OTW_Churches_Pages vF3.indd 14-15 vF3.indd OTW_Churches_Pages 09:23 15/12/2016 12-13 vF3.indd OTW_Churches_Pages 09:23 15/12/2016 10-11 vF3.indd OTW_Churches_Pages 15/12/2016 09:24 15/12/2016 Interior. Photo: Simon Knott Simon Photo: Interior. Skipworth Chris Photo: Augustine's. St St Edmund's. Photo: Cameron Self Cameron Photo: Edmund's. St Mary’s Works Mary’s St Design: JohnsonDesign; Map and illustrations: Peter Kent; Words: JonathanBastable Design: JohnsonDesign;Mapandillustrations:PeterKent;Words: . Oak Street Oak until you reach the end of the trail at at trail the of end the reach you until along Continue 2 cloak with a penniless wanderer. The church is now a music academy. academy. music a now is church The wanderer. penniless a with cloak the homeless – which was fitting as St Martin famously shared his his shared famously Martin St as fitting was which – homeless the Reformation. In the 1970s St Martin’s became a night shelter serving serving shelter night a became Martin’s St 1970s the In Reformation. Museum & Art Gallery) Art & Museum Virgin Mary. Both the image and the tree were lost during the the during lost were tree the and image the Both Mary. Virgin Service (Norwich Castle Castle (Norwich Service times, that oak stood in the churchyard, and held an image of the the of image an held and churchyard, the in stood oak that times, Photo: Norfolk Museums Museums Norfolk Photo: they can still be seen today. seen be still can they perhaps the oak that is part of the church’s name. In medieval medieval In name. church’s the of part is that oak the perhaps – tree reset lower down, where where down, lower reset were removed intact and and intact removed were incorporates branching Y-shaped tracery, like a stylised picture of a a of picture stylised a like tracery, Y-shaped branching incorporates pointed belfry windows windows belfry pointed tower was taller. The The taller. was tower gable that we see today. The window above the porch door door porch the above window The today. see we that gable in the 1820s, when the the when 1820s, the in looked it as Saviour's St shattered tower was converted into a low porch, with the stepped stepped the with porch, low a into converted was tower shattered 2 St Martin’s was badly damaged by bombing in 1942, and its its and 1942, in bombing by damaged badly was Martin’s St As for the church, it is now home to a community youth theatre. theatre. youth community a to home now is it church, the for As under the roof of the church. the of roof the under stmarysworks.uk disappeared beneath the flyover and the Anglia Square shopping centre. centre. shopping Square Anglia the and flyover the beneath disappeared worship of God’. In this way, Wilkyns’ grave was brought indoors, indoors, brought was grave Wilkyns’ way, this In God’. of worship norwichmedievalchurches.org and so the spot was known as Stump Cross. This parting of the ways ways the of parting This Cross. Stump as known was spot the so and will that his executors ‘build a chapel on my grave honourably in the the in honourably grave my on chapel a ‘build executors his that will University of East Anglia, and with the support of St Mary’s Works. Mary’s St of support the with and Anglia, East of University Street. That junction was marked by the broken foot of a stone cross, cross, stone a of foot broken the by marked was junction That Street. 1490s at the behest of a certain Thomas Wilkyns, who asked in his his in asked who Wilkyns, Thomas certain a of behest the at 1490s of The Medieval Parish Churches of Norwich Research Project at the the at Project Research Norwich of Churches Parish Medieval The of once a fork in the road, where Magdalen Street was met by Botolph Botolph by met was Street Magdalen where road, the in fork a once heavily restored in Victorian times. A south aisle was added in the the in added was aisle south A times. Victorian in restored heavily has been compiled with the generous and knowledgeable assistance assistance knowledgeable and generous the with compiled been has bustle of the busy modern street. Just north of the church there was was there church the of north Just street. modern busy the of bustle 2 2 and the chancel were remodelled in the 1430s, and the chancel was was chancel the and 1430s, the in remodelled were chancel the and The information for this ‘Over-the-Water’ Medieval Churches Tour Tour Churches Medieval ‘Over-the-Water’ this for information The impression that the church is shrinking away from the noise and and noise the from away shrinking is church the that impression for the key at Coleman Opticians on St Augustine’s Street. Augustine’s St on Opticians Coleman at key the for held in a crystal casket at St Edmund’s. Edmund’s. St at casket crystal a in held 2 12th century. It has undergone many changes since then. The nave nave The then. since changes many undergone has It century. 12th the tower’s slightly stunted appearance. The low tower adds to the the to adds tower low The appearance. stunted slightly tower’s the The church is locked, but if you want to go inside you can ask ask can you inside go to want you if but locked, is church The was said to be wearing when he died, was was died, he when wearing be to said was and 1960s – until Sexton’s closed at last in 1972. 1972. in last at closed Sexton’s until – 1960s and pebbles, suggest that a stone church was first built here early in the the in early here built first was church stone a that suggest pebbles, hence hence – 1850s the in restoration a during removed was tower the of Private Abigail was pardoned posthumously in 2006. 2006. in posthumously pardoned was Abigail Private times, part of the king’s shirt, the one he he one the shirt, king’s the of part times, the war, and produced quality ladies’ footwear throughout the 1950s 1950s the throughout footwear ladies’ quality produced and war, the The lower parts of the chancel walls, faced with coursed flint flint coursed with faced walls, chancel the of parts lower The though it was quite heavily restored in later centuries. The top storey storey top The centuries. later in restored heavily quite was it though Norfolk Regiment, and he met his death in 1917 at the age of 20. 20. of age the at 1917 in death his met he and Regiment, Norfolk the founding of the church. In medieval medieval In church. the of founding the several of the local churches. Th e shattered works were rebuilt after after rebuilt were works shattered e Th churches. local the of several the root of two (1.4142) gives the width of the nave (6.72m). (6.72m). nave the of width the gives (1.4142) two of root the by The building as we see it today is largely the work of the 1420s, 1420s, the of work the largely is today it see we as building The of a man who was shot for desertion. He was John Abigail, of the the of Abigail, John was He desertion. for shot was who man a of the year 869, which is about 50 years before before years 50 about is which 869, year the it was destroyed in 1942 by the same bomber raids that damaged damaged that raids bomber same the by 1942 in destroyed was it the chancel (8.44m). And the chancel’s width (4.75m) if multiplied multiplied if (4.75m) width chancel’s the And (8.44m). chancel the of around the year 900. 900. year the around honour is unusual in that it includes, without comment, the name name the comment, without includes, it that in unusual is honour king, killed in battle against the Danes in in Danes the against battle in killed king, St Mary’s Plain. Th e fi rm built a modern fact ory here in 1921, but but 1921, in here ory fact modern a built rm fi e Th Plain. Mary’s St plan. The nave is 16.97m long, twice the length length the twice long, 16.97m is nave The plan. mathematical strictly as the dedication to Christ the Saviour, suggest that it originated originated it that suggest Saviour, the Christ to dedication the as World War are inscribed on a simple rood screen. This roll of of roll This screen. rood simple a on inscribed are War World form of spiritual protection: he was a martyr martyr a was he protection: spiritual of form you can see their carved monogram above the main entrance on on entrance main the above monogram carved their see can you appearance is deceptive, because there is a a is there because deceptive, is appearance The elevations. and shapes centre of the Anglo-Scandinavian fortifications (the ‘burh’), as well well as ‘burh’), (the fortifications Anglo-Scandinavian the of centre Inside the church, the names of soldiers killed in the First First the in killed soldiers of names the church, the Inside ramparts. The dedication to St Edmund is a a is Edmund St to dedication The ramparts. St Mary’s Works was the home of Sexton, Son & Everard; Everard; & Son Sexton, of home the was Works Mary’s St At first glance, this church appears to be a hotchpotch of different different of hotchpotch a be to appears church this glance, first At Walk end of the 12th century, but it is older than that.