Following on from the heritage walk last Tuesday and especially if you didn’t get a clear view of the maps I was showing, here is an article about Chapelfield and the Chapel In The Fields from the excellent Colonel Unthanks website. In particular please note the excellent 16th, 18th and 19th century maps that outline the Chapel In The Fields, the water pump house and reservoir that once resided in Chapelfields:
https://colonelunthanksnorwich.com//?s=chapel+in+the+fields+&search=Go
The following is an interesting article from the excellent Colonel Unthanks Norwich website. It is about Captain Arnold Edward Sandys-Winsch who built five parks throughout Norwich during the 1920s and 1930s. But what parks did he build and in what architectural style? He also planted 20,000 trees throughout Norwich which we all enjoy today and probably take for granted. What manpower was used to build these parks? There is also a 1950s cafe menu included in the article which is also worth a look and is very much different to the menus we see today! Please select the following link to find out more:
https://colonelunthanksnorwich.com/2019/07/05/the-captains-parks/
I recently attended a Global Archive session at the Heritage Centre and one of the books on display was Saxton’s map of Norfolk. As part of an initiative to survey and map England and Wales in 1574, financed by Thomas Seckford and authorised by Elizabeth I, Saxton produced the below map of Norfolk. The end result is a lavish embellishment that has an ornamental value and well as a practical purpose.
Here is an article about Christopher Saxton:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/june2002.html
