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.
Norwich on pilot shows with Les Dennis, Gaby Roslin and Christopher Biggins. Archant publishes two daily newspapers in Norwich, the "Norwich Evening News", and the regional "Eastern Daily Press" (EDP), and had its own television operation, Mustard TV, which has now closed. The character of Alan Partridge in the sitcom "I'm Alan Partridge" (1997–2002) and the comedy film "" (2013) is a Norwich broadcaster played by Steve Coogan. Because Norwich was England's second city during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, it has, though little acknowledged, a number of significant associations with esoteric spirituality. It was the home of William Cuningham, a