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Tombland

Tombland is the wide street beside Norwich Cathedral, and despite the name it was the Anglo-Saxon marketplace: tomb meant empty space, not graves. Erpingham Gate opens off it into the cathedral close. It is the natural w…

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Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral is the Norman cathedral of Norwich, Norfolk, begun in 1096 and built largely in pale stone over the following decades. Its spire, added in 1480, is the second tallest cathedral spire in the UK, and its …

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Adam and Eve

The Adam and Eve is a pub on Bishopgate in Norwich, close to the cathedral and the River Wensum. It is said to be the oldest pub in the city, with the first references to the site dating from the 1240s. Its flint walls a…

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Elm Hill

Elm Hill is a cobbled lane of Tudor houses in the centre of Norwich, in Norfolk. It is one of the best-preserved old streets in the city, and the place most people picture when they think of historic Norwich. It looks th…

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Tombland Alley

Tombland Alley is a short lane in the centre of Norwich, running off Tombland, the open space beside the entrance to the Cathedral Close. The name looks grim but is not: it goes back to the Saxon market that once stood h…

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Erpingham Gate

The Erpingham Gate is a richly carved medieval gateway on Tombland in Norwich, leading into the Upper Close in front of Norwich Cathedral. It was built around 1420 and paid for by Sir Thomas Erpingham, who commanded the …

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Norwich Guildhall

Norwich Guildhall is a medieval civic building on Guildhall Hill in the centre of Norwich, completed around 1413. It was the seat of the city's government for more than five centuries, and its chequerboard walls of flint…

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Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell

The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell is a city history museum in a medieval flint-faced building on Bridewell Alley in the centre of Norwich. The building has served as a merchant's house, a prison and a workplace, and…

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Church of St Giles on the Hill

The Church of St Giles on the Hill is a medieval parish church on Cow Hill in Norwich, standing on high ground just west of the city centre. It is one of the many surviving medieval churches that give Norwich its distinc…

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