ST. JOHN’S MADDERMARKET is an ancient but handsome church, consisting of
nave, side aisles, and a fine tower, in which are six bells. It is
dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St. John the Baptist, and was founded
before the survey made in Edward the Confessor’s time. The lead was
removed, and the roof covered with slate in 1835. It contains many
ancient sepulchral inscriptions, with a few brasses and several neat
mural tablets. Lady Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (second wife of the
duke, who was beheaded in Elizabeth’s reign), died at the Duke’s Palace,
in this parish, in 1563, and was interred with great pomp on the north
side of the choir, where a mural monument was raised to her memory in
1791. The living is a rectory in the gift of New College, Oxford. The
Rev. J. Perowne is the rector.
ST. JOHN’S SEPULCHRE, a commodious structure, at the south end of Ber
Street, dedicated to St. John the Baptist and the Holy Sepulchre,
consists of nave, chancel, and transepts, with a lofty tower, in which
are five bells and a clock. Rev. Thomas Calvert is the incumbent.
ST. JOHN’S TIMBERHILL, an ancient pile, dedicated to St. John the
Baptist, and situated at the north end of Ber Street, was founded soon
after the priory, to which it was appropriated. It consists of nave,
chancel, and side aisles, with chapels at the east end, and has a small
wooden steeple, with one bell. It had formerly a tower, which fell down
in 1784, and was never rebuilt. The Rev. S. Titlow is the incumbent.
ST. JULIAN’S, situated in King Street, a small ancient fabric, with a
round tower; was founded before the conquest. On the south side may be
seen the ancient entrance, in the Saxon style, but now disused. In the
churchyard was an anchorage, demolished at the dissolution of religious
houses.
ST. LAWRENCE, Upper Westwick Street, is a handsome gothic fabric, with a
fine tower, 112 feet high, containing a clock and six bells. The windows
are large and beautifully foliated, and were formerly decorated with
stained glass, all of which was destroyed by the Puritans in 1643. Over
an arched door, on the western side, are two ancient carvings, one of
which represents the cruel martyrdom of St. Lawrence. The original
church was founded in the Confessor’s reign, on the site of a quay for
landing fish, but was taken down in 1460, and the present one completed
about twelve years after. Rev. P. U. Browne is the incumbent.
ST. MARGARET’S, Westwick Street, consists of nave, chancel, and side
aisle, and has a square tower, in which were five bells till 1830, when
four of them were sold to assist in defraying the expense of covering the
structure with blue slate. The living is a rectory in the gift of the
Bishop of Norwich. The Rev. J. W. Cobb is the rector.
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