12 Facts About Thetford

Thetford is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District of Norfolk, England.

Thetford was an important tribal centre for the Iceni during the late Iron Age and early Roman period, with Castle Hill and Gallows Hill being sites of particular note.

The Domesday Book of 1086 estimated the population of Thetford to have grown to between 4000 and 4500 people, which would have been the sixth largest town in Britain at the time.

Thetford, being close to the border between the two, was convenient for both.

Thetford had its own coroner, courts and legal officials, without depending on those for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.

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Thetford was struck hard by the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s and 1540s.

Thetford Priory was closed down in 1540 and fell into the possession of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.

In 1835 the old Corporation of Thetford was abolished, and a new one set up a Mayor, four aldermen and twelve councillors.

Thetford is situated in the south of Norfolk, in close proximity to the county border with Suffolk.

Thetford was the headquarters of Tulip International, large-scale manufacturers of bacon, beef and pork.

Swimming team called the Thetford Dolphins is based at Breckland Leisure Centre's Waterworld swimming pools.

The construction of the second Thetford bypass resulted in five of the course holes being lost and having to be re-fashioned by Cameron Sinclair and Donald Steel.