Courts & Yards of Norwich

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Watling's Court

Charles Watling's Yard   , Norwich. George Plunkett’s photo reproduced by kind permission of J Plunkett

Located at 12, Cow Hill the court was originally known as a yard and was named after carrier Charles Watling. Here we see the entrance to his nearby working premises in 1937, in the same year Charles Watling was Lord Mayor of Norwich.

 

Click pointer to locate this yard on the1885 OS map. It is not named but is adjacent to the Red Cow pub (14, Cow Hill) & Cow Yard (14 - 16 Cow Hill)

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Dennis Stringer
Dennis Stringer clearly remembers the circus coming to the Theatre Royal - who wouldn't when you had a job taking the elephants down to Watling Court !
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