NHER 398 (Monument record) - Site of St Cuthbert's Church, Upper King Street, Norwich

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Summary

The site of a medieval or earlier church, demolished in 1530.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Dedication suggests a pre-Danish foundation.
It later belonged to Norwich Priory.
In 1727 it was united to the parish of St Mary in the Marsh, but was soon separated.
In 1492 it was united to St Mary the Less.
In 1530 the church was demolished.
In 1535 the churchyard was leased out to Thomas Godslave who built a house on the site. Site of the church given on 1885 Ordnance Survey map.
One possible wall of the church discovered 1939 on NHER 164; remains from churchyard found on sites NHER 164, 189 and 137?
(S1) stated that churchyard abutted King Street.

  • --- Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No N11; p 175.
  • --- Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • --- Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 26.
  • --- Unpublished Document: Cattermole, P. 1985. Some Norwich Churches as seen in the Obedientiary Rolls of Norwich Cathedral Priory, 1276-1536.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Kent, E. A. 1939. Some Notes on the Desecrated Church of St. Cuthbert, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVI Pt I pp 94-96.

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Record last edited

Mar 8 2022 3:16PM

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