Attleborough is an historic market town dating back to Saxon times when it was the seat of both Offa then St.Edmund in AD856 before he became King of the East Angles.

St. Mary’s Church was built in the Norman Period and part of the lower tower remains today. The south chapel was built by Sir William Mortimer in 1297 and sometimes known as Mortimers Chapel. Inside the church is a rood screen, the only one of its kind in Norfolk.

Travelling along Connaught Road you will see a Thatched Cottage a grade II listed building of mid-16th century construction using timber, wattle and daub on a brick plinth.

The Griffin Inn dates from the mid 17th century and enlarged in the 18th century. It is a timber framed building with rendered brick walls and pantiled roof and was a central part of the early 17th century community. It was in the cellars of the Griffin Inn the prisoners on their way to the March Assizes in Thetford were confined overnight, tethered by chains to rings in the wall. The rings still exist today.

A Corn Exchange was built in 1863 in the High Street and owned by a company of local farmers and has had a chequered past since then. In the 1920’s the Corn Hall was sold and became the local cinema. During World War II it was used as a hospital for English soldiers and American airmen based over here.

During 1939 the Old Post Office in Queens Square was sold and became the Doric Restaurant in Queens Square. It has been reputed in the past that it was owned by the infamous Kray twins. Now it is the Town Hall which includes a Tourist Information Centre.
 

There has been a Thursday market in the town since the year 1285.

The first turnpike road in England was built between Attleborough and Wymondham at the end of the 17th century.