SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
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PART I.
PAGES
Survey of Norwich. Rise and Progress of the City—The Modern City—Public Buildings—Parishes and Parish Churches—Nonconformist Chapels. 9–115
PART II. Chapter I.
The Ancient City—Old Walls and Gates—Desecrated Churches and Chapels—Monastic Institutions—Monumental Brasses 116–145
Chapter II.
The Aborigines 146–151
Chapter III.
Norwich in the Roman Period—The Venta Icenorum 152–157
Chapter IV.
Norwich in the Anglo-Saxon Period 151–161
Chapter V.
Norwich under the Danes 162–164
Chapter VI.
Norwich in the Norman Period 165–168
Chapter VII.
Norwich in the Twelfth Century 169–172
Chapter VIII.
Norwich in the Thirteenth Century 173–176
Chapter IX.
Norwich in the Fourteenth Century 177–182
Chapter X.
Norwich in the Fifteenth Century 183–187
Chapter XI.
Norwich in the Sixteenth Century—Bilney’s Martydom—Dissolution of the Monasteries—Kett’s Rebellion—Queen Mary—Queen Elizabeth—Eminent Citizens of the Period 188–211
Chapter XII.
Norwich in the Seventeenth Century—The Civil Wars—Eminent Citizens 212–240
Chapter XIII.
Nonconformity in Norwich—The Independents—The Baptists—The Methodists 241–257
Chapter XIV.
Social State of Norwich from Fourteenth to Eighteenth Centuries—Trade Regulations, &c. 258–267
Chapter XV.
Norwich in the Eighteenth Century—Social State—Nonconformity—Eminent Citizens—Norwich in the Nineteenth Century 268–356
Chapter XVI.
History of the Norwich Navigation 357–365
Chapter XVII.
Leading Events of the Nineteenth Century 366–378
Chapter XVIII.
The Reform Era—Commission of Enquiry respecting the Old Corporation—The Election of Stormont and Scarlett 379–404
Chapter XIX.
The Reign of Queen Victoria—Leading Events 405–415
Chapter XX.
The Murder of Isaac Jermy, Recorder of Norwich 416–428
Chapter XXI.
The Census of 1861—New Poor Law Act—Visit of Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Queen of Denmark—The New Drainage Scheme 429–454
Chapter XXII.
History of the Triennial Musical Festivals 455–474
Chapter XXIII.
Eminent Citizens of the Nineteenth Century 475–540
Chapter XXIV.
Norwich Artists in the Nineteenth Century 541–551
PART III. Chapter I.
Rise and Progress of the Manufacture of Textile Fabrics, and Present State of the Trade 552–594
Chapter II.
Trade and Commerce of the City—Banks and Banking—Wholesale Producers and Dealers—Cattle and Corn Trade—Traffic by Rail and Water, &c. 595–633
PART IV. Chapter I.
Political History—Elections for the City—List of Members of Parliament 634–683
Chapter II.
Political History continued—Lists of Mayors, Sheriffs, Stewards, and Recorders 684–705
Chapter III.
Ecclesiastical History—Origin of the See—Lists of Bishops, Deans, and Clergy—Dignitaries of the Diocese—Nonconformist Ministers 706–721
Chapter IV.
Religious, Educational, and Benevolent 722–735
Appendix.
City Authorities and Officials, &c. 736–738
