St. Peter per Mountergate derives the latter part of its name from a gate
formerly placed near the churchyard, at the foot of the Castle mount.
The old church is in the perpendicular style, and has a nave, chancel,
south porch with parvise, and a square embattled tower, with five bells
and a clock. The building has been recently restored and fitted up with
open benches, those in the nave being stained deal, and in the chancel
oak. The famous Thomas Codd, who was Mayor of Norwich during Kett’s
Rebellion, and who was a great benefactor to the city, was interred in
the nave. The benefice is now a perpetual curacy, valued at £78, and
augmented with £200 of Queen Anne’s bounty in 1766, and with a
parliamentary grant of £800 in 1812. The Dean and Chapter are patrons.
The Rev. John Durst, incumbent.
_St. Julian_.
St. Julian’s Church, in King Street, is a very small ancient structure,
founded before the conquest, and comprises nave, chancel, north porch,
and tower. It is principally of the Norman period, and most of the
windows are decorated and perpendicular insertions. The tower, which is
ruined, has a deeply recessed Norman arch, slightly pointed, and having
shafts with caps and bases. It has also a small Norman loop window in
the thickness of the wall splayed both inside and outside. The south
doorway is a very fine specimen of Norman architecture, and was restored
in 1845, when the chancel was rebuilt and the church thoroughly restored
at a cost of £500. The east window was at the same time filled with
stained glass, representing our Saviour seated and surrounded by the
evangelists. The font is perpendicular in style, cup-shaped and
panelled. There was a hermitage for a female recluse in the churchyard,
but it was demolished at the dissolution. The rectory, certified at £19
3s. 1d., has been long consolidated with All Saints. The Rev. C. F.
Sculthorpe, M.A., is patron.
_St. Etheldred_.
St. Etheldred’s Church, in King Street, is supposed to be one of the
oldest structures in the city, and had in its burial ground a very
ancient anchorage, which continued till after the Reformation. It is a
small building with a nave, chancel, and tower. The benefice is a
perpetual curacy, certified at £2 14s., and valued at £77. It was
augmented from 1745 to 1802 with £800 of Queen Anne’s bounty. The
Trustees of the Great Hospital are patrons. The Rev. W. Bishop is the
present incumbent.
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