Mousehold Heath
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Mousehold Heath is a freely accessible area of heathland and woodland which lies to the north-east of the medieval city boundary of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk.
A view of Norwich Cathedral from St James' Hill
Heathland
Woodland at the southern tip of the heath
Woodland on the heath (in January 2022)
Kett's Rebellion
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Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in the English county of Norfolk during the reign of Edward VI, largely in response to the enclosure of land. It began at Wymondham on 8 July 1549 with a group of rebels
Mousehold Heath
…murdered in 1144) was erected on the heath, of which little remains today. In 1549, Robert Kett camped on the heath with his followers, days before their uprising was suppressed by the authorities. The heath was in the past used by the local population to collect fuel, food and housing materials, as well as to…
Robert Kett and his followers on Mousehold Heath (from Kett's Rebellion in Norfolk (1859))
Kett's Oak, beside the B1172, near Hethersett, Norfolk
John Crome, Mousehold Heath, Norwich (c. 1818-1820), Tate Britain
The Earl of Warwick led the force that defeated the rebels