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A lush garden with a large tree with red leaves and a smaller tree with green leaves, surrounded by a wooden fence, with a house in the background under a partly cloudy sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/4178204a-1f73-4a99-8f81-fa3d3e11f798/image023.png Image gallery Green leafy tree with white flowers in a lush garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/c7fad460-2e91-4ccf-a74e-59241f81a5e3/image024.png Image gallery A view of tall trees with green and reddish-brown leaves, looking upward in a forest. https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/home-1 daily 1.0 2026-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/8fe09a7b-6a19-4e63-a785-5bd9fc2ec99f/image007.png Home Multiple brick chimneys on rooftops of residential houses surrounded by trees under a clear blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/0410552f-947b-4980-a60e-e4f26a82b16e/image011.png Home A well-maintained garden with a large, neatly shaped tree, a smaller rounded bush, and lush green foliage in front of a brick building with white-framed windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/7472aee5-c967-4c51-8e59-0fa2ce32b06f/image001.png Home A street sign that reads "Town Close Road" in front of a stone wall and green leafy bushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/3cf13c4d-5e40-4cb5-a19c-70fd5ce884b3/image004.png Home An illustrated map of Nordovicum, an ancient city, showing streets, buildings, and surrounding countryside, with coats of arms at the top corners and a legend at the bottom left. Two figures on horseback are in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/dab1ff9f-eb73-44ee-9f0d-64830bb54d46/image018.png Home Small white flowers with pink stamens on a green leafy plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/f104d45a-22fa-46ed-8dbd-74f7b158cde4/image005.png Home A white house with multiple chimneys, windows, and dormer windows on the roof, surrounded by green bushes and trees under a partly cloudy sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/e833d85d-d693-45f1-a892-9899230623a0/image009.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/928e6650-0e01-4271-8f03-33533bda0591/image014.png Home https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2026-07-09 https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/the-newmarket-road-conservation-area daily 0.75 2026-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/3fae4902-4a0b-4981-b1a6-05cf7a92760f/image019.png https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/regulatory-protection-for-heritage-areas-and-historic-trees daily 0.75 2026-07-10 https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/greater-norwich-local-plan daily 0.75 2026-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/8a35efa0-75ad-41eb-865e-894bce08d333/Frame+70.png https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/the-issues daily 0.75 2026-08-05 https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/historical-background daily 0.75 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/c125138a-a163-445d-a117-414c759d5ab2/Frame+7.png https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/references daily 0.75 2026-07-20 https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/contact daily 0.75 2026-07-09 https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/historical-development daily 0.75 2026-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/d83c6e9d-6675-4947-939d-09db09b8ecef/image003.png Historical development From map of William Cuningham 1558. The Town Close area was agricultural land outside the city walls until the 1830s. The northernmost tip of the Town Close triangle can be seen on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/8a74a5f3-91b8-4863-9cfe-827de1ed37f4/image007.png Historical development From Bryant’s map of 1826, showing Eaton Lodge as well as the three Mackie nursey sites on Ipswich Road to the south and east of the current Town Close Road area.  These covered 100 acres and was one of the largest provincial nurseries in the country (Back Stories p155) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/3cf13c4d-5e40-4cb5-a19c-70fd5ce884b3/image004.png Historical development Braun and Hogenberg’s map of Norwich 1582.  The junction of Ipswich and Newmarket roads can be seen on the far right surrounded by countryside. The Town Close area was agricultural land outside the city walls until the 1830s. The northernmost tip of the Town Close triangle can be seen on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/2095ddf5-62c0-41cb-b9b3-d9afc24dd18e/image008.png Historical development From Map of Josiah Manning 1830. Nursery gardens proliferated in the area at this time, still outside the city but close by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/c1969cdb-d9e3-48d5-bd4e-49fc7a12f2c7/image005.png Historical development Detail of the junction from map of Thomas Cleer 1696. In the late 17th Century, ‘Town Close’ is marked on this 1696 map, along with the barred gate at the Ipswich Road / Newmarket Road junction. In the late 18th Century, a windmill stood within the triangle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/b69d26a6-e30d-489a-b959-e0fb00b59625/Screenshot+2026-07-20+at+16.15.41.png Historical development Detail from OS map of Norwich Sheet 161, surveyed 1880-83. This shows that the Town Close Road area was at that time on the very edge of the city’s development, with agricultural land to the east and south. This remained the case right up to the end of WWII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/4db0ed64-6248-4ec1-92f9-5ed71cc28af7/image010.png Historical development From Ordnance Survey ‘Corrected’ map 1885, now showing in detail the new houses of the Town Close Estate in bottom centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/da040531-e623-4a0c-85c7-531bc54d48bc/image015.png Historical development Boileau Drinking Fountain ‘for people and cattle’ on the corner of Newmarket Road and Ipswich Road.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/f0ca3312-8a2a-4b35-b8db-3040814e6a71/image011.png Historical development 1945 From Norwich City Plan (from Norfolk Record Office) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/4889e621-b602-4d53-a09a-0db89744b02b/image016.png Historical development This was designed by Thomas Jeckyll in 1870 and built in 1876. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/1a0b098d-7330-43ad-8732-452c05d31a67/image017.png Historical development The fountain was only demolished in the 1960s to facilitate traffic flow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/dc38ff5f-e17d-4575-84b4-17201df9c9a9/image012.png Historical development The area shown in dark green, which covers Town Close Road and adjoining lanes, was planned as Phase II of the Estate’s development 1852-72. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/cfd94d77-4d4a-42e7-b6df-c1adf6447c57/image013.png Historical development From Morant’s Map of 1872, showing the early sections of Town Close Estate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/7fd39263-d456-46b1-8ef9-2a052d3ec176/image014.png Historical development From Morant’s Map of Norwich 1872. The green blocks had been offered for sale in 1852. New Road (at the bottom of this map) is now named Lime Tree Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a4d0e3ee5da681babd24875/26d06a3f-4d06-4ca2-ac72-918e6e7ddf09/image006.png Historical development From Faden’s Map of Norfolk 1797.  Note the windmill close to where Town Close Road now stands. https://www.supporttowncloserd.org.uk/404 daily 0.75 2026-07-09