The architectural antiquities of Great Britain, represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of various ancient English edifices : with historical and descriptive accounts of each (1807)
Britton, John, 1771-1857 · London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme : J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library : and the author · leaf 285
h; for Bedestates that part of the possession annexed to the monastery of Ely, about themiddle of the seventh century, was held by castle-guard service of the Castleof Norwich. * It was occupied by Alfred the Great, and also by other Saxonand Danish monarchs and generals. The first Norman monarch,… … NORWICH CASTLE. 165 Mr. Wilkins thinks it most probable that the present castle was built by Ca-nute the Danish monarch. Although the building is of Danish workmanship, itis, notwithstanding, in the taste of architecture practised by the Saxons longbefore England became subject to the Danes, and it…
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