Tombland Fair
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Tombland, Norwich's Historic Heart
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Item s unavailable for purchase. Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item s now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout. Continue shopping Checkout Continue shopping. The Alnwick works was built during , the central modern section of the west front and the original design survived until Erpingham gate was built mid th century. During the years of , the close had its own workhouse, which was the former monastic infirmary and then moved to the northeast corner of the precinct in During , the poor house was amalgamated.
A female penitentiary was founded in , housed mostly teenage girls and moved to Chapelfield road in and the house was demolished for a new canonry.
During World War II, air raid shelters were dug under the school playground and bombs destroyed three houses, numbers 63, 66 and The path along the right bank of the river Wensum from Bishop Bridge to Ferry opened in In , the old palace was transferred to Norwich School and a new smaller place was built for the bishop adjacent to the gate at palace plain. The Chapel was also transferred to the school and was used as a library. In , work began on the presbytery and cloister roof and strengthening of the tower. In repair of the spire started and took two years, next was the tower and later in and in the nave rood was re-leaded.
Traces of burial of the north wall of Bishops places were found in Further finds also suggest a church and graveyard might have been located to the north of cathedral church. Excavations in at the site of Franciscan Friary, south of Cathedral close, shows structures of Saxon-Norman north-south road or lane, overlaid by early wall of the Friary precinct indicates post-conquest period. Nearly all of the sites have produced pottery material of Thetford ware.
A Walrus Ivory pectoral cross from 10 th century was found during an excavation at Tombland public lavatories in In September , a vault was found under number 4 Tombland, dates to c19 and it contains a heating machine dated at It shows three bay ribbings and three side chambers have survived, this supports the stairs going up a level and increases the floor space.
The Vault was under the north porch and a section was beneath the former yard. Restoration footing of medieval porch. At 25 Tombland, Norwich City Council encounter ground surface dating from late medieval period indicating a late Saxon market area. Franciscan Friary was uncovered to the south of the close in and it predated the 13 th century.
Number 23 was a timber-framed building, but in it was demolished along with number 21 the Horseshoes public house. Excavations of the properties showed footings of Calthorpe house dated at At the corner of Queen Street once stood two 19 th century buildings, which were an antique dealer and a tearoom, which were demolished in and rebuilt, and was the Haarts estate agency. Number 3 was Ferrier house, when the house had alterations in the house was dated to During the 16 th century, the Ferror family occupied it and in , James Nosworthy occupied it. Old bank of England was open in and later closed in in Ferrier house.
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Garsett house was previously known as Armada house, records go back to with eight owners. In , the south wall was taken away for the new road that took the tramway. At the same time, the City Arms public house adjoining was demolished. Sunderland House was a school in and later a solicitor occupied the property.
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The solicitor left it to the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological society, which they used for their headquarters and a library on the first floor. The ground floor was let in On the corner of Elm Hill and Princes Street is a timber framed mansion and it is over years old. In , it was a drapery establishment and later in the 20 th century, it was a bakers and a confectioners.
Number 24 Tudor building was restored in and number 26 was restored in There are suggestions that both of these buildings might have been the Horse and Groom tavern. Facing number 24 and 26 Sussex house, this was built around but demolished in These and other properties were demolished to make way for a shoe factory, which was later demolished in and was replaced by shops and offices.
Number 29 in the mid th century was the Crown public house. Number was part of the house owned by Pettus from and the Wrights Court might have been part of the Pettus house. Number is dated at and suggests it was one large house. In , number , Rev. Lyne revive a monastery but it closed in Number was known as the Paston house, a new house was built after a fire in Number 40 was previously known as Turkey Cock public house. For all other types of use please contact the owning collection. Their website may have more information about permitted uses and licensing.
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