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During the 5th century, Germanic-speaking peoples had established control of modern-day Norfolk. In the 6th century, the Kingdom of East Anglia (Old English: Ēastengla Rīċe) was established. Its territory broadly consisted of the modern counties Norfolk and Suffolk, and perhaps areas of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Its name reflected the Angles, the Germanic tribe thought to have originated in the Angeln peninsula of modern-day [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in Germany. Their tribal name would ultimately give rise to the name of England itself.
During the 5th century, Germanic-speaking peoples had established control of modern-day Norfolk. In the 6th century, the Kingdom of East Anglia (Old English: Ēastengla Rīċe) was established. Its territory broadly consisted of the modern counties Norfolk and Suffolk, and perhaps areas of Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. Its name reflected the Angles, the Germanic tribe thought to have originated in the Angeln peninsula of modern-day [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in Germany. Their tribal name would ultimately give rise to the name of England itself.
The [[Industrial Revolution]] of the late-18th and early-19th centuries was a relatively quiet time for Norfolk, which had few mineral resources and as such developed little heavy industry. Railways did not arrive in Norfolk until the mid-19th century (over 20 year after the advent of passenger rail in the UK), when the line from London to Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, was extended via Cambridge to Norwich.
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