NHER 585 (Monument record) - Site of Church of St Mary in the Marsh, Lower Close, Norwich

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Summary

The site of a pre-Conquest church, possibly with a round tower. It has been suggested that portions of it remain within numbers 10 to 12 The Close (NHER 26047).

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

Norwich Cathedral register of about 1300 AD states it was founded long before the conquest (Dugdale Mon. IV, 1-7).
Taken into The Close in 13th century. (S1).
Stated in late 14th century that Losinga left this church out of Priory Precinct (for details see (S1)).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

S. Heywood (NCC) states he believes this church may have been further east and that portions remain inside the house site NHER 26047; but other portions were visible in the 19th century.
E.Rose (NLA) 10 November 1999.

See (S2) for a plan of 1760 showing what seems to be a round towered church with transept and south porch still surviving at that date.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 January 2005.

  • --- Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No N30; p 175.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 27.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Jope, E. M. 1952. Excavations in the City of Norwich, 1948. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXX pp 287-323. p 321.
  • <S2> Publication: Rawcliffe, C. (ed). 2004. Medieval Norwich. p 54; Map 4.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2025 1:54PM

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