An
Historical Atlas of Norfolk: third
edition
edited by Trevor Ashwin and Alan Davison, with maps by Trevor Ashwin
Phillimore & Co., 2005
hb, 214pp, 93 topical essays illustrated by maps, numerous other
illustrations
While Norfolk's topography is largely gentle and unspectacular, it is not as flat as is often claimed! Bounded on three sides by the sea and the Wash fenlands, its subtle diversity and beauty is matched by a fascinating human heritage. People can live almost anywhere in the county except on the marshlands. This is reflected in an enormous, and growing, number of archaeological finds, and the presence of countless sites of historical note.
Norfolk's enduring suitability for human habitation is demonstrated by a wealth of important and distinctive prehistoric and Romano-British remains, and by vivid evidence for Anglo-Saxon and Danish incursions. Furthermore, Norfolk was to become the most densely populated English county from c. AD 1000 until 1600, and its capital Norwich England's 'second city'. It is also famous for a wealth of evidence in many areas of specific interest, ranging from medieval churches and ecclesiastical history to the legacy of the Second World War.
This third edition of An Historical Atlas of Norfolk is the first to be published by Phillimore, and is a comprehensive revision of those published by Norfolk Museums Service in 1993-4. Its 93 map topics range from the earliest evidence for human occupation over 450,000 years ago to the changing demography and built environment of Norfolk today. As well as absorbing the results of a very active decade of historical research and archaeological excavation, this atlas includes much entirely new material, and has been fully re-illustrated.
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