This two-story brick block dates to around 1700, and has its original attics and cellar. Although the rear dormer is of 19th century date, it is otherwise a very well preserved example of what Timberhill would have looked like in the 18th century. — — Map (db m252915) HM
Though now surrounded by a tower block, a large office complex and a department store, the church remains the focal point of Westlegate and All Saints Green.
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The Church as it now appears it mainly 14th and 15th century. The tower is . . . — — Map (db m245438) HM
Built in 1549, it was used as the headquarters of the two Royal Armies sent to quell the Ketts Rebellion which took place in that year — — Map (db m250471) HM
This 18th century building, which was originally a warehouse, was bought by the Particular Baptists in 1832 for £1150 and converted into a chapel which was used by them from 1833 to 1975, At the time there were eight Baptist chapels in central . . . — — Map (db m314480) HM
Formerly the entrance to the house in London Street of John Bassingham, goldsmith during the reign of Henry VIII. It was erected here in 1857. — — Map (db m252917) HM
Named after the cattle market which was held to the south of the castle from the 17th century until the 1960s. It was previously known as Common Pump Street, after a pump in the area, and Buff Coat Lane after a public house. — — Map (db m314483) HM
Edith Cavell was the first of four children of the vicar of Swardeston. She worked as a governess in the east of England and Brussels. Aged 30 she returned to care for her sick father and then enrolled as a trainee nurse, wanting to do 'something . . . — — Map (db m250428) HM WM
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Elm Hill is the loveliest old street in the City, and probably one of the best in the country. It is almost the same in appearance now as it was when most of the properties were last rebuilt, after the major fire of 1507. At that time it . . . — — Map (db m245369) HM
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Elm Hill is the loveliest old street in the City, and probably one of the best in the country. It is almost the same in appearance now as it was when most of the properties were last rebuilt, after the major fire of 1507. At that time it . . . — — Map (db m252931) HM
In the 14th-15th centuries a house on this site belonged to members of the Paston family, who wrote the famous Paston Letters which chronicle the lives of a wealthy Norfolk family during the Wars of the Roses. After the fire of 1507, the present . . . — — Map (db m250430) HM
Now a private house, the watergate at Pull's Ferry was once home to the ferryman it's named after, John Pull. The arched watergate was built in medieval times, but the adjoining house is newer. It was also known as Sandland's Ferry, after an earlier . . . — — Map (db m312658) HM
Pull's Ferry is named after John Pull ferryman. Built in the reign of Elizabeth is originally named Sandlings Ferry after the is ferryman Sandling.
The Watergate is medieval. The Ferry House c. 1600 with Georgian additions. The building to the . . . — — Map (db m312661) HM
A skeleton discovered during excavations of an 11th century graveyard near this spot has been found to have a mitochondrial DNA marker unique to the Romani people. This is the earliest evidence for a person of Romani descent in the British Isles, . . . — — Map (db m314482) HM
A pre-Conquest church dedicated to St Christopher stood on this site. This dedication is very rare, with only 9 pre-Reformation examples in England. The church burnt down during the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) and the parish was then divided . . . — — Map (db m252918) HM
The name St Peter Hungate preserves an otherwise lost Norwich street name, which may commemorate hounds being kept in kennels in this area.
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The church as it is now seen is mainly 15th century. The nave and transepts were totally . . . — — Map (db m252930) HM
Originally a Congregational Church the current building, along with the adjoining Church Rooms on Redwell St, was designed by well-known Norwich architect Edward Boardman. He was also responsible, amongst other projects, for converting Norwich . . . — — Map (db m252462) HM
The only remaining example of a residential court leading off Elm Hill, and one of only a handful to survive in Norwich. These courts or yards were a common form of habitation for working people in the City from medieval times until the 1920s, but . . . — — Map (db m252460) HM
