Thetford buildings [45]
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Thetford buildings [45]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 8 Sep 2020
Seen here from Cage Lane, this fine 'L' shaped guildhall with two cupolas, faces Market Place. Built, in gault brick with stone dressings, in 1901, the interior retains its original features. The present guildhall is on the site of several predecessors dated 1337, 1690 and 1799. See also Image Listed, grade II with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1207867 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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