Hanseatic Warehouse bronze plaque

This bronze commemorative plaque records: Hanseatic Warehouse Built about 1475, together with buildings on the site of St. Margaret's House which was built in the late 18th century. Used until 1751 as the depot for Hansa the important north European merchant league. Preserved and converted into offices by the Norfolk County Council in 1971 Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary Club od King's Lynn.

The Hanseatic Warehouse, constructed around 1475, served as a critical depot for the Hanseatic League, an influential medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. Its preservation and conversion into offices in 1971 by the Norfolk County Council highlights its historical significance as a tangible link to England's economic relations with the Hanseatic League during the late medieval period.