NORFOLK PUBLIC HOUSES | ||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Address as St. Andrews Broad Street in 1822 Hole In the Wall Lane 1830. According to Bolingbroke in Norwich Architecture volume XX the house was built into the chancel of the dis-used Church of St. Crouch (also as St. Crowche or St. Cross) in a lane running from Bedford Street to St. Andrews. (The Church of St. Crouch was demolished c1551, only the chancel survived - In 1515, James London was buried in the churchyard, at the corner near the sign of the CROWN. Unfortunately this house has not been further identified.) One of 40 houses named as being engaged for the Reception of Freeholders for Sir John Woodhouse and Sir Edward Astley's Friends on the Day of Election, Wednesday 14th April 1784. Location then given as St. Andrew's One of 36 Norwich houses opened for the reception of Voters in the interest of Mr. Windham and Mr. Coke on election day Thursday 13th November 1806. The name of the Hundred for which the house was appropriated was to be displayed at each house. Information about the fate
of the public house is confusing. |