A concise history and directory of the city of Norwich for 1811 — John Shaqi
A concise history and directory of the city of Norwich for 1811Berry, Christopher
History
A concise history and directory of the city of Norwich for 1811
Berry, Christopher
Norwich (England) -- History
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.
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