St Peter Mancroft - Medieval Church - Norwich, Norfolk, Great Britain.
N 52° 37.675 E 001° 17.542
31U E 384421 N 5832249
St Peter Mancroft is the largest church in Norwich and was built between 1430 and 1455. This parish church stands overlooking the Market place, in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk, Great Britain.
Waymark Code: WMGNDQ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/24/2013
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St Peter from the Main Croft (Mancroft) a large market place church in the European fashion.
"The great urban churches of northern Europe sit on their market places, especially in Cathedral cities. It is as if they were intended as late Medieval statements of civic pride. They are a reminder of the way that the cities rose to prominence in the decades after the Black Death, as if the old order had been broken and a new one was beginning. They were a great affirmation of Catholic orthodoxy and social communion, in the years before the merchants that paid for them embraced Protestantism and capitalism. They are European culture caught on the cusp of the Renaissance, the beacons that lead us into early modern Europe." Text Source: (
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"The present building was begun in 1430, on the site of an existing church, and consecrated in 1455. It is an ambitious building, 180 feet long and flint ashlar faced with a tower at the west end.
It has a Norman foundation dating from 1075, a 1463 font, a 1573 Flemish tapestry, medieval glass and a memorial to most famous parishioner Thomas Browne, author of Religio Medici. The small lead-covered spire with flying buttresses was added by A.E. Street in 1896.
In 1850 two L-shaped trenches accommodating a number of acoustic jars were discovered beneath the wooden floor on which the choir stalls had previously stood. The earthenware jars were built into its walls at intervals of about three feet, with the mouths facing into the trenches." Text Source: (
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