ST. CLEMENT’S, Colegate Street, is one of the most ancient churches in
the city. The venerable structure consists of a nave and chancel, and
has a square tower, in which are three bells. It was thoroughly repaired
in 1845, at a cost of £430. In the churchyard is the “Leper’s Tomb,”
which, tradition says, was raised over the remains of a leper, who, being
permitted burial here, bequeathed his lands to the church: but Blomfield
discredits this legend, and conjectures that the leper died in the lazar
house, without St. Augustine’s gate, which entitled him to burial here,
that building being in one of the detached parts of this parish. The
living is a rectory in the gift of Caius College, Cambridge. Rev. R.
Rigg is the rector.
ST. EDMUND’S, in Fishgate Street, a small structure, founded about the
time of William the Conqueror, has a tower and one bell. Among the
relics formerly preserved here, was a piece of the shirt of St. Edward
the King and Martyr, kept in a box of crystal, and visited with great
reverence. The living is a rectory in the gift of the Rev. C. Brereton.
The Rev. J. Pearson is the rector.
ST. ETHELRED’S, in King Street, is a small fabric, with a short tower and
one bell. In the burial ground was formerly an anchorage, which
continued till after the Reformation. Rev. J. Deacon is the incumbent.
ST. GEORGE’S COLEGATE, a large handsome gothic structure, rebuilt at
different periods, has a lofty tower, in which is a clock and three
bells. The interior is neatly fitted up, and there is a good organ. In
the chancel is a fine altar tomb to Robert Iannis, a great benefactor to
this church and the city; and near it a beautiful mural monument to John
Herring, Esq. The window over the communion table is beautifully adorned
with stained glass. The churches of St. Margaret at Colegate and St.
Olave, in Cherry Lane, were taken down, and their cures consolidated with
St. George’s; the former in 1349, and the latter in 1546. The dean and
chapter are patrons. Rev. A. W. Durdin, incumbent.
ST. GEORGE’S TOMBLAND consists of a nave, chancel, and side aisles, has a
handsome square tower, which contains five bells, and was erected by the
parishioners in 1445. In the interior are several spacious galleries,
and many monumental inscriptions. Rev. K. Trimmer is the incumbent.
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