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Talbot Square, NORWICH, NR3 3AN

The lane links Chatham and Oak streets and its earliest mention dates from 1472, so this is a very old thoroughfare. Locally it is known as 'Chafe Lug Alley' because it is so narrow that one risked chaffing ones lugs (ears) when passing through it and it is currently even narrower due to the security fence (at left) running alongside it.

The lane links Chatham and Oak streets and its earliest mention dates from 1472, so this is a very old thoroughfare. Locally it is known as 'Chafe Lug Alley' because it is so narrow that one risked chaffing ones lugs (ears) when passing through it.

The lane links Chatham and Oak streets and its earliest mention dates from 1472, so this is a very old thoroughfare. Locally it is known as 'Chafe Lug Alley' because it is so narrow that one risked chaffing ones lugs (ears) when passing through it.

The malthouse is situated in Little Brew Yard, off Oak Street > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5918266.

The lane links Chatham and Oak streets and its earliest mention dates from 1472, so this is a very old thoroughfare. Locally it is known as 'Chafe Lug Alley' because it is so narrow that one risked chaffing ones lugs (ears) when passing through it.

The lane links Chatham and Oak streets and its earliest mention dates from 1472, so this is a very old thoroughfare. Locally it is known as 'Chafe Lug Alley' because it is so narrow that one risked chaffing ones lugs (ears) when passing through it.

The Hebrew Congregation Cemetery in Talbot Square is the earliest surviving Jewish cemetery in Norwich. In 1813 (perhaps influenced by the example of the Quakers who had successfully established their own burial ground > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2382286 in the nearby Gildencroft in 1670) Norwich's small Hebrew Congregation leased a small plot of land in the Gildencroft for use as a cemetery. In the absence of a track to the plot that would have been wide enough for a cart or hearse, coffins had to be carried on the shoulders of pall-bearers. The path, known as Quakers Lane > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2382343 because it leads to the Friends Meeting House and burial ground, was later widened. Internments in the plot ceased in 1854 when the new Burial Act forbade burials in churchyards and cemeteries located within the City's walls. It is believed that there are about thirty graves in this cemetery which over time has become very much overgrown, so much so that only the tops of a couple of gravestones can be seen in the bramble and nettle thicket.

The bird is sitting on top of the locked entrance gate to the Hebrew burial ground in Talbot Square > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2382376. Jays are members of the crow family but despite their colourful plumage they are quite difficult to see. They are shy woodland birds that rarely move far from cover. Jays are well known for their feeding habits, burying acorns and hazelnuts during autumn for retrieving later in the winter. Jays can be found all over the UK except in northern Scotland, in both deciduous and coniferous woodland, parks and mature gardens. Besides acorns, nuts, seeds and insects they also eat nestlings of other bird species as well as small mammals.

This row of 17th century houses is Grade 2 listed. 98 and 100 was the residence of a wool merchant and the adjacent houses were occupied by families of weavers. The houses were restored in 1972 by the Norwich Preservation Trust.

Two (locked) padlocks secure the entrance door. The Hebrew Congregation Cemetery in Talbot Square is the earliest surviving Jewish cemetery in Norwich. In 1813 (perhaps influenced by the example of the Quakers who had successfully established their own burial ground > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2382286 in the nearby Gildencroft in 1670) Norwich's small Hebrew Congregation leased a small plot of land in the Gildencroft for use as a cemetery. In the absence of a track to the plot that would have been wide enough for a cart or hearse, coffins had to be carried on the shoulders of pall-bearers. The path, known as Quakers Lane > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2382343 because it leads to the Friends Meeting House and burial ground, was later widened. Internments in the plot ceased in 1854 when the new Burial Act forbade burials in churchyards and cemeteries located within the City's walls. It is believed that there are about thirty graves in this cemetery which over time has become very much overgrown, so much so that only the tops of a couple of gravestones can be seen in the bramble and nettle thicket.