Sewell Park, Norwich
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Norwich
Norwich is a city in England. It is the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. During the 11th century, Norwich was the largest city in England after London, and one of the most important places in the kingdom...
, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, England
England
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. The park was given to the Norwich Corporation and Norwich City Council as an open space by members of the Sewell family and former mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
E. G Buxton in 1908. The park was formally opened on July 5, 1909.
At the entrance to the park is a commemorative horse trough
Watering trough
A watering trough is a receptacle for the storage of water so both domestic and non-domestic livestock can obtain drinking water....
in honour of Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell was an English novelist, best known as the author of the classic novel Black Beauty.-Biography:Anna Mary Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England into a devoutly Quaker family...
the author of Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, long enough to see her first and only...
and other members of the Sewell family.
London Plane
Platanus × acerifolia, the London plane, London planetree, or hybrid plane, is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is usually thought to be a hybrid of Platanus orientalis and the Platanus occidentalis . Some authorities think that it may be a cultivar of P...
s.
From the top of the park, the steeples of Norwich Cathedral
Norwich Cathedral
Norwich Cathedral is a cathedral located in Norwich, Norfolk, dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. Formerly a Catholic church, it has belonged to the Church of England since the English Reformation....
, St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich
St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich
The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.The Cathedral, located on Earlham Road, was constructed between 1882 and 1910 to designs by George Gilbert Scott, Jr...
, St. Peter Mancroft and the clock-tower of Norwich City Hall
City Hall, Norwich
Norwich City Hall is an Art Deco building completed in 1938 which houses the city hall for the city of Norwich, East Anglia, in Eastern England. It is one of the Norwich 12, a collection of twelve heritage buildings in Norwich deemed of particular historical and cultural importance.Norwich City...
can be seen.
Adjacent to the park lies Blyth Jex School (Re-named Sewell Park College
Sewell Park College
Sewell Park College is a High School located on the north-eastern edge of the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England.-Admissions:It has approximately 900 students aged eleven to sixteen . It is an under-subscribed school. It is situated in Mill Hill, on Constitution Hill , east of New Catton. On the ...
-September 2008) where the Sewell Barn Theatre
Sewell Barn Theatre
Sewell Barn Theatre is located in the grounds of Sewell Park College on Constitution Hill in Norwich, England...
is located in the school grounds. There is another entrance to the park opposite Sewell Road.
Centenary
