Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Norwich (England)
NORWICH, a city of England, capital
of the country of Norfolk, on the
river Wensum. It is 5 miles in
circumference, and is skirted on the N. and
E. by the river. Prominent among the
public buildings are the castle, built
about the 10th century and the cathedral
in the Norman style. Its manufactures
include bandanas, bombazines, shawls,
crapes, gauzes, damasks, camelets,
muslins, silk, and cotton fabrics, and
shoes; also iron and brass foundries,
oil, corn and mustard mills, etc. Pop.
(1917) 108,877.