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Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, with neolithic camps along the higher land in the west where flints could be quarried[2]. A Brythonic tribe, the Iceni, inhabited the county from the first century BCE, to the end of the first century CE. The Iceni revolted against the Roman invasion in 47 CE, and again in 60CE led by Boudica. The crushing of the second rebellion opened the county to the Romans. During the Roman era roads and ports were constructed throughout the county and farming took place.

Situated on the east coast, Norfolk was vulnerable to invasions from Scandinavia and northern Europe, and forts were built to defend against the Angles and Saxons. By the 5th century the Angles, for whom East Anglia and England itself are named, had established control of the region and later became the "north folk" and the "south folk", hence, "Norfolk" and "Suffolk". Norfolk, and several adjacent areas, became the kingdom of East Anglia, later merging with Mercia and then Wessex. The influence of the Early English settlers can be seen in the many "thorpes", "tons" and "hams" of placenames. In the 9th century the region again came under attack, this time from Vikings who killed the king, Edmund the Martyr. In the centuries before the Norman Conquest the wetlands of the east of the county began to be converted to farmland, and settlements grew in these areas. Migration into East Anglia must have been high, as by the time of the Conquest and Domesday Book survey, it was one of the most densely populated parts of the British Isles.

During the high and late middle ages the county developed arable agriculture and woolen industries. The economy was in decline by the time of the Black Death, which decimated the population in 1349. By the 16th century Norwich had grown to become the second largest city in England, but in 1665 the Great Plague again killed around one third of the population[3]. During the English Civil War Norfolk was largely Parliamentarian. The economy and agriculture of the region declined somewhat, and during the industrial revolution Norfolk developed little industry and was a late addition to the railway network. In the 20th century the county developed an aeronautical industry. The first development in airfields came with the First World War, there was a massive expansion during the Second World War with the growth of the Royal Air Force and the influx of the American USAAF 8th Air Force which operated from many Norfolk Airfields. During the Second World War agriculture rapidly intensified, and has remained very intensive since with the establishemnt of large fields for cereal and rape growing. Norfolk's low lying land and easily eroded cliffs, many of which are not chalk and clay, make it vulnerable to the sea, the most recent major event being the North Sea flood of 1953.

Places of interest

Areas of Interest

The Norfolk Broads -- part of The Broads National Park

North Norfolk Heritage Coast

Sheringham Park - National Trust

Nature Reserves

Norfolk Wildlife Trust

National Nature Reserves in Norfolk

RSPB nature reserves (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds):

RSPB Berney Marshes, RSPB Breydon Water, Halvergate Marshes, RSPB Snettisham, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen, RSPB Titchwell Marsh

Houses, Castles and Churches

Blickling Hall, Felbrigg Hall, Oxburgh Hall - National Trust

Walsingham Abbey and Shrine

Wymondham Abbey (see also Historic houses in England)

Castle Acre Priory

Holkham Hall

Footpaths

Long distance footpaths:

Angles Way, Bure Valley Way, Fen Rivers Way, Great Eastern Pingo Trail, Marriott's Way, Nar Valley Way, North Norfolk Coastal Path, Paston Way, Peddars Way, Tas Valley Way, Weavers Way

Heritage Sites

Heritage railways:

Bressingham Steam Museum, Bure Valley Railway, Mid-Norfolk Railway, East Anglian Railway Museum, North Norfolk Railway

Castle Museum, Norwich

Norfolk Windmills Trust; see also: windpump

Norfolk wherry - a black-sailed trader

City of Norwich Aviation Museum

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