The horror increased when it became clear that these marks were not the work of the rats that often fed from the limbs of plague victims but from something much larger.
Upon closer inspection these were discovered to be teeth marks and pieces of flesh appeared to have been bitten away from the limbs. Photo: © Copyright Evelyn Simakĭragging out first the bodies of the mother and father some unusual marks were noticed on their legs. Furthermore, the alley forms the edge of a medieval plague pit where 5,000 bodies were found. It was also the site of the first synagogue in Norwich after Cromwell invited Jews back to England in the mid-17th century. When he was a pupil at the Norwich School in the 1760s, Horatio Nelson is thought to have lived in the alley. This is Tombland Alley which forms part of the ancient trackway that crossed the city from west to east along Dereham Road, St Benedict’s, Princes Street, Tombland Alley, under the north aisle of the Cathedral and over Bishop Bridge.
It was then the true horror of what had happened within the house was revealed. Some weeks later when they returned with the house was reopened to allow the bodies to be taken out. Deciding that everyone inside the house was dead the bailiffs ordered it to be locked, bolted and boarded up from the outside. You decide!…….Īs the plague of 1578 overwhelmed the city, Augustine Steward House found it could offer no resistance and, one by one the family living inside fell victim to it. The story contained herein is a Myth! – maybe based on a traditional story – for the House is reputed to have a ghost! The original tale may have been widely held, despite probably being false or, at best, a misrepresentation of what may have been a truth at sometime in the distant past.
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