A garden and bowling-green, called Norwich Vauxhall, in Barrack-street, Pockthorpe, very pleasantly situated against the navigable river from Yarmouth; it is on a smaller scale than Ranelagh, is well furnished with boxes for company, and was tolerably frequented for two or three seasons after it was enlarged and fitted up in its present manner, but has been gradually falling in public estimation since, notwithstanding the proprietor has at several times brought forward a variety of amusements: and indeed it is not probable his exertions can be productive, its situation precluding it from a share of public favor.
The bowling-green near chapel-field, is much the largest in or near Norwich, and is well frequented by the tradesmen in the neighbourhood, and strangers, during the summer season.
The Adam and Eve garden, in St. Martin’s palace, near the cathedral, is a pleasant rural spot, on the opposite side of the river to Vauxhall, it has a good prospect of the horse-barracks, and in the summer seasons is very well frequented.
At Bracondale and Carrow, are some pleasant gardens, commanding a beautiful general prospect, particularly towards Thorpe, over the river.
The village of Thorpe is delightfully situated on the navigable river to Yarmouth, and commands a charming prospect; here are several places of public resort which are well frequented during the summer season.
Chapel-field, which is on the south-west part of Norwich, was formerly a place of much resort as a promenade, particularly on Sunday afternoons; but within the last few years a reservoir has been made, and a large tower built, which by a steam engine, at the New Mills, (which were first erected in 1430, improved in 1695, and brought to perfection in 1802,) and a subteraneous conveyance, is constantly suplied with water, some of which is by machinery conveyed from the reservoir to the tower, for the supply of such parts of the city as are above the level of the reservoir, from whence it is distributed by cylinders and pipes of different materials. The reservoir and tower have however, in some degree, spoil’d its appearance, and together with military parades being generally in the Market, or on the Castle-hill, and Meadow, have occasioned those places to become the principal promenades.
The horse-barracks, about a quarter of a mile north-east of the City, were erected in 1792, and are well worth the observation of a stranger; they are capable of holding about 230 horses and men; the foot barracks, just on the northern side of Coslany-bridge, are calculated to contain about 740 men.
There are five public bridges over the river Wensum, besides one at the New Mills, generally used by sufferance, which is of wood; four of the others, viz.—Blackfriars’, Fye-bridge, Whitefriars, and Bishop-bridge, of stone, and Coslany of iron.
Among the miscellaneous buildings, &c. worthy the attention of the antiquarian or stranger, is Kett’s castle, so called from the famous Norfolk rebel of that name, who encamped there in 1549, at the head of 20,000 insurgents, whose numbers were continually increasing. From this place he attacked the city, where he committed every kind of outrage, wantonly destroying many of the principal inhabitants, merely because they were gentlemen, and burning and plundering most part of the city and country adjacent. Every possible means were used by government to disperse them by lenient means in vain; after which, a sufficient military force was sent to subdue them, which was not effected till many battles and skirmishes had taken place, with great slaughter to the insurgents, and some loss to the army. After the main body were subdued, pardon was again offered to a smaller party who remained in reserve, and who presently complying with the offer, and with one voice cried out “God save King Edward.”
Kett and his brother were soon taken and committed to the Tower of London, where they were tried and convicted of high treason, and shortly after executed on gibbets, and hung in chains, one on the top of Norwich castle, the other upon Wymondham steeple, Wymondham being the place of their nativity, and nearly three hundred others of the ringleaders suffered. It is computed that Kett’s rebellion cost the nation at that time near £20,000. This Castle was founded by Bishop Herbert, about seven hundred years since, as a Chapel dedicated to St. Michael, some small ruins of which are yet standing: it is situate on the brow of Mousehold hill, just over Bishop bridge, near to which, close by the river on the left hand, flows a spring of pleasant water, formerly much resorted to, and over which was erected a handsome freestone conduit, by Sir John Pettus, in 1611. A little further to the left, on the other side of the river, stands the tower in the Hospital meadow, called the Dungeon, or Cow’s tower; it is a circular building, about fifty two feet in height, and twenty four in diameter, with a round spiral staircase reaching to the top; is supposed to have been originally built as an advanced post and watch tower to the castle; Blomfield thinks it was built in order to levy the tolls then belonging to the prior and the church, and says it was used as a prison for the jurisdiction of the Cathedral. The present tower is stated to have been built in 1390, at the expence of the city.
In St. James’s parish, opposite the church, is an old house, said to have been built by the celebrated Sir John Fastolf, and termed in antient records his palace, or city house.
Just within side of the walls near Ber-street, stands St. Catherine’s hill, on which is Mrs. Burroughes’s house, the sight of which will well repay the trouble of a walk. The buildings in Surry-street, among which is Surry-house, a curious specimen of domestic architecture, the windows of which were emblazoned on glass, with many armorial bearings. There are also a number of good houses in St. Giles’s-street, Messrs. Gurneys’ Bank, in St. Michael’s Plea; the Flour mill, by steam, in St. Andrew’s; Mr. Patteson’s brewery, in Pockthorpe, and many others, which will arrest the attention of the stranger in his perambulation about the city.
Norwich, including the Hamlets, is divided into four great wards, viz.—Conisford ward, Mancroft ward, Wymer ward, and Great Northern ward; each of which is again subdivided into three small wards; Great Conisford containing South Conisford ward, in which is comprized the parishes of St. Peter per Southgate, St. Etheldred and St. Julian, and the hamlets of Trowse-milgate and Carrow; North Conisford ward, in which is the parish of St. Peter per Mountergate. Ber-street ward, in which are the parishes of St. John at Sepulchre, St. Michael thorn, St. John Timber-hill, All Saints, and the Hamlet of Lakenham. Great Mancroft ward contains the Parishes of St. Stephen, St. Peter per Mancroft, and St. Giles, each parish being a small ward in itself, including the hamlets of Eaton, and part of Earlham and Heigham.
Great Wymer ward, is subdivided into three small wards, viz.—West Wymer ward, contains the parishes of St. Benedict, St. Swithin, St. Margaret, St. Lawrence and St. Gregory, with part of the hamlets of Earlham and Heigham. Middle Wymer ward, contains the Parishes of St. John at Madder-market, St. Andrew and St Michael at Plea. East Wymer ward, contains the parishes of St. Peter at Hungate, St. Simon and Jude, St. George Tombland, St. Martin at the Palace, and St. Helen.
Great Northern ward, subdivided into three small wards, viz.—Coslany ward contains the parishes of St. Michael, St. Mary and St. Martin. Colegate ward contains the parishes of St. George’s Colegate, and St. Augustine. Fye Bridge ward includes the parishes of St. Edmund, St. James, St. Paul, St. Saviour, and St. Clement. Each of the small wards have the right of electing two Aldermen, and one of the Nominees for the Common Council; the rest of the Common Council being chosen by the Nominees. Great Conisford ward, including the Nominees, choosing twelve,—Great Mancroft ward sixteen,—Great Wymer ward twenty,—and the Northern ward twelve. In ward elections the resident freemen only have at right to vote, and the election for Nominees takes place on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, before passion-week.
The City is governed by a Mayor, Recorder, Steward, two Sheriffs, twenty-four Aldermen, (of which the Mayor is one,) sixty Common Council-men, a Town-clerk, Chamberlain and Sword-bearer, attended by suitable officers.
The Mayor is elected by the freemen, on the first day of May, and sworn into office on the guild-day, which is on the Tuesday before Midsummer, except Midsummer-day fall on a Wednesday, in which case the guild is kept the Tuesday se’nnight before the Mayor is chosen from among the Aldermen, is a Justice of the quorum during his mayoralty, and afterwards Justice of the peace.
On the death or resignation of an Alderman, the Mayor on receiving notice thereof, must within five days, and not less than two; and giving not less than twenty-four hours notice to the freemen in the great ward, in which the small ward belongs, to elect another.
The Sheriffs are chosen—one by a letter from the court of Aldermen, in the early part of July, and returnable if a full assembly can be made, within fourteen days, upon paying a fine of £80 to the corporation, till the 10th of August; on which day, whoever holds it must serve the office. The other Sheriff is elected by the freemen on the last Tuesday in August, and they are both sworn into office on Michaelmas-day. The Mayor with the Sheriffs, hold courts every Wednesday and Saturday, to hear complaints, and to do every other act tending to the peaceable government of the city.
The Recorder assists in the Mayor’s court as chief Judge, as does the Steward in the Sheriffs’ court, they must both be barristers, and are always Justices of the quorum, and Council for the city.
The quarterly assemblies are held on February the twenty-fourth, May the third, the day before guild-day, and Sept. the twenty-first.
There are three Fairs in Norwich,—one on the Thursday before Easter, on Tombland;—one on Easter-Monday and Tuesday;—and one on Whit-Monday and Tuesday, by Bishop-bridge.
Here are several Insurance-offices, viz.—The Norwich Insurance Fire-ffice, on Orford hill, opened in November 1792.
The Union office for insurance against loss by fire, corner of Briggs’s lane, near the market, established in March 1797;—and at the same place The Union office, for the insurance of lives, and granting Annuities and Endowments for children.
The General Equitable assurance office, for insuring property from fire, in Bank street, established Michaelmas, 1807. The Anchor fire office, Back of the inns, established in June 1808; besides various agencies, viz.—
Sun fire office agent, Mr. John Taylor, St. Andrew’s;—Royal Exchange, Mr. J. Woodrow, St. George’s Colegate;—Phœnix, Mr. H. Francis, Surry street;—Suffolk, Mr. Marsh, Bank street;—British, Mr. L. F. Boyce, St. John’s Maddermarket;—Imperial, Mr. Charles Norton, King street.
A gentleman desirous of spending a few days in Norwich, cannot help being gratified by seeing the various employments of its extensive manufactories in Stuffs, Cottons, Shawls &c.—the first and last of which are here carried to a perfection no where else to be met with in England.
Norwich adds greatly to the trade of Yarmouth, by the importation of about 40,000 chaldrons of coals yearly; wine, fish, oil, Irish yarn, and all heavy goods which come from thence by the river Yare: and in Peace the exportation of its manufactures to Russia, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Italy, &c. The keels and wherries which navigate between Norwich and Yarmouth are acknowledged to be superior to any other small craft in England, for carrying a larger burthen, and being worked at a smaller expence;—their burthen is from fifteen to fifty tons; they have but one mast, which lets down, and carry only one large square sail, are covered close by hatches, and have a cabin superior to many coasting vessels, in which oftentimes the keelman and his family live; they require only two persons to navigate them, and sometimes perform their passage (thirty-two miles) in five hours.
Norwich has experienced of late years, a number of improvements; the lighting is much more brilliant, and better regulated than formerly; the paving also, which is in great forwardness, and the alterations consequent thereon, have already much improved many parts, and will when finished, add greatly to the beauty of the city, and to the convenience and comfort of the inhabitants and occasional visitors. The act for paving the streets, &c. was obtained in June 1808, and empowers the commissioners to levy on all houses laid to the poor-rate, four shillings in the pound on the half-rental, and one shilling and four pence in the pounds on such houses &c. as do not pay to the poor-rate, computed on half their annual value; also by a frontage of two-pence per running foot. The commissioners under the paving act are one hundred and thirty-six in number; sixty-three permanent, besides the Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, Recorder, Steward, the Speaker of the Commons, the Rev. the Dean and Prebendary, in all thirty-one, and forty-two Parochial Commissioners, chosen annually. Clerk’s office on Elm-hill, there are also a surveyor and four collectors of the rates.
Among the modern institutions of the city is one which serves to shew that the fine arts are encouraged even at this distance from the metropolis; this is a “Society of Artists,” the members of which have made an annual public exhibition of their pictures, for the last few years, during the Assize and following week, at their room in Sir Benjamin Wrenche’s court, St. John’s Maddermarket, where they also hold a meeting once a fortnight. If societies of this kind were more encouraged, instead of that deformity, which disgraces many modern alterations, beauty, consistency, and propriety would be introduced.
Two mail coaches run daily between London and Norwich; a double bodied coach, called the Expedition, by Newmarket daily, and a post coach by Bury three times a week;—they all leave Norwich in the afternoon, and arrive in London the following morning. A Lynn and Norwich Expedition by Dereham and Swaffham, leave Norwich on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning at seven o’clock, and arrive at Lynn the same evening, returning to Norwich on Wednesday, Friday and Monday, in winter time it runs only twice a week, viz. on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
A Machine to Yarmouth twice every day, from the Black horse, Tombland, at eight o’clock in the morning and four in the afternoon, in the summer, and nine o’clock in the morning and three in the afternoon in winter, Saturday mornings excepted; and in the worst part of the winter it sometimes runs only once each day.
Two London waggons leave Norwich every Tuesday and Friday evening, and return to Norwich every Wednesday and Saturday sen’-night following. By these waggons through Cambridge, there is a regular conveyance to Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, York, and all the manufacturing towns in Yorkshire:—here are also York, Manchester, Lynn, Bury waggons, &c.—also a Barge to Yarmouth every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
The Diocese of Norwich consists of a Bishop, Chancellor, Archdeacon, Commissaries, and other officers of the Ecclesiastical Court, a Dean, Prebendaries, Minor-Canons, and other officers of the cathedral. The Bishop’s office is in the upper close—the Consistory court is held in the cathedral, about once in three weeks—the Dean and Chapter’s office is in the cloyster—Archdeacon’s office at Mr. Steward’s, Bank street.
List of the Bishops and Deans of Norwich,
during the last century.
BISHOPS.
1691 John Moore, translated to Ely, the forty-ninth Bishop.
1707 Charles Trimmel, to Sarum.
1721 Thomas Green, to Ely.
1723 John Lang.
1727 William Baker.
1732 Robert Butts, translated to Ely.
1738 Thomas Gooch, ditto.
1743 Samuel Lisle.
1749 Thomas Hayter, to London.
1761 Phillip Yonge.
1783 Lewis Bagot, to St. Asaph.
1790 George Horne.
1792 Charles Manners Sutton, to Canterbury.
1805 Henry Bathurst.
DEANS.
1689 Henry Fairfax, the fifteenth Dean.
1702 Humphry Prideaux.
1724 John Cole.
1730 Robert Butts, afterwards Bishop.
1733 John Baron.
1739 Thomas Bullock.
1761 Edward Townshend.
1765 Phillip Lloyd.
1790 Joseph Turner.
Also eleven Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons;—viz.—
No. 16 White Sawn, St. Peter’s Mancroft, the first Wednesday in the Month,—constituted May 11th, 1724.
No. 80 Bull, Magdalen-street, first Tuesday,—1749.
No. 99 Moon and Stars, St. Michael, at Coslany, third Tuesday,—Nov. 20th, 1753,—Faithful Lodge.
No. 105 Castle, Castle-ditches, second Thursday,—March 13th, 1757,— Do not meet.
No. 120 Wounded Hart, St. Peter’s Mancroft, fourth Tuesday,—Sept. 16th, 1766.
No. 153 Norwich Volunteer, St. Stephen’s, second Wednesday.—Lodge of Friendship.
No. 166 Wild Man, St. Andrew’s Steps, first Monday.—Ancient Masons.
No. 192 Union Lodge, Gate House, Tombland, last Friday,—February 11th, 1766.
No. 294 Lodge of Union, city of Norwich, St. Stephen’s, second Sunday and fourth Monday.—Ancient Masons.
No. 563 Norwich Theatrical, at the different Theatres in the circuit, second Friday,—June 26th, 1797.
Royal Arch Masons, Knight Templers, and Grand Chapter of Harodim, Gate House Tombland.
Also Three Lodges of Odd Fellows, instituted in 1804.
At the Norwich Volunteer, in St. Stephens, and since removed to the Duke of York, on the Cattle Meadow, called the York Lodge—they have near 400 names enrolled on their books.
The Trafalgar Lodge, instituted in 1808, at the Three Tons, near St. Andrew’s Steps
The Prince of Wales Lodge, instituted in 1809, at the Old Lobster, in Lobster-lane.
There is likewise a Lodge of Druids, at the Rose, in St. Augustines.
A sketch of the actions and characters of those persons born in this city, who have distinguished themselves by their talents or application, would furnish ample materials for an interesting volume; yet, to pass over so important a topic entirely, might be censurable; brief particulars of some few of the most eminent are here given:—
William Bateman, commonly known as William de Norwico, was born in the beginning of the 14th century, (his father represented the City in Parliament in 1326;) he received the rudiments of education at Norwich, and afterwards at Cambridge studied the civil law, and was early noticed for his literary acquirements, Bishop Ayremine recommended him to Rome, where he soon acquired several offices of trust and honor; he was sent as Nuncio, to mediate for peace between Edward III. and the King of France, and was honorably received on his return to England in 1345: he is said to have been tenacious of the perquisites and privileges of office; he founded and endowed Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1347; in 1354, being sent by Edward III. to acquaint the Pope with the nature of the King’s claim to the Crown of France, he died at Avignon, then the residence of the Pope, and was buried in the Cathedral there in 1354.
Matthew Parker, was born in St. Saviour’s parish, August 6th, 1504, he received his education in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he made rapid progress in almost every kind of learning; he was appointed Chaplain to Queen Ann Boleyn, and through her interest obtained several preferments;—and on her being brought to the scaffold, the Princess Elizabeth, with a solemn injunction, was put under his care. He was shortly after made Vice Chancellor of the Cambridge University; he was appointed Chaplain to King Edward the VIth. and in 1552 preferred to the Deanery of Lincoln; he withdrew from his native country in Queen Mary’s reign, but was recalled on her death, and appointed to the See of Canterbury by her successor. In his character he combined learning and religion, in his household he was hospitable and courteous, of his charity his liberal benefactions bear ample testimony; he collected many valuable manuscripts, which he gave to the library of the College where he received his education: he was a profound Antiquarian, and was the author of Antiquitates Britannicæ; he caused many valuable records where copies were scarce to be printed; he published some other works, and superintended a translation of the Scriptures from the original tongue, known by the name of the Bishops Bible; he died at his palace in Lambeth, May 17, 1575.
John Kaye or Cains, was born in Norwich, in 1510, and received his education at Cambridge. He finished his studies on the Continent, where he wrote many books, and formed numerous valuable literary acquaintance; on his return to England he practised as a Physician in Norwich with great success, and in 1557 he was considered the most able practitioner of medicine in the kingdom: he was physician to King Edward VI. and held the same office to Queen Mary, with whom he was in high favor; in the latter part of his life he retired to Cambridge, but being called to London on some urgent business, he was taken ill, and died in July, 1573, and was buried in Caius College Chapel, Cambridge; he exercised his pen on almost every branch of learning, and left upwards of four-score different treatises on various subjects.
William Cuningham, was born in Norwich, in 1531; he studied physic, and graduated at Heidelburgh; he wrote several treatises on Astronomy, Chronology and Medicine, particularly the Cosmographical Glass—printed in 1559, at the close of which year he died.
Thomas Legge, born in 1535, was student at Cambridge, and succeeded his friend Caius in the mastership of Caius College; he was a great and distinguished Antiquarian; having attached himself to the Law, he was appointed King’s legal professor, and twice filled the vice Chancellor’s chair; he was also a dramatic writer, he died in 1607.
John Cosin, was born in Norwich, in 1594, he studied in Caius College, Cambridge; he was promoted to several church preferments, which, at the commencement of the civil wars, he was deprived of, being the first clergyman who suffered that species of punishment for his loyalty. On the return of King Charles the II. he was appointed to the deanery of Peterborough, and soon afterwards called to the Bishoprick of Durham, and died in 1672; he wrote some pieces on polemical divinity.
Edward Brown, was born in this city about the year 1642, he was educated at the grammar school, and in 1665 took the degree of Bachelor in Physic, at Cambridge, and was soon after admitted at Oxford, where he in 1667 obtained a doctor’s diploma; he then travelled over great part of the Continent, and on his return, published an account of his travels, which contain some valuable information of Natural History, particularly on Minerology and Metallurgy; after settling in London, he was appointed physician to King Charles the II. and in 1705, became president of the College of physicians, which office he held till his death; he was well versed in the living and the dead languages; he died in 1708, at his seat at Northfleet, in Kent.
Doctor Samuel Clarke, the son of Edward Clarke, esq. an alderman of Norwich, and for several years one of its representatives in Parliament; he was born in 1675, and completed his studies at Cambridge, where he soon distinguished himself, particularly in the Mathematics; the Newtonian Philosophy attracted his notice, and by his illustration of that theory, he obtained very considerable credit at the early age of 22; he afterwards applied himself to divinity, and was appointed to some church preferments, but from his attachment to Mathematical knowledge, he was unwilling to admit any thing for truth which did not allow of that kind of demonstration; this gave a bias to his judgment, which is apparent in all his writings. In 1706, he published a Latin edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s Optics, on the credit of which, he was noticed by Queen Ann, and appointed to the valuable rectory of St. James’s, Westminster; in 1710, he published Cæsar’s Commentaries in royal folio, (one of the most magnificent Books ever printed in England,) elucidated with eighty-seven engravings. On the death of Sir Isaac Newton, he was offered the lucrative place of Master of the Mint, which he refused, as being incompatible with his character as a clergyman; he died in 1729: his writings were very voluminous, and will remain a lasting monument of his uncommon abilities and profound learning.
Edward King, F. R. and A. S. S. was born at Norwich, in 1734; in 1748, he was sent to Cambridge to finish his education; he soon distinguished himself by his progress and regularity. Having obtained academical honors, he entered a student at Lincoln’s-Inn, and from thence practised at the Bar for some time, with great credit; but coming to a large fortune by the death of his father, he quitted the profession, and applied himself to scientific pursuits; he was particularly calculated for profound research; he had long been an active and useful member of both the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and became vice president of the latter in 1781, and president in 1783; he resigned the latter the year following; his works were numerous and his observations on Ancient Castles, is in great repute. He died in London, April, 1807. There are some other eminent men, who (although not natives,) have spent the principal part of their time in Norwich, of whom a slight notice may not be unacceptable.
Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop Norwich was born in Normandy, from whence he was brought by William the II. towards the close of the 11th Century: Henry I. appointed him his chancellor. He is said to have been very loose and wild in his young time, although afterwards he became quite the reverse, he was an excellent scholar for the time in which he lived, to atone for the extravagancies of his early years, he founded the Cathedral, the Bishops Palace, &c.
Joseph Hall, was born in Leicestershire, in 1574; at the age of fifteen was sent to Cambridge, to finish his education, and at the age of twenty-three distinguished himself as a wit and a poet, he became successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich, but was soon bereaved of all his preferments and properly by religious persecution; in 1647, he retired to a little estate he rented at Heigham, where he died in September, 1656, and was buried in the chancel of the parish church there; he was by foreigners stiled the English Seneca; his works are numerous, which are collected and printed in three volumes, folio.
Norwich is 108 miles from London by Newmarket, 110 by Colchester, 114 by Bury St. Edmunds, and it is a remarkable fact, that Norwich, Bury and Lynn, form an equilateral triangle, each side measuring 42 miles, it is also 43 miles from Ipswich, and 24 from Yarmouth. The soil of Norwich is mixed the upper stratum is light of sufficient depth for the plough upon chalk, gravel and sand; the air is remarkably salubrious, it is screened from the easterly wind by Moushold Heath, and abound in springs of water of the purest kind.
There are five Banks in Norwich, which draw upon London, viz.—
Messrs. Gurney’s, St. Michael at Plea, upon Barclay’s, Tritton and Bevan, No. 56, Lombard-street.
Messrs. Harvey and Hudson’s, King-street, upon Hankey and Co. No. 7. Fenchurch-street.
Messrs. Ketts and Back, Orford-hill, upon Hoare, Barnetts and Co. No. 62, Lombard-street.
Starling, Day and Son, Pottergate-street, on Forster, Lubbock and Co. No. 11, Mansion-House-street.
Thomas Bignold, Son and Co. Market-place, upon Stephenson’s, Remington’s, Smith and Co. No. 69, Lombard-street.
List of Mayors during the last Century.
1701, John Hall. 1702, John Atkinson. 1703, John Freeman. 1704, William Blyth. 1705, William Thacker. 1706, William Cooke. 1707, Peter Seaman. 1708, Thomas Havers. 1709, Mathew Nall. 1710, Robert Bene. 1711, William Cockman. 1712, John Goose. 1713, Nicholas Helwys. 1714, John Norman. 1715, Peter Attelsey. 1716, Augustus Metcalf. 1717, R. Lubbock, died—T. Bubbin, died, A. Parmenter succeeded. 1718, Richard Mott. 1719, John Hall. 1720, Edward Coleburne. 1721, Benjamin Nuthall. 1722, Thomas Newton. 1723, Edmund Hunton. 1724, John Croshold. 1725, Daniel Fromanteel. 1726, John Custance. 1727, John Harvey. 1728, Thomas Harwood. 1729, John Black. 1730, John Pell. 1731, Robert Marsh. 1732, Francis Arnam. 1733, Jeremiah Ives. 1734, Phillip Meadows. 1735, Thomas Vere. 1736, Timothy Balderstone. 1737, John Spurrell. 1738, Robert Harvey. 1739, William Clark. 1740, John Nuthall. 1741, Edward King. 1742, William Wiggett. 1743, James Nasmith. 1744, John Black. 1745, Simon Waller. 1746, John Wood. 1747, William Crowe. 1748, Thomas Harvey. 1749, B. Nuthall, second time. 1750, J. Custance, second time. 1751, T. Balderstone, second time. 1752, Thomas Hurnard. 1753, John Press. 1754, John Gay. 1755, Peter Columbine. 1756, Jeremiah Ives. 1757, John Goodman. 1758, Nockhold Tompson. 1759, Robert Rogers. 1760, Bartholomew Harwood. 1761, T. Churchman. 1762, Jeremiah Harcourt. 1763, Benjamin Hancock. 1764, John Dersley. 1765, James Poole. 1766, John Patteson. 1767, Thomas Starling. 1768, John Day. 1769, Jeremiah Ives, jun. 1770, Robert Harvey, jun. 1771, Knipe Gobbet. 1772, Charles Weston. 1773, J. Addey. 1774, J. L. Watts, died.—James Crowe, succeeded. 1775, Richard Peete. 1776, Francis Columbine. 1777, Nathaniel Roe. 1778, Roger Kerrison. 1779, John Thurlow. 1780, Benjamin Day. 1781, John Morse. 1782, Starling Day. 1783, Jeremiah Ives Harvey. 1784, Robert Partridge. 1785, Elias Norgate. 1786, Jeremiah Ives, junior. 1787, Robert Harvey, jun. 1788, John Patteson. 1789, Charles Weston, jun. 1790, Thomas Watson. 1791, John G. Baseley. 1792, John Harvey. 1793, John Buckle. 1794, James Hudson. 1795, Jeremiah Ives, second time. 1796, William Herring. 1797, J. Crowe, second time. 1798, John Browne. 1799, John Herring. 1800, R. Harvey, second time. 1801, Jeremiah Ives, second time. 1802, Sir R. Kerrison. 1803, John Morse, second time. 1804, James Marsh. 1805, Ed. Rigby. 1806, T. A. Kerrison. 1807, Rob. Herring. 1808, Starling Day, second time. 1809, Thomas Back. 1810, John Steward.
Members of Parliament for Norwich, from the Restoration, 1660,
William Barnham, Thomas Rant.
1661 Francis Carey, Christopher Jay, who dying, were succeeded by William Paston and Augustin Briggs.
1678 William Paston, Augustin Briggs.
1679 Hon. Wm. Lord Paston, Augustin Briggs.
1681 The same.
1685 Hon. Robert Paston, Sir Neville Catline, Knt.
1688 Sir Nevil Catline, Knt. Thomas Blofeild.
1692 Thomas Blofeild, Hugh Borkenham, who dying in 1694, was succeeded by John Ward.
1695 Francis Gardiner, Thomas Blofeild.
1698 Robert Davy, Thomas Blofeild.
1700 The same.
1701 Edward Clarke, Esq. R. Davy, Esq.
1702 Robert Davy, Esq. Thomas Blofeild.
1703 Thomas Palgrave, in place of R. Davy, dec.
1705 Waller Bacon, Esq. John Chambers, Esq.
1707 The same.
1710 Robert Berney, Esq. R. Bene, Esq.
1714 The same.
1715 Waller Bacon, Esq. Robert Britiffe, Esq.
1722 The same.
1727 The same.
1734 Horatio Walpole, Esq. Waller Bacon, Esq.
1735 Thomas Vere, Esq. Miles Branthwayt, Esq.
1741 Horatio Walpole, Esq. Thomas Vere, Esq.
1747 Rt. Hon. Horatio Walpole. Right Hon. John Lord Hobart.
1754 The same.
1756 Edward Bacon, Esq. Harbord Harbord, Esq.
1761 The same.
1768 The same.
1774 The same.
1780 The same.
1784 Sir Harbord Harbord, Bart. William Windham, Esq.
1786 Hon. Henry Hobart, Sir Thomas Beevor, Bart.
1790 Hon. Henry Hobart. William Windham, Esq.
1796 The same.
1799 John Frere, Esq. Robert Fellows, Esq.
1802 Robert Fellows, Esq. William Smith, Esq.
1806 John Patteson, Esq. Robert Fellows, Esq. May the 4th
Brief Particulars worthy Notice.
PRINTING first introduced in Norwich, in 1570, and again, after it had been discontinued many years, in 1701.
In 1701, An Act passed for lighting the Streets.
Crosgrove’s Newspaper, called, The Norwich Gazette, first printed in 1707.
Remarkably great Floods in Norwich.
1373—1519—1570—1614—1646—1673—1691—1697—1706—1737—1739—1762—1770—1794—1705.
The Court of Guardians incorporated 1711.
Bethel built in 1713, by Mrs. Mary Chapman, see page 23.
In 1738 the Castle Ditches were levelled, since such time the Cattle Market has been kept here.
The first Bank established here in 1756, by Charles Weston, Esq.
1783 The Pagent of the Golden Fleece, or what is called Bishop Blaize, was exhibited by the Woolcoombers, in a stile far surpassing all former processions of the kind in this city.
ALPHABETICAL LIST
of the
STREETS, LANES, &c.
All Saints Green, by All Saints church.
Alms House Lane, from Gildengate-street to Muspole-street.
Andrew’s, St. Bridge-street, from the Hall to Blackfriers-bridge.
— Chancel-streets.
— Plain, by the Hall.
— Steps, from St. Andrew’s pump to London-lane.
Augustine’s, St. Church-row, from St. Augustine’s street to Gildencroft.
— Street, from Botolph-street to City-walls.
Anne’s St. lane, King-street, by Thorn-lane.
Back of the Inns, from Orford-hill to London-lane.
Bank-place, from London-lane to Bank-street.
Barrack-street, from Saint James’s street to Horse-barracks, Pockthorpe.
Ber-street, from St. John’s Timberhill church to opening, late Ber-street Gates.
Bethel-street, from the Upper Market to Saint Giles’s church.
Bishop-gate-street, from the Close-precincts to Bishop’s-bridge.
Bracondale, from Ber-street to Carrow-road.
Bridewell-alley, from Pottergate-street to Saint Andrew’s church.
Briggs’s-lane, from the Market to Rampant-horse-street, St. Stephen’s.
Buff-coat-lane, from Golden Ball-lane to Common Pump-street.
Bull-lane, from St. Stephen’s-street within the walls to Upper Surry-street.
Butcher’s-market, by St. Peter’s Church and Market-place.
Bank-street, from Bank-place to King-street.
Botolph-street, from Stump-cross to St. Augustine’s church.
Bennet’s St. Road.
Bull Close-street, from St. James’s church to Magdalen-street.
Castle Dykes and Meadow, round the Castle-hill.
Chapel-field, by the Theatre.
Chapel-field-lane, from Gun-lane to Chaple-field.
Chapel-field-row, from St. Stephen’s-street under the walls to Chapel-field.
Chapel-street, from St. Martin’s Palace Plain to Hospital-lane.
Charing Cross, Wymer-street between Middle and Lower Westwick.
Cherry-lane, from Pitt-street to Gildengate-street.
Clement’s, St. Church-alley, from Fye Bridge-street to Colegate-street.
Close, Upper, in Precincts of the Cathedral.
Close, Lower, ditto.
Cockey-lane, from Market-place to London-lane.
Cockey-lane Little, from Cockey-lane to Pottergate-street.
Colegate-street, from Magdalen-street to Saint Michael’s Coslany Corner.
Common Pump, St. Michael’s Thorn.
Common Pump-street, from Common Pump to King-street.
Common-staithe, old, King-street.
— new, King-street.
Cook’s lane, King-street, near Rose-corner.
Coslany-street, from Coslany Bridge-street to St. Martina-lane.
Coslany Bridge-street, from Coslany Bridge to the church.
Cow-hill, from St. Giles’s church to Pottergate-street.
Cow-gate-street, from Whitefriar’s Bridge to St. James’s Church.
Cross-lane, from Snail Gate-street to Gildengate street.
Catherine St. hill, near St. John’s Sepulchre church.
Dove-lane, from Market-place to Madder-market church.
Duke’s Palace.
Elm-hill, from St. Peter’s Hungate church to St. Simon’s church.
Elm-lane, from Elm-hill to Tombland.
Faith’s, St. Lane, King-street.
Field-square, opposite the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
Finket-street, Ber-street by the church.
Fish-market, by Guildhall.
Fisher’s-lane, from St. Giles’s Broad-street to Pottergate-street.
Fishgate-street, from Fyebridge-street to Saint James’s-street.
Fyebridge-street, from Fye-bridge to Magdalen-street.
Fyebridge-quay, from Fye-bridge to Privy-lane.
George’s, St. Bridge-street, from Blackfriar’s Bridge to St. George’s church.
— Church-alley, from Gildengate street to Muspole-street.
Gildencroft, by St. Augustine’s church.
Gildencroft-lane.
Gildengate-street, from Colegate to St. Augustine’s.
Giles’s, St. Street, from the church to the City Walls.
— Hill.
— Back-street, from St. Giles’s-street inside the Walls to Pottergate.
— Broad-street, from Guildhall to Saint Giles’s church.
—— Road.
Goat-lane, Upper, from St. Giles’s Broad-street to Pottergate-street.
— Lower, do.
Golden Ball Lane, Castle-dykes.
Golden Dog Lane, from Snailgate-street to Magdalen-street.
Green’s-lane, from Gildengate-street to Snailgate-street.
Gregory’s, St. Church-alley, by St. Gregory’s church.
Griffin-lane, from King-street to the Horse Fair.
Gun-lane, from Rampant-horse-street to Hay-hill.