92-514: Network Norwich is the brand name given to First Norfolk & Suffolk bus services in and around the city of Norwich . First launched in September 2012, the network now consists of nine colour-coded lines extending across Norwich city centre, outer suburbs, and surrounding towns and villages across Norfolk and into Suffolk . The network was launched on 23 September 2012, with the rebranding of several First Norfolk & Suffolk bus routes within
184-472: A church at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086. How long before is unknown. There is nothing visible of the early building. Today's church dates from the 14th century with 15th-century additions. It is built of flints and local field stones with Caen stone dressings and the roof is of lead and slate. The tower, built in four stages, supports a lead-dressed steeple which is topped by a weathervane depicting
276-425: A cost of £1,200, raised by subscription. Henry Back, J. H. Gurney and the rector were the largest contributors, the former also restoring the belfry, recasting one bell, and the latter, restoring the south porch and the two altar tombs. Mr Back gave the organ in 1874. There are several memorials inside the church, one of the most striking being that of John Luke Iselin in the form of a black ledger stone of marble in
368-649: A direct bus service numbered X41, running between Norwich and Bungay in Suffolk via Ditchingham , as part of the Charcoal colour line. This line was launched in April 2016 with service 40 from Norwich to Poringland . The Network Norwich operation was one of five FirstGroup operations to begin taking delivery of battery electric buses in 2023, funded through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) grant from
460-494: A dove perched upon a coiled serpent and holding in its beak, love-lies-bleeding . Chequered flushwork of dressed stone and flints around the plinth and buttress facings contrast with the field stones and small patches of brickwork of the tower walls. There are niches at the lower levels and a 14th-century west window with decorated tracery. A clock faces the road, and below the battlements, on each face, are 14th-century two-light openings. Small quatrefoil openings provide daylight to
552-447: A few houses along Mill Road and Great Melton Road in 1844. In Victorian Miniature , Owen Chadwick gives us a detailed account of life in the area in the middle of the 19th century. The Rev William Waite Andrew, the Vicar of Ketteringham and one of the two central characters in the book, lived at Woodhall which he bought for £3,600 in 1841, and to which he added a new western extension. In
644-528: A few hundred meters away from Ness Point . First Ipswich operates within and around the town of Ipswich to a radius of about 30 miles (48 km). The Ipswich services operate out of one depot situated on Star Lane, just a few minutes walk from the town's bus station in the Old Cattle Market. A guided bus system named 'Superoute 66' was established in February 1995, running between Ipswich town centre and
736-457: A football team, Hethersett Athletic, that caters for boys and girls football from around 5 years old to men's and women's football teams. In September 1994 the new village hall was opened in Back Lane, funded mostly by Wilcon Homes under a Section 106 Planning Gain agreement. The hall has a purpose-built stage with seating for 250 and provides a committee room for 50 people. In 1801 Hethersett had
828-632: A further 32 Wright StreetDeck Electroliners and 11 Single Deck Wright GB Kite Electroliners . The Network Norwich fleet is maintained over two Depots on the Ring Road in Norwich. Roundtree Way is close to the Heartsease Estate , and has plans to be fully electric by March 2024. The other, slightly smaller depot is on Vulcan Road, and also houses the training fleet. As of March 2018, Network Norwich had two vehicles painted in retro liveries based on those of
920-579: A guide by Snaptrip as one of the most scenic bus routes in the United Kingdom. From April until September, six Coastal Clipper Cabriolet-branded open-top buses based at Great Yarmouth are operated on seafront service 1C. This service was launched in March 2021 and runs seasonally between Hemsby Beach and the Great Yarmouth seafront via Hemsby, Scratby and Caister-on-Sea. Hethersett Hethersett
1012-491: A marble colonette is in the chancel and another, with a trefoil head of 14th-century origins, in the Lady Chapel. The octagonal font with traceried bowl now stands at the west end of the north aisle. The beautifully painted panels of the reredos depicting saints was the work of Sister Myra of All Hallows' Convent, Ditchingham . In 1858, the stonework was restored and the church refitted with open benches, oak pulpit, etc., at
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#17328527496811104-698: A number of seaside resorts in Norfolk and Suffolk, with service 99 using closed-top buses branded in blue livery, serving Lowestoft and Southwold via Pakefield and Kessingland ; service 99 briefly gained a 99A variant linking Bungay and Southwold, running five times a day, following the withdrawal of services by Go-Ahead Group owned Konectbus in early 2019. Coastal Clipper buses also operate on services 1 and 1A, serving Hopton-on-Sea and Lowestoft via Martham , Hemsby , Caister-on-Sea , Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea; service 1A would receive recognition in June 2023 in
1196-475: A patient heron or even a kingfisher waiting for a catch. There are many interesting walks in the parish including footpaths to the Village Pit and from New Road to Great Melton church. They contain old hedges and mature trees providing suitable homes for various birds. Hethersett continues to grow but it remains a village with much natural beauty for those with the eyes and ears willing to seek it. Hethersett had
1288-486: A population of 696 (in 90 houses), by 1851 this number had nearly doubled, but it never reached this total again until 1931; since then and especially in the last 20 years or so, Hethersett's population has risen to over 5,000. It is now as large as some of Norfolk's market towns. During the past seven years the Steepletower site near the parish church has expanded rapidly; by 1995 about 360 dwellings had been completed out of
1380-418: A priest who also participated in the building of Hingham Church, may have suggested the dedication in honour of his name-saint. The clerestory of the nave and the lovely north porch were added in the 15th century. The Domesday village had become three manors or at least was part of three manors by the 13th century. These became known as Hethersett Cromwells, Hethersett Hacons and Hethersett Woodhall. Cromwells
1472-472: A projected figure of 520. Water supply, mains drains, a new surface water drainage system, street lights, branch library, new first school and high school, reflect the demands of a rapidly growing population for improved services. The village has its own post office, surgery, pharmacy and dentist and the square in Great Melton Road (known to locals as Oak Square) has is the centre of the shopping works fir
1564-452: A red livery and featuring high-specification interiors, next stop announcements and camera mirrors. Prior to July 2014, the Excel and X1 operated as a single service straight through from Peterborough to Lowestoft, 107 miles (172 km) end-to-end. The Excel is operated by King's Lynn outstation - the only service operated by the outstation - whilst Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft depots operate
1656-464: A separate community with its own vitality and quite a marked community spirit. This shows itself in a range of activities in the village but also in more permanent ways in items provided for the village through the efforts of villagers. These include a learner swimming pool in the Middle School, a bench in the memory of Zita James sited at the church, a cassette library, the conversion of School House in
1748-618: A third vehicle has been repainted in a heritage livery. A Volvo B7RLE with Wright Eclipse Urban bodywork, numbered 66985, received the same livery as 60916. In September 2020, another vehicle was transferred to Norwich in a heritage livery from its time in Sheffield; it wears the colours for the Mainline operator. First Norfolk %26 Suffolk First Eastern Counties is a bus operator providing services in Norfolk and Suffolk in eastern England. It
1840-460: Is a large village and electoral ward in the county of Norfolk , England, about 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Norwich . It covers an area of 4.22 sq mi (10.9 km ) and had a population of 5,441 in 2,321 households at the 2001 census , increasing to 5,691 at the 2011 census. In 2013 Hethersett became the first village or town in the United Kingdom to receive a Prime Minister's Big Society Award for its outstanding contribution to
1932-781: Is a subsidiary of FirstGroup and has five depots in operating areas spread out across East Anglia . These areas are Norwich , Ipswich , Great Yarmouth , Lowestoft and King's Lynn . In July 1931, the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company was formed with a fleet of 534 buses out of the merger of four existing bus companies in East Anglia: Eastern Counties Road Car Company of Ipswich, Ortona Motor Company of Cambridge and Peterborough Electric Traction Company , which were all owned by Tilling & British Automobile Traction and United Automobile Services ' East Anglia services. Upon completion of
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#17328527496812024-530: Is a tranquil place but in the early years of the 19th century, when body snatchers were active in acquiring bodies for anatomical dissection, there is a report that on 2 February 1825, "A body of an old man, buried in Hethersett churchyard was stolen by resurrection men. A similar outrage took place in Thorpe churchyard on the same date." An interesting connection to this incident was the fact that on 21 January 1829, there
2116-693: The A1067 road through Guist , Twyford , Bintree , Foxley , Bawdeswell , Lenwade and Attlebridge . The 28 starts in Thorpe Marriott and the 29 starts in Taverham ; the 28, 29 and X29 all join together in Taverham, running along the Drayton High Road through Drayton into Norwich city centre, where all three terminate. The routes serve Fakenham Market Place, Pensthorpe Natural Park , Bawdeswell Garden Centre,
2208-591: The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital , where the 11A and 12 begin. Service 11A begins at Hethersett in the evenings. All services head northwards to the city and run through Cringleford , Eaton , Norwich city centre, Sprowston where the 11 and 11A terminate, with the 12 terminating in Hoveton . The 10 and 10A begin at Eaton and Cringleford respectively and both run via the city centre to Mousehold Heath . The routes serve City College Norwich , Anglia Square shopping centre, Sprowston Tesco , Sprowston Manor ,
2300-615: The 14 beginning at Wymondham Cross, the routes head east through Hethersett , Norwich city centre, Dussindale where the 14 terminates, Brundall , Blofield , Blofield Heath where the 15 terminates, and Lingwood where the 16 terminates. Service 14A is a late evening service, beginning in Silfield and following the same route as the 14, through the Wymondham and Hethersett estates, and terminating at Norwich City Centre. Services 15A and 16A are early morning services beginning in Silfield, following
2392-603: The 19th century, village crafts and small industries employed a number of men locally; two windmills existed, one giving the name to Mill Road. Three smithies existed in the village in the 1880s and carriages were built at Harveys. There was a brickyard in Queen's Road. The railway lasted 120 years; it arrived as the Norwich & Brandon Railway in 1846, but was closed to passengers in 1966. Hethersett lies so close to Norwich that many think of it as just another of its suburbs. It is, however,
2484-592: The 26A starting at Bowthorpe Shopping Centre. They both then serve UEA Main Bus Stop on their way to the City Centre, via The Avenues and Earlham Road, then continue to Norwich Railway Station via Riverside Retail Park. The Blue Line operates up to every 7 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes between the university and the city centre, reducing to every 10 minutes on Sundays and bank holidays, every 15 minutes during evenings and every hour overnight after midnight. Between
2576-421: The 36 starts at Long Stratton and the 36A starts at Harleston , all to the south of Norwich. The routes run northwards through Lakenham , where they are joined by the 39, and then into Norwich city centre, where the 37B terminates. The routes run through Norwich city centre and out to Mile Cross where the 39 terminates, Ives Road where the 38 terminates, Hellesdon where the 37 terminates and Horsford , where
2668-660: The 36 terminates. The routes serve Tasburgh , Newton Flotman , Swainsthorpe , Dunston Hall Hotel , Swardeston , Lakenham Homebase and Sainsbury's, Anglia Square shopping centre, the Dixons Centre, Hellesdon Library and Norwich Airport . From Monday to Saturday daytimes, the Purple Line operates every 10 minutes along Aylsham Road, every 15 minutes between Hellesdon and the city centre, every 20 minutes between Mile Cross and Lakenham, and every 30 minutes out to Horsford, Mulbarton and Long Stratton. On Sundays and bank holidays,
2760-599: The Dinosaur Park at Lenwade, Taverham High School , Hinks Meadow, Hellesdon Hospital , Sweet Briar Retail Park and Anglia Square shopping centre. Between Fakenham and Norwich city centre, the Yellow Line operates every hour during daytimes from Monday to Saturday (with additional buses during the morning and evening peaks), reducing to every two hours on Sundays and bank holidays. The Monday to Saturday daytime frequency increases to every 30 minutes between Thorpe Marriott and
2852-595: The Excel bus network operated by First Norfolk & Suffolk , which provides services between Peterborough in Cambridgeshire and Lowestoft in Suffolk . The bus station provides the main interchange point between the western excel route between Peterborough, Wisbech , King's Lynn , Swaffham , Dereham and Norwich, and the eastern X1 route between Norwich, Acle , Great Yarmouth , Gorleston-on-Sea and Lowestoft; originally these 2 routes operated as 1 service (X1), but
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2944-524: The Middle School to provide a Music Room, the erection of a village sign, village street plans, the Jubilee Youth Club and the Scout and Guide Hut. Trees have been planted in various parts of the village and a memorial plaque has been erected on the site of the old School (No 3 Queen's Road). The Parish Council have provided litter bins, salt and grit bins for use in icy weather and "Fido" bins. The village has
3036-563: The National Bus Company in February 1987 through a management buyout , which was followed by its coaching operations transferring to Ambassador Travel of Great Yarmouth in December 1987. An Eastern Counties Bristol VRT double decker bus made international headlines when it fell rear-first into a 26 feet (7.9 m) sinkhole formed from a medieval chalk mine running underneath Earlham Road in Norwich on 3 March 1988. The driver of
3128-791: The Network Norwich fleet consists of 160 buses. This can be broken down into 5 Plaxton President -bodied Volvo B7TLs ; 6 Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMCs ; 13 Wright Eclipse Gemini -bodied Volvo B9TLs ; 41 Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 -bodied Volvo B9TLs ; 11 Wright StreetLite Maxs ; 7 Wright StreetLite DF10.8s ; 8 Wright Eclipse Urban -bodied Volvo B7Ls ; 10 Wright Eclipse Urban 2 -bodied Volvo B7RLEs ; 16 Wright StreetDecks ; 19 Scania N250UD -bodied Enviro 400 Citys (these are used exclusively for Excel services between Norwich and Peterborough); 17 Wright StreetDeck Electroliners ; and 7 training buses. These are all Wright Eclipse Urban -bodied Volvo B7RLEs . First Eastern Counties also have an order of
3220-504: The Norwich Research Park, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Three Score, Chapel Break, Bowthorpe Shopping Centre, Clover Hill, West Earlham shops, Bowthorpe Road, Dereham Road, Anglia Square shopping centre and Old Catton. Between Old Catton, the city centre and Bowthorpe, the routes operate every 15 minutes during daytimes Monday to Saturday and up to every 30 minutes during evenings on these days. Between Bowthorpe and
3312-624: The Norwich city area as colour-coded lines. The Charcoal Line was added most recently, being launched to Bungay in Suffolk in May 2017. The network began with the repainting of existing buses into Network Norwich livery, a variant of FirstGroup 's national corporate Olympia scheme, "dipped" with colour-coded front ends; these buses included Dennis Tridents and Volvo B7TLs with Plaxton President bodywork, Volvo B9TLs with Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodywork, and Volvo B7Ls and Volvo B7RLEs with Wright Eclipse bodywork. The first brand new buses for
3404-505: The Norwich to Cambridge railway follows its southern boundary but otherwise the parish has no obvious physical limits and presumably represents the land needed to feed the Saxon settlements that grew up in the area. Residential developments to the North of the village, toward little Melton has given rise to the discovery of a Roman settlement, possibly including a Roman Villa. Residential development to
3496-719: The Olympic legacy and sport and fitness in general. The Parish of Hethersett is, by Norfolk standards, a large one, covering 2,695 acres; it was the main settlement in the ancient Hundred of Humbleyard; it lies in the Deanery of Humbleyard and in the South Norfolk district. Hethersett stretched three miles from east to west along the line of the B1172 (the old Norwich to London road) and two miles from northwest to southeast. The road cuts it into slightly larger northern and smaller southern divisions;
3588-812: The Pink Line. The 10 and 10A routes are served by Wright StreetLite buses due to narrow streets along the route. The Turquoise Line consists of services 13 and X13. The routes start at Attleborough and runs northwards through Wymondham , Hethersett , Norwich City Centre (where the X13 terminates) and Old Catton , with the 13 terminating at Spixworth . The routes serve Attleborough Academy , Wymondham town centre, Wymondham Leisure Centre, Cringleford Interchange and Anglia Square shopping centre. The 13 operates up to every thirty minutes during daytimes from Monday to Saturday, and hourly during evenings and on Sundays and bank holidays. The X13 runs twice per day on weekdays: once in
3680-503: The Priory. In the early 19th century, Hethersett Hall was built and its attractive park and ornamental lake laid out by the Back family. The Hill House estate was laid out in the 1780s by a Mr Brown. Perhaps the greatest change of all came as a result of the enclosure award of 1799 when Lynch Green was divided up and disappeared as an open space, although the tithe map shows that there were still only
3772-602: The Queens Head and the Kings Head . The village also has a social club that is home to a bowls club and has a clubhouse bar and function room. In 2020 Norfolk Police bought the former Old Hall School and this will become a police training centre, for Norfolk police and other constabularies around the UK. The construction of the A11 dual carriageway from Cringleford to Wymondham initially reduced
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3864-516: The Tilling & British Automotive Traction group on various chassis. By the end of the 1930s, the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company had purchased another 50 operators. In September 1942, Tilling & British Automobile Traction was placed into administration , with the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company shareholding transferred to the Tilling Group . In November 1948, Eastern Counties was included in
3956-478: The UK government. The first seven buses from an order for 59 Wright StreetDeck Electroliner double-decker buses began entering service in October 2023, while eleven Wright GB Kite Electroliner single-deck buses are also on order for delivery to Norwich during 2024. When completed, this order is set to replace pre-existing diesel buses at First's Roundtree Way depot. First Great Yarmouth operates services within
4048-469: The University of East Anglia with the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich City Centre and Norwich Railway Station. The services take the following routes, the 25 starts at UEA and runs via Eaton Park and Unthank Road to the City Centre before continuing to Norwich Railway Station, via Riverside Retail Park. Route 26 starts at either Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital or UEA (26 Evenings),with
4140-628: The X1 and related services, branded as Coastlink. First Eastern Counties also provide a number of Coastlink branded feeder services at the eastern end of the main Excel service, operated using the Alexander Dennis Enviro400s formerly used on the core route. Prior to February 2018, the Excel ran all the way from Peterborough to Lowestoft; Coastlink services replaced the Excel between Norwich and Lowestoft after this time. The X2 operates between Norwich bus station and Lowestoft bus station, as with
4232-573: The X11 from Norwich to Belton via Acle, Great Yarmouth, Gorleston-on-Sea and the James Paget University Hospital . Several additional routes are operated by Network Norwich without branding applied, usually as they are infrequent services. Service 30 operates between Norwich city centre, Taverham and Thorpe Marriott , serving the Dixons Centre, Hellesdon Hospital , Sweet Briar Retail Park and Taverham High School . As of 11 January 2024,
4324-518: The X1; however, it stops more frequently and is routed via Gillingham , Beccles, Worlingham and Carlton Colville . The X2 operates every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturday daytimes. Minor variations of the route of the X2, known as the X21 and X22, operate more infrequently to serve surrounding villages along the route of the X2, including North Cove and Whitton; the X21 three journeys in the morning peak and five in
4416-510: The area around its depot: First Eastern Counties operates services branded as the Network Norwich within the city centre of Norwich and to towns and villages within approximately a 20 miles (32 km) radius. This network was launched on 23 September 2012, with buses painted in colour-coded route branding on the fronts to reflect the line in the network they were allocated to. On 22 March 2017, First announced that they were to introduce
4508-469: The area. On 3 September 2018, the Purple Line was extended with the launch of route 36A to Harleston . From 7 January 2019, the Charcoal Line was extended with First taking over routes 40A and 41A from Konectbus . The Pink Line consists of services 10, 10A, 11, 11A and 12. The 11 begins at Hethersett throughout the day, starting at West Croft and continuing via Coachmaker Way and Hethersett Lane towards
4600-447: The bus as well as the passengers on board managed to escape minutes before the bus fell further into the sinkhole, which severed a gas main running underneath the road and resulted in the overnight evacuation of the nearby area while the main was repaired. A photograph of the incident would be used by Cadbury the next day in full-page newspaper advertisements and on billboards to promote their Double Decker chocolate bar, captioned with
4692-502: The central aisle of the nave. He was a native of Basel in Switzerland , who came to this country in the 1770s and applied for naturalisation in 1772 after making a success as partner of a wool stapling business. The earliest headstones are to be found at the west end of the churchyard. There is one to Mary, daughter of John and Mary Bowles, 1708, to Abigail Howes, 1779, and to Sarah, the wife of Robert Harpley, 1791. The churchyard today
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#17328527496814784-508: The city centre, and every 15 minutes between Taverham and the city centre. Service is provided using Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban Single Deck Buses and Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Double Deck Buses. On 3 April 2018, First Norfolk & Suffolk took over service X29 from Stagecoach in Norfolk as a result of Stagecoach ceasing operations in the area. A number of Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Double Deck Buses have been transferred from First West Yorkshire to cover for
4876-467: The edge. Lynch Green opened out westwards to the great common where Wymondham, Great Melton and Hethersett parishes met. The most famous event in Hethersett's history took place in 1549 when Robert Kett and his men tore down John Flowerdew's hedges on Hethersett common. Kett's Oak is said to commemorate the spot where rebels gathered before marching to Mousehold Heath in Norwich. In the 17th and 18th centuries, several fine houses were built or added to in
4968-581: The evening peak, while the X22 runs every hour from Monday to Saturday daytimes. The X11 operates as a variation of the X1, shadowing the route of the X1 between Norwich and Gorleston-on-Sea via Great Yarmouth, before diverging at James Paget University Hospital to serve and terminate in Belton rather than continuing onwards to Lowestoft. The X11 operates every 30 minutes from Monday to Saturday daytimes. First Eastern Counties' year-round Coastal Clipper services connect
5060-530: The evenings. From Queen's Hills or Costessey to the city centre, and from Heartsease or Thorpe St. Andrew to the city centre, the Red Line operates every 15 minutes during daytimes from Monday to Saturday, every 20 minutes on Sundays and bank holidays and every 30 minutes during evenings. The service is operated using Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 and Wright StreetDeck Electroliner Double Deck Buses. The Blue Line consists of services 25, 26 and 26A. Which link
5152-511: The foreseeable future. Despite the substantial growth of housing over the last 40 years, the Parish of Hethersett still has much wildlife interest. The built up area covers less than 25% of this large parish, leaving a considerable acreage of arable land and open spaces. Two areas of much interest are the Kissing and Suckling Lanes, both public footpaths. From the former the walker has excellent views of
5244-465: The former Eastern Counties bus company, from which Network Norwich (and, by extension, First Norfolk & Suffolk ) can trace their history. Both vehicles were Volvo B7L single-deckers with Wright Eclipse Metro bodywork, built in 2002 and originally delivered new to First York and most recently in service with First South Yorkshire before being transferred to Norwich to be repainted into their retro liveries, these have since been scrapped. Recently,
5336-460: The frequency decreases to every 30 minutes on all routes. The Purple Line is operated using Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 , Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President Double Deck Buses and Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban Single Deck Buses. The Purple Line was extended on 3 September 2018 with the introduction of new route 36A to Harleston . The Charcoal Line (coloured dark grey) consists of services 40, 41 and X41. Starting in Norwich city centre,
5428-429: The heather, among his possessions. The Domesday Book also mentions the church with its 60 acres of land, a handsome endowment: no Saxon or Norman work remains to be seen because of later rebuilding. There is also mention of a second church and this presumably applies to the church of Cantley, then a separate parish, of which nothing now remains except some mounds in a pasture to the north of Cantley Farm. This small parish
5520-494: The increase in buses required on the Yellow Line, the first of which entered service in new Yellow Line livery on 27 March 2018. The Yellow fronted Plaxton President bodied Volvo B7TLs that were operating on the Yellow Line were withdrawn when these units were transferred. These now carry the lilac-fronted livery, and provide extra capacity on all lines, including the Yellow Line. The Purple Line consists of services 36, 36A, 36B, 37, 37B, 38 and 39. The 37 and 37B start at Mulbarton ,
5612-452: The late 16th century. The dove is represented holding in its beak what was the styled flower gentle, otherwise Amaranthus, love-lies-bleeding, a symbol of immortality. It was early in the 18th century that Dr John Gostlin, the patron of the living, gave the patronage to the master and fellows of the college. John Berney was rector of Hethersett, 1736–82, and also rector of Saxlingham Nethergate and Saxlingham , and Archdeacon of Norwich. In
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#17328527496815704-587: The merger, the major shareholders of Eastern Counties were United Automobile Services (43%), Tilling & British Automobile Traction (28%), the London & North Eastern Railway (24%) and the London Midland & Scottish Railway (3%). Also included were United's bus and lorry coachbuilder based in Lowestoft, which was renamed to Eastern Coach Works and supplied bus bodies to its parent company and operators within
5796-461: The morning and evening peaks. The Charcoal Line is operated using a mixture of Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Double Deck Buses and a fleet of Wright StreetLite DFs purchased brand new in November 2014. From 7 January 2019, the Charcoal Line will be extended with the addition of routes 40A and 41A, which Network Norwich are taking over from Konectbus . Norwich bus station is a major hub of
5888-461: The morning inbound to Norwich, and again in the evening, outbound to Attleborough. The route is operated predominantly using Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 buses in turquoise livery, however in recent months spare Network Norwich-branded Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 and Wright StreetDeck buses frequent the route. The Green Line consists of services 14, 14A, 15, 15A, 16 and 16A. Services 14A, 15(A) and 16(A) all begin in Silfield, with
5980-533: The name of Hethersett is not clear; the guide to the church suggests the enclosure for the deer: 'heedra' is an Old English word for heather or heath, and 'set' is Old English for a dwelling place, camp, stable or fold. This would give the meaning as being that of a camp or enclosure on the heath. Although the name is Saxon, we have evidence of earlier settlers; a New Stone Age long barrow (burial mound) lies in Cantley and two areas of Roman pottery have been found in
6072-727: The nationalisation of the Tilling Group, becoming part of the British Transport Commission , which was merged with the Transport Holding Company in January 1969 to become the National Bus Company . In preparation for bus deregulation , in September 1984, Eastern Counties' operations in Cambridgeshire were transferred to a separate company named Cambus Limited . The company was sold into privatisation from
6164-546: The network, eight 10.8-metre, 37-seater Wright StreetLite DF single-deckers, were delivered in November and December 2014. Eleven longer-wheelbase 41-seater Wright StreetLite Max single-deckers were delivered for the Green Line in November 2015, followed by nine Wright StreetDeck double-deckers for the Pink Line in April 2016. The Yellow Line was extended to Fakenham in north Norfolk on 3 April 2018, as First took over service X29 from Stagecoach , who ceased all operations in
6256-420: The north west of the village had been put on hold as a result of the discovery of this Roman find. Trial excavations in late 2020 established that further investigations are needed. From the west, moving in a clockwise direction, the parishes contiguous with this are those of Wymondham , Great Melton , Little Melton , Colney , Cringleford , Intwood (now part of Keswick ) and Ketteringham . The meaning of
6348-505: The northern part of the parish; in view of the existence of a great Roman centre at Caistor St Edmund , the latter finds are nor surprising. The earliest description of Hethersett comes to us in the Domesday Book account of 1086; it would seem that there were perhaps 400 people in the parish by that time. The Lord of the Manor had 87 sheep and seven hives of bees, perhaps gathering nectar from
6440-489: The park with its remaining large trees and lake. Members of the thrush family regularly feed here; sometimes in early spring these include large gatherings of fieldfares and redwings before they depart for their eastern breeding grounds. Both Canada and Barnacle geese breed in the vicinity of the lake where mallards, moorhens and coots are regularly seen. Commorants also visit these waters with a variety of other ducks dropping in from time to time. The careful observer can often see
6532-437: The priest room above spring from carved corbels. The nave, enhanced in the 15th century and restored in 1858 has two roof lines and a shallow clerestory . Both aisles have matching windows. The north side is buttressed with dressed stone and flint while at the south, red brick replaces earlier work. Around 1535, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries , the chancel fell into disrepair. Rebuilding took place in 1897 and at
6624-765: The quays along the River Bure in Hoveton and Wroxham, Hoveton & Wroxham railway station and the Bure Valley Railway . The Pink Line operates every ten minutes during daytimes from Monday to Saturday, with buses to Hoveton and Wroxham running half-hourly. Only service 11A runs on Sundays, between Hethersett and Sprowston . In April 2016, the Pink Line was upgraded, receiving nine brand new Wright StreetDeck buses featuring free WiFi on board and e-leather seats. Additionally, in 2023, First Eastern Counties received sixteen Wright StreetDeck Electroliner buses, which also serve
6716-514: The route are every hour. The service was upgraded in November and December 2015, receiving eleven Wright StreetLite Max Single Deck Buses to operate the service. The Orange Line consists of routes 21, 21A, 22 and 22A. The 21 and 21A start at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital , and run east through Bowthorpe and West Earlham to Norwich city centre, before turning north and terminating in Old Catton at White Woman Lane. The routes serve
6808-769: The routes run southeastwards through Bracondale , Trowse , Poringland where the 40 terminates, Brooke , Kirstead and Ditchingham , with the 41 and X41 terminating at Bungay in Suffolk . The route serves City College Norwich , the County Hall at Trowse, Framingham Earl High School , the Nightingale Centre, Bigod's Castle, Bungay Library and the swimming baths in Bungay. Services operate up to every 15 minutes between Poringland and Norwich city centre from Monday to Saturday daytimes, and up to every hour between Bungay and Norwich city centre, with additional buses provided during
6900-597: The same route as the late 14A service, continuing along Yarmouth Road and terminating and Broadland Business Park. The routes serve Wymondham Leisure Centre, Hethersett Academy , Norwich railway station , Broadland Business Park, Brundall railway station , Lingwood railway station . The Green Line operates every fifteen minutes between Wymondham and Yarmouth Road during daytimes from Monday to Saturday, every thirty minutes between Norwich city centre, Dussindale and Brundall, and every hour between Blofield and Lingwood. On Sundays and bank holidays, frequencies along all parts of
6992-455: The same time transepts were formed by extending the aisles eastwards. Field stones and flint facings salvaged from the foundations of the nearby ruined hall were used in the rebuild. Diagonal buttresses support the corners. The east window dates from the 14th century. Gable crosses adorn the chancel and nave. Inside, floral decoration and texts are painted above the arches of the arcades, tower and chancel. An early 13th-century styled piscina with
7084-531: The service. In 2019, First rebranded their Ipswich operation to 'Ipswich Reds' and introduced a new red livery for Ipswich's services. A number of services are operated under the Excel brand, most notably the Excel itself between Peterborough, King's Lynn and Norwich and the X1 between Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. This service is operated by nineteen Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City bodied Scania N250UDs that were delivered in early 2020, which are painted in
7176-643: The slogan "Nothing fills a hole like a Double-Decker". In July 1994, Eastern Counties was sold to the GRT Group for £6.7 million, who in June 1995 merged with Badgerline to form FirstBus . FirstBus would later purchase the operations of Great Yarmouth Transport in September 1996, merging it into the First Eastern Counties operation. In April 2011, First Eastern Counties' King's Lynn operations were sold to Norfolk Green . First operates out of five main depots. Each division provides services to
7268-567: The suburbs of Kesgrave and Martlesham Heath , in partnership between Eastern Counties and Suffolk County Council , commencing operations with a fleet of six Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Darts . This service was the first commercially-run guided bus system to be operated in the United Kingdom, and would eventually be upgraded to use double-decker buses under FirstBus. Having previously operated Ipswich's park and ride service from 2008 until November 2013, in July 2017, First Ipswich resumed operating
7360-409: The tithe book for 1737–69, it is recorded that Dr Berney "the liberal benefactor to this living has forborn to add the expenses of the new stable", presumably at the rectory, "the spire of the church, and many expenses in the gardens and yards". There were three 19th-century rectors, Bartholomew Edwards, Jeremy Day, to whom the oak pulpit was dedicated, and William Reynolds Collett. Collett (1855–1903),
7452-429: The tower stairs ascending in the southwest corner. A medieval door to the stairs gives access to eight bells cast between 1607 and 1904. An attractive 15th-century porch on the north side is built with broken flints embellished with flushwork. It is entered through a perpendicular arch flanked by side shafts with salamander capitals and angels carved within spandrels. Inside, the ribs of a fine vaulted ceiling supporting
7544-613: The towns of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston-on-Sea , as well as dedicated routes to Norwich and Lowestoft under the Coastlink brand. The Great Yarmouth services operate out of the old Great Yarmouth Transport depot on Caister Road, which is a listed building dating back to the mid-1900s, retaining its original frontage. First Lowestoft operates services within the town of Lowestoft as well as dedicated routes to Great Yarmouth, Beccles and Norwich. The Lowestoft services operate out of Britain's most easterly bus depot, situated on Gordon Road, just
7636-673: The traffic using the old A11 (now B1172), but with the growth of nearby Wymondham in terms of residential development along the Norwich Road corridor since 2018, the amount of traffic using the B1172 continues to increase. The effects of the opening of the Norwich Southern Bypass are less direct, but already land nearby has come under pressure for development. Hethersett's situation so close to Norwich with its excellent facilities and transport links means pressures for growth and development (both desirable and undesirable) will continue in
7728-692: The university and the hospital, the service operates every 30 minutes at all times. The service is operated using Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Double Deck Buses. Unlike other refurbished buses of this type, the interior retains blue grab rails and the original seat cover design. The only other line to share this trait is the Turquoise Line. Wright StreetDeck Electroliner buses also operate this service, following their introduction by First Eastern Counties . The Yellow Line consists of services 28, 29 & X29. The X29 starts in Fakenham , running mainly along
7820-558: The university or hospital, the routes operate every 30 minutes at all times. 21 & 21A services operate hourly on Sundays combining to make an every 30 minute frequency. The Orange Line is primarily operated by Orange Line braded Wright StreetDeck buses, however these are slowly being replaced by new Wright StreetDeck Electroliner buses, of which First Eastern Counties are receiving 59. The Red Line operates up to every 7 minutes along Dereham Road and Plumstead Road during daytimes from Monday to Saturday, reducing to every 30 minutes in
7912-467: The village. Access was improved by the turnpiking of the main road in the middle of the 17th century. Farmhouses of some style were built at Hill Farm, Whitehouse Farm, Cedar Grange and Beech Grove as yeomen bought up land and some of the common fields disappeared. Woodhall, the Priory and the Old Hall were modernised and extended by Norwich merchants such as John Buckle, Mayor of Norwich in 1793, who lived in
8004-416: The village. Here you can find a national chain supermarket, two independent take away food outlets, the post office, a hairdressers, an independent gift shop and an estate agent. Other shops on the same road consist of two charity shops, a butchers and a chemist. One other independent shop selling food, alcohol and newspapers is adjacent to the recreation field on Recreation Road. The village has two pubs,
8096-521: Was a doctors' meeting at the Guildhall about difficulties in pursuing anatomical studies, and that the legislature was to be petitioned. The weathervane is quite unusual, and an explanation was given in the Sunday Companion of July 1922. The living was in the gift of Caius College, Cambridge , and the design embodies the crest worn by Dr Caius, who founded Gonville College, later, Gonville and Caius, in
8188-414: Was amalgamated with its larger neighbour in 1397 although the church was used as a chapel until the 16th century. During medieval times, the parish seems to have had an uneventful history. The present parish church was begun in 1320 and the tower and nave arcades and windows are in the decorated style (1290–1330). It is dedicated to St Remigius (438–533), the great Bishop of Rheims. Remigius de Hethersete,
8280-494: Was split in into the 2 routes above in July 2014, for operational reasons, until February 2018 these both operated as X1, but Norwich To Peterborough was renamed excel to stop confusion between the routes. Additionally, Norwich provides a hub for various Excel-branded feeder services which serve locations along the eastern X1 corridor, including the X2, X21 and X22 from Norwich to Lowestoft via Gillingham , Beccles , Worlingham , Carlton Colville , North Cove , and Whitton ; and
8372-556: Was the chief manor and its manor house was probably in the meadows immediately to the south of Church Farm. Hacons and Woodhall sites are less certain and the lands of these manors lay in the neighbouring parishes as well as Hethersett. Thickthorn seems to have had a separate hamlet with its own moated house near to the present Hall. As the community grew during the 16th century, the commons became especially important to those who had little other land. Hethersett with its open green, Lynch Green, would have had cottages and farm buildings around
8464-441: Was very interested in the history of St Remigius and Hethersett parish, and there are many entries in the parish magazines written by him. In August 1874, the rector stated that the earliest parish register was from 1616. He estimated the population of Hethersett, then, as about 500. In 1875, he gave his view on the changes in Hethersett church in the turbulent years resulting from Queen Mary Tudor's accession in 1553. At that time,
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