As mentioned last week, my wife recently bought me the Norwich Book of Days from the Blickling Hall book shop and here is what it states for November 9th:
On 9th November 1862 the Prince of Wales Road was opened for public traffic to create a direct and somewhat grandiose link between the city centre and Thorpe Station. It was intended as an impressive introduction to Norwich for railway travellers. Unfortunately the scheme ran out of money, the work was curtailed and only the city end was really developed as originally envisaged. At the city end, Agricultural Plain is regarded a part of Prince of Wales Road. It stands on quite a steep incline - a natural rise in the ground as a result of the remains of an earth embankment which formed the outer defences of the castle. The hall recalls the days when the city was an important centre for the regions farmers. Until 1960,when it wa removed to Hall Road, the cattle market formed a great semi-circle of livestock every Saturday around the foot of the castle mound from Agricultural Hall to Farmers Avenue. Only in recent years with the development of the Castle Mall has visible evidence of the old cattle market been swept away.
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