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Parmentergate Court, St. John Street, NORWICH, NR1 1PF

Adjacent in the south to the site of the Boulton & Paul foundry which no longer exists.

A very apt name for this path which consists mainly of flights of steps, linking King Street and Rouen Road.

By the junction of St Johns Street.

As seen from the 5th Quarter Community Garden. The 5th Quarter group has recently started reviving a patch of wasteland behind Tudor Hall > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5816700 on the site of the Boulton & Paul ironworks, of which nothing remains. Boulton & Paul were producing everything from chicken wire to church pews, and when WW1 broke out they won government contracts for a range of construction products vital to the war effort. The company is for this reason best remembered as manufacturers of aircraft which were made in their Riverside factory and assembled at Mousehold Heath. For more detailed information go to: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Boulton_and_Paul

This used to be the 5th Quarter group's community garden but appears to have since been re-named. The garden was created on a patch of wasteland behind Tudor Hall > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5816700 on the site of the Boulton & Paul ironworks, of which nothing remains. Boulton & Paul were producing everything from chicken wire to church pews, and when WW1 broke out they won government contracts for a range of construction products vital to the war effort. The company is for this reason best remembered as manufacturers of aircraft which were made in their Riverside factory and assembled at Mousehold Heath. For more detailed information go to: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Boulton_and_Paul

In the mid-20th century, Norwich had about 30 boot and shoe manufacturers, together with related trades, which employed more than 10,000 people. Today, the only major shoe factory is Van-Dal. The brick wall seen here is all that remains of the Co-op Shoe Factory > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5774185 with the only reason for why it is still in place being that it was deemed to be an effective baffle against traffic noise for the modern block of flats sheltering behind it, which is called Parmentergate Court. The name Mountergate comes from the parish in which this area is situated, which had long been known as St Peter Permountergate, but is now more correctly spelled as Parmentergate, so named after the leatherdressers, skinners and parchment makers who once used to trade here. The Rose Lane/Mountergate area was historically occupied by a mixture of workers' housing, factories and port-based industries, and redeveloped in a piece-meal fashion in the 20th century. The great majority of the buildings are described by the Norwich City Council as "negative buildings", and the approach to Mountergate from Rose Lane is identified as a "negative view".

For a wider view and some information see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5774188.

This wall is all that remains of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, popularly known as the CWS. A stone at another entrance a short distance further down the road gives the date as 1892 > https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5921764. In the mid-20th century, Norwich had about 30 boot and shoe manufacturers, together with related trades, which employed more than 10,000 people. Today, the only major shoe factory is Van-Dal. The brick wall seen here is all that remains of the Co-op Shoe Factory > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5774185 with the only reason for why it is still in place being that it was deemed to be an effective baffle against traffic noise for the modern block of flats sheltering behind it, which is called Parmentergate Court. The name Mountergate comes from the parish in which this area is situated, which had long been known as St Peter Permountergate, but is now more correctly spelled as Parmentergate, so named after the leatherdressers, skinners and parchment makers who once used to trade here. The Rose Lane/Mountergate area was historically occupied by a mixture of workers' housing, factories and port-based industries, and redeveloped in a piece-meal fashion in the 20th century. The great majority of the buildings are described by the Norwich City Council as "negative buildings", and the approach to Mountergate from Rose Lane is identified as a "negative view".

In the mid-20th century, Norwich had about 30 boot and shoe manufacturers, together with related trades, which employed more than 10,000 people. Today, the only major shoe factory is Van-Dal. The brick wall seen here is all that remains of the Co-op Shoe Factory > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5774185 with the only reason for why it is still in place being that it was deemed to be an effective baffle against traffic noise for the modern block of flats sheltering behind it, which is called Parmentergate Court. The name Mountergate comes from the parish in which this area is situated, which had long been known as St Peter Permountergate, but is now more correctly spelled as Parmentergate, so named after the leatherdressers, skinners and parchment makers who once used to trade here. The Rose Lane/Mountergate area was historically occupied by a mixture of workers' housing, factories and port-based industries, and redeveloped in a piece-meal fashion in the 20th century. The great majority of the buildings are described by the Norwich City Council as "negative buildings", and the approach to Mountergate from Rose Lane is identified as a "negative view".

In the mid-20th century, Norwich had about 30 boot and shoe manufacturers, together with related trades, which employed more than 10,000 people. Today, the only major shoe factory is Van-Dal. The brick wall seen here is all that remains of the Co-op Shoe Factory > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5774185 with the only reason for why it is still in place being that it was deemed to be an effective baffle against traffic noise for the modern block of flats sheltering behind it, which is called Parmentergate Court. The name Mountergate comes from the parish in which this area is situated, which had long been known as St Peter Permountergate, but is now more correctly spelled as Parmentergate, so named after the leatherdressers, skinners and parchment makers who once used to trade here. The Rose Lane/Mountergate area was historically occupied by a mixture of workers' housing, factories and port-based industries, and redeveloped in a piece-meal fashion in the 20th century. The great majority of the buildings are described by the Norwich City Council as "negative buildings", and the approach to Mountergate from Rose Lane is identified as a "negative view".