It says formerly housekeeper on the form and gives her birthplace as Hockwold and her daughters' birthplaces as Methwold so they are from South West Norfolk. Not quite sure where Upper West street is these days but I think it was near Pottergate which five minutes walk from Westwick Street. If you can read the Yard name ( Norwich yards were famous -or infamous-you can google Plunketts Norwich and maybe find images or details of the yard they lived in) Thank you Rosie for your suggestions. Do you think the writing I am struggling with might be the name of a yard? I have been googling away and am no further ahead. Of course I have been side tracked in reading about life in these yards – something very foreign to me. One place said that many of the yards in Norwich had unusual names. Wendy in New Zealand

Yes sorry Wendy. I misunderstood the original question. I am almost sure it is the name of a court or yard or public house. Upper West Street -ashamed to say I can't relate that to a current street name but looking forward and back on the pages we have The Plough Yard and Little plough Yd and Plough Inn which were on St Benedict ( which was also known as Upper Westwick Street ) and Ten Bells Lane and then Three King lane ( the use of a numeral threw me for a bit!) on St Benedict St. and then we come onto Pottergate. So I am wondering if part of St Benedict Street, which is higher than Westwick Street up the river terrace was known as upper West St. These all seem to be in St Margaret So if you use google maps and an old map you will see where they were. I am sorry but the name of the court or yard or lane is foxing me at the moment. I hope others will take up the puzzle if you repost the original link. Could be an F or a T at the start. Here are some links which I expect you have found already. http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/n/norwich/yards.shtml http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norwich/list.htm You might try taking one of the other residents of the yard or court and seeing if they are still there in the 1881 and if the name is clearer on that Or looking at the description of West Wymer 6 to see the list of the streets covered and maybe the yard name might be clearer on that. I have had a look-does Selfs yard or Fair Flora look a possibility? He doesn't name all the yards on the description! Good luck Rosie On 28/07/2014 07:28, Wendy Inskeep via wrote: > It says formerly housekeeper on the form and gives her birthplace as > Hockwold and her daughters' birthplaces as Methwold so they are from > South West Norfolk. Not quite sure where Upper West street is these days > but I think it was near Pottergate which five minutes walk from Westwick > Street. If you can read the Yard name ( Norwich yards were famous -or > infamous-you can google Plunketts Norwich and maybe find images or > details of the yard they lived in) > > Thank you Rosie for your suggestions. Do you think the writing I am struggling with might be the name of a yard? I have been googling away and am no further ahead. Of course I have been side tracked in reading about life in these yards – something very foreign to me. > One place said that many of the yards in Norwich had unusual names. > Wendy > in New Zealand > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message