Courts & Yards of Norwich

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Mancroft Yard

Mancroft Yard   , Norwich. George Plunkett’s photo reproduced by kind permission of J Plunkett

Located at 33, St Peter's Street the Yard takes its name from both the city district of Mancroft and the nearby St Peter Mancroft Church.

Here it is pictured in 1938 just before it was demolished as part of the City's programme of slum clearances at the beginning of WW2.

 

 

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Joyce as a 10 year old
Donald Read & his family lived in Mancroft Yard. When they moved to Gertrude Road his mother thought "she was in heaven"
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