Martin Burgess, builder of the famous Gurney Clock in the Castle Mall
• Charles Clarke, Labour MP and former Home Secretary, lives in Norwich.
• Cathy Dennis, Singer/Songwriter who was born in Norwich in 1969.
• Ralph Firman, former Formula 1 Driver was born in Norwich in 1975. He and his family live in nearby Attleborough, and he was educated at Gresham's School. Currently racing in the A1 Grand Prix series for Ireland, for which he qualifies through his Mother's Irish nationality.
• Stephen Fry, comedian, author, actor and filmmaker, studied at Norwich City College, and is a Norwich City F.C. fan.
• Trisha Goddard, talk show host lived in Norwich.
• Andy Green OBE, a Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force, is the current holder of the world land speed record, having piloted the ThrustSSC to the first ever supersonic speed on land in the Black Rock Desert, USA on 25 September 1997.
• Alan Heath - holocaust historian has his UK residence in Norwich.
• Daniel Hunt, Actor,Director born David Hunt in Hellesdon.
• Greg James, BBC Radio 1 presenter, studied at UEA.
• Paul Jones, blues singer and BBC Radio 2 presenter.
• Becky Mantin, ITV Weather presenter and This Morning reporter.
• Bernard Matthews, founder of the eponymous meat company.
• Sir John Mills, born in North Elmham in Norfolk. Mills was educated at the Norwich High School for Boys. He also had Football (Soccer) trials with Norwich City F.C. in the 1920s before moving into acting.
• Beth Orton, Award-winning singer/songwriter, was born in Dereham and spent much of her childhood in Norwich.
• Philip Pullman, British writer was born in Norwich on 19 October 1946. Best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy novels and a number of other books.
• Delia Smith, Celebrity chef and joint majority owner of Norwich City F.C.
• Chris Sutton, Football player (striker); joint top scorer for the Premier League in 1997/8; formerly the record English transfer (at £5 million from Norwich to Blackburn in 1994).
• Tim Westwood, BBC Radio 1 Rap DJ and presenter of popular MTV show "Pimp My Ride (UK)". Grew up in and around Norwich (his father was the bishop of Peterborough, in the neighbouring county of Cambridgeshire) and went to Norwich School.

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Architecture

Norwich has a wealth of historical architecture. The medieval period is represented by the 11th-century Norwich Cathedral, 12th-century castle (now a museum) and a large number of parish churches. During the Middle Ages, 57 churches stood within the city wall; 31 still exist today.^[17] This gave rise to the common (in the city) saying that it had a church for every week of the year, and a pub for every day. Most of the medieval building is in the city centre. From the 18th century the pre-eminent local name is Thomas Ivory, who built the Assembly Rooms (1776), the Octagon Chapel (1756), St Helen's House (1752) in the grounds of the Great Hospital, and innovative speculative housing in Surrey Street (c. 1761). Ivory should not be confused with the Irish architect of the same name and similar period. Norwich Cathedral: Spire and south transcept. ... For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). ... A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ... The Great Hospital is an almshouse that has been serving the people of Norwich, Norfolk since its foundation in 1249. ...

The 19th century saw an explosion in Norwich's size and much of its housing stock, as well as commercial building in the city centre, dates from this period. The local architect of the Victorian and Edwardian periods who has continued to command most critical respect was George Skipper (1856-1948). Examples of his work include the headquarters of Norwich Union on Surrey Street; the Art Nouveau Royal Arcade; and the Hotel de Paris in the nearby seaside town of Cromer. The neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to St John the Baptist on Earlham Road, begun in 1882, is by George Gilbert Scott Junior and his brother, John Oldrid Scott. The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. ... Vitebsk Railway Station one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau architecture. ... Cromer is a seaside town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. ... Neo-gothic architecture is an American branch of the Gothic revival style that was imported from England in the 1830s. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in the city of Norwich, Norfolk. ... John the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer or John the Dipper) is regarded as a prophet by at least three religions: Christianity, Islam, and Mandaeanism. ... The Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist, located at the city end of Earlham Road in Norwich. ... George Gilbert Scott junior was an English architect. ... John Oldrid Scott (1841-1913) was an English architect. ...

The city continued to grow through the 20th century and much housing, particularly in areas further out from the city centre, dates from that century. The first notable building post-Skipper was the city hall by CH James and SR Pierce, opened in 1938. Bombing during the Second World War, while resulting in relatively little loss of life, caused significant damage to housing stock in the city centre. Much of the replacement postwar stock was designed by the local authority architect, David Percival. However, the major postwar development in Norwich from an architectural point of view was the opening of the University of East Anglia in 1964. Originally designed by Denys Lasdun (his design was never completely executed), it has been added to over subsequent decades by major names such as Norman Foster and Rick Mather. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... UEA redirects here. ... Sir Denys Lasdun (8 September 1914-11 January 2001) was an eminent English architect of the 20th century, particularly associated with the Modernist design of the Royal National Theatre on Londons South Bank of the River Thames. ... The restored Reichstag in Berlin, housing the German parliament. ...

Twinned cities

Norwich is twinned with Novi Sad in Serbia, Rouen in France, Koblenz in Germany and, unofficially with El Viejo in Nicaragua. For other uses, see Novi Sad (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... For other places with the same name, see Koblenz (disambiguation) Koblenz (also Coblenz in pre-1926 German spellings; French Coblence) is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and its monument (Emperor William I on horseback... El Viejo is a municipality in the Chinandega department of Nicaragua. ...

References

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External links

Media

• Norwich Events
• Norwich Evening News
• Eastern Daily Press
• Radio Broadland
• Radio Norwich
• BBC Norfolk
• Livewire1350
• Totally Norwich - local's guide to Norwich
• Norwich Darkside

Official

• Norwich City Council
• Your Norwich - Online guide
• Visit Norwich - Official visitor guide
• Visit Norfolk - Official tourism site for Norfolk's guide to Norwich
• Norwich rivers Heritage Group
• Pocket Norwich - Mobile Tourist Information, developed in partnership with Openlink and Norfolk County Council
• Norwich Market - official site for Norwich Market

History

• Norwich The Old City
• Norwich Cathedral and History of the See (King's Handbook, 1862)
• Norwich Watermills & Windmills from the Norfolkmills website
• Norwich Literary History
• Norwich bombings 1939-1944. Detailed report (by photographer George Plunkett, with many old photos)

Tourism and pictures

• Photographs of old Norwich - Photographs of Norwich from the 1930s to the 1950s by George Plunkett
• Yarmouth Portal
• An online guided tour of Norwich in pictures
• The Norwich Guide - for residents and visitors
• Photos of Norwich - Flickr Collection from a local
• Videos of Norwich - Collection Of Videos From Norwich including the Cathedral and Castle
• Hotels and Inns in Norwich - Includes Guest Feedback

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The Basildon district is a local govenment district in Essex, England. ... Bedford is a local government district and borough in the East of England. ... Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. ... Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. ... Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex in the East of England. ... Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. ... Broxbourne is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. ... This article is about the city in England. ... See also: Castle Point (Hoboken) Castle Point is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. ... Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. ... Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, named for its main town, Colchester. ... This is an article about The Borough of Dacorum. ... East Cambridgeshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ... Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. ... Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. ... Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. ... Hertsmere is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... For other uses, see Ipswich (disambiguation). ... Kings Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. ... For other uses, see Luton (disambiguation). ... Maldon is a local government district in Essex, England. ... Mid Bedfordshire is a local government district in Bedfordshire, England. ... Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ... North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. ... This article is about the city in the United Kingdom. ... Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. ... The City and District of St Albans is a local government district, in Hertfordshire, England. ... St Edmundsbury is a borough in Suffolk, England. ... South Bedfordshire is a local government district in Bedfordshire, England. ... South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural district of Cambridgeshire, England. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. ... For other uses see Stevenage (disambiguation) Stevenage is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England. ... Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Tendring is a local government district in Essex, England. ... Three Rivers is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority with borough status in the East of England. ... Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England. ... Watford is a town and district in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, situated 34 km (21 miles) northwest of London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. ... Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England, named after the River Waveney. ... Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district in southern Hertfordshire, England. ... Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of English administrative division used for the purposes of local government. ... Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... For other meanings of Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). ... For the similarly named county in the West Midlands region, see Herefordshire. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in East Anglia, England. ...

Coordinates: 52.62834° N 1.29656° E This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Aberdeen (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in Scotland. ... Broad Street at the heart of Stirlings Old Town area (called Top of the Town by locals) Stirling Castle (Southwest aspect) The main courtyard inside Stirling Castle. ... This article is about the country. ... , Bangor, in north Wales, is one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the city of Newport in Wales. ... St Davids (Welsh: Tyddewi) is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with a population of under 2,000 people. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ... For other places with similar names, see Derry (disambiguation) and Londonderry (disambiguation). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... , Newry (from the Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá meaning The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand, short form An tIúr, The Yew) is the fourth largest city in Northern Ireland and eighth on the island of Ireland. ... For the council, see Lisburn City Council. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...