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This walk of about 3/4 miles.Allow about an hour on which you will journey round 8 religious sites that have been covered by modern architecture.
Within the city walls Norwich has the sites recorded of at least 66 early churches from Roman times to the middle ages. Many still remain as either places of worship or have alternative uses. But on this search you are looking for the ones that no longer stand witness to the cities rich ecclesiastic heritage.
Starting at the published co-ordinates you will be standing at the north end of Magdalene Street, which used to be a one of the premium shopping streets in Norwich. However you are not here to shop today
Below are a series of photos with a single digit under them. All you have to do is visit the published locations and look around and identify which picture relates to which photo (The photos may not have been taken at GZs but the subject of the picture can be seen when standing at the relevant GZ) You will have noticed that there are more photos than locations This means that, although all the pictures are taken along a route from the first location up to and including the final, you need to be careful.
The Final is at
N 52 38.NPQ E 001 17.TVM
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The sites of totally lost Churches now covered by modern architecture are;
N 52 38.318 E 001 17.794 St Margaret Combust.
This Church was dedicated to this mythical saint of Antioch who is said to have lived during the early Christian period. She was swallowed by the Devil, when he was disguised as a dragon. She saved herself by making the sign of the cross and burst out of the beast. She is the patron saint of Childbirth. There were 58 Churches dedicated to her in Norfolk during the medieval period. Like the other Church of dedicated to her in this trail it was demolished in the 1547. The suffix “Combust” probably refers to it suffering an arson attack during King Sweyn Forkbeard’s sacking of Norwich in 1004.
The site was partially excavated in 1987 prior to the building and development of Throckmorton Yard, formerly the site of the Norfolk and Norwich Blind Institute. The site is of particular interest as excavations of the burials show the extent of the poverty in the area, but also prove that poor communities offered support to those with severe congenital illnesses and diseases into relative old age, with remains found that were of people much older than would be expected from the period excavated given the typical lifespan of the period. The Church also has the nickname of, Sancta Margareta ubi sepulientur suspensi- St Margaret where the hanged men are buried. This is because there was a gallows just beyond the city wall and the criminals that met their fate there were buried unceremoniously in a pit with their hands tied.
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N 52 38.210 E 001 17.803 All Saints Fyebriggate
This Church was demolished in 1550 it was sold in 2 lots The nave going to one purchaser and the chancel to another.
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N 52 38.164 E 001 17.936 St Paul
St Paul's church had a round tower, the upper part of which was octagonal, but was rebuilt about 1819 of white brick with stone coping. It had some decorated windows, but was chiefly in the perpendicular style. There was a north aisle, and at the east end a parclose, the two screens of different patterns, but both in the same perpendicular stile. The church was burnt out on the 27/6/1942 during an air raid in world war II. After the war the church was repaired but in the 1960s was demolished to make way for the flyover which formed part of the inner ring road
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N 52 38.175 E 001 17.709 St Botolph
St Botolph was an Anglo-Saxon Abbot of Icanhoe, which is possibly now known as Iken. His Churches often stand near Town gateways. This Church stood just South of the boundary of the town during the Saxon period. The Church was demolished in 1548
This area became known as Stump Cross after the remains of a medieval cross which stood there
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N 52 38.123 E 001 17.608 St Olave (St Olaf)
The king of Norway from 1016 to 1029, who was responsible for bringing Christianity to his country, died in battle in 1030. This dedication may indicate that the Church was quite late in being foundered or it replaced an earlier Church and was rededicated. There is a strong suggestion that this area probably had. a Scandinavian population.
The Church was closed in 1534 and demolished in 1536 the site of the Church is mainly under the roundabout
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N 52 37.992 E 001 17.717 St John
Dedicated to John the Baptist the site of this Church is now home to a chapel that in itself is unique. It stopped being a parish Church when it was subsumed into the first Blackfriars site in 1226. The friars moved across the river in 1307 and the Church was then an anchorhold until it was demolished in 1540
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N 52 37.934 E 001 17.687 St Margaret Newbridge
Dedicated to the same saint as the previous Church of this name. possibly one of last Churches to have been founded. In 1349 the Black Death decimated the population of this parish. The Church was closed and became a hermitage for the hermit that maintained the bridge. The Church was demolished in 1540
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N 52° 38.034 E 001° 17.746St Mary Unbrent
Unbrent means unburnt and is believed to signify that this Church survived the sacking of Norwich in 1004 by Swyen Forkbeard. Golden Dog lane is built along the line of the churchyard path and nearby properties trace the outline of the boundary. The Church was closed then demolished in 1546
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The Final is at
N 52 38.NPQ E 001 17.TVM
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