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New page: '''Norwich''' is the county town of Norfolk, in eastern England. It has a population 121,600<ref>http://www.norwich.gov.uk/site_files/pages/City_Business__The_Norwich_Economy__Popu...
'''Norwich''' is the county town of [[Norfolk]], in eastern [[England]]. It has a population 121,600<ref>http://www.norwich.gov.uk/site_files/pages/City_Business__The_Norwich_Economy__Population_and_Employment_Figures.html</ref>. Norwich is an ancient cathedral city, and achieved great prosperity in the late medieval period, when it was a centre for England's wool trade with continental [[Europe]], especially the cities of [[Flanders]]. Today it is known as a tourist centre and as the home of Colman's Mustard<ref>http://www.colmansmustard.com/</ref>. The University of East Anglia is located on a camus on the edge of Norwich<ref>http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/Home</ref>.
===Famous Norvicians===
[[Edith Cavell]], British nurse shot by the German Army in [[Brussels]] in 1915 for aiding escaped British POWs.
==References==
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[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]
===Famous Norvicians===
[[Edith Cavell]], British nurse shot by the German Army in [[Brussels]] in 1915 for aiding escaped British POWs.
==References==
<refences/>
[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]