The ‘wich’ in its name means it was originally a salt-mining settlement.

.Norwich was the first place in England to introduce a local newspaper in 1701 and postcodes in 1959.

Norwich is home to one of only two dedicated puppet theatres in the UK

Norwich Market is one the oldest and the largest open air market in the country.

Norwich is the only UK city to have been excommunicated by the Pope

Sixteen Revelations Of Divine Love by Dame Julian of Norwich, written about 1393, is thought to have been the first book in English written by a woman.

Norwich has the largest walled centre and longest run of medieval defences in England.

The spire of Norwich Cathedral is 315 feet high – second only to that of Salisbury.

The Norfolk coastline was the first part of Britain settled by early man.The earliest known British settlement is in Happisburgh, Norfolk.

Not really Norwich, and a bit long but I couldn't resist it. The Reverend Harold Davidson of Stiffkey in north Norfolk was unfrocked in 1932. Known as the Prostitutes’ Padre as a result of his tireless efforts to save hundreds of vulnerable girls from a life on the streets, he divided his time between his sleepy Norfolk parish and the seamy back alleys of Soho.

The Bishop of Norwich hired a private detective to follow Reverend Davidson around London, but found little credible evidence against him. Nevertheless, Davidson was found guilty of five charges of immoral conduct.

His response to the withdrawal of his clerical stipend was to turn himself into a seaside performer, protesting his innocence in bizarre ways such as conducting a hunger strike in a barrel at Blackpool, pretending to be roasted on the spit by the devil and appearing in Skegness as Daniel in a den of real lions. This went horribly wrong when he accidentally stood on the tail of one of the lions and was mauled to death.

I have discovered the Hull forum's Tombs. I wander if all of them are true? Have we really got the largest walled centre? I would have said the one around York was much longer.

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