Norwich Market is an
outdoor market consisting of around 200 stalls in central
Norwich, England. Founded in the latter part of the 11th century to supply
Norman merchants and settlers moving to the area following the
Norman conquest of England, it replaced an earlier market a short distance away. It has been in operation on the present site for over 900 years. By the 14th century, Norwich was one of the largest and most prosperous cities in England, and Norwich Market was a major trading hub. In the
Georgian era, Norwich became an increasingly popular destination with travellers, and developed into a fashionable shopping town. Following the
First World War, the local authority began to systematically buy up all the stalls on the market, eventually bringing the entire market into public ownership, and the market was radically redesigned in the 1930s. Stalls were arranged into parallel rows, and a new
City Hall was built along the entire western side of the marketplace to replace the by now inadequate Guildhall. This new arrangement survived with few significant changes for the rest of the 20th century. By the 1990s the market was becoming decrepit, and proposals were made for another radical rebuilding of the area. These proposals were abandoned in favour of a scheme which replaced the old stalls with steel units of four stalls each. The rebuilt market was completed in early 2006, and is one of the largest markets in Britain. (
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... that the scene showing a dead woman with her lips sewn shut, in the music video for the song "Oh Father", was inspired by singer
Madonna's memory of her mother's funeral?
The American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) is one of the about 50 species of bird grasshopper. Many of these
swarm as
locusts, the best known of which is probably the
desert locust(S. gregaria).
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Norwich Market is an
outdoor market consisting of around 200 stalls in central
Norwich, England. Founded in the latter part of the 11th century to supply
Norman merchants and settlers moving to the area following the
Norman conquest of England, it replaced an earlier market a short distance away. It has been in operation on the present site for over 900 years. By the 14th century, Norwich was one of the largest and most prosperous cities in England, and Norwich Market was a major trading hub. In the
Georgian era, Norwich became an increasingly popular destination with travellers, and developed into a fashionable shopping town. Following the
First World War, the local authority began to systematically buy up all the stalls on the market, eventually bringing the entire market into public ownership, and the market was radically redesigned in the 1930s. Stalls were arranged into parallel rows, and a new
City Hall was built along the entire western side of the marketplace to replace the by now inadequate Guildhall. This new arrangement survived with few significant changes for the rest of the 20th century. By the 1990s the market was becoming decrepit, and proposals were made for another radical rebuilding of the area. These proposals were abandoned in favour of a scheme which replaced the old stalls with steel units of four stalls each. The rebuilt market was completed in early 2006, and is one of the largest markets in Britain. (
more...)
... that the scene showing a dead woman with her lips sewn shut, in the music video for the song "Oh Father", was inspired by singer
Madonna's memory of her mother's funeral?
The American Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca americana) is one of the about 50 species of bird grasshopper. Many of these
swarm as
locusts, the best known of which is probably the
desert locust(S. gregaria).
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
3,819,029 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.