Chronological Timeline of King’s Lynn 1100 Years of King’s Lynn History Before 1100 – Lynn’s Saxon Beginnings c. 9th–11th centuries: A small coastal community forms […]
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Tide and Seek: The Purfleet and Lost Waterways of King’s Lynn
The town beneath the town King’s Lynn looks solid underfoot. Queen Street, King Street, Saturday Market Place, Tuesday Market Place, Pilot Street, Purfleet Quay, South […]
Read moreKing Street: Where Medieval Lynn Met the River
Walk from the Tuesday Market Place towards the Custom House and you pass through much of the history of King’s Lynn in less than a […]
Read moreClifton House: King’s Lynn’s Merchant Mansion with a Twist
Clifton House, King’s Lynn: a merchant mansion built in layers If you walk along Queen Street and glance up, Clifton House can seem almost too […]
Read moreArchitecture, Trade, and Civic Ambition: The Custom House, King’s Lynn
The Custom House, King’s Lynn: The Building That Announced a Port Few buildings in King’s Lynn declare the town’s old confidence more clearly than the […]
Read moreThe Lost Market Cross of King’s Lynn: Henry Bell’s Tuesday Market Missing Centrepiece
A market monument at the heart of King’s Lynn At the northern end of King’s Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place there once stood one of the […]
Read moreHow King’s Lynn Cleaned Up Its Act: The Town’s First Paving Laws
The paving of King’s Lynn was neither simple nor swift. It was a civic adventure that spanned decades, uniting merchants, ministers, and mayors in one […]
Read moreA Gentleman of Vision: Henry Bell and the Shaping of 17th-Century King’s Lynn
Henry Bell (1647–1711) was one of King’s Lynn’s more remarkable and versatile figures: a talented architect, a twice-elected mayor, a merchant, and a man with artistic […]
Read moreSt James’: The Clock That Killed
It was the clock on the St James’ Workhouse, given by Thomas Tue of King’s Lynn almost 200 years earlier, that was to inadvertently kill […]
Read moreThe Custom House That Originally Wasn’t
The Original Purpose Wasn’t A Custom House The Custom House in King’s Lynn is one of the town’s most iconic buildings. However, few people know […]
Read moreLynn MP’s Netflix Conversation
Introduction Unfortunately, we are not able to be a fly on the wall when we might want to be. And there are many, many occasions […]
Read moreMansion in Queen Street, King’s Lynn
The Lynn Mansion That Was Briefly A Prison Clifton House is an exceptionally fine early eighteenth century house that in its history has briefly served […]
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