Thetford

Thetford, a historic old market-town on the Norfolk and Suffolk border, at the confluence of the Thet and Little Ouse, 31 m. SW. of Norwich; a place of importance in Saxon times, and in Edward III.'s reign an important centre of monasticism; has interesting ruins, a notable Castle Hill, and industries in brewing, tanning, &c.

Population (circa 1900) given as 4,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)