Thetford buildings [27]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 8 Sep 2020

Losinga, number 22 Bridge Street is an early 19th century house in flint with brick dressings. The red brick front was added in the mid 19th century and one bay was added in the late 19th century. The house is now part of Thetford Grammar School. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207476 Thetford Grammar School is an independent co-educational school which might date back to the 7th century. Part of the school is built on the site of a thirteenth-century Dominican Friary. 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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