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Salhouse Road

2022-12-06T22:42:54Z

Bev: Update of entry to include isolation hospital

==Salhouse Road in the 19th Century.==

In the early nineteenth century, Salhouse Road was a completely rural thoroughfare although towards the end of the century this was to change when a large area became used as a cavalry ground, however, in the early 20th century Salhouse Road seemed to be a road that people avoided, this reluctance in all probability as it was the site for the city's isolation hospital.

==Greenborough Farm as Isolation Hospital (Smallpox Only)==

Extracts from the report of the Health Committee upon a proposed Agreement for the Reception of Patients from the District of St. Faiths into the Small-pox Hospital at Greenborough Farm, July 1901 (NRO N/TC 50/23)
The Council in 1899 applied to the Local Government Board for sanction to borrow £311,500 for the enlargement of the Isolation Hospital, and the Board only sanctioned the loan upon an undertaking that cases of small-pox should not be isolated in any building in the Hospital site at Bowthorpe Road.
This undertaking was given by the council on 17th October 1899, and as a consequence, the Health Committee were compelled to provide accommodation for the treatment of small-pox patients elsewhere. The Committee had great difficulty in finding a suitable site, but ultimately the council purchased the Greenborough Farm situate on the Salhouse Road in the parish of Sprowston.

Key points
1. At a local Enquiry the Chairman and clerk of St. Faith’s District Council said would not oppose application provided the City would come to terms for the admission to the Hospital of patients for the district – suggested the Parish of Sprowston should have use of the Hospital free of cost and that the rest of the district should pay for each case treated.
2. The Town Clerk said they would treat the District Council with courtesy, but would hesitate a long time before giving them a right to send patients to be maintained at the City’s cost.
3. A meeting of the parties agreed to advise the two Authorities that St. Faith’s District patients should be treated at the proposed Hospital on payment by St. Faith’s of £10 each case to include all charges including use of the small-pox carriage but not horse hire or funeral expenses.
4. The District Council agreed. The Health Committee of the City wanted agreement for entry of those from Catton, Hellesdon and Sprowston only.
5. The Loan was sanctioned by the Local Government Board without reference to the request of St. Faith’s District Council regarding the admission of patients.
6. S.F.D.C. wrote to L.G.B. with a statement from their point of view. The Request from the L.G.B. to the Town Clerk had not met with response. In June 1901 the L.G.B. was pressing the City for an answer and the booklet was produced to set down suggestions.
Proposed:
*1. The Town Council [i.e. the City] would adopt and furnish the buildings at their own cost.
*2. Would receive cases from S.F.D.C. on the following conditions
**(a) Hospital under control of Health Committee of the T.C.
**(b) If small-pox was in St. Faith’s and not in the City, they [Town Council] would accept and provide all medical/nursing requirements for patients up to 22.
**(c) If small-pox was in both City and S.F.D.C. acceptance as cases were conveyed. The Town Council to provide medical and nursing care etc. S.F.D.C. to pay a proportionate part of the cost.
**(d) If the total was more than 22 emergency accommodation to be provided [tents etc.]
**(e) S.F.D.C. to pay funeral or reclothing expenses of District patients
**(f) Medical Attendance would initially be the City’s Medical Officer, at reasonable charge.
**(g) S.F.D.C. to have the use of the small-pox carriage if its absence was not detrimental to the welfare of the city.
**(h) If in the opinion of the M.O. no further patients could safely be treated, the Town
Council would be at liberty to refuse S.F.D.C. patients.

[there are marginal notes throughout from S.F.D.C.]

Much of the land which has now become the Heartsease Estate had originally been a cavalry ground but with the advent of World War I it became an Aerodrome. Not only were there the associated buildings but the firms of Bolton and Paul and Barnard's had manufacturing facilities for both aircraft and the war effort. Whilst some of these buildings have been lost during redevelopment many of the original buildings are still in use a century later. Until the city council took over the land which had originally been the airfield and converted it into a housing development there with minimal residential property on Salhouse Road with most of the development taking place on side roads. With recent developments in the area has become virtually all retail or industrial in character.

<gallery widths=200px>
Image: 014r0ae3001i.jpg| Salhouse Road Industrial units. The unit in the foreground is Impress formerly the NACANCO and METAL BOX CO
Image: 014r0ae30a0a.jpg| Outside the Georgian Hotel, formally Sprowston Grange, now The Racecourse Inn on Salhouse Road, Lady on left Kathleen Legood who worked at Grange Farm during WW2 when it was bombed.
Image: 014r0ae3004m.jpg| White House Farm Cottages, Salhouse Road.
Image: 014r0ae3006t.jpg| Picture taken outside of Whitehouse farm Cottages.See Comma ref. 51.22. The 1900s
Image:Salhouse Road 1963.jpg|Salhouse Road Sprowston looking towards Norwich in 1963 Note despite being a residential road there is no speed limit.
</gallery>
[[Category:Roads]]

File:MMFlourRollerFloor.jpg

2022-12-06T17:17:31Z

Bev: A complete floor of roller mills at Carrow Mill

== Summary ==
A complete floor of roller mills at Carrow Mill

File:MMDiaSiloSystem.jpg

2022-12-06T15:16:31Z

Bev: Diagram of the Silo system used at Carrow mill.

== Summary ==
Diagram of the Silo system used at Carrow mill.

File:MMDiaNeutralisationSystem.jpg

2022-12-06T15:15:04Z

Bev: The neutralisation system at Carrow Mill.

== Summary ==
The neutralisation system at Carrow Mill.

File:MMDiaMustardMill.jpg

2022-12-06T15:13:41Z

Bev: Diagram of the mustard mill equipment at Carrow.

== Summary ==
Diagram of the mustard mill equipment at Carrow.

File:MMDiaFlour& semolinaMill.jpg

2022-12-06T15:12:24Z

Bev: The milling processes in Carrow Mill. With dates added.

== Summary ==
The milling processes in Carrow Mill. With dates added.

File:MMDiaExtractSys.jpg

2022-12-06T15:10:46Z

Bev: The extraction system used in Carrow Mill.

== Summary ==
The extraction system used in Carrow Mill.

File:MMDiaDryerSystem.jpg

2022-12-06T15:09:21Z

Bev: Diagram of the dryer system used to condition the grain prior to milling.

== Summary ==
Diagram of the dryer system used to condition the grain prior to milling.

File:MMA5.jpg

2022-12-06T14:57:41Z

Bev: A coaster offloading grain into the 1930s silo.

== Summary ==
A coaster offloading grain into the 1930s silo.

File:MMA1.jpg

2022-12-06T14:55:32Z

Bev: Carrow Works in the late 1800s showed the second Carrow Bridge, this remained in use until 1923 when a present bridge was opened upstream.

== Summary ==
Carrow Works in the late 1800s showed the second Carrow Bridge, this remained in use until 1923 when a present bridge was opened upstream.

File:ColmanJeremiah.jpg

2022-12-06T14:49:15Z

Bev: Portrait of Jeremiah Colman.

== Summary ==
Portrait of Jeremiah Colman.

File:CMMScreens.jpg

2022-12-06T14:47:50Z

Bev: Screen room at Carrow Works where the grain was cleaned prior to milling.

== Summary ==
Screen room at Carrow Works where the grain was cleaned prior to milling.

File:Rec003.jpg

2022-12-06T09:10:20Z

Bev: Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s. Mowing the bowling green.

== Summary ==
Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s. Mowing the bowling green.

File:Rec005.jpg

2022-12-06T09:08:36Z

Bev: Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s.Local cricket match teams are unknown.

== Summary ==
Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s.Local cricket match teams are unknown.

File:Rec004.jpg

2022-12-06T09:05:55Z

Bev: Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s.Sprowston Secondary Modern Sports Day.

== Summary ==
Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s.Sprowston Secondary Modern Sports Day.

File:Rec002.jpg

2022-12-06T09:04:39Z

Bev: Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s.Sprowston Secondary Modern Sports Day.

== Summary ==
Sprowston Recreation Ground - the 1960s.Sprowston Secondary Modern Sports Day.

Residents Recollections – Social

2022-12-02T08:15:51Z

Bev: /* BERTHA (Nellie) EDWARDS - formerly BISHOP. */

==Residents Recollections – Social==

==The Memories==

A collection of memories provided by present and past residents of the Parish of Sprowston. Many have been letters but other a taken from notes made during meetings with the relevant people of their family.

===The Sunday School Treat –in 1910===
Our Sunday school treat was looked forward to with great delight, near to the day we kept our fingers crossed for fine weather.
This was a very special treat and I can remember having a new dress for the occasion every year.
All the children had to be at the Church at half past one.
Farmers lent their wagons for us to ride on, and some had forms put in so that the children could sit, but in some wagons the children had to kneel or stand.
The horses were of the heavy type and did not run, just plodded along and we were told to be careful not to frighten them, when waving the flags we had been given near their heads.
We sang and cheered all the way to Sprowston Hall Park and tumbled out of the wagons, to chase around, compete in the many races and also try out the swings.
At 5 o`clock we had tea, usually consisting of gooseberries or strawberries, to eat with our bread and butter, and lots of sticky buns.
After tea the prizes were given for the races and then it was time for our return.
Three cheers were given for the Squire, and off again on another hilarious ride.

Audrey Baker.

''This was given to Sprowston Heritage before her relocation to Suffolk.
''

===Recreation Ground Memories===

In reply to the article in May's addition of Just Sprowston about the play equipment and any memories.

As I remember it from the early to late 70's the equipment on the play area we always refer to as the "Swings" there was a "Witch's Hat". What we would dare to do was stand in the middle by the post while the rest would try and work it round and backwards and forward all at the same time to get the "Hat" as close to you as possible. Trying to get on to the "Hat" from inside was always a challenge too.

There was also the "Horse" mainly made of wood which held about five or six children and the older kids would work that to either eject themselves as far as possible from the back or the front. Another thing older kids used to try was to get it so far that it would stick in the upright position on it's two mechanical legs, rendering it unusable until the "Parky" could come and release it.

There was six swings for the older children. Two or three baby swings which were a similar style to the shopping trolley to hold the child in, only made of wood. A slide which we would wax so you could slide faster. Three bars joined together in a line but all different heights to swing and hang from.

The two most dangerous objects when not used properly were the roundabout and the "Jazz" which I think was also referred to from time to time as the "Iron Horse" to distinguish it from the wooden "Horse".

The roundabout could be dangerous because it was open with iron bars across on a wooden base to form separate standing areas, about six in all. Not like the ones that had raised wooden sitting areas. It was only about six inches off the ground and sometimes while running round to push start it if you fell and your foot went under it could do a lot of damage. Also falling off it and one of the metal bars coming round at speed and hitting you. With two of you pushing the bars you could spin the roundabout to a blur and then it would be a test to grab the iron bars to try and get on before it slowed.

The "Jazz" could be quite lethal for younger children. It would hold about six and it was basically like a long railway sleeper with handles and held together by iron bars, four triangular legs and an inner frame work. To operate the "Jazz" backwards and forwards two children; one each side, would stand and hold the bars to work it back and forth. You could get a lot of power quickly standing and the whole thing would quake making it difficult for younger children to hold on and many came off. You could be knock under it or against the iron legs. The whole middle section that you sat on came out further than the area it occupied so if unaware will walking passed the contraption you could get a nasty smack. Individually you could work the Jazz up to the top and then launch yourself off the end to see how far you could travel through the air. Again the older kids would work it to the top to try and jam it so it wouldn't work.

The seven trees was indeed the hardest to complete but not the only group of trees to climb through. As far as I can remember they started at two trees and you progressed up to twelve or thirteen but you had to complete the seven to continue. A friend of mine fell during his attempt at the "Seven Trees" and dislocated his collar bone. It didn't deter him and once out of his sling he finally completed the challenge.

One of the games that we used to play involved the "Big Oak". A big oak tree standing about four or five feet away from the main woods we would use as a starting place for a hide and seek game that unfortunately I can't remember the name off.

We would select by a process of elimination one of us to close their eyes against the "Big Oak" and count to a hundred while the rest of us ran off to hide in the woods. The tree was big enough that if you were on one side you couldn't see in the other directions without walking around it. Gradually by stealth you would make your way back to the "Big Oak" hopefully without being spotted. If you were spotted you would have to come out of the woods and wait with the spotter at the "Big Oak". The spotter would have to keep one hand on the tree at all times and would have to describe the position you were in the woods to verify its authenticity. If one of you could get to the tree you would release the others and force the spotter to start all over again. If everybody was spotted then the first to be seen would have to be the next to count. To call everybody in from the woods something like "olly olly in" was shouted.

Sorry for running on a bit but I hope you find this of some interest.

Me and a friend of mine both grew up in Sprowston and often meet up for a chat in the pub which invariably ends up with us discussing articles from Just Sprowston and recalling our days growing up there.

Regards,

Mark.

''Email from Mark Ridden 03/05/2015''

===Mrs S Knights memories of Sprowston===

Letter from Mrs S Knights.

I went to live in Sprowston with my mum and dad in 1937. My parents bought a house on mortgage, £10 deposit down the house cost £490 built by Mr Webb, this was on Blenheim Road. Some more houses were built on Cozens Hardy Road by Grange and Samuel.
I remember a sweet shop on Wroxham Road owned by Mrs Walters, it became an off licence, but is now private, then coming along Wroxham Road was Mr Graver's blacksmith's, I remember seeing horses being brought here. Opposite where the shops are on Wroxham Road was a farm. The shops were, Mr Andrews grocer, Mr Griggs garage, Mr Griggs newsagent, Mr Kelf Fish and chips and the Post Office owned by Mr and Mrs Cunningham.
Mr Hackett built the Falcon Road estate of bungalows I think about the early 1960s. Two-bedroom bungalows £1200, three bedroomed bungalow was £1500.
I went to the School Lane School, Mr St Quinton was the headmaster, then they built the Sprowston Central School, Recreation Ground Road, Mr Gage was the headmaster, my son also went to this school, then Cannerby Lane School was built.
Sprowston had and does now 2 churches, St Mary's and St Margaret's and St Cuthbert's, I believe they may have more, I have left Sprowston many years ago now.
I hope some of this information is useful to you.

Sign yours faithfully, S Knights (Mrs)

''The following postscript was added.''
I also remember the German planes coming over one afternoon in 1942 and as we ran to the garden shelter we were machine-gun by the German B. Luckily he missed us all, I remember picking up the bullets.

===Bertha (Nellie) Edwards - formerly Bishop.===
[[File:014r0ae3003s.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nellie Edwards 2nd. from left front row as Little Miss Muffett in an Elementary school play. Nellie was born in 1899 and had sister's Bertha and Ethel and a brother Charley. The headmaster of the School was a Mr. Delves.]]

I think Mother lived on Lawson Road before she was married.I remember vividly my young days at 20 Ash Grove; I remember
vaguely Mrs. Middleton telling me my brother Charley had died I think I was about four or five. We had a big kitchen with a large table where we had breakfast and dinner, where it was always warm with a range, I think it was called, with a big fire and oven attached, and a shelf above for drying linen, etc. We had tea in the middle room - also with a coal fire I remember, too, sitting on a little seat near it when I was doing homework as I was always feeling cold then. There was a cupboard too in there where we kept our toys dolls cradles, etc. and I can still picture the
shock I had when my sister Ethel broke my favourite baby doll. The stairs led off that room too. Also there was another door which led to the
front room mostly used on Sundays the organ was in there and Bertha played it. I also learned a little bit from her, as I had no lessons. I think Miss Peak taught Bertha. We had a lovely long garden, and Dad had a lawn at the top with lots of real lovely roses - he loved and tended them and knew all the names.
At five I went to Sprowston School - as we all did - because we
were out of the Boundary of Norwich. The only time I think that I was naughty
was when I wouldn't eat my porridge - I just hated it, and Mother said I
had got to sit there till I did. The others had all gone off to school and
I was crying as I knew I would be late. My Mother eventually relented and
I ran there all the way, and it was a heck of a way too. I fell down and
hurt my knee and have got the scar still. The Headmaster was very kind,
Mr. Delves I think was his name. He had a son Tom but was always called
Sonny - I thought it stupid. I think there were two daughters, Kate and
Ethel, I am on a photograph with some of the children as I was Miss Muffet
in a play - I think Tim has the photograph as Phil (my husband) specially asked for it from my Mother.
I remember too it poured with rain one day and we always went home to dinner in those da) (no school dinners) and we did that journey four times a day and it was an awful long way. On that wet day Mr. Delves came to me and said I was not to go home in the rain - my sister Bertha could go but I was having dinner with them. It was awfully kind and thoughtful of them but I was very shy and didn't like the thought of it. However, they were all very kind to me and I remember the sweet course was a treacle suet pudding which I liked.
My childhood days were very happy. Mother always had a scone ready for us when we came out of school and we played with hoops, etc. tops, balls, diaboloes with which we used to try and beat our friends in reaching the top of the highest tree. After tea, a (Game of Ludo, snakes and ladders, etc, then went to bed - three of us in a big one - and always said our prayers before being tucked in and kissed goodnight by a dear, loving Mother.
As we got older we spent a good bit of the evenings in doing
homework - had lots in those days and dared not go back to school the next day without having done them. I remember getting up at 6 a.m. once to finish them.

[[Category:Social]]

Residents Recollections – Social

2022-12-01T13:40:17Z

Bev: /* BERTHA (Nellie) EDWARDS - formerly BISHOP. */ add photo

==Residents Recollections – Social==

==The Memories==

A collection of memories provided by present and past residents of the Parish of Sprowston. Many have been letters but other a taken from notes made during meetings with the relevant people of their family.

===The Sunday School Treat –in 1910===
Our Sunday school treat was looked forward to with great delight, near to the day we kept our fingers crossed for fine weather.
This was a very special treat and I can remember having a new dress for the occasion every year.
All the children had to be at the Church at half past one.
Farmers lent their wagons for us to ride on, and some had forms put in so that the children could sit, but in some wagons the children had to kneel or stand.
The horses were of the heavy type and did not run, just plodded along and we were told to be careful not to frighten them, when waving the flags we had been given near their heads.
We sang and cheered all the way to Sprowston Hall Park and tumbled out of the wagons, to chase around, compete in the many races and also try out the swings.
At 5 o`clock we had tea, usually consisting of gooseberries or strawberries, to eat with our bread and butter, and lots of sticky buns.
After tea the prizes were given for the races and then it was time for our return.
Three cheers were given for the Squire, and off again on another hilarious ride.

Audrey Baker.

''This was given to Sprowston Heritage before her relocation to Suffolk.
''

===Recreation Ground Memories===

In reply to the article in May's addition of Just Sprowston about the play equipment and any memories.

As I remember it from the early to late 70's the equipment on the play area we always refer to as the "Swings" there was a "Witch's Hat". What we would dare to do was stand in the middle by the post while the rest would try and work it round and backwards and forward all at the same time to get the "Hat" as close to you as possible. Trying to get on to the "Hat" from inside was always a challenge too.

There was also the "Horse" mainly made of wood which held about five or six children and the older kids would work that to either eject themselves as far as possible from the back or the front. Another thing older kids used to try was to get it so far that it would stick in the upright position on it's two mechanical legs, rendering it unusable until the "Parky" could come and release it.

There was six swings for the older children. Two or three baby swings which were a similar style to the shopping trolley to hold the child in, only made of wood. A slide which we would wax so you could slide faster. Three bars joined together in a line but all different heights to swing and hang from.

The two most dangerous objects when not used properly were the roundabout and the "Jazz" which I think was also referred to from time to time as the "Iron Horse" to distinguish it from the wooden "Horse".

The roundabout could be dangerous because it was open with iron bars across on a wooden base to form separate standing areas, about six in all. Not like the ones that had raised wooden sitting areas. It was only about six inches off the ground and sometimes while running round to push start it if you fell and your foot went under it could do a lot of damage. Also falling off it and one of the metal bars coming round at speed and hitting you. With two of you pushing the bars you could spin the roundabout to a blur and then it would be a test to grab the iron bars to try and get on before it slowed.

The "Jazz" could be quite lethal for younger children. It would hold about six and it was basically like a long railway sleeper with handles and held together by iron bars, four triangular legs and an inner frame work. To operate the "Jazz" backwards and forwards two children; one each side, would stand and hold the bars to work it back and forth. You could get a lot of power quickly standing and the whole thing would quake making it difficult for younger children to hold on and many came off. You could be knock under it or against the iron legs. The whole middle section that you sat on came out further than the area it occupied so if unaware will walking passed the contraption you could get a nasty smack. Individually you could work the Jazz up to the top and then launch yourself off the end to see how far you could travel through the air. Again the older kids would work it to the top to try and jam it so it wouldn't work.

The seven trees was indeed the hardest to complete but not the only group of trees to climb through. As far as I can remember they started at two trees and you progressed up to twelve or thirteen but you had to complete the seven to continue. A friend of mine fell during his attempt at the "Seven Trees" and dislocated his collar bone. It didn't deter him and once out of his sling he finally completed the challenge.

One of the games that we used to play involved the "Big Oak". A big oak tree standing about four or five feet away from the main woods we would use as a starting place for a hide and seek game that unfortunately I can't remember the name off.

We would select by a process of elimination one of us to close their eyes against the "Big Oak" and count to a hundred while the rest of us ran off to hide in the woods. The tree was big enough that if you were on one side you couldn't see in the other directions without walking around it. Gradually by stealth you would make your way back to the "Big Oak" hopefully without being spotted. If you were spotted you would have to come out of the woods and wait with the spotter at the "Big Oak". The spotter would have to keep one hand on the tree at all times and would have to describe the position you were in the woods to verify its authenticity. If one of you could get to the tree you would release the others and force the spotter to start all over again. If everybody was spotted then the first to be seen would have to be the next to count. To call everybody in from the woods something like "olly olly in" was shouted.

Sorry for running on a bit but I hope you find this of some interest.

Me and a friend of mine both grew up in Sprowston and often meet up for a chat in the pub which invariably ends up with us discussing articles from Just Sprowston and recalling our days growing up there.

Regards,

Mark.

''Email from Mark Ridden 03/05/2015''

===Mrs S Knights memories of Sprowston===

Letter from Mrs S Knights.

I went to live in Sprowston with my mum and dad in 1937. My parents bought a house on mortgage, £10 deposit down the house cost £490 built by Mr Webb, this was on Blenheim Road. Some more houses were built on Cozens Hardy Road by Grange and Samuel.
I remember a sweet shop on Wroxham Road owned by Mrs Walters, it became an off licence, but is now private, then coming along Wroxham Road was Mr Graver's blacksmith's, I remember seeing horses being brought here. Opposite where the shops are on Wroxham Road was a farm. The shops were, Mr Andrews grocer, Mr Griggs garage, Mr Griggs newsagent, Mr Kelf Fish and chips and the Post Office owned by Mr and Mrs Cunningham.
Mr Hackett built the Falcon Road estate of bungalows I think about the early 1960s. Two-bedroom bungalows £1200, three bedroomed bungalow was £1500.
I went to the School Lane School, Mr St Quinton was the headmaster, then they built the Sprowston Central School, Recreation Ground Road, Mr Gage was the headmaster, my son also went to this school, then Cannerby Lane School was built.
Sprowston had and does now 2 churches, St Mary's and St Margaret's and St Cuthbert's, I believe they may have more, I have left Sprowston many years ago now.
I hope some of this information is useful to you.

Sign yours faithfully, S Knights (Mrs)

''The following postscript was added.''
I also remember the German planes coming over one afternoon in 1942 and as we ran to the garden shelter we were machine-gun by the German B. Luckily he missed us all, I remember picking up the bullets.

===BERTHA (Nellie) EDWARDS - formerly BISHOP.===
[[File:014r0ae3003s.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nellie Edwards 2nd. from left front row as Little Miss Muffett in an Elementary school play. Nellie was born in 1899 and had sister's Bertha and Ethel and a brother Charley. The headmaster of the School was a Mr. Delves.]]

I think Mother lived on Lawson Road before she was married.I remember vividly my young days at 20 Ash Grove; I remember
vaguely Mrs. Middleton telling me my brother Charley had died I think I was about four or five. We had a big kitchen with a large table where we had breakfast and dinner, where it was always warm with a range, I think it was called, with a big fire and oven attached, and a shelf above for drying linen, etc. We had tea in the middle room - also with a coal fire I remember, too, sitting on a little seat near it when I was doing homework as I was always feeling cold then. There was a cupboard too in there where we kept our toys dolls cradles, etc. and I can still picture the
shock I had when my sister Ethel broke my favourite baby doll. The stairs led off that room too. Also there was another door which led to the
front room mostly used on Sundays the organ was in there and Bertha played it. I also learned a little bit from her, as I had no lessons. I think Miss Peak taught Bertha. We had a lovely long garden, and Dad had a lawn at the top with lots of real lovely roses - he loved and tended them and knew all the names.
At five I went to Sprowston School - as we all did - because we
were out of the Boundary of Norwich. The only time I think that I was naughty
was when I wouldn't eat my porridge - I just hated it, and Mother said I
had got to sit there till I did. The others had all gone off to school and
I was crying as I knew I would be late. My Mother eventually relented and
I ran there all the way, and it was a heck of a way too. I fell down and
hurt my knee and have got the scar still. The Headmaster was very kind,
Mr. Delves I think was his name. He had a son Tom but was always called
Sonny - I thought it stupid. I think there were two daughters, Kate and
Ethel, I am on a photograph with some of the children as I was Miss Muffet
in a play - I think Tim has the photograph as Phil (my husband) specially asked for it from my Mother.
I remember too it poured with rain one day and we always went home to dinner in those da) (no school dinners) and we did that journey four times a day and it was an awful long way. On that wet day Mr. Delves came to me and said I was not to go home in the rain - my sister Bertha could go but I was having dinner with them. It was awfully kind and thoughtful of them but I was very shy and didn't like the thought of it. However, they were all very kind to me and I remember the sweet course was a treacle suet pudding which I liked.
My childhood days were very happy. Mother always had a scone ready for us when we came out of school and we played with hoops, etc. tops, balls, diaboloes with which we used to try and beat our friends in reaching the top of the highest tree. After tea, a (Game of Ludo, snakes and ladders, etc, then went to bed - three of us in a big one - and always said our prayers before being tucked in and kissed goodnight by a dear, loving Mother.
As we got older we spent a good bit of the evenings in doing
homework - had lots in those days and dared not go back to school the next day without having done them. I remember getting up at 6 a.m. once to finish them.

[[Category:Social]]

Residents Recollections – Social

2022-12-01T12:03:07Z

Bev: New memory Bertha Edwards

==Residents Recollections – Social==

==The Memories==

A collection of memories provided by present and past residents of the Parish of Sprowston. Many have been letters but other a taken from notes made during meetings with the relevant people of their family.

===The Sunday School Treat –in 1910===
Our Sunday school treat was looked forward to with great delight, near to the day we kept our fingers crossed for fine weather.
This was a very special treat and I can remember having a new dress for the occasion every year.
All the children had to be at the Church at half past one.
Farmers lent their wagons for us to ride on, and some had forms put in so that the children could sit, but in some wagons the children had to kneel or stand.
The horses were of the heavy type and did not run, just plodded along and we were told to be careful not to frighten them, when waving the flags we had been given near their heads.
We sang and cheered all the way to Sprowston Hall Park and tumbled out of the wagons, to chase around, compete in the many races and also try out the swings.
At 5 o`clock we had tea, usually consisting of gooseberries or strawberries, to eat with our bread and butter, and lots of sticky buns.
After tea the prizes were given for the races and then it was time for our return.
Three cheers were given for the Squire, and off again on another hilarious ride.

Audrey Baker.

''This was given to Sprowston Heritage before her relocation to Suffolk.
''

===Recreation Ground Memories===

In reply to the article in May's addition of Just Sprowston about the play equipment and any memories.

As I remember it from the early to late 70's the equipment on the play area we always refer to as the "Swings" there was a "Witch's Hat". What we would dare to do was stand in the middle by the post while the rest would try and work it round and backwards and forward all at the same time to get the "Hat" as close to you as possible. Trying to get on to the "Hat" from inside was always a challenge too.

There was also the "Horse" mainly made of wood which held about five or six children and the older kids would work that to either eject themselves as far as possible from the back or the front. Another thing older kids used to try was to get it so far that it would stick in the upright position on it's two mechanical legs, rendering it unusable until the "Parky" could come and release it.

There was six swings for the older children. Two or three baby swings which were a similar style to the shopping trolley to hold the child in, only made of wood. A slide which we would wax so you could slide faster. Three bars joined together in a line but all different heights to swing and hang from.

The two most dangerous objects when not used properly were the roundabout and the "Jazz" which I think was also referred to from time to time as the "Iron Horse" to distinguish it from the wooden "Horse".

The roundabout could be dangerous because it was open with iron bars across on a wooden base to form separate standing areas, about six in all. Not like the ones that had raised wooden sitting areas. It was only about six inches off the ground and sometimes while running round to push start it if you fell and your foot went under it could do a lot of damage. Also falling off it and one of the metal bars coming round at speed and hitting you. With two of you pushing the bars you could spin the roundabout to a blur and then it would be a test to grab the iron bars to try and get on before it slowed.

The "Jazz" could be quite lethal for younger children. It would hold about six and it was basically like a long railway sleeper with handles and held together by iron bars, four triangular legs and an inner frame work. To operate the "Jazz" backwards and forwards two children; one each side, would stand and hold the bars to work it back and forth. You could get a lot of power quickly standing and the whole thing would quake making it difficult for younger children to hold on and many came off. You could be knock under it or against the iron legs. The whole middle section that you sat on came out further than the area it occupied so if unaware will walking passed the contraption you could get a nasty smack. Individually you could work the Jazz up to the top and then launch yourself off the end to see how far you could travel through the air. Again the older kids would work it to the top to try and jam it so it wouldn't work.

The seven trees was indeed the hardest to complete but not the only group of trees to climb through. As far as I can remember they started at two trees and you progressed up to twelve or thirteen but you had to complete the seven to continue. A friend of mine fell during his attempt at the "Seven Trees" and dislocated his collar bone. It didn't deter him and once out of his sling he finally completed the challenge.

One of the games that we used to play involved the "Big Oak". A big oak tree standing about four or five feet away from the main woods we would use as a starting place for a hide and seek game that unfortunately I can't remember the name off.

We would select by a process of elimination one of us to close their eyes against the "Big Oak" and count to a hundred while the rest of us ran off to hide in the woods. The tree was big enough that if you were on one side you couldn't see in the other directions without walking around it. Gradually by stealth you would make your way back to the "Big Oak" hopefully without being spotted. If you were spotted you would have to come out of the woods and wait with the spotter at the "Big Oak". The spotter would have to keep one hand on the tree at all times and would have to describe the position you were in the woods to verify its authenticity. If one of you could get to the tree you would release the others and force the spotter to start all over again. If everybody was spotted then the first to be seen would have to be the next to count. To call everybody in from the woods something like "olly olly in" was shouted.

Sorry for running on a bit but I hope you find this of some interest.

Me and a friend of mine both grew up in Sprowston and often meet up for a chat in the pub which invariably ends up with us discussing articles from Just Sprowston and recalling our days growing up there.

Regards,

Mark.

''Email from Mark Ridden 03/05/2015''

===Mrs S Knights memories of Sprowston===

Letter from Mrs S Knights.

I went to live in Sprowston with my mum and dad in 1937. My parents bought a house on mortgage, £10 deposit down the house cost £490 built by Mr Webb, this was on Blenheim Road. Some more houses were built on Cozens Hardy Road by Grange and Samuel.
I remember a sweet shop on Wroxham Road owned by Mrs Walters, it became an off licence, but is now private, then coming along Wroxham Road was Mr Graver's blacksmith's, I remember seeing horses being brought here. Opposite where the shops are on Wroxham Road was a farm. The shops were, Mr Andrews grocer, Mr Griggs garage, Mr Griggs newsagent, Mr Kelf Fish and chips and the Post Office owned by Mr and Mrs Cunningham.
Mr Hackett built the Falcon Road estate of bungalows I think about the early 1960s. Two-bedroom bungalows £1200, three bedroomed bungalow was £1500.
I went to the School Lane School, Mr St Quinton was the headmaster, then they built the Sprowston Central School, Recreation Ground Road, Mr Gage was the headmaster, my son also went to this school, then Cannerby Lane School was built.
Sprowston had and does now 2 churches, St Mary's and St Margaret's and St Cuthbert's, I believe they may have more, I have left Sprowston many years ago now.
I hope some of this information is useful to you.

Sign yours faithfully, S Knights (Mrs)

''The following postscript was added.''
I also remember the German planes coming over one afternoon in 1942 and as we ran to the garden shelter we were machine-gun by the German B. Luckily he missed us all, I remember picking up the bullets.

===BERTHA (Nellie) EDWARDS - formerly BISHOP.===

I think Mother lived on Lawson Road before she was married.I remember vividly my young days at 20 Ash Grove; I remember
vaguely Mrs. Middleton telling me my brother Charley had died I think I was about four or five. We had a big kitchen with a large table where we had breakfast and dinner, where it was always warm with a range, I think it was called, with a big fire and oven attached, and a shelf above for drying linen, etc. We had tea in the middle room - also with a coal fire I remember, too, sitting on a little seat near it when I was doing homework as I was always feeling cold then. There was a cupboard too in there where we kept our toys dolls cradles, etc. and I can still picture the
shock I had when my sister Ethel broke my favourite baby doll. The stairs led off that room too. Also there was another door which led to the
front room mostly used on Sundays the organ was in there and Bertha played it. I also learned a little bit from her, as I had no lessons. I think Miss Peak taught Bertha. We had a lovely long garden, and Dad had a lawn at the top with lots of real lovely roses - he loved and tended them and knew all the names.
At five I went to Sprowston School - as we all did - because we
were out of the Boundary of Norwich. The only time I think that I was naughty
was when I wouldn't eat my porridge - I just hated it, and Mother said I
had got to sit there till I did. The others had all gone off to school and
I was crying as I knew I would be late. My Mother eventually relented and
I ran there all the way, and it was a heck of a way too. I fell down and
hurt my knee and have got the scar still. The Headmaster was very kind,
Mr. Delves I think was his name. He had a son Tom but was always called
Sonny - I thought it stupid. I think there were two daughters, Kate and
Ethel, I am on a photograph with some of the children as I was Miss Muffet
in a play - I think Tim has the photograph as Phil (my husband) specially asked for it from my Mother.
I remember too it poured with rain one day and we always went home to dinner in those da) (no school dinners) and we did that journey four times a day and it was an awful long way. On that wet day Mr. Delves came to me and said I was not to go home in the rain - my sister Bertha could go but I was having dinner with them. It was awfully kind and thoughtful of them but I was very shy and didn't like the thought of it. However, they were all very kind to me and I remember the sweet course was a treacle suet pudding which I liked.
My childhood days were very happy. Mother always had a scone ready for us when we came out of school and we played with hoops, etc. tops, balls, diaboloes with which we used to try and beat our friends in reaching the top of the highest tree. After tea, a (Game of Ludo, snakes and ladders, etc, then went to bed - three of us in a big one - and always said our prayers before being tucked in and kissed goodnight by a dear, loving Mother.
As we got older we spent a good bit of the evenings in doing
homework - had lots in those days and dared not go back to school the next day without having done them. I remember getting up at 6 a.m. once to finish them.

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Objections to City of Norwich 1907 Incorporation Proposal.

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==The Argument Against The Proposal.==
In 1907 the City of Norwich applied to annex a considerable area of the Parish of Sprowston. Until this date many facilities such as Sprowston Elementary School had been approximately in the centre of the parish and if the transfer of area envisaged took place both the school and post office would then be on the border. Likewise, Sprowston Post Office would then fall within the city boundary. In an attempt to resist this land grab by the City the Parish and St Faiths and Aylsham District Council produced the following document alas to no avail as the Local Government Board approved the Norwich Corporation’s claim.
Rather than having to read the scans the text is appended.

==THE DOCUMENT==

To the Right Honourable the Local Government Board.
The Memorial of the SPROWSTON PARISH COUNCIL, the OVERSEERS, and PARISHIONERS assembled in Parish Meeting of the Parish of Sprowston, County of Norfolk.
The area and population as stated in the Memorial of the City of Norwich may be taken as correct. The Rateable Value, as per current rate, is: Agricultural Land, £1,616 12s. 6d. ; Buildings and other Hereditaments not being Agricultural Land, £6,001 12s. 6d., or a net rateable value of £6,809 18s. 9d.
===BOUNDARIES.===
We claim that the boundaries as laid down on the Ordnance Map of 1885 are correct, and are such as were fixed and laid down by the Commissioners appointed under the Sprowston Inclosure Act, 1800 ; which Act gave power to such Commissioners to settle and define the boundaries of the Parish, the said boundaries being shown and laid down on the Award Map of the Parish, and we challenge the Norwich Corporation to show that at any time jurisdiction was ever exercised over the area proposed to be included in the City by the authorities of the City, or that any rate has ever been legally paid by any of the inhabitants of that part of Sprowston claimed as belonging to the City. We are prepared to prove from rate-books in the possession of the Parish, that for at least a period of 140 years the inhabitants living in that District always paid rates to the Parish of Sprowston. Of the proposed boundary (the Corporation of the City of Norwich, not having had the courtesy to deposit a map with the Parish Council, or Overseers) we are not in a position to know exactly where it is.
===RATES.===
We believe that the Citizens of Norwich are very heavily rated, the average for the last three years being nine shillings and sevenpence in the pound, whereas the rate for the Parish of Sprowston for the same period being only four shillings and seven-pence in the pound.
===SPROWSTON LODGE ESTATE AND SHIP FIELDS.===
In the Memorial of the City of Norwich it is stated (page 20), " that included in the area is a building estate known as the Sprowston Lodge Estate, having an area of 40 acres." We humbly submit that the above statement is grossly incorrect (and goes to show the very careless way in which the case for the City has been laid before your Honourable Board). The area as shown in all old Valuation Lists is under 12 acres. Also on the same page your attention is directed to a District known as Ship Fields. We believe we are correct in saying that there are hundreds of houses in the City of Norwich and other large Cities built in the same way, and we assert without fear of contradiction that the state of the road will compare very favourably with many roads in the City of Norwich.
===THE SCHOOLS.===
The Schools in the Parish are County Schools, in which provision is made (as required by law) for all the children of the Parish, the furthest any of the children have to go from the City Boundary is not more than eleven hundred yards, they are well staffed, the average attendance for the year ended November 2nd, 1906, is Infants 88%, and for the Mixed School 95%, which is higher than many schools in the City, and while some of the City Schools have been closed through sickness, the Sprowston Mixed School has remained open, and the Infant School only closed for 3 weeks for Whooping Cough.
===HEALTH OF THE PARISH.===
The Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the St. Faith's District, proves that the Parish of Sprowston cannot be a source of danger to the health of the City of Norwich, because while fever, diphtheria, and other diseases have been and are prevalent in the City (so much so that the Isolated Hospital is full), very few cases have occurred in Sprowston, some of those can be traced to the attendance of children at City Schools, and so became a source of danger to the inhabitants of the Parish of Sprowston, and we also believe that the people of Sprowston are as intelligent as those living in the City, and that it is not correct to say as stated (on page 21 of the Memorial of the City) that the proper use of disinfectants are objected to any more in the County than in the City.
===ADVANTAGES OF THE CITY.===
On page 21 of the Norwich Memorial it is inferred that the inhabitants of Sprowston have advantages for which the ratepayers of Norwich pay for. The words are " and by reason of the share which the inhabitants of such area have, and must have, in the many advantages provided at the expense of the ratepayers of the City." We are at a loss to understand what advantages the inhabitants of the Parish of Sprowston have at the expense of the ratepayers of the City of Norwich, beyond that which they pay for. The County Council provides for the Education of all the children of the Parish. The police are provided by the same authority, and we claim that Sprowston is as free from crime as any working-class district in the City. Our poor are provided for out of the Common Fund of the St. Faith's Union. The Parish Council have made provision in cases of fire by entering into an agreement with the City for the services and use of the Fire Brigade and appliances, for which the Parish pay the City the sum of fifteen pounds per year, and during the six years since the arrangement was made only one case of fire (which was extinguished before the Norwich Brigade arrived) has occurred. The gas and water supplies do not belong to the citizens of Norwich, but to private Companies, and in cases of fire the Water Company supply free of cost that which is necessary to extinguish the same.
Undoubtedly many of the inhabitants of Sprowston, as do the people from villages for miles around, go in the City for hopping purposes; it may be an advantage, but at the same time it is conferring a benefit upon the City.
===SUGGESTIONS.===
Your Memorialists therefore humbly suggest that the District Council of St. Faith's should be allowed to lay before your Honourable Board plans for the drainage of the area in question : also that for the proper and regular emptying of bins, cesspools, and the removal of house refuse, the District Council should constitute the Parish Council a Sanitary Committee for that purpose, we feel the importance of this, for although the health of the Parish has been satisfactory, yet we believe an improvement should be attempted in better sanitation. We find from a Report issued by Dr. Cooper Pattin, M.O.H. for the City of Norwich for 1905 (page 30), that bins and pails are as healthy as water-closets, the Report shows the percentage of typhoid in Districts where water-closets, bins, and pails are in use, the percentage given is : Water-closets 45 %, bins 33 %, and pails 22 ;we submit that the Report shows that in Districts (as in Sprowston) where bins and pails are in use the health of the people is as good and better as in Districts where only water-closets are used, and we are of opinion that the District Council should adopt such Acts or Clauses of Acts, or apply for Urban powers so as to secure a better and proper sanitation of the Parish.
Your Memorialists do hereby protest against any part of the Parish of Sprowston being included within the boundary of the City of Norwich, we therefore humbly pray your Honourable Board not to grant the request of the City of Norwich.
H. B. BROOK,
CHAIRMAN OF PARISH COUNCIL
AND PARISH MEETING.
W. A. HARRISON,
H. B. BROCK, OVERSEERS.
H. HOOPER,
W. PEAK, CLERK TO THE PARISH COUNCIL.
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[[Category:History of Sprowston]]

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Bev:

Sprowston appears to have been known as Sprow, possibly so named after a 9th century Saxon or Norse invader.

William 1st decreed that a record of the lands of England be made, thus the Domesday Book came into being in 1086.

So the area known as Sprow's settlement was re-named Sprowestuna-tun meaning settlement, enclosure or farm.

The Domesday Book lists the Manors of the [[Manors of Sprowston|Mounteney]] and [[Manors of Sprowston|Aslaks]] (Aslakes), Manor meaning the lands attached to the mansions of the owners.

Although Sprowston consisted of a large area north of the City of Norwich and spreading out to Beeston, Catton, Thorpe plus tracts of woods and heath, the population was small.

The Parish Church was completed in the 14th century, although there is evidence of the church in the records, dating from the early part of the 12th century. This confirmed the steadfastness of those in the Parish.

However the [[Black Death]] in 1348-1368 caused loss of life and along with farming changes, led to movement in areas of habitation. Heathland supported sheep farming and the woollen cloth trade, until in the 1400s arable farming expanded, leading to changes involving greater numbers of farm workers but fewer shepherds.

In the 15th century, [[Domesday Book of 1086|Sprowestuna]] become one community and in 1560 Sprowston Hall was built near the church proving Sprowston to be a single Manor and Parish.

Naturally significant changes in boundaries, population and employment occurred during the following centuries. In 1850, the population was 1308, in School Road, Sprowston, the Elementary National School was built and [[St. Cuthberts|St. Cuthberts Church]] was opened in 1885.

Sprowston Parish Council was established in 1894 and by 1901 the population was 2359. Other schools, recreation ground and park followed.

In 1976 the population was 17,800, and Sparhawk Park was created.

In 1982, a sports field was opened at Barkers Lane and in 1988, Council Offices formed.

Sprowston Parish Councillors debated whether the Parish of Sprowston should become a Town and so in October 2011 they voted with one accord to become a Town, (Town denotes an urban area with a name, boundaries, local government, shopping and business areas, plus being larger than a village.

A Town may have a Mayor and Deputy Mayor instead of a Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Between 15th May 2019 and 17th May 2022 Sprowston Town Council had a Town Mayor. On 18th May 2022, following the Annual Town Council Meeting, the role of Chairman of the Council was reinstated by a new incumbent.

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2022-06-07T08:32:45Z

Bev: Change to Mayor Chairman

Sprowston appears to have been known as Sprow, possibly so named after a 9th century Saxon or Norse invader.

William 1st decreed that a record of the lands of England be made, thus the Domesday Book came into being in 1086.

So the area known as Sprow's settlement was re-named Sprowestuna-tun meaning settlement, enclosure or farm.

The Domesday Book lists the Manors of the [[Manors of Sprowston|Mounteney]] and [[Manors of Sprowston|Aslaks]] (Aslakes), Manor meaning the lands attached to the mansions of the owners.

Although Sprowston consisted of a large area north of the City of Norwich and spreading out to Beeston, Catton, Thorpe plus tracts of woods and heath, the population was small.

The Parish Church was completed in the 14th century, although there is evidence of the church in the records, dating from the early part of the 12th century. This confirmed the steadfastness of those in the Parish.

However the [[Black Death]] in 1348-1368 caused loss of life and along with farming changes, led to movement in areas of habitation. Heathland supported sheep farming and the woollen cloth trade, until in the 1400s arable farming expanded, leading to changes involving greater numbers of farm workers but fewer shepherds.

In the 15th century, [[Domesday Book of 1086|Sprowestuna]] become one community and in 1560 Sprowston Hall was built near the church proving Sprowston to be a single Manor and Parish.

Naturally significant changes in boundaries, population and employment occurred during the following centuries. In 1850, the population was 1308, in School Road, Sprowston, the Elementary National School was built and [[St. Cuthberts|St. Cuthberts Church]] was opened in 1885.

Sprowston Parish Council was established in 1894 and by 1901 the population was 2359. Other schools, recreation ground and park followed.

In 1976 the population was 17,800, and Sparhawk Park was created.

In 1982, a sports field was opened at Barkers Lane and in 1988, Council Offices formed.

Sprowston Parish Councillors debated whether the Parish of Sprowston should become a Town and so in October 2011 they voted with one accord to become a Town, (Town denotes an urban area with a name, boundaries, local government, shopping and business areas, plus being larger than a village.

“A Town may have a Mayor and Deputy Mayor instead of a Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Between 15th May 2019 and 17th May 2022 Sprowston Town Council had a Town Mayor. On 18th May 2022, following the Annual Town Council Meeting, the role of Chairman of the Council was reinstated by a new incumbent.”

Sprowston Old Catton border shooting.

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==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==

==EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH==
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon]] at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon Inn]], whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement: I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the [[George & Dragon Public House| George and Dragon]], where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We then drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand; we then went home and had supper; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster; they drove very swiftly; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes; the one sat higher than the other; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined the body of the deceased; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit; the left lung was collapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehouse said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
Please note the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area, where was Mr Cozens hedge so which parish did the event take place in?
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Sprowston Old Catton border shooting.

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==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==

==EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH==
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon]] at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon Inn]], whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement : I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the [[George & Dragon Public House| George and Dragon]], where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We than drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man ; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired ; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand ; we then went home and had supper ; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock ; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner ; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke ; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired ; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help ! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster ; they drove very swiftly ; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George ; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this ; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport ; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes ; the one sat higher than the other ; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined she body of the deceased ; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage ; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it ; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit ; the left lung was col-lapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehousc said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man ; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any
relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family ; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
It should be noted the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon]] is in Sprowston but the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area which parish did the event take place in.
[[Category:Crimes in Sprowston]]

Norfolk and Norwich Arms, at Sprowston -Court case

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==Report in the Bury and Norwich Post 20th Jan 1819==

John Burrows, appellant, and John Stracey, Esq. respondent. —The appellant, who keeps a public-house, the [[Norwich And Norfolk Arms Public House|Norfolk and Norwich Arms]], at Sprowston, was convicted liv the respondent, a Magistrate of the county, under the 26th of Geo. III. for selling beer without a licence, when, in reality, he then had a licence to authorise his doing so, from the Supervisor of Excise for Norwich, under a certificate from the Magistrates of that city. he appealed against this conviction, upon the ground that the Magistrates of the county could have no power to grant him such licence, his house being situate in the county of the city of Norwich. and not within the county of Norfolk, as insisted on by the respondent. Mr. Cooper, sen. as Counsel for the appellant; and Mr. Alderson. for the Corporation of Norwich, severally took objection against the informality of the conviction, and arguments of considerable length ensued, which, however, resulted in the objections being over-ruled. The respondent’s case was then made out; for, by the production of an authenticated copy of a grant, made in the second year of the reign of Edward the 7th, and the Sprowston Inclosure Act, together with the evidence of two persons. the one aged 70, and the other 69, who had resided in Sprowston from their infancy, the house of the appellant was proved to be in Norfolk. The Counsel for the appellant produced a [[The Boundary Document 1555|Charter]], made in the reign of Philip and Mary, whereby various lands lying in the said county were granted to the Corporation of Norwich amongst which was comprised that part of Sprowston where the house now stands; but failing to identify to the satisfaction of the Court, that part of the lands in Sprowston, according to the particular description of the same in such Charter, and the Town Clerk of Norwich admitted in evidence that he never remembered the Magistrates of the city having exercised acts of jurisdiction over the place in question, nor that the same ever paid rate to the city, the conviction was confirmed.
[[Category:Crimes in Sprowston]]

Norwich And Norfolk Arms Public House

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==Norwich and Norfolk Arms Public House==

This public house situated on what is now Sprowston Road Norwich seems to have suffered something of an identity problem since it appears in various documents and directories as, Norwich and Norfolk Arms, Norfolk and Norwich Arms, Norwich Arms and Norfolk Arms. Despite this conflicting evidence as to what the premises were called it is a known fact that it first appeared as the Norwich and Norfolk Arms in 1830. The 1896 Kelly's Directory recalls the then licensee as and Mrs Margaret Allen, as to whether it was a coincidence but William Allen is recorded as being a brick maker, without further research one does not know if they were relations or otherwise. If this was the case it would seem to carry on quite a Sprowston tradition where public house and owning and brickmaking seemed to go hand in hand.

Starting in 1830 the premises went well past its century as it continued trading until closure in 1958, then under the ownership of Steward and Paterson's, the licensee being Kenneth James Edwards. This company still held the licence on closure although when it came up for renewal in 1964 no application was made so the license lapsed. Throughout its life there seems to be only two reports of problems with the law, in 1864 the then licensee Peter Burrows was committed for trial for receiving a side of pork, stolen from the slaughterhouse of James Fuller, who we believe was trading on Magdalen Road at the time. There was also a problem with the licence held, having been granted by the wrong authority this would lead to a court case - see [[Norfolk and Norwich Arms, at Sprowston -Court case]]. The building having being demolished after closure no trace remains and it is now under modern development.
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Norfolk and Norwich Arms, at Sprowston -Court case

2022-02-22T16:04:11Z

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==Report in the Bury and Norwich Post 20th Jan 1819==

John Burrows, appellant, and John Stracey, Esq. respondent. —The appellant, who keeps a public-house, the [[Norwich And Norfolk Arms Public House|Norfolk and Norwich Arms]], at Sprowston, was convicted liv the respondent, a Magistrate of the county, under the 26th of Geo. III. for selling beer without a licence, when, in reality, he then had a licence to authorise his doing so, from the Supervisor of Excise for Norwich, under a certificate from the Magistrates of that city. he appealed against this conviction, upon the ground that the Magistrates of the county could have no power to grant him such licence, his house being situate in the county of the city of Norwich. and not within the county of Norfolk, as insisted on by the respondent. Mr. Cooper, sen. as Counsel for the appellant; and Mr. Alderson. for the Corporation of Norwich, severally took objection against the informality of the conviction, and arguments of considerable length ensued, which, however, resulted in the objections being over-ruled. The respondent’s case was then made out; for, by the production of an authenticated copy of a grant, made in the second year of the reign of Edward the 7th, and the Sprowston Inclosure Act, together with the evidence of two persons. the one aged 70, and the other 69, who had resided in Sprowston from their infancy, the house of the appellant was proved to be in Norfolk. The Counsel for the appellant produced a Charter, made in the reign of Philip and Mary, whereby various lands lying in the said county were granted to the Corporation of Norwich amongst which was comprised that part of Sprowston where the house now stands; but failing to identify to the satisfaction of the Court, that part of the lands in Sprowston, according to the particular description of the same in such Charter, and the Town Clerk of Norwich admitted in evidence that he never remembered the Magistrates of the city having exercised acts of jurisdiction over the place in question, nor that the same ever paid rate to the city, the conviction was confirmed.
[[Category:Crimes in Sprowston]]

Sprowston Old Catton border shooting.

2022-02-22T12:53:59Z

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==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==

==EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH==
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon]] at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the [[George & Dragon Public House|George and Dragon Inn]], whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement : I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the [[George & Dragon Public House| George and Dragon]], where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We than drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man ; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired ; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand ; we then went home and had supper ; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock ; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner ; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke ; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired ; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help ! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster ; they drove very swiftly ; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George ; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this ; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport ; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes ; the one sat higher than the other ; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined she body of the deceased ; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage ; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it ; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit ; the left lung was col-lapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehousc said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man ; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any
relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family ; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
It should be noted the George and Dragon is in Sprowston but the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area which parish did the event take place in.
[[Category:Crimes in Sprowston]]

Sprowston Murder 27th August 1904

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Bev: Sprowston Murder 27th August 1904

==SOUTH-EASTERN CIRCUIT COURT TRIAL.==
==From a report in The Times 10th November 1904==
At Norwich, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Bigham, ROBERT HORACE STANLEY Curtis, 20, labourer, was' indicted for the wilful murder of Laura Emma Curtis:
Sprowston on August 27 last. Mr. Poyser and; Mr. Eversley appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. E. Ernest Wild for the defence. The woman was the wife of the prisoner, having been married to him just a year before her death, when she -was 18. They lived at Sprowston, a, suburb of Norwich, and their married life seemed to have been an -unhappy one, there being frequent quarrels between them. On last August Bank Holiday Mrs. Curtis "Was seen to have black eye and swollen face, and a neighbour threatened the prisoner with a thrashing if be ill-used his wife anymore. On another occasion he threatened to chop her head off with a billhook. On August 26, the day before Mrs. Curtis met her death, the prisoner was out shooting, using an old single-barrelled converted " chasse-pot " rifle, the breech of which opened by drawing back a bolt, and then was loaded by inserting a cartridge filled with shot. With this weapon he shot several larks on the wing. Next day, a Saturday, the prisoner and his wife returned about 10 p.m. to their house, a two-roomed cottage. Miss Frankland, a neighbour, heard them " jangling." The woman said, " You know that's wrong, Bob." The prisoner said, " I'll do it." The woman" Don't do it; let's go to bed." The prisoner again said, " I'll do it," and was then seen to lock the door of the house. Miss Frankland then heard the explosion of a gun. Neighbours were sent for, and came in, and Mrs. Curtis was found with her baby in her arms lying between the fireplace and the window 'in a pool of blood shot at a distance of only 18ins. through the bead,' and dead. The prisoner, who was in the room, said, " Look what I have done," and then, " I am innocent. It's a pure accident." Miss Frankland said, " You lie for I distinctly heard you say, I’ll do it.' " He answered, " I was only joking." The police were then sent for, and the prisoner having been left alone for short time in a room, another explosion of the gun was heard, and the prisoner admitted that be had made an attempt upon his own life. For the defence the prisoner gave evidence denying that he had ever threatened of ill-used his wife. the gun was an old and defective one, and would go off " on its own occasion " when the breech-bolt was closed sharply upon the cartridge. On the evening in question, he was playing with the gun in the room, as he did scores of times. the cartridges were near him in a basket on the chimneypiece. He put one into the breech and shut the bolt of the gun, which exploded, killing his wife, whose head was then within 18ins. of the muzzle. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against the prisoner, and the learned Judge, saying that he accepted that finding, as he was sure the jury meant him to accept it, not as an expedient to save them from the disagreeable duty of finding the prisoner guilty of murder, but as their judgment that the prisoner had been guilty of most culpable carelessness in the use of firearms, sentenced him. to five years' penal servitude.
[[Category:Crimes in Sprowston]]

Sprowston Old Catton border shooting.

2022-02-21T22:46:26Z

Bev:

==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==

==EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH==
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the George and Dragon at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the George and Dragon Inn, whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement : I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the George and Dragon, where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We than drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man ; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired ; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand ; we then went home and had supper ; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock ; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner ; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke ; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired ; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help ! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster ; they drove very swiftly ; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George ; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this ; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport ; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes ; the one sat higher than the other ; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined she body of the deceased ; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage ; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it ; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit ; the left lung was col-lapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehousc said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man ; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any
relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family ; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
It should be noted the George and Dragon is in Sprowston but the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area which parish did the event take place in.
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==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==

==EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH==
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the George and Dragon at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the George and Dragon Inn, whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement : I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the George and Dragon, where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We than drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man ; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired ; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand ; we then went home and had supper ; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock ; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner ; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke ; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired ; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help ! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster ; they drove very swiftly ; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George ; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this ; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport ; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes ; the one sat higher than the other ; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined she body of the deceased ; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage ; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it ; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit ; the left lung was col-lapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehousc said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man ; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any
relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family ; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
It should be noted the George and Dragon is in Sprowston but the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area which parish did the event take place in.
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Norfolk and Norwich Arms, at Sprowston -Court case

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==Report in the Bury and Norwich Post 20th Jan 1819==

John Burrows, appellant, and John Stracey, Esq. respondent. —The appellant, who keeps a public-house, the Norfolk and Norwich Arms, at Sprowston, was convicted liv the respondent, a Magistrate of the county, under the 26th of Geo. III. for selling beer without a licence, when, in reality, he then had a licence to authorise his doing so, from the Supervisor of Excise for Norwich, under a certificate from the Magistrates of that city. he appealed against this conviction, upon the ground that the Magistrates of the county could have no power to grant him such licence, his house being situate in the county of the city of Norwich. and not within the county of Norfolk, as insisted on by the respondent. Mr. Cooper, sen. as Counsel for the appellant; and Mr. Alderson. for the Corporation of Norwich, severally took objection against the informality of the conviction, and arguments of considerable length ensued, which, however, resulted in the objections being over-ruled. The respondent’s case was then made out; for, by the production of an authenticated copy of a grant, made in the second year of the reign of Edward the 7th, and the Sprowston Inclosure Act, together with the evidence of two persons. the one aged 70, and the other 69, who had resided in Sprowston from their infancy, the house of the appellant was proved to be in Norfolk. The Counsel for the appellant produced a Charter, made in the reign of Philip and Mary, whereby various lands lying in the said county were granted to the Corporation of Norwich amongst which was comprised that part of Sprowston where the house now stands; but failing to identify to the satisfaction of the Court, that part of the lands in Sprowston, according to the particular description of the same in such Charter, and the Town Clerk of Norwich admitted in evidence that he never remembered the Magistrates of the city having exercised acts of jurisdiction over the place in question, nor that the same ever paid rate to the city, the conviction was confirmed.
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Crimes in Sprowston give an insight into the justice meted out to wrongdoers of even seemingly quite petty crimes. Age seemed to be no excuse, youngsters as yet not even teenagers being sent to jail. All these crimes listed here come from newspaper reports of the day, which back then seemed pretty accurate in their reporting. The newspaper and date of each report is given so anybody wishing to check up on the facts may easily do so.}}
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The Area provides an overview of the ever-changing demographics of Sprowston mostly regarding changes that have taken place in the past 200 years since prior to this reference should be made to the History of Sprowston category. We must look at inhabitants’ personal life during the past 200 years, the quality-of-life and the rules citizens were expected to abide by. Besides the births and deaths all communities experience, there were crimes and accidents which befell others. It gives a chance to study and record the changes in not only the boundaries and population but the physical changes caused by changing land utilisation, which is still continuing. It gives a chance to look at the relevance of many of the road names and the links with Sprowston's past, be it a person or a specific landmark. Progress over time has not only affected the human population but has altered forever the flora and fauna which has had to adapt from a rural to land developed for both residential and business usage.
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Balloon lands at Sprowston Hall

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==Balloon flight. 29th June 1815.==

===From Harper's Ranelagh Garden (Norwich) to Sprowston Hall.==
Care should be exercised in quoting from this account from The Bury and Norwich Post as this flight appears to have been made by William Windham Sadler (the son).

===The Balloon.===
This great object of attraction, as was expected, drew to this city an immense assemblage of all classes of visitors. The company began evidently to increase from Friday morning, and by night hardly a bed remained in the city unoccupied. Those Who arrived on that day from a distance of 50 miles, stated that they were obliged to come early, as all. the modes of conveyance were already engaged for the following day, and on Saturday morning the 'city presented one of the busiest scenes ever witnessed. The streets were. literally choked up by visitors and their various carriages, and happy were they who were enabled to procure decent accommodation; indeed every house (as well as Inn) in the city, on an average, had its inmates doubled.—

===Inflation.===
The inflating the balloon commenced at 12 o'clock at Harper's Gardens, before upwards of 800 persons, amongst whom were• the principal families of this city and county, and more female beauty and fashion was never witnessed here. From the regularity of the proceedings there was no fear of disappointment, and after the process was finished, the balloon with the car attached, in which was Mr. Sadler, jun. was removed to a platform raised for that purpose, and after the ballast, &c. was placed therein, Miss Bathurst. the daughter of the Lord Bishop of the diocese, attended by the Mayor of the city, ascended the platform, and Lord Bishop of the diocese, attended by the Mayor of the city, ascended the platform, and presented Mr. Sadler with the flag bearing the royal arms, the band playing “God save the King."

===Take off===
At this instant, half-past three o'clock, the signal was given, and he was launched into the air. The effect at this moment upon the feelings of the spectators it is impossible to describe. It was most exciting and interesting to all, and loud and repeated cheers gave notice to the populace assembled on the outside of the gardens, who as soon as the desired object appeared in sight, returned the salute with the utmost enthusiasm.—Mr. Sadler, as the balloon left the gardens, continued bowing and waving his flag to the spectators below him. The air was clear and serene, and a more beautiful ascension was never witnessed: the direction of the balloon varied with the different currents of air, but as we have been favoured with the following account from Mr. Sadler, which being more correct, we give in preference to our own observations:
“The ascension took place at 33 minutes after three o'clock, wind perfectly calm; so much so, that during the whole time of being elevated, which was out hour and five minutes, in the various changes of currents at different altitudes, the Balloon did not traverse more than 17 miles; the wind at rising was NNE. the thermometer stood at 80t. On the Car being set at liberty, owing to the stillness of the air, it rose almost perpendicularly to a great height, and from thence slowly passed over the Castle-hill; during this time, I alternately moved my hat and flag. In 12 minutes after the ascension. the thermometer fell to 73. I here tilled my glass, drank to the Mayor and Corporation of the City, and distinctly heard the loud cheering of the assembled multitude.
===Come and take wine.===
At five minutes to four, the Balloon entered a second current, which carried me over Mousehold Heath. I here distinctly heard shouts from persons collected near a house and calling to me to come down and take wine with them. I wrote a note, and threw over, thanking them for their invitation, and informing them I intended descending near. Perceiving from the direction I now took, that the high ground about Mousehold Heath would prevent my being much longer in view to the. inhabitants of Norwich, I determined on elevating the machine; accordingly threw out a quantity of ballast, when rapidly ascending, I encountered a third current to the NNW. which carried us over the Sprowston road, towards St. Faith’s. From this variety of currents, of different heights, I was enabled not only to remain in view to the persons on the spot from whence I ascended, but also to gratify many thousands collected on the different eminences, hundreds of whom, from every direction, followed the apparent course at the Balloon, both horse and foot ; therefore determined on descending amongst my numerous followers, that they might witness the descent, a novelty often wished, but seldom performed, the velocity of the wind in general preventing the possibility of it."

===The Landing===
At half-past four o'clock it descended in a field adjoining to Sprowston-Hall, about three miles from the city. after having passed over the broadest part of it, thereby enabling the whole population to be witnesses of this truly interesting sight, which had much of novelty to boast of, not only it having been constantly in sight of the city, but also from it's again reaching the earth at so short a distance as to enable those persons who witnessed the ascension, also to see the descent; and several hundred on horses, in carriages, or on foot, soon assembled on the spot, and Mr. Sadler returned to the city escorted by a body of horsemen, and as he passed through the streets, was received with cheers by the populace, who were happy in hearing that not the slightest accident had happened to damp their pleasures in the recollection of the past.
The multitudes of spectators that were assembled on all the high situations in and around the city, was beyond precedent. Those particularly observable wire the Castle-hill, the church steeples, and Mousehold-Hill.—Although it was market day, nearly all the shops in the city were shut during the ascension.
Harper's Garden: boasted of a large and genteel assemblage of visitors on Friday and Saturday evenings; on the former there were 4200 present, and on the latter 2300.

Report taken from Bury and Norwich Post 2nd August 1815
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Sprowston Old Catton border shooting.

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Bev: /* This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837 */

==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==

==EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH==
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the George and Dragon at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the George and Dragon Inn, whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement : I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the George and Dragon, where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We than drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man ; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired ; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand ; we then went home and had supper ; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock ; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner ; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke ; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired ; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help ! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster ; they drove very swiftly ; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George ; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this ; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport ; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes ; the one sat higher than the other ; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined she body of the deceased ; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage ; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it ; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit ; the left lung was col-lapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehousc said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man ; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any
relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family ; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
It should be noted the George and Dragon is in Sprowston but the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area which parish did the event take place in.
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Sprowston Old Catton border shooting.

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==This report from the Morning Chronicle Sept. 18, 1837==
EXTRAORDINARY CASE AT NORWICH
The inhabitants of Norwich have been in a state of the greatest excitement since Sunday last in consequence of Mr. W. G. Moore, upholsterer, of Bethel-street, in that city, having been shot At and mortally wounded by a gentleman in a gig as he was returning home from his work at North Walsham, on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock. Soon after the shot was fired the poor man was heard to groan, and was taken to the George and Dragon at Catton, thence to the hospital at Norwich, where he expired on Tuesday morning. In consequence of evidence given before the Mayor, Mr. W. W. Cooper, of St. Mary's, and his clerk, Thirkettle, were apprehended on Sunday morning on the charge of committing the act, mid were committed to Norwich Castle to await the poor man's fate.

An inquest was summoned on Tuesday afternoon, when evidence was taken, of which the following is an abridgment
The first witness was Rebecca Bacon. She saw Mr. Cooper, at Catton, get into his gig with his clerk; she was walking along the road when she heard a shot fired. which was immediately followed by a groan; she proceeded a little further on the road when she came up to a man bleeding, who told her he hod been shot by the gentleman in the gig and was dying ; she went to the George and Dragon Inn, whence two men came and conveyed the wounded man to the house; he said his name was Moore, and that he was returning from North Walsham. Charlotte Baron confirmed the above; in addition to which she said that she heard the gentleman in the gig say to deceased, " How do you do, old boy?" She then saw him turn and shoot Mr. Moore.
Mr. John Mason, of Catton, heard the shot and the groan, but did not go to the assistance of the wounded man, being alarmed..
William HyIlyd, of Catton, was told by the two Bacons that a man had been shot by the gentleman in the gig, and went out with Iwo men, named Crampton and Gymer, and brought the wounded man into the George. When in the inn Mr. Moore did not relate anything that took place between him and the gentlemen in the gig previous to the shot being fired.
Thirkettle, the clerk to Mr. Cooper, made the following statement : I accompanied Mr. Cooper from an inn at St. Miles to Catton, about six o'clock on Saturday evening; he stopped at the house of Mrs. Symonds, a female with whom he cohabited, and I drove the gig to the George and Dragon, where I waited until the horse was taken out and fed ; then I returned to Mrs. Symonds's house until a little past eight, when I went to the inn for the chaise. We than drove off towards Norwich. About twenty yards beyond the inn Mr.Cooper met a man on the road, to whom he said, " Good night, old boy," and fired off his pistol, as I thought, into the hedge; the man must have been fifteen or twenty yards (from the gig when the pistol was fired off, according to the direction he put his arm out, I should think it was quite impossible for him to have shot this man ; I did not hear any one call out after the pistol had been fired ; Mr. Cooper was driving, but I had the whip in my hand ; we then went home and had supper ; we did not hear of the accident until twelve o'clock on Sunday morning, when we were taken into custody.

In his cross-examination Thirkettle said that the pistol was double-barrelled, and that Cooper fired off the other barrel nearer to Norwich on his way home; Cooper was rather intoxicated: he declared he never said anything contrary to a man named Willis, or anybody else.
The inquest was then adjourned until Wednesday, and the witness Thirkettle was ordered to be detained by the constable, and not be allowed to communicate with any ' other person. At the next silting of the inquest the woman called by the last witness Symonds, but who gave her name Hannah Greenfield, confirmed Thirkettle's evidence, and stated that Mr. Cooper drank spirits and water at her house, leaving It rather intoxicated.

George Ford, of Sprowston, was walking on the Norwoich road on Saturday night about twenty minutes before nine o'clock ; saw two persons in a gig, who appeared to be drunk, as they drove from the road to the footpath in a most uneven manner ; witness got up against Mr. Cozens's hedge to get out of the way of the gig, when the gentleman in the gig pointed a pistol at him and fired it off; the ball whizzed past him, but did not hit him ; he was not more than four yards from the gig when they fired at him.
W. C. Brittain, landlord of the inn at St. Miles, deposed to Thirkettle having given him a statement of the accident, differing in some trifling details from that related to the jury.
The following deposition of the deceased, taken before his death, was put in:-
" I was returning from North Waltham on Saturday night, and went into the George Inn at Cat ton, for a few minutes; on going along the road two persons in a gig overtook me; one said, How are you, old boy ?' I answered, Very well;' only one spoke ; I did not know the voice; they went a little way on and then fired ; I felt myself shot, and cried out, Help, help ! I am shot,' but they drove on the faster ; they drove very swiftly ; a man in a fustian coat helped me to the George ; I have no suspicion of the individuals who did this ; I have no idea of the motive with which they did it; I should think it could not be from sport ; I should think, by the voice, that the person might be in liquor; the men were dressed in dark coloured clothes ; the one sat higher than the other ; I was not looking at them at the time they fired; I do not recollect that I passed a man on foot.
(Signed) " WM. CORNELIUS M00RE.
" Thomas Brightwell, mayor; A. Hudson."

Mr. J. G. Johnson, surgeon of the Norwich and Norfolk hospital, examined she body of the deceased ; found a wound just about the nipple of the left side of the chest; it had passed through the chest, fracturing the fifth rib two inches from the cartilage ; it had been produced from a pistol ball, which passed through the lobe of the left lung, and an anterior part of the same lung was wounded by a portion of the rib being driven through it ; and the eighth rib was broken at the back of the chest, through which the ball had made its exit ; the left lung was col-lapsed, and there was a great quantity of blood in the cavity of the chest. The man died from the wound he had described. The other surgeons confirmed the above description of the wound, and its being the cause of the man's death. The Reverend Prebendary Wodehousc said that Mr. Cooper, on being taken into custody, said that he did not know who had shot the man ; he felt confident when he fired that the shot went over the hedge. Witness went to the hospital and, saw the deceased, and asked him if he had any
relation named Cooper? He replied no, nor did be know any person of that name. He was told that the gentleman who caused the accident would do anything he could for his wife and family ; to which he made no reply.
Other but: not material, testimony was given, and the coroner summed up the evidence. explaining, that to make their verdict one of murder, they must be convinced of the malicious intention of the person committing the act. He read the opinions of several judges on the cases in point, and then left it to them to declare which of the cases he had referred to were analogous to the present inquiry, and to. give a verdict accordingly. The jury retired, and in twenty minutes returned a verdict of " Manslaughter Against Jonathan Whitley Cooper, gent. “The court, which had been crowded to suffocation during this long inquiry, was then cleared. When the populace were informed of the verdict of the jury, they rushed to the Norfolk Hotel, where the jury were waiting to sign the verdict, and made a most desperate attack on that, abusing them for not finding Mr. Cooper guilty of wilful murder, and the police were sent for to quell the riot.—Abridged from the Norwich Mercury.
It should be noted the George and Dragon is in Sprowston but the border between Old Catton and Sprowston is so convoluted in this area which parish did the event take place in.
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The Boundary Document 1555

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==The application and reason==
An assembly was held on the 13th of Nov.1554 to set the area rate of tax for the inhabitants of the city, since they were only able to include persons within the city wall they asked for the area to be increased. This would form an area known as The City & County of Norwich. This was duly sanctioned on 3 April 1555 at Greenwich and confirmed by authority of Parliament, in which the limits and bounds of the City and County were fixed and determined in the following manner by perambulation.
==The charter as written==
"From the river Wensome, which river was formerly granted to the city, by the outward part or bank of the river called Trows-Eye, to Trows bridge, and from Trows bridge by the outward bank of the river, including the whole river to Lakenham bridge, and from Lakenham bridge to Harforde, including the river to the outward bank, and from thence by the outward bank of the river to Cringleford bridge, and thence by the outward bank of the river to Heilesden bridge, and from thence to the water of Heilesden old watermilldamme, (fn. 16) and from that water by the high-way leading directly through Heilesden town, by the common lane, leading from the east part of an inclosure called Heylesdon-Wood, and from the north-end of that lane by a certain green way leading directly to a certain parcel of ground, upon which a cross called the White cross formerly stood, it being in the high-way leading from Norwich to Horsham St. Faith's, and thence directly to the north part of an inclosure called Little Mushold, and by the north part of an inclosure now or late in the tenure of John Crykemaye senior, and thence directly to the north part of an inclosure called Wrenne Park, containing two acres, now or late occupied by John Norgate, and thence to the joining of two ways north and east of the said inclosure called Wrenne Park, of which two ways, one leads to Norwich, and the other to Magdalen chapel, and from the said joining of the two ways directly to an inclosure late alderman Nic. Sywhat's, now John Corbet's Esq. called the Saffron Close, leaving the said inclosure on the north part, and so from the said inclosure on a green way leading from Norwich to Thorp, and by that way bending west, to the north end of the common way, leading from the aforesaid highway to the river Wensom, by the manor of Newton, called NewtonHall, and by the same water eastward, including the whole water, to Hardley Cross, and so returning and taking in the whole river Wensom, to the outward bank of Trowse Eye river aforesaid; all which is in the county of the said city, and all within these limits are now incorporated into the city and county thereof, except out of the premises, the whole castle of Norwich, and the shirehous, and all the land and ground within the scite of them both." The corporation of the city have full power to perambulate these bounds yearly, or whenever they please
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The Changing Shape of Sprowston

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== The Changing Shape of Sprowston ==

===Norwich becomes a City & County===
Prior to the 1550s there seemed to be the County of Norfolk and the City of Norwich as totally separate entities. They had even been bans from building outside the city walls although records show that there were areas outside the city wall that the inhabitants of the city used for keeping livestock and collecting fuel. This said much of the land seemed to be within the control of the church taking in a considerable portion of Mousehold Heath which would seem to support conjecture that it was originally called Monks Hold. Records show that in the 1300s the church employed on the heath shepherds for the sheep walks, a neatherd to look after the cattle and a swineherd for tending the hogs. It would seem that the area was well wooded as the monastery received payment for underwood, faggots, bark and timber.

===Perambulating the City & County Boundary===
Depending on how one interprets Blomefields account in his History of Norfolk the city petitioned Parliament to become a City and County taking in a considerable area around the city itself, the charter confirming this statute as being in either 1555 or 1556. The account of the perambulation around the border of the new City and County of Norwich is not particularly clear a fact borne out by the early mapmakers. Cunningham's map of 1558 is only rather like an artistic view giving no clue as to the boundary but Faden's map of 1797 shows the boundary almost along its present line at the edge of Sprowston as does Bryant's map of 1826 which calls Mousehold Heath, Pockthorpe Heath.

===Early Mapping is Confusing===
An early 1832 sketch map of the coming Ordinance Survey map calls to this interpretation into question showing the boundary not far from where Wall Road comes on to Sprowston Road, however by the time the map was published in 1885 the boundary had moved yet further city wards to the Denmark. To confuse the issue even further the Poor Law Unions map of 1834 seem to take yet another view the boundaries as being different yet again.

===Conclusions from Early Trade Directories===
Now we need to look at the trades directories and their conclusion of where the boundaries of various parishes were and in all the early ones they certainly have Sprowston going all the way to the Denmark or even slightly beyond. This may have been due to this statement in the original charter. " ''The liberties of all persons within the said county, and the several towns, hamlets, and precincts thereof, belonging to the several lords of the several manors and owners of lands, &c. are reserved to them and their heirs, to be enjoyed in as ample a manner as before the making of this charter.''” To this mix be added that the civil parish and the ecclesiastical parish are not one of the selfsame thing even to this day taking in a considerable portion of what the city considered as their territory.

===The 1907 Boundary Change===
We now have a date that the city of Norwich extended swallowing up a portion of what had been previously Sprowston and Old Catton this took place in November 1907, the city boundary moving to where it is at present. The only other loss of Sprowston ground to the city was an area previously divided between Thorpe St Andrew and Sprowston that had been the airfield on Salhouse Road this was purchased by the city for the building of the Heartsease housing estate.

One only needs to look at the census returns to see the devastating effect of the transfer of part of the Sprowston Parish to the City of Norwich. The acreage in 1901 was 2627 with a population of 2359 and by the year 1911 the acreage had fallen to 2432 and the population was down to a mere 906. The 1950 transfer of land to the city council did not have such a marked effect as the land was mostly waste or agricultural land. The housebuilding programme by the city council was matched within Sprowston Parish by private developments filling in the area between [[Mousehold Lane]] and [[Blue Boar Lane]] although some land was given over to both industry, schools and recreational facilities.

For map and more information [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10212522/boundary]

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Royal Oak Public House

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==Royal Oak Public House==

===A Brief History===

This public house situated on the North Walsham Road was evidently an old established licensed premises since the first licensee Edmund Hunting is registered in 1789. From whence the beer he sold came from is unknown as not until the 1830s did the company Steward and Patterson exist although John Patterson had purchased a brewery in Magdalen Street owned by James Beevor in 1794. Records show that the premises had been acquired by Steward and Patterson's by the late 1870s. This was then to follow the normal run of events of all Steward and Patterson owned properties being transferred first to Watney Mann, Norwich Brewery and then to a private company Enterprise Inns.

===The sick club===
With no government Social Security many people belonged to what might be termed as Friendly or Benefit Societies so when work was impossible through illness you could claim from the Society or Club. The Royal Oak had set up a benefit club being run by trustees William Fox and Thomas Rose in 1845. One of the members a Thomas Larkman sprained his ankle and was in receipt of an allowance. However as soon as he was better and could walk he was thrown out of the club. As there was nothing in the rules to entitle them to do this Larkman took them before the magistrates who ordered that he should be reinstated to the club.

===Reopening and final closure===
In 2003 plans were afoot to turn the premises into a veterinary surgery this however was abandoned and a refurbished pub reopened in 2011 once again after a seven year absence serving cask beers. Unfortunately the venture was not a success as in August 2012 the premises once again closed and this time there was to be no return. Plans to convert the building to commercial premises received approval and now in 2015 this is indeed what stands on the site although still showing signs that it had at one time been a licensed premises.

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Image: 014r0ae300ks.jpg| Regulars of the Royal Oak Public House enjoying a 'mardle' and drink. From left to right: Mr Fred Quadling (80), Mr Bob Minter (89), Mr George Websdale (85), Mr George Henry (80), Mr Rueben Thacker (80), Mr Bert Savoury (72) and Mr Sid Turner (72). The combined ages of these fine fellows is 558 years
Image: 014r0ae300kr.jpg|Mrs. Hilda Breeze Landlady of the Royal Oak Public House on North Walsham Road.
Image:Royal Oak.jpg|[[Royal Oak Public House]] on [[North Walsham Road]] in the 1970s.
Image: RoyalOakPH1984.jpg| The Royal Oak on North Walsham Road in 1984 after refurbishment.
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File:RoyalOakPH1984.jpg

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Bev: The Royal Oak on North Walsham Road in 1984 after refurbishment.

== Summary ==
The Royal Oak on North Walsham Road in 1984 after refurbishment.

Hornbeam Close

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Hornbeam Close is located off Cere Road being built on ex agricultural land adjacent to Sawmill Plantation on [[Blue Boar Lane]]
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Image: Hornbeam4.jpg| Homes in Hornbeam Close off Cere Road under construction in 1973.
Image: Hornbeam3.jpg| Homes in Hornbeam Close off Cere Road under construction in 1973.
Image: Hornbeam2.jpg| Homes in Hornbeam Close off Cere Road under construction in 1973.
Image: Hornbeam1.jpg| Homes in Hornbeam Close off Cere Road under construction in 1973.
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Blithemeadow Drive

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Blithemeadow Drive is part of the Blithewood Development built in the 1960s. The only access to the development for vehicles was from Falcon Road although there are footpaths linking to the adjacent development based on Linacre Avenue. The photographs show some of the houses under construction and a view at the [[Blue Boar Lane]] end of the road, most dwellings being a mix of bungalows and houses both detached and semidetached .
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Image:014r0ae3007a.jpg|75 Blithemeadow Drive.
Image: Blithemeadow2.jpg | Blithemeadow Estate in the early stages of construction 1n the 1960s
Image: Blithemeadow.jpg| Blithemeadow Estate in the early stages of construction 1n the 1960s
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