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Browne residence

South end of the Market Place facing the Haymarket (Address), Norwich (Settlement), Norfolk (County [UK]), England


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Description of institution: "The Residence, as it existed in the days in which Sir Thomas Browne lived, and which formed his home for thirty-two years. It was an extensive but plain building of three stories, situated in the parish of St. Peter Mancroft, at the extreme south end of the Market Place. The front faced the Haymarket, and the side formed a part of what is now known as Orford Place" (Williams, n.p.).
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People associated with this location: Browne, Thomas (19 Nov 1605-19 Oct 1682) - Residence at
Print Sources linked to this location: Subject of discourse or work of art - Souvenir of Sir Thomas Browne, With Twelve Illustrations, and Notes.