Friars Quay (Norwich) the River Wensum itself. The immediate history however relates to the use of the site as a timber yard until it was made available for development. Jewsons Timber Yard was established by John Wilson Jewson who shipped in timbers by wherries from Great Yarmouth. In 1868 George Jewson purchased a 17th-century house in Colegate which was used as the headquarters of the business. His son Richard (1867 to 1949) established Jewsons as the largest timber merchants between the Thames and the Humber. Richard became Lord Mayor of Norwich in 1917. The land was purchased by Norwich City Council in 1970.
Network Norwich the city and run northwards through Cringleford, Eaton, Norwich city centre, Sprowston (where the 11 terminates) and Hoveton, with the 12 terminating in Wroxham. The routes serve City College Norwich, Anglia Square shopping centre, Sprowston Tesco (where the 11 terminates), Sprowston Manor, the quays along the River Bure in Hoveton and Wroxham, Hoveton & Wroxham railway station and the Bure Valley Railway. The Pink Line operates every 10 minutes during daytimes from Monday to Saturday, reducing to half-hourly on Sundays and bank holidays and hourly during evenings. In April 2016, the Pink Line was upgraded, receiving nine brand new Wright