Norwich

Norwich, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Norwich, New London county, east-central Connecticut, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Yantic and Shetucket rivers, which at that point form the Thames. The settlement, which was begun in 1659 and named for Norwich, England, by a company from Saybrook led by Captain John Mason and James Fitch, became a legal township in 1662. Shipbuilding and shipping and the production of spun cotton, paper, clocks,...