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East Anglia is an area in the East of England, [1] often defined as including the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. [2] The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the East Angles , a people whose name originated in Anglia (Angeln) , in what is now Northern Germany .
It is a timber-framed octagonal building with an upper floor raised above an open undercroft. It served as the centre of administration of the town's weekly market. In the late 19th century it was converted into a subscription reading room. [69] After restoration in 1989, it reopened as the town's Tourist Information Centre. It is a Grade I ...
Museum of East Anglian Life: Stowmarket: Mid Suffolk: Open air: Agricultural history of East Anglia, includes Eastbridge Windpump, agriculture machinery, scenes from the 1950s including shops scenes, kitchens, living rooms and a Victorian schoolroom, blacksmith forge, trades, watermill, chapel, carpentry and engineering workshops, steam engines
Still, East Anglia is a region of great natural beauty and cultural richness, and it’s something of a mystery why the region has remained so firmly off the tourist radar for so long.
Hopton-on-Sea is a village, civil parish and seaside resort on the coast of East Anglia in the county of Norfolk. The village is 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Great Yarmouth, 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Lowestoft. The village has many amenities for tourists with amusement arcades and food outlets.
Bury is located in the middle of an undulating area of East Anglia known as the East Anglian Heights, with land to the east and west of the town rising to above 100 metres (330 ft), though parts of the town itself are as low as 30 m (100 ft) above sea level where the Rivers Lark and Linnet pass through it.
Rendlesham [needs IPA] is a village and civil parish near Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom.It was a royal centre of authority for the king of the East Angles.The proximity of the Sutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal house, the Wuffingas.
East aspect of St Mary's vicarage, a Grade II* listed building. [36] Oliver Cromwell lived here between 1638 and 1646. [37] Since 1990, the building has been open as the Oliver Cromwell's House tourist attraction and as Ely's tourist information centre. [38] [ii]