The History of the 'Strangers' in Norfolk, by Norfolk Record Office

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During the sixteenth century many refugees arrived in Norfolk, from the Dutch and Flemish areas of the low countries- the areas we call Holland and Belgium. They settled in towns such as Norwich, where they improved the weaving industry and Great Yarmouth, where they worked on the fishing industry.
This film uses documents held by the Norfolk Record Office to demonstrate the effect of these 'strangers' moving into the county and their contribution to Norfolk which is still in evidence today.

[@Sophie.S..]

Interesting - thanks for posting.

[@georgetteconstant9050]

Golly. I ran across this when I was looking something up and am familiar with The Lowland from reading Tudor history. I sidelined it to read later for when I was finished doing what I was doing. Going back to it, I realize it's not about my locality which is Norfolk, Va. USA. We have lots of British names around my town, not to mention the name of the state, which is Virginia (named after Elizabeth 1) So greetings to my fellow Norfolkians across the pond. As a sideline, we pronounce it "nor- fuk", not to get dirty, but that's just how the locals say it. We also use a long "a", so for example the word "garden" would sound like "gea-den". If you like accents, the site below us, North Carolina, has a beautiful accent. Folks from out of town say "Norfolk" just like it's spelled. Cheers?