Merchants of Norwich: on the trail of the city's lost fortunes
Merchants of Norwich: on the trail of the city’s lost fortunes Jane Chittenden © Provided by The Independent For hundreds of years Norwich was England’s richest provincial city. But just when the rest of the country was powering ahead, the city’s economy collapsed. Bankruptcy loomed. How could it reinvent itself and bounce back? I’m taking a walk around Norwich’s historic centre to explore its rollercoaster economic story. My journey begins at the Erpingham Gate, a massive stone archway that forms the main entrance to Norwich’s Norman cathedral. It’s evidenc...
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