Elm Hil, Norwich |
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Elm Hill, is an impressive cobbled lane, and is one of the oldest streets in Norwich. It was largely rebuilt after the great fire of 1507 but still retains its Tudor character to the present day. The narrow cobbled streets are flanked either side by genuine Tudor houses some of which are now pretty little shops. It is a famous Norwich landmark and features the Briton's Arms coffee house and The Stranger's Club and the famous Dormouse bookshop. It is frequently used as a film set for TV and movie productions - most recently Stardust. One interesting fact is that there are more Tudor houses in Elm Hill than in the whole of the City of London. Elm Hill extends from Tombland and the Church of St. Peter Hungate where the top of Elm Hill meets Princes Street, to the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude, sited at the bottom of Elm Hill on the corner with Wensum Street. Elm Hill acquired its name from the elm trees that have successively stood in the square since the first quarter of the 16th century when the Churchwardens of St Peter Hungate Church planted the first one. During the 15th and 16th centuries Elm Hill and the River Wensum were important commercial thoroughfares. The river was the route from which raw materials were imported and finished products exported via Great Yarmouth. At this time there was industrial prosperity in Norwich due largely to the arrival of religious refugees from Europe and the settlement of a large number of weavers, dyers, goldsmiths and other skilled craftsmen. |
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