For the Dunwich in Australia, see Dunwich, QueenslandDunwich () is a small town in the county of Suffolk in England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.It was once a prosperous seaport and centre of the wool trade during the early Middle Ages, with a natural harbour formed by the mouths of the River Blyth and the River Dunwich, most of which has since been lost to erosion.It is assumed that the Roman 'Stone Street' runs from Dunwich to Caistor St. Edmund near Norwich.
History
At its height Dunwich was one of the largest ports in eastern England, with a population of around 3,000, eight churches, five houses of religious orders, three chapels and two hospitals. The main exports were wool and grain, and the main imports were fish, furs and timber from Iceland and the Baltic region, cloth from the Netherlands, and wine from France.Dunwich is first referred to in the 7th Century AD when St Felix of Burgundy founded the See of East Anglia at Dommoc in 632 AD. Years later antiquarian
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