Norfolk (England)

Norfolk (England), county, eastern England; Norwich is the administrative center. Norfolk comprises a lowland area bounded on the north and east by the North Sea. It is primarily agricultural, producing grains, vegetables, and flower bulbs; livestock and poultry raising are also important. Norwich is the county's principal manufacturing center and Great Yarmouth the chief resort and fishing port. The area was included in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia. During the Middle Ages Norfolk had a thriving wool industry.