https://sprowstonheritage.org.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=School_Lane 2026-09-01T09:03:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://sprowstonheritage.org.uk/index.php?title=School_Lane&diff=1319&oldid=prev 2016-04-12T21:21:01Z

<p>Add Link to elementary school</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:21, 12 April 2016</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This road was appropriately named after the first elementary school built in Sprowston which was then approximately in the centre of the parish. By the late 1800s the road had become truly industrial the school being surrounded by brickfields. It is hard to believe that at one time School Lane was part of the Norwich ring road. With the annexation of part of Sprowston by the City of Norwich in 1907, what had been a road in the centre of the parish almost became its boundary. The post-World War II increase in traffic made such a small lane on fit for purpose and it was re-placed by a modern road. The 1950s saw the final demise of the brick yards, after the landfill the area became a mix of industrial and residential sites.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This road was appropriately named after the first <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Elementary School, School Lane|</ins>elementary school<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>built in Sprowston which was then approximately in the centre of the parish. By the late 1800s the road had become truly industrial the school being surrounded by brickfields. It is hard to believe that at one time School Lane was part of the Norwich ring road. With the annexation of part of Sprowston by the City of Norwich in 1907, what had been a road in the centre of the parish almost became its boundary. The post-World War II increase in traffic made such a small lane on fit for purpose and it was re-placed by a modern road. The 1950s saw the final demise of the brick yards, after the landfill the area became a mix of industrial and residential sites.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;gallery widths=200px&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;gallery widths=200px&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Image: 014r0ae3007f.jpg|School Lane in the 1930s</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Image: 014r0ae3007f.jpg|School Lane in the 1930s</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key whclscou_sprowston-htzl_:diff:1.41:old-1318:rev-1319:php=table --> </table>

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<p>New page School Lane</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>This road was appropriately named after the first elementary school built in Sprowston which was then approximately in the centre of the parish. By the late 1800s the road had become truly industrial the school being surrounded by brickfields. It is hard to believe that at one time School Lane was part of the Norwich ring road. With the annexation of part of Sprowston by the City of Norwich in 1907, what had been a road in the centre of the parish almost became its boundary. The post-World War II increase in traffic made such a small lane on fit for purpose and it was re-placed by a modern road. The 1950s saw the final demise of the brick yards, after the landfill the area became a mix of industrial and residential sites.<br /> &lt;gallery widths=200px&gt;<br /> Image: 014r0ae3007f.jpg|School Lane in the 1930s<br /> Image: 1-George and Dragon 1935.jpg|The George &amp; Dragon PH in the 1930, this would be replaced by a modern building in the late 30s.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> [[Category:Roads]]</div>

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