At the bottom of Ber Street we may turn to the left into the parish of
All Saints, where the church stands in an open space called All Saints’
Green. The church is a small structure, having a nave, chancel, porch,
and tower containing three bells. The chancel contains some decorated
windows, but the other portions of the church are perpendicular. The
east window is modern and filled with poor stained glass, but there are
some fragments of ancient stained glass, containing heads of bishops,
&c., in the windows of the aisles. The font is octagonal and in the
perpendicular style. There are three monuments with merchant’s marks
upon them. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £3 14s. 7d., is consolidated
with St. Julian, valued in K.B. at £5. The joint benefices are now worth
£300 per annum. They were augmented with £300 of Queen Anne’s bounty in
1769 and 1810, and with £200 given by John Drinkwater, Esq., and £500
given by S. Thornton, Esq., in 1800. The Rev. C. F. Sculthorpe, M.A., is
patron, and the Rev. G. S. Outram is incumbent.
_St. John Timberhill_.
St. John’s Timberhill, at the north end of Ber Street, was founded soon
after the priory of Norwich, to which it was appropriated, and it was
dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It has a nave, chancel, south porch
with parvise, and two aisles with chapels at their east ends. That on
the north, a part of which is now used for the vestry, was called our
Lady’s Chapel. There is a hagroscope or squint on the south side of the
chancel, and near it is a small decorated piscina. The font is circular
and Norman. The whole building needs restoration. The square tower fell
down on August 20th, 1784, and damaged the west end of the church. Its
foundations still remain, but the bells were sold to pay for the repairs.
The perpetual curacy was augmented from 1738 to 1813 with £1000 of royal
bounty, and valued in 1835 at £31. The Dean and Chapter are patrons.
The Rev. S. Titlow, M.A., has been the incumbent since 1831.
_Chapel Field_.
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