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Telegraph Lane: |
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From
Thorpe Rd to St Leonard's Rd / Gas Hill |
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Telegraph Lane East view of Water tower [7782]
2000-10-15
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Montcalm Rd view of Water tower illuminated [0526]
1935-05-05
Lit for silver Jubilee celebrations. |
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Quebec Rd view of Water tower illuminated [0527]
1935-05-05
Lit for silver Jubilee celebrations. |
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St Matthew's Thorpe Hamlet Telegraph Lane W [6254]
1983-04-15
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Ten Bell Lane: |
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From
Pottergate / Cow
Hill to St Benedict's St / St
Swithin's Alley
East side |
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Ten Bell Lane 2 to 6 [2528] 1938-07-07
For 1 Ten Bell Lane see 97 Pottergate. |
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Ten Bell Lane 10 rear from Trowse Yard [2066]
1938-01-01
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Ten Bell Lane 10 to 14 [0785] 1936-03-07
Note that whereas the public house on its corner is named
the Ten Bells, the lane that leads up to Pottergate
curiously adopts the singular, "Ten Bell", as
does its neighbour Three King Lane. In the early 18c Ten
Bell Lane was known as Holgate, as was Mariner's Lane in
King St, and for the same reason - as being a hollow way,
washed hollow by the rain flowing swiftly down from
higher ground.
The 17c gabled houses, Nos 10-14, which stood half way up
the lane on the east side, as well as Trowse Yard behind
them, were demolished in 1938 in a slum clearance
programme. The yard, by the way, was not named after the
village of Trowse but from a member of the family of that
name who owned property here many years ago. |
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Ten Bell Lane 10 to 14 Tudor house COLOUR [2958]
1939-04-12
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Ten Bell Lane 14 rear from Trowse Yard [2065]
1938-01-01
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Ten Bell Lane 16 to 20 [1116] 1936-07-13
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Theatre St: |
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From
William
Booth St / Rampant Horse St to Chapel Field East / Chapel Field North
(formerly passing Lady's Lane)
North side |
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Theatre St 1 [2782] 1938-09-02
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Theatre St 15 to 17 [1331] 1936-08-27
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Theatre St 19 Shakespeare PH to 21 [2785] 1938-09-02
At 19 Theatre St, on the western corner of Lady Lane,
stood for many years the Shakespeare public house. With
the Theatre Royal almost opposite, it is not difficult to
see how it obtained its name; the sign, in the centre of
the facade, was a medallion portrait of the bard. |
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Theatre St 19 to 21 Presbyterian church [1332]
1936-08-27
A few doors further west was Trinity Presbyterian Church,
whose 100-foot tower was a well-known landmark. Services
were first held in the Victoria Hall, St Andrew's St, in
1866 on the initiative of four Scottish drapers, and in
the following year St Peter's Hall in Theatre St was
purchased, the Rev. W.A.McAllan being ordained as
minister. An increase in the number of worshippers soon
made this accommodation inadequate and on 17th September
1874, the foundation stone of a new church was laid on
adjoining land by C.E.Lewis, MP. Built of white brick
with Bath stone dressings at an estimated cost of £3,600
in what was described as the Lombardo-Gothic style, the
new church had a large rose window above a triple doorway
as its central feature. Designed by local architect
Edward Boardman, it was opened for public worship on 23rd
June of the following year.
The roof of the church sustained damage when the Theatre
Royal burned down in 1934, but this was soon repaired.
Just eight years later, however, the whole building
except the tower was gutted when enemy raiders scattered
incendiary bombs over the district.
With the help of war damage compensation a new church was
built on the site of the old Baptist church on Unthank
Road; it was opened in 1956. Demolition of the remains of
the Theatre St building took place in the following year. |
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South
side |
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Theatre St 2 and right 3 to 5 [4734] 1963-07-14
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Theatre St 4 to 8 [2783] 1938-09-02
Rampant Horse St leads directly into Theatre St, where
Nos 4-8 on its south side formed an unassuming row of
late Georgian houses. Three storeys high, they were of
red brick with pantiled roofs and sash windows. Adjoining
No 8 a covered way led to Chantry Court, which these
houses enclosed. This was a somewhat narrow, stone paved
yard made pleasant by a number of plants growing in tubs
standing by doorways and other odd corners. However, the
most remarkable feature was at the street entrance - a
pair of wrought-iron gates with a semicircular grille
above, fashioned in the most intricate design and
exhibiting the outstanding craftsmanship of both designer
and smith. |
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Theatre St Chantry Court [1029] 1936-06-16
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Theatre St Chantry Court iron gates [2135] 1938-03-08
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Theatre St Chantry Court Georgian doorway [4706]
1962-09-01
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Theatre St 2 to 10 [4704] 1962-08-16
It was at the narrowest part of Theatre St, opposite No
4, that a 1,000lb delayed action bomb fell during the
early hours of 19th September 1940, embedding itself deep
into the subsoil. Fortunately it failed to explode and
after much digging and delicate handling it was
eventually defused and removed. The houses thus escaped
damage at this time, but they were to remain only for
another 24 years, for at the end of 1964 they were pulled
down, No 4 being replaced by modern offices, the rest of
the site being used as a "temporary" car park
but earmarked for an extension of the civic centre, as
yet unbuilt. |
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Chantry The east side doorway canopy [2136]
1938-03-08
Buildings on the east side of the lane known as the
Chantry, were affected by the widening of Theatre St in
1964. One of these had a rather unusual feature above its
front doorway, a large canopy of wood whose supporting
brackets had been carved to resemble those at the
Strangers' Hall in Charing Cross. While those at the
Chantry appeared to be Victorian in origin, those at the
Strangers' Hall had been erected over the street door by
Francis Cock in 1621; they were moved some years ago to
the inner passageway to avoid damage by passing traffic. |
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Theatre St Assembly House east wing [1015] 1936-06-11
From The Chantry. |
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Theatre St Assembly House from Chantry [2792]
1938-09-05
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Theatre St Assembly House Georgian doorway [0398]
1935-03-19
Main entrance. |
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Theatre St Assembly House main facade [3993]
1951-05-31
Built 1754, architect Thomas Ivory. Built on the site of
the College of St Mary in the Fields. The College was
founded some time before 1250 and suppressed in 1545. The
site, after passing through several hands, came in 1609
to the Hobart family. A mansion known as Chapel Field
House had been built here, the east and west wings of
which were retained when in the mid-18c the remainder was
demolished and the present building erected. From 1877
until 1933 this was occupied by the Norwich High School
for Girls. After the second World War it was restored as
an Assembly House of Arts through the great generosity of
Mr H.J.Sexton. |
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Theatre St Assembly House north front [0484]
1935-04-20
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Theatre St Assembly House rear from SW [7725]
2000-01-07
From Chantry Rd. |
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Theatre St Theatre Royal after fire view W [0135]
1934-06-24
In the early part of the 18c Theatre St was known as
Chapel Field Lane; it did not obtain its present name
until after 1757 when Thomas Ivory "to oblige the
general wish and request, and with the promise of all
kinds of countenance and support from the principal
inhabitants" undertook to build a theatre on a site
in Chapel Field adjoining the then newly built Assembly
House. It was completed and opened in January of the
following year with a comedy called The Way of the
World, the Norwich Company of Comedians being engaged
to perform there. At first known as the "Concert
Hall", it was licensed as a Theatre by His Majesty's
Letters Patent in 1768, by which it was enabled to open
from 1st January until 1st June each year and also in
Assize Week.
In the early part of the 19c the building underwent
various alterations and improvements, but it was
eventually decided to pull it down and build a new one on
the adjoining site. William Wilkins was the architect and
proprietor and the new building, at a cost of £6,000,
opened on Easter Monday, 1826, with The School for
Scandal.
In 1883, as a result of a dispute between the Town Clerk
and the proprietor, Mr William Sidney, concerning the
provision of additional exits, the discovery was made
that the licence granted in 1768 was personal to Thomas
Ivory and had expired on his death in 1779. The theatre
owned by Mr Sidney therefore was not a Patent Theatre but
had been carried on for 104 years without patent, licence
or permit of any kind.
After standing for more than a century, during which time
it was enlarged and otherwise improved, the second
Theatre Royal was ultimately destroyed by fire on 22nd
June 1934. Commencing at about 2pm at the stage end of
the building, the fire spread so that the whole theatre
was very soon involved; within an hour nothing but the
mere shell remained and Jack Gladwin, the proprietor, was
faced with the choice of abandoning it altogether or
completely rebuilding. Fortunately for Norwich he chose
the latter course, and on 30th September 1935, the
present Theatre Royal after designs by architect
W.H.Barton L.R.I.B.A. (the third to stand on or adjacent
to the site) opened with a production of The White
Horse Inn. |
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Theatre St Theatre Royal view N after fire [0148]
1934-07-01
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Theatre St Theatre Royal [2137] 1938-03-08
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Theatre St Theatre Royal wall from garden [4298]
1955-04-09
Viewed from Assembly House garden. |
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Theatre St Theatre Royal wall from yard [4299]
1955-04-09
Believed to be a fragment of the first Theatre Royal,
built by Thomas Ivory in 1758. Viewed from yard leading
to current stage door. |
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Theatre St Theatre Royal view SE [7861] 2001-10-28
In 1970 the City Architect David Percival gave the white
tiled frontage a new image to get rid of what the critics
had called "the thirties' public convenience
style". Brick panelling in a soft brown colour
called "mocca" was inserted between the
pilasters, and what tiling remained was painted to match.
A new roof line was also introduced. The estimated cost
was £7,500. At the same time much of the interior was
refurbished and modernised. |
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Thorn Lane: |
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From
Ber St to Rouen Rd (formerly to King St)
(formerly passing Market Lane)
South side |
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Thorn Lane 1 to 5 [2869] 1939-02-07
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North
side |
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Thorn Lane 22 to 26 [2016] 1937-09-23
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Thorn Lane Middle Square view NE [2018] 1937-09-23
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Thorn Lane Lower Square view NE [2017] 1937-09-23
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Thorpe Rd: |
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From
Riverside / Prince
of Wales Rd / Riverside Rd to Harvey Lane and
towards Thorpe St Andrew
passing Rosary Rd, Carrow
Rd, Telegraph Lane
South side |
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Thorpe Rd Norwich Thorpe railway station [4378]
1955-09-08
Rebuilt 1886, architect G.E.R.Co's Engineer R.Wilson. |
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Thorpe Station first electric train arrives [6443]
1987-04-09
The first passenger-carrying electric train to arrive at
Norwich (Thorpe) Station - 9th April 1987. Drawn by the
locomotive "Royal Anglian Regiment". It carried
British Rail staff who had worked on the £90,000,000
electrification programme. Official opening of the full
public service took place on 11th May. |
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Thorpe Station first electric train front [6444]
1987-04-09
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Thorpe Station first electric train side [6445]
1987-04-09
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Thorpe Station shrouded for refurbishment [7552]
1998-06-21
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Thorpe Rd station Sir Morton Peto bust [7614]
1999-03-13
Morton Peto, 1808-1889, Baptist, contractor, politician
and philanthropist. |
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Thorpe Rd railway station platform 2 [7699]
1999-10-17
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Thorpe Station Flying Scotsman [7700] 1999-10-17
Platform 2. |
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Thorpe Station Flying Scotsman [7701] 1999-10-17
Platform 2. |
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Thorpe Station Flying Scotsman from afar [7702]
1999-10-17
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Thorpe Rd 11 Ailwyn Hall Jubilee floodlit [0528]
1935-05-05
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Thorpe Rd Methodist chapel [6321] 1985-05-13
Built c1901 to design by A.F.Scott in memory of his
father. |
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Thorpe Rd at Carrow Rd [0042] 1934-02-22
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Silver Jubilee Thorpe Rd Eastern Counties [0511]
1935-05-04
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company, Thorpe Rd, first prize
for the Silver jubilee decorations. |
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North
side |
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Thorpe Rd 22 Kingswood House [6587] 1989-09-19
Built 1894 by architect A.F.Scott for Fred Dowson, a
bookmaker. Nicknamed "Mugs' Hall". |
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Thorpe Rd 82 Coach and Horses PH [6596] 1990-03-14
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Thorpe Rd 116 to 118 [6586] 1989-09-19
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Thorpe Rd 148 Georgian mansion south side [7783]
2000-10-17
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Timberhill: |
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From
Orford Hill / Orford
St to Golden Ball St / Ber
St
passing Castle Mall
West side |
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Timberhill 1 to 3 and right Orford Hill 7 [6277]
1983-07-27
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Timberhill 1 to 3 and right Orford Hill 7 [6290]
1984-04-24
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Timberhill Orford Hill Baptist chapel [6217]
1981-07-30
Built 1832. Converted to a warehouse. |
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Timberhill 17 to 25 [5216] 1968-06-19
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Timberhill 23 to 25 [6538] 1989-03-25
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Timberhill Lion and Castle Yard thatched ho [0587]
1935-05-19
Thatched cottage. |
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Timberhill Lion and Castle Yard thatch rear [1822]
1937-07-27
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Timberhill Lion and Castle Yard thatch rear [4735]
1963-07-20
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Timberhill Lion and Castle Yard north side [7421]
1997-01-14
After restoration. |
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Timberhill 31 [7632] 1999-05-18
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Timberhill 33 [5214] 1968-06-19
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Timberhill 33 to 35 [1167] 1936-07-27
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Timberhill 35 to 37 [5215] 1968-06-19
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Timberhill 39 to 43 [1165] 1936-07-27
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Timberhill 45 [1166] 1936-07-27
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East
side |
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Timberhill 4 to 8 Gardeners' Arms PH [6274]
1983-07-21
Gardeners' Arms Tavern, alias Murderers' Arms PH. |
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Timberhill 14 [1262] 1936-08-13
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Timberhill 20 former Star and Crown PH [1260]
1936-08-13
Timberhill became so called because in the time of Edward
III land hereabouts was used for a market for timber. In
1507 it was "Tymbermarket Hill", and "14
Henry VIII Robt. Spall paid 4d. for the Easement or
convenience of laying his Timber upon the common ground
at Tymber Hill...At that time Timber was very plentifull,
now the carpenters are glad to go into the country to
search it out & buy it there".
Certain gaps on the east side of the street remained
unfilled after the war, when the air raid of 27th June
1942, caused widespread damage. No 20 Timberhill was one
such casualty. Once the Star and Crown public house, it
had ceased to be licensed by the 1930s and was then
privately occupied, but the name was perpetuated in the
yard at the side. Its front wall was constructed of split
or "knapped" flints such as at the Green Man in
King St and the Royal Oak in Oak St. Here the ground
floor had been spoiled by the insertion of a shop front;
when the shop front was later removed the ground floor
had been unsympathetically repaired with brick. Gutted by
fire in the raid, the building was demolished soon after. |
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Timberhill 26 to 28 [1261] 1936-08-13
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Timberhill east side construction [6857] 1992-06-24
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Timberhill St John's Plain entrance [7108] 1993-12-05
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Timberhill St John's Plain entrance [7109] 1993-12-05
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St John Timberhill south side from Ber St [2301]
1938-04-12
Roof with two modern dormers. |
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St John Timberhill south porch [2300] 1938-04-12
Vaulting and parvise over. The square western tower fell
in 1784 and was not rebuilt. |
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St John Timberhill east end [2308] 1938-04-15
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St John Timberhill interior view east [1863]
1937-08-09
Screen and rood beam are modern. |
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Tollgate Way: |
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From
Old Watton Rd (Earlham Rd) towards Bowthorpe |
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Yare Bowthorpe Tollgate Way Bridge [7774] 2000-10-07
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Yare Bowthorpe Tollgate Way Bridge [7785] 2000-10-29
Opened by the Lord Mayor, Ron Borrett, 28th July 2000. |
Norwich Street Photographs
