Norfolk Swot Analysis

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Norfolk, the county which defined the history of the UK Political Science & Economics 1A153037 Kashiyama, Haruki Norfolk is the East-end county in the UK, which is No.44 on the map p.6. Its population is approximately 885,000 in 2015 by Office for National Statistics. The main cities of Norfolk are Norwich, the county town, which is the main place of commerce and culture with East-Anglia College and international airport, which has a population of 130,000, King's Lynn, a flourished sea port and market town with a population of 43,000, and Great Yarmouth, which has a population of 97,000. Norfolk is full of nature: the sea, big rivers, deep forests, and extensive and fertile plane which is perfect for agriculture. The nature of Norfolk…show more content…
First, Norfolk is one of the first places which Angles and Saxons launched in ancient Britannia. Since they are ancestors of Anglo-Saxon people, it is not exaggerating to say that Norfolk is an eyewitness of the dawn of history in England. Second, Norfolk had been one of the bridgeheads of Vikings. The most famous invasion is the Great Heathen Army in the 9th century. Until 1066, the battle of Stamford bridge (of course this battle was held on Yorkshire), Scandinavians invaded Britain many times, some of them even became kings and impacted to British culture and society. The most famous person who was born in Norfolk, the admiral Nelson, is a descendant of Scandinavian. Third, Norfolk had flourished as one of the producing centers of woolen goods in the later Middle age. Norwich became the second largest city in England, for the woolen textile industry, enclosure farming started and the differentiation between the urban area and rural area promoted. Norfolk was also famous for grazing sheep, Flanders depended on wools from Norfolk for its woolen textile and it became one of the underlying causes of the Hundred Years War. After the Hundred Years War, England lost its territory in the continent and the foundation of modern England was formed as a maritime nation. Fourth, the crop rotation method was established in Norfolk, spread to all over England and replaced to three field system in the 17th…show more content…
Explain the role which Norfolk played in the ancient Britannia. 4. Explain the role which Norfolk played in the middle age of England. 5. Explain the role which Norfolk played in the British Empire. Answers 1. The villa is named Sandringham House, lies within the Norfolk Costal Area of Outstanding National Beauty. 2. It is Colman’s, a manufacturer company of mustard sauce. 3. Norfolk is one of the first places which ancestors of Anglo-Saxons launched, and Vikings, who impacted to British culture and society, invaded many times through Norfolk. 4. For the domestic role, Norfolk was one of the producing centers of woolen goods, the enclosure farming for the woolen textile industry promoted the differentiation between the urban area and the rural area. For the international rule, Norfolk’s wool became one of the underlying causes of the Hundred Years War, which eventually formed the foundation of modern England as a maritime nation. 5. The new crop rotation method, “Norfolk four-course system” was established in Norfolk. By promoting the large-scale farming and improving production of the agriculture, it leads to the Industrial Revolution, the historical turning point which made the UK grow rapidly and became the hegemony state in modern, the British
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