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NHER Number:561
Type of record:Monument
Name:St Helen's Church, South of Bishopgate, Norwich

Summary

The site of a probably pre-Conquest church, demolished in 1256.

Grid Reference:TG 23666 08971
Map Sheet:TG20NW
Parish:NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK
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Monument Type(s)

  • CHURCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

Inferred as pre 1100. Taken into The Close in 13th century (Jope).
The church was demolished in 1256 by Cathedral Priory.

Sources and further reading

---Article in Serial: Jope, E. M. 1952. Excavations in the City of Norwich, 1948. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXX pp 287-323. p 321.
---Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No N17; p 175.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 99.
---Unpublished Document: Cattermole, P. 1985. Some Norwich Churches as seen in the Obedientiary Rolls of Norwich Cathedral Priory, 1276-1536.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
<S2>Publication: Cox, J. C. 1911. Country Churches: Norfolk. Vol II. pp 177-178.
<S3>Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1932. The City Churches of Norwich. pp 34-38.

Related records

Mon 727Parent of: St Helen's Church, South of Bishopgate (Monument)
377Part of: Cathedral Close (cathedral precinct) (Monument)
Mon 1459Part of: Cathedral Precinct (Monument)
MNO8041Related to: Church of St. Helen Bishopgate NORWICH (Revoked)