The Coltishall Island
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The Coltishall Island
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 29 Mar 2008
Where High Street, Norwich Road (B1150) and Church Street meet; the view is east from the B1150, towards the petrol station in the centre. During the 18th and 19th centuries Coltishall, situated on the River Bure, was a prosperous village where wherry builders and maltsters successfully plied their trades. The railway, which arrived in 1879, brought more visitors to the Broads and the fashionable brick houses that line High Street, Church Street and Wroxham Road date from this time. When the local industries closed in the early 1900s - the last wherry was built in 1920 and the last malt house closed in 1927 - many of the shops closed as well.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.728162
Longitude
1.357574