The scheme involved dredging of the River Yare from Norwich to Reedham, to make it deeper, construction of the Haddiscoe cut between Reedham and Haddiscoe on the River Waveney, enlarging of Oulton Dyke, between the Waveney and Oulton Broad, and linking of Oulton Broad to Lake Lothing by a channel which was long, and included a sea lock, so that it could be used at all states of the tide.

The " Catholic Encyclopedia " states that ( Saint William of Norwich ) " is the earliest example of a medieval blood libel saint, having died in 1144.

In the first four years, the nascent academy was attended by 480 students representing 21 of the 24 states, and Partridge's program seemed successful enough to attract the attention of the citizenry of Middletown, Connecticut, who subscribed to induce him to relocate his academy to that town, drawing nearly 1200 students in three years, but the academy was operating again in Norwich by 1829.

The town of Lebanon has its origins with the settlers of Norwich, who wanted to expand beyond the “ nine miles square ” they had bought from the Mohegan sachem Uncas.

Fye Bridge is arguably the oldest river crossing in Norwich and is the gate to the North of the City known as “ Norwich Over the Water ” this bridge was also the site of a cucking stool for ducking lawbreakers and undesirables.

* Andrew Atherstone, Charles Simeon on “ The Excellency of the Liturgy ” ( Norwich, Hymns Ancient and Modern, 2011 ) ( Alcuin / GROW liturgical study, 72 ).

In 1849 Ward enrolled at the “ American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy ”, now Norwich University, in Vermont, where the curriculum included military tactics, strategy, drill and ceremonies.

* 1981 “ Six Tunes For The Instruction Of Singing Birds ”-Richard Rodney Bennett ; Norwich Festival, England ; Susan Milan flute.

Four of these have been previously canonized as saints, namely William of Norwich, Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, Simon of Trent ( Simon was decanonized in the 20th century ), and Gavriil Belostoksky who remains canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Foster's Lager brand was used as an advertising sponsorship deal with Norwich City F. C.

Hoover's mother, Hulda Randall ( Minthorn ) Hoover ( 1849 – 84 ), was born in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, of English and Irish descent.

In 1471, Norwich, England, banned use of the plant in the brewing of ale ( beer was the name for fermented malt liquors bittered with hops ; only in recent times are the words often used as synonyms ), and not until 1524 were hops first grown in southeast England.

Edgerton was born in Fremont, Nebraska on April 6, 1903, the son of Mary Nettie Coe and Frank Eugene Edgerton, a direct descendant of Richard Edgerton, one of the founders of Norwich, Connecticut and a descendent of Governor William Bradford ( 1590 – 1657 ) of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower.

His opposition to the Reform Bill caused him to leave the Whigs and join the Tories, and he was elected, first for Cockermouth in 1831 and then in 1832 for Norwich, for which he sat until the dissolution of parliament in 1835.

He was raised to the peerage as Baron Abinger, of Abinger in the County of Surrey and of the City of Norwich, in 1835, taking his title from the Surrey estate he had bought in 1813.

A primary opponent was Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by bishops like Henry le Despenser of Norwich, whom the chronicler Thomas Walsingham praised for his zeal.

The Adam and Eve in Norwich was first recorded in 1249, when it was an alehouse for the workers constructing nearby Norwich Cathedral.

According to John Julius Norwich, the traditional first doge of Venice, Paolo Lucio Anafesto, was actually Exarch Paul, and his successor, Marcello Tegalliano, Paul's magister militum ( General ; literally, " Master of Soldiers.

Ralph was bottled up in Norwich Castle by the combined efforts of Odo of Bayeux, Geoffrey de Montbray, Richard fitzGilbert, and William de Warenne.

Norwich was besieged and surrendered, with the garrison allowed to go to Brittany.

Meanwhile, the Danish king's brother, Cnut, had finally arrived in England with a fleet of 200 ships, but he was too late as Norwich had already surrendered.

The Navy Yard was spared permanent closure in 1912 by an impassioned plea from local Congressman Edwin W. Higgins of Norwich, who was worried about the loss of Federal spending in the region.

New England Digital Corp. ( 1976 – 1993 ), founded originally in Norwich, Vermont and eventually relocated to White River Junction, Vermont, was best known for its signature product, the Synclavier Synthesizer System, which evolved into the Synclavier Digital Audio System or " Tapeless Studio.

The Synclavier System was an early digital synthesizer, polyphonic digital sampling system, and music workstation, manufactured by New England Digital Corporation, Norwich, VT.

He studied at Cambridge ( bachelor of canon law 1531 ), became priest at Norwich in 1514 and entered the convent of Austin friars at Cambridge, where Robert Barnes was prior in 1523 and probably influenced him in favour of Reform.

After London, Norwich was the largest city in East Anglia in the 11th century.

In the same year, his Overture in C ( In Memoriam ), commemorating the recent death of his father, was a commission from the Norwich Festival.

On 5 June 2010 a performance at Norwich City Football Club's Carrow Road stadium, two days before he celebrated his 70th birthday, was cancelled due to incomplete improvements to the stadium.

Its main period of use was, like the treble cornett, about 1550 to 1650, although it gained favor in England only after the beginning of the 17th century ; in 1622 the celebrated Norwich Waits possessed at least two.

* 1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions which are later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love.

Pre-modern female rhetoricians, outside of Socrates ' friend Aspasia, are rare ; but medieval rhetoric produced by women either in religious orders, such as Julian of Norwich ( d. 1415 ), or the very well-connected Christine de Pizan ( 1364 ?- 1430?

There are regular graduate Formal Halls and other events, including wine and cheese tastings, a brewery trip, punting, and outings to Oxford, Ely and Norwich.

Also extant are two pageants from a New Testament cycle acted at Coventry and one pageant each from Norwich and Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads form a network of waterways between Norwich and the coast and are popular for recreational boating.

Norwich, Peterborough, Luton, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon and Ipswich are the region's most populous urban areas.

The most deprived districts, according to the Indices of deprivation 2007 in the region are, in descending order, Great Yarmouth ( 58th in England ), Norwich ( 62nd ), Luton ( 87th ), Peterborough ( 90th ), and Ipswich ( 99th ).

Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, who was killed at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and his wife, Cecily Neville as well as his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland, who with Richard himself, fell at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460, are buried in the church.

Both are medieval bells, the sixth being cast around 1538 by William Barker and the seventh by Brasyers of Norwich around 1513.

The participating towns are East Lyme, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Sprague, Stonington, and Waterford.

The town is bound to send to the sheriffs of Norwich every year one hundred herrings, baked in twenty four pasties, which the sheriffs are to deliver to the lord of the manor of East Carlton who is then to convey them to the King.

In town high school students are given the option to attend either either two public schools, Griswold High School, or Norwich Free Academy.

They are also given the choice of select tech schools, Norwich Tech, and Ellis Tech.

Woodstock Academy, a " New England Academy " which is a corporate school ( there are two others in the State ; Norwich Free Academy and The Gilbert School ) and is governed by a 30 member Board of Trustees, is located in Woodstock.

His autobiographical tracts are Observations of some Specialities of Divine Providence in the Life of Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich, Written with his own hand, and his Hard Measure, reprinted in Christopher Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biography.

Services from Chelmsford are operated to London Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Clacton, Harwich, Braintree and Norwich via the Great Eastern Main Line.

The town is bound to send to the sheriffs of Norwich every year one hundred herrings, baked in twenty four pasties, which the sheriffs are to deliver to the lord of the manor of East Carlton who is then to convey them to the King.

The town's tennis and squash courts are located at Norwich Road and are open to the public.

Bus and coach services are provided by several companies which link the town to destinations including Norwich, Sheringham, Holt, Cambridge and the London, Victoria coach station.

The reason the Norwich School are not as well known as other painters of the period, notably Constable and Turner, is primarily because the majority of their canvases were collected by the industrialist J. J. Colman ( of Colman's mustard fame ), and thereafter have been on permanent display in Norwich Castle Museum since the 1880s.

There are a couple of leagues that still play this version in East Anglia in the Norwich and Sudbury areas.