The final weeks of his life were spent with his wife Roberta, whom he had married while in Maidstone Prison in July 1997, in a suite at the Townhouse Hotel at Norwich, having left Norwich hospital on 22 September 2000.

On 4 July 2007, Biggs was moved from Belmarsh Prison to Norwich Prison on compassionate grounds.

In December 2007, Biggs issued a further appeal, from Norwich Prison, asking to be released from jail to die with his family: " I am an old man and often wonder if I truly deserve the extent of my punishment.

On 13 February 2009, it was reported that Biggs had been taken to hospital from his cell at Norwich Prison, suffering from pneumonia.

Melchett spent a night in Norwich Prison before being released on bail.

The facade of the old Britannia Barracks which also looks over the city is now the administrative offices and staff club and restaurant of Norwich Prison.

The Victorian Norwich Prison which stands at the end of Knox Road behind the old Barracks site was built in the mid-19th century as part of the reformation of the penal system brought about by the great prison reformers of that time.

Four of these have been previously canonized as saints, namely William of Norwich, Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln, Simon of Trent ( Simon was decanonized in the 20th century ), and Gavriil Belostoksky who remains canonized in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Hoover's mother, Hulda Randall ( Minthorn ) Hoover ( 1849 – 84 ), was born in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, of English and Irish descent.

In 1471, Norwich, England, banned use of the plant in the brewing of ale ( beer was the name for fermented malt liquors bittered with hops ; only in recent times are the words often used as synonyms ), and not until 1524 were hops first grown in southeast England.

Pre-modern female rhetoricians, outside of Socrates ' friend Aspasia, are rare ; but medieval rhetoric produced by women either in religious orders, such as Julian of Norwich ( d. 1415 ), or the very well-connected Christine de Pizan ( 1364 ?- 1430?

* John Julius Norwich, A History of Venice ( 1989 ), ISBN 0-679-72197-5

* John Julius Norwich, A History of Venice ( 1989 ), ISBN 0-679-72197-5

New England Digital Corp. ( 1976 – 1993 ), founded originally in Norwich, Vermont and eventually relocated to White River Junction, Vermont, was best known for its signature product, the Synclavier Synthesizer System, which evolved into the Synclavier Digital Audio System or " Tapeless Studio.

He studied at Cambridge ( bachelor of canon law 1531 ), became priest at Norwich in 1514 and entered the convent of Austin friars at Cambridge, where Robert Barnes was prior in 1523 and probably influenced him in favour of Reform.

In the same year, his Overture in C ( In Memoriam ), commemorating the recent death of his father, was a commission from the Norwich Festival.

Other institutions include the University of East Anglia ( in Norwich ), Anglia Ruskin University ( with campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford ), University Campus Suffolk ( in Ipswich ) and University Centre Peterborough.

The most deprived districts, according to the Indices of deprivation 2007 in the region are, in descending order, Great Yarmouth ( 58th in England ), Norwich ( 62nd ), Luton ( 87th ), Peterborough ( 90th ), and Ipswich ( 99th ).

* John Thomas Pelham ( 1811 – 1894 ), Bishop of Norwich in 1857-1893

Although Keegan's Southampton career only lasted two years, Saints fielded an attractive side also containing Alan Ball, prolific scorer of goals Ted MacDougall, ( who still holds the record for the largest number of goals in an FA Cup game – 9 – for Bournemouth against Margate in an 11 – 0 win ), MacDougall's strike partner at Bournemouth and Norwich Phil Boyer, club stalwart Mick Channon and Charlie George and in 1980 – 81 they scored 76 goals, finishing in sixth place, then their highest league finish.

Hubert and William's two younger brothers were Geoffrey de Burgh and Thomas de Burgh ; Geoffrey became Archdeacon of Norwich ( 1202 ) and then bishop of Ely ( 1225 ), while Thomas was castellan of Norwich ( 1215 – 16 ).

* Norwich ( UK Parliament constituency ), former constituency

:* Norwich North ( UK Parliament constituency ), successor

:* Norwich South ( UK Parliament constituency ), successor

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* John Julius Norwich ( Lord ), former member of the British Foreign Service, noted academic, historian, and writer

This documented the poor quality of these castle facilities ; prisoners in Norwich Castle lived in a dungeon, with the floor frequently covered by an inch of water ; Oxford was " close and offensive "; Worcester was so subject to gaol-fever that the castle surgeon would not enter the prison ; Gloucester was " wretched in the extreme ".

In the short term this led to a 39 % reduction in the number of prisons in England, including some famous castle prisons such as Norwich ; over the coming years, centralisation and changes in prison design led to the closure of most remaining castle prisons.

On April 20, 2012, the Norwich Bulletin stated that: " An ongoing murder trial came to an abrupt halt Friday when Chad Schaffer, of Norwich, decided to accept an offer of 16 years in prison, pleading guilty to the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter in the 2004 beating death of Eugene Mallove.

As in Norwich and other places, the castle was used as a secure site in which to establish a prison.

He received a relatively light sentence of branding above the forehead under the scalp, because of his youth, and avoided serving time at the Norwich, Connecticut prison with a commutation to " town arrest ".

" While in Norwich, Bolland produced the first episodes of an adult Little Nemo in Slumberland parody entitled Little Nympho in Slumberland, and when he moved to London's Central School of Art and Design in 1973, he continued to produce ( mostly full-page ) Little Nympho strips for a 50-copy fanzine entitled Suddenly at 2-o-clock in the Morning.

In 1821 Norwich Duff, a young British Naval officer, visiting Clermont-en-Argonne, walked up to the telegraph station there and engaged the signalman in conversation.

In his recollection of his early youth in Norwich some thirty years earlier, Borrow depicts an old man ( Taylor ) and a young man ( Borrow ) discussing the merits of German literature, including Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther.

For his lampooning of Norwich society, the young Borrow earned the humiliation of having Norwich public subscription library burn his first publication.

Stannard had in fact requested Crome for tuition in painting as a young man, Crome had refused and in turn Stannard had broken away from the ' Norwich School ', his relatives and friends never forgiving Crome for the snub to Stannard.

The custody of Norwich Castle was promised by the young prince as his reward.

The Royal Society, " the dignified parent of all our scientific societies ," was found to have an emphasis on the physical sciences and this led to the establishment of the Linnean Society in 1788, by Dr. ( Sir in 1814 ) James Edward Smith, a young Norwich physician.

Trials conducted by Norwich Union in 2005 have found that young drivers ( 18 to 23 year olds ) signing up for telematic auto insurance have had a 20 % lower accident rate than average.

A cult was founded in Norwich in the wake of the murder of a young boy, William of Norwich, for which the Jews of the town were blamed.

The founder, Louis Marchesi, was a young member of Norwich Rotary Club who felt there was a need for a club aimed more at the younger businessmen of the town.

Ernie was born in a small village near Norwich, then while he was still a young boy his mother remarried and his family moved to Scole.

With her friend Nancy Maria Hyde, Sigourney opened a school for young ladies in Norwich in 1811 The school was forced to close when Hyde became ill and was no longer able to teach.

He was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont and entered Norwich University in 1852 where he roomed with a young cadet named George Dewey who later became famous as an Admiral.