Thetford houses [2]
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Thetford houses [2]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 8 Sep 2020
Numbers 37 and 39 St Nicholas Street are a pair of mid 19th century houses, probably with an earlier core as suggested by the irregular bays. Built in flint with gault brick dressings with the near gable being rebuilt in brick. Number 37 had a shop front which has been removed. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196084 Once the ancient capital of East Anglia, Thetford is a market town established at a crossing of the River Little Ouse. A major centre of Boudica’s Iceni tribe and there is an Iron Age fort. Later came a Norman castle and an important priory. Thetford is the birthplace of 18th century radical Thomas Paine, whose thinking encouraged American independence and the abolition of slavery. After World War II, Thetford became an "overspill town", taking people from London.
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