Norwich Streets 'O'

Oak Street
Old Grove Court
Orford Hill
Orford Place
Orford Street

[ Oak Street: 1 (blocked Tudor doorway), 3 (former Pheasant Cock PH) to 13 ]

[ Oak Street: Gregory Clerk’s House (the home of Gregory Clerk, Sheriff of Norwich in 1497 and 1505, and his wife Agnes who afterwards married Robert Thorp - the principal chamber was once lined from floor to ceiling with richly carved panels of ribbon design), Dial Yard, Tuns Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 39 (Unicorn PH), 41, 73 (White Lion PH) ]

[ Oak Street: 93 to 101 (home of Thomas Newton - brewer - Sheriff in 1716 and Mayor in 1722 - he died in 1738 - the house is one of those depicted on Corbridge’s 1727 Map of Norwich), 103, Bath House Yard, Ragged School Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 103 to 119 (105 Key and Castle PH), Saddler’s Yard ]

The landlord of the Key and Castle was at one time William Sheward, who in January 1869 confessed to having murdered his wife some eighteen years earlier whilst living in Tabernacle Street (now part of Bishopgate). At the time of the crime, portions of an adult female body were found in various outlying parts of the city and it was thought that some medical students at the hospital were perpetrating a hideous practical joke in order to terrify people. Sheward was hanged at the old City Gaol at St Giles’ Gates on April 20th 1869 - the first private execution to be held in Norwich.

[ Oak Street: 119, 125 to 127 (former Flower Pot PH - partially destroyed in air raid of April 1942), Suffolk Arms Yard, Flower Pot Yard ]

[ Oak Street: Flower Pot Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 141, 167 (former Dun Cow PH - adjacent to city wall tower remains), Flower Pot Yard Great Hall (dating from c.1490 it may have been a residence of Sir John Fastolff - although his principal residence was in Fastolff Place in Cowgate), Holl’s Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 12 to 14 (former Eight Ringers PH - the adjacent church of St Michael as Coslany has a ring of eight bells), 72 to 74, Scholars Court (formerly St Miles School) ]

[ Oak Street: 80 (former Bess O’Bedlam PH), 90 (Railway Arms Inn) to 94, Arabian Horse Yard (and rear of 65-67 St Martin’s Lane) ]

[ Oak Street: 98 to 100 (these were once one house and still had a central staircase intact - the lower storeys date from c.1550 - the upper storey 17c. - also a cellar - formerly residence of a woollen merchant - divided into two dwellings in 1800), Baldwin’s Yard, Goat Yard, Dog Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 102 to 106, Goat Yard, Dog Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 106 to 114, Dog Yard (Georgian cottages) ]

[ Oak Street: 110 to 114 (Anchor of Hope PH), 122 to 128, Old Brew Yard (rear of 124-126 - mainly late 17c. - one of the widest yards in Norwich - takes its name from an early brewery at the back of the yard) ]

[ Oak Street: 128 to 132 (Royal Oak PH) to 136, 140, Royal Oak Yard ]

[ Oak Street: 154, 156 to 158 (octagonal chimney stacks) ] [ Old Grove Court: Catton Grove House ]

Oak Street

[ Orford Hill: 3 to 4 (Bell Hotel), 6, 7 to 10 (for 7 see Timberhill) ]

[ Orford Hill: 11, 16 (Livingstone Hotel) ] [ Orford Place: Lamb Inn Yard (Lamb Inn) ] [ Orford Street: south-east side (tablet at first floor level says “Orford Place 1809”) ]

Orford Hill

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