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Explore the rich history of Framlingham Castle and its journey from a Norman powerhouse to a 17th-century home for the poor.
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The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
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Framlingham Castle: History and Stories
Framlingham is a magnificent late 12th-century castle. Its owners for over 400 years were the Earls and Dukes of Norfolk, the supreme magnates in East Anglia – rich, influential and powerful.
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A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
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Thetford, Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The only surviving remains in England of a priory of Canons of the Holy Sepulchre, who aided pilgrims to Christ's tomb: the ruined nave of their 14th-century church, later used as a barn.
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The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
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A brief history of Thetford Priory, one of the largest and richest religious foundations in medieval East Anglia
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Margaret Brotherton was a wealthy and influential noblewoman, whose business acumen, as well as a series of untimely deaths, made her one of the richest women in England.
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Great Yarmouth Row Houses and Greyfriars' Cloisters
Vividly presented evocations of life in a fishing port, open again after conservation
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A description of the earthworks and visible remains of prehistoric mines and pits at Grime’s Graves.