Record Details

NHER Number:26160
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of St Augustine's Gate

Summary

The site of St Augustine's Gate, part of the city's medieval walled defences, at the junction of St Augustine's Street, Baker's Road, Aylsham Road, Waterloo Road and Magpie Road.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 22792 09615
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Full description

Junction of St Augustine's Street, Baker's Road, Aylsham Road, Waterloo Road and Magpie Road.
'Porte St Augustine' is mentioned in a deed of certain lands lying without the gate, to Hamon, Master of St. Giles Hospital at the time of Henry III.
E. B. Green (NCM).

Monument Types

  • GATE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOWN DEFENCES (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Article in Serial: Hurst, J. G. and Golson, J. 1955. Excavations at St. Benedict's Gates, Norwich, 1951 and 1953. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI pp 5-112. p 7.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 100.5.

Related records

Mon 1418Parent of: City Walls - Between Magdalen and St Augustine's Gates (Monument)
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384Parent of: Norwich City Defences (Monument)
648Parent of: Roman copper alloy lamp, St Augustine's Gate (Find Spot)
Mon 322Parent of: St Augustine's Gate (Monument)
Mon 1035Parent of: St Augustines Street (Monument)

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