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Norwich Over the Water is an area close to the north of Norwich city centre. ==History== The historic district of Norwich Over the Water probably contains the remains of the oldest settlements in the city. Saxon burial remains and funerary items indicating the site of an inhumation cemetery and cremations were found at the top of Eade Road. believed to be part of a larger cemetery, further archaeological work has been unable to find and substantiate the exact size of the cemetery area. Norwich Over the Water was an Anglo-Saxon settlement and major trading area defended against attack on three sides. Archaeological excavations have unearthed part of a defensive structure starting in the St George's Street area heading and off towards Anglia Square in the north. According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, attacked Norwich in 1004 CE. The names of some of the now long since demolished churches still refer to the sacking and burning of the area; St Margaret Combust which once stood close to Magdalen Gates on the site of Throckmorton Yard and St Mary Unbrent (Unburnt) which stood opposite Gurney Court. When the town was rebuilt the area south of the river was also developed. It was after the city walls were built in 1290 CE that the area north of the river started to become known as Norwich Over the Water. In Tudor times the name Norwich Over the Water is used in official records such as those used for the calculation of taxes. The area continued to be known as Norwich Over the Water until the expansion of the city past Magpie Road and Bull Close Road in the nineteenth century. After that, with outlying areas becoming part of the city, Norwich Over the Water gradually became part of the central city area. In 1832 the electoral reforms finally ended over 500 years of the name in official use. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norwich Over the Water」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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