Thetford houses [12]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 8 Sep 2020

Numbers 9 (seen here) and 11 Image White Hart Street were originally one 17th century house which was re-roofed in the early 18th century. Refronted in gault brick and number 11 entirely rebuilt in the mid 19th century. The shop front to number 11 is late 19th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1196092 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 with 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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