NHER 462 (Monument record) - Site of St Cross' Church, Norwich

Also known as St Crowche's Church (but see below). West of St Andrews Street/Exchange Street junction.
Erected pre 1272, desecrated 1551. Parish united to St John Maddermarket. Demolished 1838.
R. R. Clarke (NCM) 1963.

'The source of R. R. Clarke's info re demolition in 1838 is unknown. Sources checked February 1989 - state or imply demolition 1551 A.D.'.
E. B. Green (NCM).

Site as marked on NHER map is east of this junction, not west, and associated finds of human remains seem to support this. Presumably the reference to west is a mistake, but reference (S2) marks it in that position - perhaps misled by this reference.
E. Rose (NLA) and A. Rogerson (NLA) 24 January 1996.

Ordnance Survey 50in 1st edition map of Norwich 1883 (S3) marks this area as the garden of St Andrew's Parsonage. Source [1] states that at some date in the century before 1970 a 13th century font was dug up in this garden, and given to St Luke's, New Catton; this gave rise to stories that it was the font from Old Catton church. From the location it would seem more probable that this is the font of St Cross.
Source [2] states that when St Luke's was rebuilt in about 1990 the font was given away as to old for a new church and its present owner is unknown.
E. Rose (NLA) 27 February 2003.

Although St Cross' Church was desecrated in 1551, the chancel survived and was subsequently exposed when the Hole in the Wall Tavern was demolished in 1838. Its form is recorded by a drawing produced by H. Ninham at this time (S5), a copy of which is reproduced on (S10).
P. Watkins (HES), 29 November 2017.