From St. Martin at Oak we pass onward into St. Augustine’s, where we find
various factories and a very populous neighbourhood. The church, on the
east side of the Gildencroft, is in the perpendicular style, and consists
of a nave with aisles, chancel with aisles, south porch and tower. The
tower contains a clock and three bells. The roof of the north aisle of
the chancel is finely carved, and the clerestory is built of flint. In
the south aisle of the nave is a marble monument in memory of Thomas
Clabburn, manufacturer, who died in 1858. It was erected by the
subscriptions of more than 600 weavers of Norwich as a tribute to his
many virtues. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £6 7s. 8½d. and now at
£150, was augmented in 1781 with £200 of Queen Anne’s bounty, and in
1810, 1811, and 1821, with £1400 in parliamentary grants. The Dean and
Chapter are the patrons. The Rev. Matthew John Rackham is the incumbent.
_St. Mary Coslany_.
From St. Augustine’s we pass down Pitt Street to the parish of St. Mary,
inhabited chiefly by poor people. The church is a cruciform structure
with a tall round tower of flint, containing six bells. There are no
aisles. The south porch has a good groined vault and a richly moulded
doorway, with a parvise or chamber above. The chancel has a panelled
ceiling with rich perforated work. The pulpit is ancient and has tracery
in the upper part of the panels, with the linen pattern below, and a
perforated iron projection for the book rest. The font is octagonal, and
has painted shields of arms in its upper panels. The rood-stair turret
is at the intersection of the north transept and chancel. At the west
end of the nave there is an old parish chest, and in the south transept
there is a square-headed foliated piscina. Several ancient stalls are
remaining, and in the north wall of the chancel there is a tombstone of
the Elizabethan era, dated 1578, and having incised figures of Martin
Vankermbeck, M.D., and his wife. The perpetual curacy was augmented,
from 1733 to 1824, with £2200 of royal bounty, and is valued at £124.
The Marquis of Townshend is patron. Rev. C. Morse, LL.B., is incumbent.
_St. George Colegate_.
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