Blue plaque № 4218
Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
The Strangers In 1565 the City authorities invited Protestant refugees from the Spanish Netherlands to settle in Norwich to boost the City's textile industry. 30 households of master weavers came over from Flanders, of which 24 were Flemish and 6 were French-speaking Walloons. Soon followed by many
more, they became known as the Strangers, and at their peak accounted for over a third of the City's population.
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