The two public houses in Princes Street were frequently in trouble with the law for breaching licensing conditions throughout the second half of the 19th century, at the same time that the Congregationalists and other non-conformists active in the Temperance movement expanded their presence in the street. Joseph Hewing (1811-1877) became the licensee of the…

The 1837 electoral roll shows that both John Darken (1765-1863) and John Ninham (1775-1841, son of of John Ninham (1753-1817), founder member of Norwich School of painters and father of Mary Ann Ninham, married to Robert Mounsear II) were living on the St George Tombland end of Prince’s Street. It is likely this was on…

Augustine Steward, three times mayor of Norwich and Miles Spencer, five times Chancellor of the diocese of Norwich were to the shape the messuages around St George Tombland for centuries to come, in their property dealings surrounding the dissolution of the monasteries. The Le Bruns Until the dissolution, the advowson of St George Tombland church…