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…

John Darke/in (1785-1863) and John Ninham (1775-1841) had much in common – descended from Protestant refugee families, involved in the building trade, connected to the arts of music and painting, and at one point sharing premises on Princes Street. They both became bankrupt in 1837 and the Darkens also had various sexual “black sheep” in…

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…