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Remains of Cluniac Priory - Photo:
Bob Jones
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Once the capital of a
Danish kingdom ruled first by King Sweyne and
then Canute, Thetford later became a Norman
stronghold with a powerful castle. All that
remains of the 12th century castle
is a large mound, while the remains of a
Cluniac priory founded in 1103 by the
aptly-named Roger Bigod, first Earl of
Norfolk, stand on the banks of the Little
Ouse, one of two rivers that meander through
the town. The Ancient House Museum is a
timber-framed Tudor building with fine carved
beam ceilings.
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Thetford was the birthplace in
1737 of the radical philosopher Thomas Paine,
author of ‘Rights of Man’ and ‘Age of Reason’ and
a statue of him stands outside the Elizabethan
Bell Hotel. Nearby is the 50,000-acre
Thetford Forest where four species of deer and
even the rare red squirrel flourish. Grime Graves
is a 4,000-year-old Neolithic flint mine
discovered in 1970's.
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Further information:
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