Thetford buildings [20]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 8 Sep 2020

Built as two shops with accommodation above the building at numbers 6 and 8 Bridge Street now houses two shops and seven flats at numbers 1 to 7 Bridgate Court. Constructed in the early 19th century in flint, brick and clunch and fronted in gault brick. The two shop fronts are late 20th century. The conversion to flats took place in the late 20th century. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1195949 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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