LONDON TRADERS to and from Yarmouth.
| From Dice’s Quay. | Symond’s Wharf. |
| Yarmouth—James Haill Providence—Benjamin Balls Jane—Robert Clifton Sarah—Robert Plowman Friendship—John Ayers Thomas & Fanny—James Norton Regard—John Strowger Ceres—John Otty | Isabella—William Dabnaham Dove—John Horn Grocer’s Adventure—Samuel Jay Norwich—John Eggett Happy Return—James Miles Fair Trader—William Steward Tho. and Mary—Nathaniel West |
HULL TRADERS, Ditto.
| Philip and Rebecca, | George Francis. |
| Norwich, | John Hepworth. |
| Catherine, | Thomas Barber. |
| Providence, | Wm. Collinson |
PACK-SHIPS to ROTTERDAM.
| Aurora, | Thomas Watson. |
| Friendship, | Walter Phinn. |
| Norwich Packet, | Benjamin Thompson. |
| Bellona, | Richard Miller. |
By Permission of EDWARD BACON, Esq;
Provincial Grand Master for the City of Norwich and County of Norfolk.
A correct LIST of the REGULAR LODGES of the most ancient and honourable Society of FREE and Accepted MASONS, in Norwich and Norfolk, according to their Seniority and Constitution.
Robert Partridge, Esq; P.S.G.W. Thomas Marks, P.J.G.W. James Buttivant, P.G.Sec.
| No | |
| 17. | WHITE Swan, St. Peter’s, Norwich, the first Wednesday in the month, constituted May 11, 1774. |
| 26 | White Lion, Lynn Regis, Norfolk, first Friday, Oct. 1, 1729. |
| 52 | King’s Head in the Market-place, Norwich, last Thursday, 1736. |
| 83 | The Angel in the Market place, Norwich, fourth Wednesday, May 9, 1747. |
| 85 | Maid’s Head, Norwich, third Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1748. |
| 86 | Bear and Ragged Staff, Fisher’s-lane, Norwich, second and fourth Monday, 1749. |
| 93 | Unicorn, St. Mary’s, Norwich, second and fourth Monday, 1750. |
| 95 | Little Angel, Great Yarmouth, last Thursday, June 6, 1751. |
| 108 | Church Style, St. Peter’s Mancroft, Norwich, first Wednesday Nov. 20, 1753. |
| 114 | Red Cow, St. Giles’s, Norwich, first and third Tuesday, March 26, 1754. |
| 131 | The Recruiting Serjeant at Horstead, Norfolk, called the Lodge of Friendship, the Monday before a full moon, June 17, 1755. |
| 134 | The Fountain St. Stephen’s, Norwich, first and third Tuesday, Sept. 16, 1755. |
| 152 | Johnson’s Coffee-house, Norwich, the first Monday, February 18, 1758. |
| 184 | The Duke’s Head, Lynn-Regis, Norfolk, second Friday, June 9, 1762. |
| 211 | The Crown at Swaffham, Norfolk, called the Great Lodge, first Monday, Dec. 17, 1756. |
| 224 | The Tuns in Thorpe, near Norwich, third Thursday, February 11, 1766. |
| 225 | Red Lion, Fakenham. |
| 226 | The White Hart, Thetford, called the Royal Edwin, (formerly held at Fakenham) the Monday before, or on the full moon, 1766. |
| 312 | The King’s Head at Diss, in Norfolk, called the Royal Alfred, 3d Thursday, July 26, 1770. |
DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NORWICH. [57]
The city of Norwich, according to Sir Henry Spelman, lies in 52 deg. 45 min. north latitude; and in 1 deg. 19 min. of longitude east of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.
The liberties of the city and county, as confirmed by Mary I. in her 3d year, anno 1556, comprehends a circuit of about fourteen miles, and contains about six thousand six hundred and thirty acres.
| From the Guild-hall in the Market-place, | M. | F. |
| To Mile-cross, on the north, is | 1 | 6 |
| To Thorpe, east | 1 | 4 |
| To Harford-bridges, south | 2 | 2 |
| To Earlham bounds, west | 2 | 4 |
The city itself is beautifully situated on the banks of the river Wensom, by some called Bariden, or Winsber, and towards the center of the county of Norfolk. It is 108 miles from London by Newmarket, 112 by Bury St. Edmund’s, and 113 by Ipswich and Colchester.
The city is divided into twelve wards, viz.
| Berstreet | Coslany | St. Stephen |
| Colegate | Fyebridge | Wymer, East |
| Conisford, North | Mancroft | Wymer, Middle |
| Conisford, South | St. Giles | Wymer, West |
Each of whom elect two aldermen.
COURT of ALDERMEN, 1783.
ALDERMENS Names | Residence. | Time when elected. | In the Room of | Wards. | Sheriff. | Mayor. | ||
The Right Worshipful StarlingDay, Esq; MAYOR. Past the Chair. | No. 74, Pottergate-street | September | 23 | 1777 | John Nuthall, Esq; | W. Wymer | 1775 | 1782 |
John Morse, Esq; Dep. M | No. 6, Upper Surry-street | July | 1 | 1777 | Nockold Thompson, Esq; | N. Conisford | 1779 | 1781 |
John Gay, Esq; | No. 19, St. G. Broad str. | November | 1 | 1752 | Benjamin Nuthall, Esq; | M. Wymer | 1746 | 1754 |
Jeremiah Ives, sen. Esq; | St. Saviour’s Lane | December | 6 | 1752 | Wm. Clarke, Esq; | Fyebridge | 1748 | 1756 |
Thomas Starling, Esq; | No. 26, Haymarket | December | 6 | 1764 | Tim. Balderstone, Esq; | St. Giles’s | 1765 | 1767 |
Jeremiah Ives, Esq; | No. 1, Colegate-street | July | 1 | 1766 | Thomas Vere, Esq; | S. Conisford | 1763 | 1769 |
Robert Harvey, Esq; | No. 46, Colegate-street | January | 5 | 1767 | Wm. Wiggett, Esq; | Coslany | 1766 | 1770 |
Knipe Gobbet, Esq; | No. 6, St. Stephen’s street | August | 17 | 1768 | Bartholm. Harwood, Esq; | St. Giles’s | 1768 | 1771 |
Charles Weston, Esq; | No. 5, Upper Market-str. | October | 28 | 1763 | Jermy Harcourt, Esq; | St. Stephen’s | 1754 | 1772 |
John Addey, Esq; | St. Faith’s Lane | December | 14 | 1770 | Peter Colombine, Esq; | M. Wymer | 1766 | 1773 |
James Crowe, Esq; | Tuckswood House | July | 18 | 1772 | Thomas Harvey, Esq; | N. Conisford | 1771 | 1774 |
Richard Peete, Esq; | No. 18, Surry-street | January | 25 | 1773 | Robert Harvey, Esq; | W. Wymer | 1772 | 1775 |
Francis Colombine, Esq; | No. 11, Elmhill street | April | 26 | 1774 | John Wood, Esq; | Colegate | 1769 | 1776 |
Nathaniel Roe, Esq; | No. 45, Market-place | July | 27 | 1774 | John Patteson, Esq; | S. Conisford | 1767 | 1777 |
Roger Kerrison, Esq; | No. 9, Back of the Inns | October | 4 | 1774 | Richard Matthews, Esq; | Mancroft | 1774 | 1778 |
Benjamin Day, Esq; Below the Chair. | Yarmouth | June | 6 | 1777 | John Day, Esq; | Coslany | 1773 | 1780 |
Jer. Ives Harvey, Esq; | No. 47, Colegate-street | January | 6 | 1778 | Wm. Crowe, Esq; | Ber-street | 1779 | |
Robert Partridge, Esq; | No. 1, Snail gate | October | 6 | 1778 | Andrew Chamber, Esq; | Ditto | 1780 | |
Elias Norgate, Esq; | No. 1, Hog-hill | January | 22 | 1779 | John Goodman, Esq; | Mancroft | 1781 | |
Thomas Rogers, Esq; | No. 7, Snailgate | July | 3 | 1779 | Robert Rogers, Esq; | Fyebridge | ||
Jeremiah Ives, Jun. Esq; | No. 3, Tombland | September | 25 | 1779 | Sir H. Harbord, Bart. | East Wymer | 1782 | |
Robert Harvey, Jun. Esq; | No. 31, Surry-street | January | 21 | 1780 | James Poole, Esq; | Ditto | ||
John Patteson, Esq; | No. 4, Surry-street | December | 10 | 1781 | Sir P. Churchman, Knt. | St. Stephen’s | ||
Cha. Weston, jun. Esq; | No. 28, S. Geo. Bridge st. | March | 15 | 1782 | John Thurlow, Esq; | Colegate | ||
SHERIFFS.—THOMAS DAY, Esq; No 21, Elmhill-street. JEREMIAH IVES, jun. Esq; No. 3, Tombland.
OFFICERS of the COURT.
| Edward Bacon, Esq; Recorder | S. Mottram, Gent. Chief Constable |
| John Chamber, Esq; Steward | Mr. Charles Lay, jun. Under Sheriff |
| Elisha De Hague, Gent. Town Cl. | Mr. Charles Lay, sen. Sword Bearer |
| Elias Norgate, Esq; Coroner | Mr. Cubit, Under Chamberlain |
| Thomas Marks, Gent. Coroner | Mr. Rt. Harmer, Cl. of the Market |
| Mr. Wm. Dewing, Chamberlain | Mr. Charles Lay, Water Bailiff. |
The twelve wards are divided into four great wards, viz.
| Conisford. | Berstreet | Mancroft. | St. Peter, Manc. |
| N. Conisford | St. Giles | ||
| S. Conisford | St. Stephen’s | ||
| Coslany, or the ward beyond the water. | Coslany | Wymer, or the Long Ward. | East Wymer |
| Colegate | Mid. Wymer | ||
| Fyebridge | West Wymer |
Of these four great wards Conisford chooses twelve common-council, Coslany twelve, Mancroft sixteen, and Wymer twenty; in all sixty. The Nominees are elected by the freemen inhabiting the ward, and the Nominees name the other common council-men.