Named after Bethel Hospital, one of the first mental health facilities created in the country, this road has a varied history.
In 1960, Bethel Hospital had 122 patients and the asylum was the oldest surviving hospital in the country specifically founded for the care of the mentally ill.
The institution eventually closed in 1995 and is now a residential building in Norwich.
Here we take a look back at life in Bethel Street over the years through photographs from our archives.
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Bethel Street during the Blitz in 1942 (Image: Newsquest)A view over the city showing Bethel Street police station in 1936 (Image: Newsquest)Bethel Street fire station in Norwich where a crew demonstrate an extending ladder, 1950s (Image: Newsquest)
Looking down Bethel Street in the 1930s (Image: Newsquest)Norwich Bethel Street, date unknown (Image: Newsquest)Norwich Bethel Street, 1987 (Image: Newsquest)Norwich Bethel Street, date unknown (Image: Newsquest)Emergency fire tender in 1972 (Image: Newsquest)Norwich Bethel Street, 1936 (Image: Newsquest)Norwich Bethel Street, 1987 (Image: Newsquest)An empty Norwich Bethel Street, 1963 (Image: Newsquest)Norwich Fire Station in Bethel Street, 1966 (Image: Newsquest)Police outside their station in Bethel Street in 1950 (Image: Newsquest)Bethel Street in the mid 1930s (Image: Newsquest)Firefighters posing outside the Fire Station in Bethel Street (Image: Newsquest)