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A Comprehensive History of Norwich

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Aborigines of the District 146

Act obtained for Paving and Lighting 291, 324

Agricultural Implement Makers 611

Agricultural Society’s (Royal) Visit 416

Agriculture, Chamber of 441

Alexander Rev. John 490

Alfred Prince, in Norwich 443

Alfred the Great, Reign of 159

Allen Thomas, M.A. 248

Anchorages or Hermitages 139

Ancient City, The 117

Anderson William, Notice of 307

Andrew’s, St. Hall—see St. Andrew’s Hall

Angles, Arrival of 11

Anglo-Saxon Coins 160, 161

Anglo-Saxon Dynasty, Restoration of 12

Anglo-Saxon Period, Norwich in the 158

Archæological Society, (British) Visit of 433

Artists of Norwich 541

Art, School of (in Free Library) 61

Assize Courts, City and County 50

Assizes removed to Norwich 381

Asylum, New Lunatic, contemplated 441

Austin Friars 138

Bank, the Crown 76

Banks and Banking 595

Baptist Chapels 110, 111, 112

Baptists in Norwich, History of the 253

Barbauld, Anna Letitia 307

Barlow, Peter 307

Barracks, Cavalry 76

Bathurst Bishop 36, 300, 328

Bathurst Bishop, Memoir of 520

Bathurst Bishop, Professor Taylor’s account of 329

Beechey, Sir William 307

Benedictine Priory 136

Bethel Built 270

Bible Society, Norwich Auxiliary Established 335

Bignold, Sir Samuel 378, 381, 432

Bigod, Hugh 169, 170, 172

Bigod, Roger 163, 166, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175

Bigod, William 169

Bilney, the Martyr 51, 191

Bishop Bathurst, monument of 36, 521

,, ,, mentioned in Monthly Magazine 300

,, ,, elected 328

,, ,, Professor Taylor’s account of 329

,, ,, Memoir of 520

,, Goldwell, tomb of 36

,, Hall, driven out 222, 227

,, ,, Memoir of 226

,, Hall’s palace 100

,, Herbert de Losinga (first bishop) 13

,, ,, Norman statue of 39

,, Hinds, memoir of 524

,, Horne, monument of 36

,, Nykke, tomb of 34

,, Parkhurst, tomb of 35

,, Pelham, notice of 714

,, Stanley, memoir of 524

,, Wren and the “Book of Sports” 244

Bishop’s Palace, History and description of 43

Bishops of Norwich, list of 708

Black Friars 138

Blomefield, the Norfolk Historian 127, 306

Blind, Hospital for the 327, 733

Blythe, Hancock 307

Board of Health 14, 429

Boleyn, Sir William, tomb of 37

Bombazines, manufacture of introduced 204

Book of Sports 78, 244

Boot and Shoe Trade, Wholesale 601

Bourn, Samuel 297

Bracondale Lodge (Miss Martineau) 106

Brand, John, B.A. 307

Brasses, Monumental 140, 563

Bread Riots 286, 292, 340

Brethren of the Sac Friars 139

Brewers’ Mark, &c., Mr. R. Fitch on 264

Brewers, Wholesale 616

Bridge, Carrow, first stone laid 333

,, Duke’s Palace, erected 347

,, Foundry, first stone laid 334

Bridge W., M.A. 245

British Archæological Society, Visit of 433

,, Association for the Advancement of Science, Visit of 444

Brooke, Sir James, educated at Grammar School 45, 726

Brown, Rev. Robert 243

Browne, Sir Thomas, memoir of 230

Brush and Paper Bag Makers 620

Burial Ground—the Rosary 108

Bury and Schneider unseated 656

Buxton, Thomas Fowell 104

Caer Gwent or Guntum, Norwich called so by the Iceni 10, 157

Caister, a village on the bank of the Taas 10, 11

Caister and Norwich, Traditional Couplet 10

Caister Camp 105, 157

Canons Honorary 718

Canute assigned custody of Norwich Castle to Earl Turkel 152

Cardinal Wolsey visited Norwich 189

Carmelite Friars 137

Caroline, Queen, Address to 350

Carriage Manufacturers 620

Carrow Abbey 84, 139

Carrow Bridge, first stone laid 333

Carrow Works (Messrs. J. and J. Colman’s) 84, 605

Carrying Trade 625

Carter, Rev. John, memoir of 239

Castle built 11, 163

,, burnt by Danes 12

,, description and history of 20

,, fortifications of 21, 22

,, ,, Mr. Woodward’s opinions 23, 119

,, ,, Kirkpatrick’s opinions 23

,, ,, Mr. Harrod’s opinions 24

,, made the public prison 178

,, Corporation, the 339

,, Hill, View from 47

Cathedral, additions and repairs by Eborard, John de Oxford, Walter de Suffield, Ralph de Walpole, &c. 29, 30, 31, 276

,, Brasses destroyed during Commonwealth 37

,, Chartists attended at 406

,, Cloisters, description of 41

,, Close, Upper and Lower 44

,, Dignitaries of the 717

,, Dimensions of 32

,, Edward I. and Eleanor at 29

,, Exterior, description of 39

,, Gateways 46

,, Injuries by fires, wind, and lightning 29, 30, 189, 212, 323

,, Injuries by Reformers 31, 219

,, Interior description of 33

,, Monument of Bishop Bathurst 36

,, ,, Bishop Home 36

Cathedral, Monument of Sir William Boleyn 37

,, Original Structure 28

,, Prideaux, Dr., Inscription in Memory of 34

,, Queen Elizabeth dined in Cloisters 43, 205

,, Tomb of Bishop Goldwell 36

,, ,, ,, Herbert de Losinga 37

,, ,, ,, Nykke 35

,, ,, ,, Parkhurst 35

,, ,, Miles Spencer 34

,, Yarmouth people ask for stones for a workhouse 31

Catherine, Queen, visited Norwich 189

Catholic Apostolic Chapel 115

Cattle and Corn Trade 623

Cattle Food and Manure Trades 622

Cattle Market, cost of improvements, &c. 49

Cavalry Barracks 76

Cemetery, Public (opened 1856) 101, 432

,, The Rosary 108

Census of 1861 435

Chamber of Agriculture 441

Chantrey’s, Sir Francis last work 37, 521

Chapel Field 98, 133

Chapels, Nonconformists’ 720

,, ,, Ber Street (Wesleyans) 112

,, ,, Calvert Street (Methodist Free Church) 112

,, ,, Catherine’s Plain (Primitive Methodists) 113

,, ,, Chapel-in-the-Field (Independents) 110

,, ,, Cherry Lane (Baptists) 112

,, ,, Clement Court (Catholic Apostolic—Irvingites) 115

,, ,, Crook’s Place (Methodist Free Church) 112

,, ,, Cowgate Street (Primitive Methodist) 113

,, ,, Dereham Road (Primitive Methodist) 113

,, ,, Dutch Church (Free Christian Church) 114

,, ,, Ebenezer (Baptists) 111

,, ,, French Church (Swedenborgians) 114

,, ,, Gildencroft (Baptists) 111

,, ,, Jireh—Dereham Road (Baptists) 112

,, ,, Lady Lane (Wesleyans) 112

,, ,, Octagon (Unitarians) 113

,, ,, Old Meeting (Independents) 109

,, ,, Orford Hill (Baptists) 111

,, ,, Pottergate Street (Baptists) 112

,, ,, Princes Street (Independents) 109

,, ,, Priory Yard (Baptists) 112

,, ,, Queen Street (Swedenborgians) 114

,, ,, St. Clement’s (Baptists) 111

,, ,, St. Faith’s Lane (Jews) 115

,, ,, St. John’s Maddermarket (Roman Cath.) 113

,, ,, St. Mary’s (Baptists) 110

,, ,, St. Peter’s Hall (Presbyterians) 112

,, ,, Tabernacle (Lady Huntingdon’s) 110

,, ,, Upper Goat Lane (Friends) 113

,, ,, Willow Lane (Roman Catholics) 113

Chapels, Desecrated 133

Charing (Sherers’) Cross removed 275

Charitable Institutions 732

,, ,, Bethel 270

,, ,, Blind Hospital 327, 733

,, ,, Doughty’s Hospital 733

,, ,, Great Hospital (called also Old Men’s, St. Giles’, or St. Helen’s) 79, 197, 279, 733

,, ,, Jenny Lind Infirmary 430, 733

,, ,, Lying-in Charity 377

,, ,, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 280, 733

,, ,, Norwich Magdalen 733

,, ,, Orphans’ Home 733

,, ,, Public Dispensary 325, 733

Charles II. and Queen visited Norwich 223, 225

Chartist Movements 406, 408, 653

Christ Church, New Catton 92, 405

Church Congress in Norwich 442

Church of England Young Men’s Society 732

Churches, All Saints 96

,, Christ Church (New Catton) 92, 405

,, desecrated 127–133

,, despoiled by Reformers 219

,, Holy Trinity (Heigham) 102

,, list of 719

,, number of, in olden times 62

,, St. Andrew 70

,, St. Andrew (Eaton) 104

,, St. Augustine 87

,, St. Bartholomew (Heigham) 102

,, St. Benedict 75

,, St. Clement 91

,, St. Edmund 93

,, St. Etheldred 82

,, St. George Colegate 87

,, St. George Tombland 77

,, St. Giles 67

,, St. Gregory 68

,, St. Helen 80

,, St. James 9

,, St. John Maddermarket 69

,, St. John Timberhill 97

,, St. John Sepulchre 95

,, St. Julian 81

,, St. Lawrence 73

,, St. Margaret 75

,, St. Martin at Oak 86

,, St. Martin at Palace 79

,, St. Mark (Lakenham) 105

,, St. Mary at Coslany 88

,, St. Matthew (Thorpe) 106

,, St. Michael Coslany 85

,, St. Michael at Plea 77

,, St. Michael at Thorn 96

,, St. Paul 93

,, St. Peter Hungate 78

,, St. Peter of Mancroft 65

,, St. Peter per Mountergate 81

,, St. Peter Southgate 82

,, St. Philip (Heigham) 102

,, St. Saviour 92

,, St. Simon and Jude 79

,, St. Stephen 94

,, St. Swithin 73

,, Trinity, Holy (Heigham) 102

Cigar and Tobacco Trade 617

City and County of Norwich 170

City Jail 99, 355

City Library 61

City Officials, list of 736

City separated from County of Norfolk 170

Civic Feasts 52, 197, 204, 378, 402, 403 et passim

Civil Wars, the 216

Clabburn Thomas, monument of 87

Clarke, Dr. Adam, in Norwich 257

Clarke, Dr. Samuel, memoir of 236

Clergy, ignorance of, in fifteenth century 242

Clergy of City and Hamlets, list of 719

Close, Cathedral, Upper and Lower 44

Clothiers, Wholesale 601

Clover Joseph, artist 546

Coaches, Mail, to London 282

Coal Trade 622

Coins, Anglo-Saxon 160, 161

Coins of Iceni 149

Collinges Dr. 296

Commercial History 552

Commercial School 726

Compounding for Poor-rates abolished 440

Cooper Henry 308

Corn Exchange (old) opened 372

,, description of 58

Corn Exchange, portraits in (Earl Leicester & Jno. Culley, Esq.) 59

Corn, high price of 286, 293

Corn Trade 623

Corporation, Municipal 170

,, ,, First Mayor of New 402

,, ,, History of the 316

,, ,, Last Mayor of Old 401

,, ,, Members of, for 1869 736

,, ,, Present state of the 395

,, ,, Presents to the, by Lord Howard, 223; Sir Robt. Walpole, 275; Sir Armine Wodehouse 279

Corporation, Old, Commission of Inquiry 381

,, Evidence of Athow, John 395

,, ,, Bacon, R. M. 395

,, ,, Barnard, A. 391

,, ,, Bignold, S. (mayor) 383

,, ,, Bolingbroke, Alderman 383, 391

,, ,, Francis, John 391, 394

,, ,, Gurney, J. J. 383, 388, 392

,, ,, Newton, Alderman 386

,, ,, Palmer, George 392

,, ,, Robberds, J. W. 395

,, ,, Simpson, W. 383

,, ,, Stan, John Rising 390

,, ,, Wilde, William 389

,, ,, Willett, H. 393

,, ,, Wright Mr. 394

Cosin, Dr. John, memoir of 238

Costume of various periods 553

Cotman, J. S., artist 550

Council Chamber 50

County Jail (the Castle) 27

Crape Manufacture 581, 592, 593

Crome, John, artist (“Old Crome”) Memorial of 89, 542

Crome, Miss, artist 546

Crome, J. B., artist 545

Cromwell and the Commonwealth 222

Cromwell, John 249

Crosse, John Greene, memoir of 530

Crotch, Dr. William 538

Crown Bank (Harveys and Hudson) 76

Crucifixion of a boy by Jews, alleged 174

Dalrymple, William, memoir of 526

Danes, Incursions of 12

Danes settled in Norwich 162

Dean and Chapter 718

Dean and Chapter’s Library 44

Deans of Norwich, list of 715

Deave, Reuben 308

Denmark, Queen of, visit to Norwich 443

De Dominâ Friars 138

De Pica or Pied Friars 138

De Sacco Friars 139

Desecrated Chapels 133

Desecrated Churches 127–133

Dignitaries of the Diocese 717

Diocese, Dignitaries of 717

Disfranchisement of Freemen 374, 402

Dispensary, Public 325, 733

Dissolution of the Monasteries 194

Dixon, W. R., artist 547

Domesday Book 12, 13, 165, 260

Dominican Friars 138

Doughty’s Hospital 733

Drainage, the New Scheme for 446

Drapers, Wholesale 616

Dress at different periods 553

Drill Hall 98

Duchess of Norfolk (died 1593), monument of 70

Duke of Sussex visited Norwich 345

Duke of Wellington, Statue of 63

Duke’s Palace Bridge erected 347

Dungeon Tower 76

Dutch and Flemings, arrival of 166, 557

Dutch Church (Free Christian Church) 114

Earlham Hall 103

Earlham, Hamlet of 103

Earthquakes felt in Norwich 278

Eaton, Hamlet of 104

Ecclesiastical History 706

Edinburgh, Duke of, in Norwich 443

Education in Norwich 726

Edward I. and Eleanor at Cathedral 29

Edward III. and Philippa visit Norwich 178

Edward VI. Commercial School 726

,, Grammar School 45, 726

Eighteenth Century, Norwich in the 268

Eldon Club 641

Election, First under the Reform Act of 1867 662

Election of Stormont and Scarlett (see Stormont and Scarlett)

Elections since Reform Act of 1832 650

Elizabeth Fry 104, 503, 505

Elizabeth, Queen, visits of, to Norwich 43, 51, 205

Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV., visits Norwich 185

Eminent Citizens, Notices of—

,, ,, Alexander, Rev. John 490

,, ,, Anderson, William 307

,, ,, Barbauld, Anna Letitia 307

,, ,, Barlow, Peter 307

,, ,, Bathurst, Bishop 520

,, ,, Beechey, Sir William 307

,, ,, Blomefield, Rev. F. 306

,, ,, Blythe, Hancock 307

,, ,, Brand, John, B.A. 307

,, ,, Browne, Sir Thomas 230

,, ,, Carter, Rev. John 239

,, ,, Clarke, Dr. Samuel 236

,, ,, Cooper, Henry 308

,, ,, Cosin, Dr. John 238

,, ,, Crosse, John Greene 530

,, ,, Crotch, Dr. William 538

,, ,, Dalrymple, William 526

,, ,, Deave, Reuben 308

,, ,, Enfield, Dr. 298, 309

,, ,, Fenn, Sir John 309

,, ,, Fry, Elizabeth 503, 505

,, ,, Goslin, John 239

,, ,, Gurney, John 499

,, ,, Gurney, Joseph John 503

,, ,, Hall, Bishop 226

,, ,, Hall, Thomas 309

,, ,, Hinds, Bishop 524

,, ,, Hobart, John 310

,, ,, Hooke, James 310

,, ,, Hooker, Dr. 536

,, ,, Kaye, John 210

,, ,, Kinnebrook, David 310

,, ,, Kirkpatrick, John 303

,, ,, Legge, Dr. 209

,, ,, Lens, John 310

,, ,, Lubbock, Dr. 311

,, ,, Mountain, Right Rev. J. 311

,, ,, Opie, Mrs. 537

,, ,, Parker, Archbishop 211

,, ,, Parr, Dr. Samuel 311

,, ,, Pearson, Dr. John 238

,, ,, Rigby, Dr. 311

,, ,, Robert, Viscount of Yarmouth 237

,, ,, Saint, William 312

,, ,, Sanby, George, D.D. 312

,, ,, Say, William 312

,, ,, Sayers, Frank, M.D. 312

,, ,, Smith, Sir J. E., M.D. 312

,, ,, Stanley, Bishop 522

,, ,, Stevenson, William 313

,, ,, Taylor, John, D.D. 313

,, ,, Taylor, Professor Edward 475

,, ,, Taylor, William 313

,, ,, Thurlow, Edward, Baron 313

,, ,, Wilkins, William 314

,, ,, Wilkins, William, sen. 314

,, ,, Wilks, Rev. Mark 482

,, ,, Windham, William 314

,, ,, Wrench, Sir Benjamin 314

Enfield, Dr. 298, 309

Erpingham Gate 46

Erpingham, Sir Thomas 46, 51

Ethelbert Gate 46

Exhibitions, Great, (1851 & 1862) Norwich Contributors to 430, 436

Exhibition, Norwich Industrial 443

Extent of Modern City 15

Fastolf Sir John, House of 46

Fenn, Sir John 309

Fifteenth Century, Norwich in the 183

Fires, serious injuries by 188, 277, 323

Fish Market 64

Fitch, R., Esq., on the Old Walls and Gates 121

Flag of France taken by Nelson 58

Flemings, Arrival or 166, 171, 204, 557, 560, 567

Flemish Refugees banished 244

Flint Implements of Iceni 148

Flint Structure, curious specimen of 72

Floods, violent, in Norwich 269, 279, 280

Flour Mills 621

Fortifications of the Old City 122

Foundry Bridge, first stone laid 334

Fourteenth Century, Norwich in the 177

Fourteenth to eighteenth Centuries, social state 258

Franciscan Friars 137

Fransham John 309

Free Christian Church 114

Free Library 61

Freemasons, Dean Prideaux, first master here 272

Freemen, disfranchisement of 374, 402

French Church (Swedenborgian) 114

French Revolution commemorated 284

Friaries 136

Friars, Carmelites or White 137

Friars de Dominâ 138

Friars de Pica or Pied Friars 138

Friars de Sacco 139

Friars Franciscan or Grey 137

Friars of St. Mary 138

Friars, Preachers (Black Friars) 138

Friends’ Meeting House 113

Fry, Elizabeth 104, 503, 505

Fynch, Martin 249

Gates and Walls, old 121

Gateways of Cathedral 46

Gedge, Mr. G., promoted National Rate 410, 412, 414

Goslin John, Memoir of 239

Grammar School 45, 726

,, Brooke, Sir James, educated at 45, 726

,, Lord Nelson 45, 726

,, Valpy Dr., once head master 45, 726

Grantham Thomas 253

Great Exhibitions (1851 and 1862), Norwich Contributions to 430, 436

Great Hospital (see Charitable Institutions)

Grey Friars 137

Grocers, wholesale 617

Guardians, Corporation of 375, 438

Guild Feasts 52

Guild Hall, description of 50

,, memorials of Nelson in 51

,, Bilney the martyr confined there 51

Guilds and Pageants 180, 208, 239, 274, 282, 403

Guild, the Tanners’ 74

Gurney Family 103, 498

,, Hudson, on Venta Icenorum 153

,, John 502

,, Joseph John 368, 509

,, ,, buried in Gildencroft 111, 518

Hall, Bishop, memoir of 226

Hall’s Bishop, Palace 100

Hall, Guild (see Guildhall)

Hall, St. Andrew’s (see St. Andrew’s Hall)

Hall, Thomas 309

Hallett, Rev. J., on History of Old Meeting House 251

Hamlets—Earlham 103

,, Eaton 104

,, Heigham 98

,, Hellesdon 103

,, Lakenham 104

,, Pockthorpe 108

,, Thorpe 106

,, Trowse, Carrow, and Bracondale 106

Harrod on Fortifications of Castle 24

Hart, Rev. R., on Old Costumes 564

Harvey, Charles 353

Harvey, John 354

Harvey, Robert 339

Harvey, Sir R. J. H., Bart., 107, 597

Heigham, Hamlet of 98

Hellesdon, Hamlet of 103

Henry I. visited Norwich 169

Henry VI. visited Norwich 184

Henry VII. visited Norwich 186

Herbert de Losinga (first bishop) 13

,, tomb of 37

Hermitages or Anchorages 139

Hinds, Bishop, memoir of 524

Hobart, John 310

Hodgson, Charles, artist 547

Hodgson, David, artist 548

Holy Trinity, Church of the 102

Hooke, James 310

Hooker, Dr., notice of 536

Horticultural Implement Makers 611

Hospitals (see Charitable Institutions)

Huntingdon’s, Lady, Connexion 110

Iceni, the 11, 147

,, Coins of 149

,, Flint Implements of 148

,, Woodward on 117

,, Sepulchral Urns 148

Independent Chapels 109, 110

Independents, History of the 247

Indigent Blind Hospital 327, 733

Indulgences to those buried in “Pardon Cloister” 137

Industrial Exhibition 443

Innes, Rev. J. B. 251

Iron Trade 609

Irvingites’ Chapel 115

Jail, the City 99, 355

Jail, the County 27

Jenny Lind Infirmary 430, 733

Jermy, Isaac, Recorder, Murder of 416

Jews accused of crucifying a boy 174

Jews, first settled in Norwich 165

Jews, large influx of 169

‘Jews’ Synagogue 115

John’s (King) visit to Norwich 173

John of Gaunt visited Norwich 179

Kaye, John, memoir of 210

Kett’s Castle 136

Kett’s Rebellion 198

King (see Royal Visits)

King Edward VI. Commercial School 726

King Edward VI. Grammar School 45, 726

Kinghorn, Rev. J., Tributary Lines by Mrs. Opie 256

Kinnebrook, David 310

Kirkpatrick, John, memoir of 303

Kirkpatrick—buried in St. Helen’s Church 80, 305

,, on fortifications of Castle 23

Ladbrooke, Robert 548

Lady Huntingdon Chapels 110

Lakenham, Hamlet of 104

Law of Settlement and Removal 414

Legge, Dr., memoir of 209

Lens, John, M.A. 310

Library, City (at Free Library) 61

,, Dean and Chapter’s 44

,, Free Library 61

,, Literary Institution 60

,, Norwich Public 59, 298

Literary Institution, Norfolk and Norwich 60

Lollards’ Pit (see also Martyrs) 136, 184, 193, 203

Lord Abinger 401

Lord Nelson 45, 51, 56, 288, 289, 330

Lubbock, Richard, M.D. 311

Lunatic Asylum, new one contemplated 441

Lying-in-Charity, Established 377

Magdalen, or Female Home 733

Mail Coaches, first started to London 282

Maltby, Dr. Edward 297

Manufacture of Bombazines introduced 204

Manufacture of Worsted introduced 166

Manufacturers of the last century 302

Manufactures mentioned in “Paston Letters” 178

Manufactures, Norwich, at Great Exhibitions 430, 436

Manufactures, Norwich, presented to Princess of Wales 437

Manufactures—Textile Fabrics—History of 553

,, ,, in Eighteenth Century 569

,,, , in Nineteenth Century 578

Manure Manufacturers 622

Margaret of Anjou (Queen of Henry VI.) visited Norwich 185

Market, Corn 58

Market Cross, the 188

Market, Cattle, cost of improvements, &c 49

Market, Fish 64

Market Place, dimensions of 63

Market Place, formerly the Great Croft 18

Martineau Family 106

Martyr, the Boy William 174

Martyr, Thomas Bilney 51, 191

Martyrs (see also Lollards’ Pit) 184, 191, 193, 196, 203, 206, 242, 243

Masons, Free, Dean Prideaux first master here 272

Mayor and Sheriff, alternate nominations of 429

Mayor, the first 72, 170, 684

Mayors and Sheriffs, complete list of 684

Mayor’s Feast, curious speech at a 53

Mayors’ Feasts (see also Civic Feasts) 52, 204, 378, 403 et passim

Mayors’ Gold Chain 271

Members of Parliament first elected for Norwich 176

Members for Norwich, complete list of 669

Methodists, Calvinistic 256

Methodist Free Church Chapels 112

Methodist, Primitive, Chapels 112

Methodists, Wesleyan 112, 257

Miles Spencer, Tomb of 34

Ministers, Nonconformist 720

Modern City, situation and extent of 15

Monasteries, dissolution of 194

Monastic Institutions 135

Monumental Brasses 140

Moore William (last Mayor of Old Corporation) 401

Mountain, Right Rev. Jacob 311

Municipal Reform Act 170, 400

Murder of Isaac Jermy, Recorder 416

Museum, Norfolk and Norwich 60, 401

Musical Festivals 324, 333, 356, 403

,, History of 455

Mustard and Starch Manufactory (Messrs. J. and J. Colman’s) 84, 605

National Rate advocated by Mr. G. Gedge and others 410, 412, 414

Navigation, Norwich, history of the 357

Nelson, Lord, educated at Grammar School 45, 726

,, memorials of, in Guildhall 51, 288

,, portrait of, in St. Andrew’s Hall 56, 289

,, statue of, in Cathedral Close 45

,, victory of, celebrated in Norwich 330

New Catton (Christ Church) 92, 405

New Mills 74

Newspaper, first in Norwich 269

Nineteenth Century, Norwich in the 315

Nonconformist Ministers, list of 720

Nonconformists (see Chapels) 109, 720

,, Baptists 110, 111, 112

,, Catholic Apostolic 115

,, Friends 113

,, Free Christian Church 114

,, Independents 109, 110

,, Irvingites 115

,, Jews 115

,, Lady Huntingdon’s Connexion 110

,, Methodist Free Church 112

,, ,, Primitive 112

,, ,, Wesleyan 112

,, Presbyterian 112

,, Roman Catholics 113, 114

,, Swedenborgians 114

,, Unitarians 113

Nonconformity in Norwich, history of 241, 294

Norman Conquest 165

Norman Architecture, specimens of 62

Northwic, Norwich named so by the Angles 11

Norwich—Aborigines 146

,, and Caister, traditional couplet 10

,, “a Port” 357

,, Antiquities 116

,, Assizes removed to 381

,, became a Danish City 12

,, Bishops, list of 708

,, Clergy of City and Hamlets 719

,, Corporation of (see Corporation)

,, Crape Manufacture 581, 592, 593

,, custody of, assigned by Canute to Earl Turkel 162

,, Deans, list of 715

,, during Civil Wars 216

,, during Commonwealth 222

,, extract from Domesday Book 166

,, first represented in Parliament 176

,, from fourteenth to eighteenth centuries 258

,, in the Roman Period 10, 152

,, in the Anglo-Saxon Period 158

,, in the Norman Period 165

,, in the Twelfth Century 169

,, in the Thirteenth Century 173

,, in the Fourteenth Century 177

,, in the Fifteenth Century 183

,, in the Sixteenth Century 188

,, in the Seventeenth Century 212

,, in the Seventeenth Century, Sir Thos. Browne and Lord Macaulay on 224

,, in the Eighteenth Century 268

,, in the Nineteenth Century 315

,, Jews first settled in 165

,, made a Staple Town 178

,, Mayors and Sheriffs, complete list of 684

,, Members of Parliament for, complete list of 669

,, Navigation, history of the 357

,, Nonconformity, history of 241, 294

,, Recorder of, Isaac Jermy, murdered 416

,, Recorders, list of 704

,, seriously injured by Fire 188, 277

,, Shawl Manufacture 587

,, Site of, formerly under the sea 9, 10

,, Stewards, list of 705

,, supplies against Spanish Armada 205

,, under the Angles n 11

,, under the Danes 162

,, under the Reform Era 379

,, Union (New Act) 438

,, Venta Icenorum of the Romans 11, 117, 153

Octagon Chapel (Unitarian) 113, 138, 295

Old Bridewell, a curious flint structure (built about 1370) 71

Old Corporation (see Corporation)

“Old Crome,” artist 89, 542

Old Meeting House 109

,, Rev. J. Hallett on the History of 251

Old Men’s Hospital 79, 197, 279, 733

Old Norwich 117

,, fortifications of 122

Old Walls and Gates—Mr. R. Fitch on 121–127

Opie, Mrs., buried in Gildencroft 111

,, Notice of 537

Orphan’s Home 733

Paper Bag Makers 620

Paper Manufacturers 621

“Pardon Cloister” Indulgences 137

Parker, Archbishop, memoir of 211

Parishes and Parish Churches 62

Parliament—Norwich first represented in 176

Parliamentary Reform, Movements in favour of 284, 341, 380, 643, 648

Parr, Dr. Samuel 311

Parry, Capt. W. E., Freedom of City presented to 351

“Paston Letters” on Norwich Manufactures 178

Paving and Lighting, Act obtained for 291, 324

Paving of Norwich, worst in England 14, 291

Pearson, Dr. John, Memoir of 238

Pelham, Dr., present Bishop, notice of 714

Perpendicular Architecture, Specimens of 62

Peter, the Wild Youth 277

Physical Condition of Norwich at an early period 9

Plagues and Pestilences 203, 206, 213, 214, 259, 377

Pockthorpe, Hamlet of 108

Police Introduced 403

Political History 635

Poor Law, New Act for Norwich 438

Poor Law Reform 410

Poor Law Removal Act 412

Population, &c., by Domesday Book 12, 13, 260

,, at various periods 13, 315, 375, 408, 430, 435

Portrait of J. H. Gurney, Esq., in Museum 60

Portrait of Nelson by Beechey 56

Portraits and Pictures in St. Andrew’s Hall 57

Portraits in Corn Exchange (Earl of Leicester & J. Culley, Esq.) 59

Portraits in Shirehall (Lord Wodehouse, Earl of Leicester, and H. Dover, Esq.) 50

Post Office 62

Precedence, Questions of 213

Presbyterian (Scotch) Chapel 112

Presbyterians (Unitarians) History of 295

Prideaux, Dr., Inscription in memory of 34

Primitive Methodist Chapels 112

Prince Alfred in Norwich 443

Prince and Princess of Wales in Norwich 443

Prince’s Street Chapel 109

Priories—Benedictine and St. Leonard’s 136

Priory Yard Chapel 112, 253

Protestant Association Established 407

Provisions, high price of 286, 293

Public Dispensary Established 325

Public Library 59

Publishers, Manufacturing 615

Pull’s Ferry 44

Puritans, their doings and sufferings 219, 243, 244

Queen (see Royal Visits)

Queen Caroline, Address to 350

Railway Communications 15, 16, 409

Rajah of Sarawak, Educated at Grammar School 45, 726

Read, Sir Peter, tomb of 65

Rebellion, Kett’s 198

Rebellion, Wat Tyler’s 178

Recorder of Norwich (Isaac Jenny) murdered 416

Recorders of Norwich, list of 704

Reed, Rev. Andrew 251

Reed, Rev. Andrew, on the Rise of Nonconformity in Norwich 247

Reformation, the 184, 206

Reform in Parliament, movements in favour of 284, 341, 380, 643, 648

Reformed Parliament—first election (1832) 650

Religious History of Norwich 722

Rifle Volunteers 433

Rigby, Edward, M.D. 311

Rise and Progress of the City 9, 11

River Wensum, rise and course of 16

River Yare 15

Robert, Viscount of Yarmouth, memoir of 237

Roger Bigod 163, 166, 168, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175

Roman Catholic Chapels 113, 114

Roman Invasion 152

,, opinion of Rev. Scott Surtees 152

Roman Roads 117, 118, 119, 153

Rosary Burial Ground 108

Royal Agricultural Society’s Visit 416

Royal Visits—Catherine 189

,, Charles II. and Queen 223, 225

,, Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Alfred) 443

,, Duke of Sussex 345

,, Edward I. and Eleanor 29

,, Edward III. and Philippa 178

,, Elizabeth 43, 51, 205

,, Elizabeth Woodville (Queen of Edward IV.) 185

,, Henry I. 169

,, Henry VI. 184

,, Henry VII. 186

,, John 173

,, Margaret of Anjou (Queen of Henry VI.) 185

,, Prince and Princess of Wales 443

,, Prince Alfred (Duke of Edinburgh) 443

,, Queen of Denmark 443

Rush, James Blomfield, murderer of Isaac Jermy, Recorder 416

Saint William 312

Saints, All, parish of 96

Sampson and Hercules’ Court 46

Sandby, George, D.D. 312

Sandringham Gates, the 437, 612

Savings Bank opened 339

Say, William 312

Sayers, Frank, M.D. 312

Scarlett, Sir James, made Lord Abinger 401

School, Commercial 726

,, Grammar 45, 726

,, of Art 61

Schools, Endowed and Charity 628

See, Bishop’s, origin of 706

,, removed to Norwich 13, 706

Separation of Norwich and Norfolk 170

Sepulchral Urns of Iceni 148

Settlement and Removal, Law of 414

Seventeenth Century, Norwich in the 212

,, ,, Sir T. Browne & Lord Macaulay on 224

Shawls made in Norwich 587

Sheriffs of Norwich, complete list of 688

Shirehall, portraits in (Earl of Leicester, Lord Wodehouse, and H. Dover, Esq.) 49, 50

Shoe Trade, Wholesale 601

Shops, Warehouses, Banks, &c 18

Sixteenth Century, Norwich in the 188

Slavery, Abolition of 368, 371, 374

Smith, Sir James Edward 312

Soap Manufacture 621

Soc, Sac, and Custom 166

Spanish Armada, supplies against 205

Springfield, T. O. 373, 588

,, first Mayor of New Corporation 403

St. Andrew, Parish of 70

,, Andrew, Parish of (Eaton) 104

,, Andrew’s Hall, description and history of 51

,, ,, dimensions of 54

,, ,, Flag of France taken by Nelson 58

,, ,, Mayor’s Feasts in 52 et passim

,, ,, Musical Festivals 53, 324, 333, 356, 403, 455

,, ,, Portraits and Pictures in 57

,, ,, Portrait of Nelson, by Beechey 56

,, ,, restored 281

,, ,, used as Corn Hall and Exchange 54, 272

,, Augustine, parish of 87

,, Bartholomew, Heigham 102

,, Benedict, parish of 74

,, Clement, parish of 91

,, Edmund, parish of 93

,, Etheldred, parish of 82

,, George Colegate, parish of 89

,, George Tombland, parish of 77

,, Giles, parish of 67

,, Giles’ Hospital (see Charitable Institutions)

,, Gregory, parish of 68

,, Helen, parish of 79

,, Helen’s Hospital (see Charitable Institutions)

,, James, parish of 93, 108

,, John Maddermarket, parish of 69

,, John Sepulchre, parish of 95

,, John Timberhill, parish of 97

,, Julian, parish of 81

,, Lawrence, parish of 73

,, Leonard’s Priory 136

,, Margaret, parish of 74

,, Mark (Lakenham) 105

,, Martin at Oak, parish of 86

,, Martin at Palace, parish of 79

,, Mary, Friars of 138

,, Mary Coslany, parish of 88

,, Matthew (Thorpe) 106

,, Michael at Coslany, parish of 85

,, Michael at Plea, parish of 77

,, Michael at Thorn, parish of 96

,, Paul, parish of 93, 108

,, Peter Hungate, parish of 78

,, Peter Mancroft, parish of 64

,, Peter per Mountergate, parish of 81

,, Peter Southgate, parish of 82

,, Philip (Heigham) 102

,, Saviour, parish of 92

,, Simon and Jude, parish of 79

,, Stephen, parish of 94

,, Swithin, parish of 73

Stanfield Hall, Murders at 416

Stanley, Bishop, Memoir of 522

Stannard, Alfred, artist 549

Stannard, Joseph, artist 548

Stannard, Mrs., artist 549

Staple Town, Norwich made a 178

Starch and Mustard manufactory (Messrs. J. and J. Colman’s) 84, 605

Stark, James, artist 550

Stevenson, William, F.S.A. 313

Stewards of Norwich, list of 705

Stormont and Scarlett’s Election—Commission of Enquiry

,, ,, Evidence of Bush, Henry 397

,, ,, ,, Cooper, William 397

,, ,, ,, Cozens, Mr. 397

,, ,, ,, Francis, J. 397

,, ,, ,, Hayes, John 397

,, ,, ,, Rust, Thomas 396

,, ,, ,, Turner, Alderman 397

,, ,, ,, Wortley, Mr. 397

Stracey, Sir H. J., Bart., M.P., unseated 668

Street Improvements (London and Opie Streets) 19

Streets named from Trades 121

Streets, names of, first put up 280

Surtees, Rev. Scott F., on Roman Invasion 152

Survey of the City 9

Sutton, Dr. Charles Manners 328

Swedenborgians (French Church) 114

Sweyn, landing of 118

Tabernacle Chapel 110, 256

Tanners’ Guild 74

Taylor, Dr. John 295, 313

Taylor, Professor Edward 295, 344, 350, 458, 643

,, ,, Memoir of 475

Taylor, William 313

Telegraphic Communications 16

Textile Manufactures, History of 553

,, in Eighteenth Century 569

,, in Nineteenth Century 578

Theatre Royal 61, 322, 367

Thelwall, the Republican Orator 287

Thirteenth Century, Norwich in the 173

Thorpe, Hamlet of 106

Thurlow, Edward Baron 313

Tillett, J. H., petitioned against Sir H. J. Stracey, Bart., M.P. 668

Tobacco and Cigar Trade 617

Tombland, St. George’s 77

Towers of the Old City 124

Trade Regulations in Seventeenth Century 265

Trade Stations and Rows in Olden Times 19, 121

Trinity, Holy, Church of (Heigham) 102

Trowse Millgate 106

Turnpike Roads opened 280

Twelfth Century, Norwich in the 169

Tyler’s Wat, Rebellion 178

Unitarian Chapel (Octagon) 113

Unitarians, History of the 295

Upholsterers, Manufacturing 619

Urns, Sepulchral, of Iceni 148

Valpy, Dr., Head Master of Grammar School 45, 334

Venta Icenorum 11

,, Gurney, Hudson, on the 153

,, Woodward, B. B., on the 117

Volunteer Infantry 325, 326

Volunteer Rifle Corps 433, 738

Wales, Prince and Princess of, in Norwich 443

Walloons settled here 204

Walls and Gates, old 121

Ward Elections, cost of contests 319, 320

Water Gate to Cathedral Precincts 44

Water Works 99

Wat Tyler’s Rebellion 178

Weavers’ Co-operative Society 441

Weavers, disturbances by 373, 406, 583

Weavers, number of (in 1839–1840) 584

Wellington, Statue of 63

Wensum River, rise and course of 16

Wesley, Revs. John and Charles in Norwich 112, 257

White Friars 137

Whitlingham (Sir R. J. H. Harvey’s) 107

Wilkins, William 314

Wilks, Rev. Mark 482, 637

William, “The Boy Martyr” 174

Windham, Major General, “Hero of the Redan” 433

Windham, William 314

Wine, Spirits, and Beer Trade 615

Woodward, B. B., on Fortifications of Castle 23

,, on Venta Icenorum 117

Wool Weaving Introduced 171

Workhouse, first act for erecting a 269

Workhouse, New (built in 1859) 101

Workhouse, Old 327

Worship, Places of (see “Churches” and “Chapels”)

Worsted Manufacture introduced 166

Wren, Bishop, and the “Book of Sports” 244

Wrench, Sir Benjamin 314

Yarn Company, first stone of factory laid 403

Young Men’s Christian Association 732

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