Lowestoft Old and Now
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Late Medieval

Town Chamber & Town Chapel (Richard Powles - 1784)

Lowestoft Town Hall (Site and Buildings – 14th -19th Century)

Produced to assist with the building’s regeneration and future uses

1. The Lowestoft community relocated itself (onto what is now the High Street area of a much expanded town) from what was probably its original location about a mile to the south-west, in an area now occupied by a large municipal cemetery between Normanston Drive and Rotterdam Road.

 Added: 19 February, 2024
Domesday

Domesday Survey (1086)

Domesday Lowestoft (1)

The further back in history that any researcher tries to go, the more difficult it is to make progress because of diminishing, usable, documentary sources. This is what makes Domesday Book so valuable. 

 Added: 18 February, 2024
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No. 67 High Street (15th-17th Century)

The site of Nos. 64-69 HIGH STREET - occupied by two sets of mid-late 19th century, terraced, triple shop-builds of differing style - was originally one of the largest burgage-plots on the eastern side of the highway (stretching down to Whapload Road) and once occupied by an inn called “The Angel”. Added: 14 December, 2023