Thetford houses [20]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 8 Sep 2020

Numbers 12 and 16 Mill Lane were originally a row of three houses, now two with number 14 being incorporated into number 16. Built in the mid 19th century in flint with gault brick dressings, altered in the late 20th century when some large extensions were added at the rear. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207900 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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