THE

NORWICH GUIDE

AND

DIRECTORY:

BEING

AN HISTORICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION
OF THE CITY AND ITS HAMLETS;

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THR

PUBLIC

CHARITIES,

AND

CORRECT LISTS OF THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONS,

TRADES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, MUNICIPAL
AND OTHER OFFICES; ALSO THE

NAMES AND RESIDENCES OF THE NOBILITY, CLERGY, AND GENTRY;
TOGETHER WITH THE HOURS OF THE

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL AND POST COACHES,

VANS, CARRIERS, STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS,

AND ALL CONVEYANCES TO LONDON AND THE VARIOUS PARTS OF

PREFACE.

No productions of the pen, perhaps, less require the aid of a preface, than works of a similar nature to the present. The Editor, however, feels that he should be wanting in courtesy to his numerous subscribers, and to the public at large, were he to permit the "Norwich Guide and Directory" to make its appearance without some introductory notice.

It was stated in the first prospectus that the work would contain about two hundred pages of matter, but from the numerous and, in many instances, valuable documents submitted to his notice, combined with the magnitude and importance of Norwich, the Editor has been induced to enlarge it to nearly double the extent of his original plan. This, he trusts, will be a sufficient excuse to the early subscribers, for the delay which has occurred in its production.