Amelia's photos with the keyword: Norwich

To be honest, the photo of James, our youngest grandson, taking a breather by Cow Tower along the riverside path, would have been my choice for World Photography Day 2024, but it is a personal photo and so not really for public viewing. He is a 15 year old and quite autistic, as well as being much taller than Adrian and me, and he now walks much faster than we do

James has a couple or so of passions, one being buses, another trains and a third classic cars. So our first stop, after a visit to a cafe for a Pepsi and two coffees was a visit to the bus station - followed by a visit to the train station of course. He forgot to bring his clicker to count all the Norwich buses unfortunately.

SC84 - Post 25 February - Someone at work - person/people or animal/s The locomotive is being turned ready for the return trip to Aylsham. With no power available, the crew are obviously putting their backs into the task, while passengers are waiting for the train to be turned round. www.bvrw.co.uk/trains/locomotive-number-9 www.bvrw.co.uk

HBM everyone

On that day it was too hot to sit outside, and so Adrian James and I took our picnic under the shade of trees in the park, as did everyone else it would seem..

We came across these 'nesting boxes' by the side of Cow Tower alongside the river Wensum in Norwich.

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During the 15th and 16th centuries, people were burned here for their religious beliefs. Though the number of people executed here is not known, there are three mentioned in 1428, half a dozen during the first half of the 16th century and up to 50 burned during the reign of Queen “Bloody” Mary. The Lollards were a somewhat rebellious movement which preached anticlerical and biblically-centered reforms. The Lollard movement was a precursor to the Protestant Reformation.

Norwich Market is an outdoor market consisting of around 200 stalls in central Norwich, England. and it has been in operation on the present site for over 900 years. Many changes have been made over the centuries, the latest being in 2005 when the existing rows of stalls were replaced with "pods" of four stalls each. The building on the left is the City Hall . It is an Art Deco building completed in 1938. The building straight ahead is the Norwich Guildhall which was the centre of city government from the early 15th century until its replacement by City Hall. The exterior provides an excellent example of flint work

Bishop Bridge spans the River Wensum at the western edge of Norwich's Cathedral Quarter. The bridge was built in 1340, and is still in use, making it one of the oldest active bridges in England. In 1578 when Elizabeth I passed across Bishop Bridge on her way to visit the Earl of Surrey. Throughout the medieval period a gatehouse stood at the western end of the bridge to control access. The gatehouse was a part of the bridge until 1791 when it was torn down. The only remnant is a semi-circular projection(which can be seen in the photo) on one side of the bridge that formed part of a turret.

Norwich lies at the centre of a great agricultural area, and it was for many centuries an important centre for trade. The Saxon market was located in Tombland area of the City, and after the Norman Conquest of 1066, a new market was established in the area known as the 'Mancroft'. By the 1300s, the main market in Mancroft stretched from Guildhall Hill very nearly to St Stephen's Church, which can be seen on the right. Fish, meat, cloth, vegetables, shoes, livestock and many other items were each sold on their particular pitch or place. By the end of the 1600's, the market was becoming so congested that a new site for livestock sales had to be found, but it was not until 1738 the livestock market was moved to the "Castell Dykes", which is the area below the castle mound. It's no longer there now.