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Small but Perfectly Formed
The Parish of St Peter Hungate
A self-guided trail of
Norwich’s medieval churches
to celebrate the city’s cultural heritage
St Peter Hungate
Elm Hill
Princes Street
Monastery Court
Waggon & Horses Lane
Includes one of the lost
medieval churches of Norwich
Medieval Norwich and its Churches
The money to pay for the work came from the wealthy
citizens of Norwich in donations and bequests left to the
church in which they worshipped and in which they were later
buried. Several of these citizens became prominent Mayors of
Norwich.
For the first time in its history, and under a new initiative led
by the Norwich Historic Churches Trust working closely with
its heritage partners, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund,
Norwich is presented as a significant medieval city through its
churches.
In 1502 there were still forty-six churches and chapels in
Norwich but the number was reduced during the Reformation
when the city’s great priories were closed and sold and
fourteen churches were closed. There were further church
closures during the late nineteenth century and four churches
lost to bombing in 1942 (Sts Benedict, Paul, Michael-at-Thorn,
and Julian).
Norwich is a City of Churches. It has a collection of thirty-one
medieval churches, more than any other European city north
of the Alps, memorials in flint and stone to its rich heritage
and former position as the second city in the kingdom. In
the High Middle Ages (from about 1200 to 1550) Norwich
was also described as Europe’s most religious city, with a
tradition of anchorites and hermits and a number of informal
(and fairly transient) groups of women living together in
chastity, but also which were in all likelihood influenced by
the béguinages (establishments housing members of a lay
sisterhood) of the Low Countries.
Currently there are thirty-one medieval churches within the
City of Norwich, nine are still in use as places of worship,
eighteen are managed by the Norwich Historic Churches Trust
which finds suitable tenants for them, three are in the care of
The Churches Conservation Trust and one is privately owned.
Image: St Stephen’s
According to the Domesday Book of 1086 there were between
forty-nine and fifty-four churches and chapels in Norwich. Of
these at least eight existed before the Norman Conquest but
there were possibly many more – up to about twenty-five.
The pre-Conquest churches would have been simple timber
buildings with a rectangular nave and a slightly narrower
chancel. Being built of timber there is little surviving evidence
of them. Many of the early pre-Conquest churches were lost
as the Normans drastically changed the city landscape by
building the castle and the cathedral, and moving the old
Saxon market place from Tombland.
Image: St Gregory
By the mid-13th century there were around sixty churches
and chapels, after which the number gradually declined. The
15th century witnessed a major programme of extension,
alteration or rebuilding of the city’s churches which
provided the legacy visible today. Almost all the churches
were refurbished; in particular the naves which were the
responsibility of the parish. Evidence of this can be seen today
at St Peter Hungate, rebuilt by the Paston family during the
1460s and at St Gregory with its wall paintings of St George,
considered one of the finest of its type in the country.
Image: St Peter Mancroft
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today
from
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on
the
right.
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weaving
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family.
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north
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to
St
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left
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walk
along
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form
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building
in
Elm
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and
one
of
the
most
famous in the city –
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the
parish
for
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Britons
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tithes.
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and
enamel plaque
on the railings. If you can make time
Augustine Steward, a wealthy merchant, mayor and sheriff
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St Christopher’s
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passing
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right.
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‘le
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to
a
small
group
family.
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the
north
door
is
a
carved
stone,
supposedly
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junction
of
Elm
Hill
and
Waggon
Horses
Lane.
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Princes
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transepts
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whole parish
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crossroads
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right
Elm
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medieval church burnt down in the 13thRMcentury, and its own
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to St
Peter Hungate,
turn
churchwardens
of St Peter
Hungate
in the
16th century.
pageant taking place on the street below during her five day
S A
parishyour
was back
divided
between
St Andrew
andleft
St
Michael at Plea.
Whilst Elm Hill today
runs from
St Peter
Hungate
down to St
VE
At
the
of thein15th
century the building was home
Princes
Street.
visit
toend
Norwich
1578.
Before that it would have adjoined Hungate.
Simon and St Jude on the corner of Wensum Street, it used
to
‘Barbours’
or
surgeons
and was later associated with
Continue
along
Hill.line past the Britons Arms. It was reto continue
in a Elm
straight
cordwaining
and
saddlery.
In 1760
the building
became an Ale
3
Princes
Street
After its reconstruction in 1928,
it became
the Strangers
As3you walk along to the corner of Elm Hill look up – you will
directed when St Andrew’s and Blackfriars Halls were
built HALL
in
DRAGON
House
called
the
‘Kings
Arms’.
In
1804
it
became
the ‘Britons
6
NT see your first set of parish boundary markers on the side the
7the 15th
Six Tenements
(Nos
14date
and back
16 Elm
Hill)
T
Club.
Formed
byHungate
six local gentlemen with the purpose
of
century. Elm
Hill12,
may
to A.D.1200.
Image:
St Peter
HOThe parish continues about 30m past the church along theS
Arms’.
It
continued
as
a
public
house
until
1941
but
K
RS house, the ‘HSP’ (Hungate, St Peter) plaques were added
entertaining ‘strangers’ visiting the city,OBthey remainclosed
the
first
Ehand
L
during
the to
war.
After
property, a
left
There has been a building on this site from 1249. In 1493 it
ST side of what used to be known as Prynce’s Inn Lane.
occupants
this
day.WWII, the owners ofEthe
NZ
in 1834.
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This tour takes
about
CL 30 minutes to an hour or so, depending on
AR
how much time you
spend
at each stopping point, and whether
EN
CE
or not you go inside any of
the
RO buildings. It encompasses two
A
of the most picturesque historicD streets of old Norwich, as well
as sections of gardens and riverbank. The trail is different from
others in this series; its theme is a single parish – one historic and
contemporary community, focused around just one of Norwich’s
thirty-one medieval parish churches.
St Peter Hungate itself is a very special church. It was the first in
the whole Church of England to be reused for a secular purpose,
opening as The Museum of Ecclesiastical Art in 1932. Reuse was
a revolutionary approach to preserving these buildings, and for
that reason Hungate is a ‘parent’ of the eighteen other churches
let out by Norwich Historic Churches Trust.
AV
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NU
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These self-guided trails are published by the Norwich Historic
Churches Trust. They are part of a special citywide cultural
celebration and are designed to enable you to enjoy the city’s
medieval churches at your leisure.
Hungate is now a volunteer-run centre for sharing medieval art, and
contemporary art which draws its inspiration from the medieval, with the
public, and hosts one or two free public exhibitions every year. It is usually open
at weekends from March-October. See www.hungate.org.uk for further details.
THO
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Front cover images of the Britons Arms and the Bear Shop kindly supplied by Hungate Medieval Art.
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This is the end of this trail but do look out for our other selfguided trails of the city’s medieval churches.
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With this brief introduction to these churches it is hoped
that you will want to return and spend more time enjoying
the other medieval churches which grace our city. There is
a wealth of information about the city’s medieval churches
and the treasures they contain in ‘The Medieval Churches
of Norwich’ by Nicholas Groves, ‘Medieval Norwich’ edited
by Carole Rawcliffe and Richard Wilson and, ‘Women and
Religion in Late Medieval Norwich’ by Carole Hill.
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Small but Perfectly Formed: The Parish of St Peter Hungate
ROAD
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Notice the unusual twenty light ground floor window facing
the street. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have watched a
pageant taking place on the street below during her five day
Image: St Peter Hungate
visit to Norwich in 1578.
HE
The house standing on this site was built after the fire by
Augustine Steward, a wealthy merchant, mayor and sheriff
of Norwich. Look for his mark and the arms of the Mercers
Company at the entrance to Crown Court Yard.
W
Before the fire of 1507 a 14th-15th century house, ‘Paston
Place’ belonging to the Paston family of the famous ‘Paston
Letters’ stood on the site of the Strangers Club. Notice the
blue plaque on the Strangers Club building.
SUM
No. 18 was once home to the de Hague family. Father and
son both acted as Town Clerk of Norwich, in 1774 and 1826
respectively.
to ‘Barbours’ or surgeons and was later associated with
cordwaining and saddlery. In 1760 the building became an Ale
House called the ‘Kings Arms’. In 1804 it became the ‘Britons
Arms’. It continued as a public house until 1941 but closed
during the war. After WWII, the owners of the property, a
well-known local brewery, sold the building to the Norwich
Corporation for only £10! Now a popular coffee house and
SAD
restaurant, theNOVI
Britons
Arms was restored in 1984, and again
BRIDGE
in 2015/16.
WEN
Continue along Elm Hill to No.18 - The Bear Shop and Nos.
22-26 - the Strangers Club.
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9 9 The Bear Shop
CORthe
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Notice the unusual twenty light ground floor window facing
name came from the elm trees, planted in the square by the
the street. Queen Elizabeth I is said to have watched a
8churchwardens
Court
7 Monastery of
St Peter Hungate in the 16th century.
pageant taking place on the street below during her five day
GREAT HOSPITAL
visit to Norwich in 1578.
At
this point
you Elm
can take
Continue
along
Hill. an optional
BISHOdetour
PGATE along the back
of the buildings through Elm Hill Gardens. This will give you a
After its reconstruction
in 1928, it became the Strangers
GA
DRAGON
BISHOPS
SH
good
of the buildings,
and14a and
sense
how
they
relatedHALL
to
7 6 view
Six Tenements
(Nos 12,
16ofElm
Hill)
Club.
Formed
by
six
local
I
L
L gentlemen with the purpose of
BRIDGE
the quaysides behind.
KO they remain the
entertaining ‘strangers’ visiting the city,
BL
EN
There has been a building on this site from 1249. In 1493 it
occupants to this day.
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Return
to Elm
a closer look
at some
of the
AV
was owned
byHill.
the Now
Prior take
and Convent
of Norwich
Cathedral.
EN
buildings
which
have shaped
thethe
character
parish.The
UEStrangers
The present
buildings
postdate
Elm Hill of
firethis
of 1507.
The parish boundary crosses Elm Hill just below the
large, heavy oak studded door in the centre of the now three
Club. Turn round and return to the tree in the little square at
LADY
6properties
Family
86 The Paston
was the
main entrance, an overhang or ‘jetty’LN
theJULIAN
junction of Elm Hill and Waggon & Horses Lane.
N
BRIDGE
N
helped toK increase space on the first floor.
TA
OSEMany
S
L
A
and well-known people have lived in Elm Hill
Wfamous
10 Britons Arms
GE 10
S
BAR RD
K
including
the
Paston
family and
sixteen
mayors.
D
It
was
a
domestic
property
until
c.1864
when
an
Anglican
O
L
A
O
Y
O
H Churchman, the Rev. J. L. Lyne, the self-styled Father Ignatius
Finish your tour at what is certainly the most famous historic
The
street wassettled
popular
withand
merchants.
The river
Wensum
(1837-1908),
here
tried to revive
a form
of
building in Elm Hill, and one of the most famous in the city –
which
runs parallel to the north side of Elm Hill allowed
monasticism.
The Britons Arms.
merchants to import raw materials and export their products
via
Great
Yarmouth.
Many
houses
FE
RR
Walk
down
Monastery
Court
left of thehad
building,
Ywealthy
LAto
NEthemerchants
Built into the corner of the original Churchyard, in 1347 this
facing
Elm
Hill
with
their
factories,
workshops
and
stores
passing the monastery Chapel of Father Ignatius on theLright.
N
building was known as ‘le Goddes hous’. Home to a small group
at the rear, sloping down to their own quays. The workers
SEPULLS
U
of devout and chaste women who lived communally, this may
FERRY
HONorwich
lived in these spaces in crowded tenements. Whilst
C
I
have been similar to a Beguinage, as found in the Low Countries,
US
continued as a thriving centre of the textileMindustry,
Elm Hill
one of only two examples in Britain, both in East Anglia.
remained popular. By the 19th century the weaving industry
was SinT decline and Elm Hill lost its importance and prosperity.
At the end of the 15th century the building was home
Norwich Historic Churches Trust gratefully acknowledges the support
of the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the kind
contributions of the following:
The Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral; the Diocese of Norwich; The
Medieval Parish Churches of Norwich Research Project (University of East
Anglia) including The Leverhulme Trust, Norwich Research Park; Norwich City
Council; Norfolk County Council; The Churches Conservation Trust, Norfolk
Museums Service; The Norwich Society; Gildencraft Stone Masonry,
the Friends of Norwich Historic Churches Trust and the tenants of all the
churches in their care.
Norwich Historic Churches Trust
The Norwich Historic Churches Trust (NHCT) cares for eighteen
Grade I listed medieval churches in the city that are no longer
used for worship and have been deconsecrated. Established
in 1973 it has found new uses for them and ensured their
protection and maintenance. The churches managed by
the NHCT are home to a number of major cultural activities
including the Norwich Arts Centre, the Norwich Puppet
Theatre, the Thalia Theatre Company and the Wharf Academy.
If not open regularly for business, these churches are largely
accessible during Heritage Open Days in September each year.
If you would like to know more about the churches
managed by the Norwich Historic Churches Trust, whether it
be taking on a tenancy of a church, gaining access to one or
just finding out more about our buildings please
contact the Administrator Stella Eglinton:
[email protected]
or Tel: (01603) 611530
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Conservation &
Design serviCes
Norwich Historic Churches Trust is a company limited by guarantee
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Registered Charity Number: 266686
All images © Norwich Historic Churches Trust unless stated otherwise.
For further information about the history of our churches,
the people associated with them and the monuments they
contain visit: www.norwich-churches.org. To learn more
about the activities of the Friends of Norwich Historic
Churches go to: www.fnhct.org.uk