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Norwich Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Norwich and the mother church of the diocese of Norwich. It is administered by its dean and chapter, and there are daily Church of England services.
The Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of East Anglia and the mother church of the diocese of East Anglia. It is within the Province of Westminster.
The Despenser Reredos is a medieval altarpiece used in St Luke's Chapel in Norwich Cathedral, [1] which has been used as a parish church since the 16th century. [2] The reredos was discovered in the cathedral in 1847, having been converted into a table during the English Reformation, [3] and kept for years in an upper room, with the altarpiece paintings hidden underneath.
Norwich (/ ˈ n ɒr ɪ dʒ,-ɪ tʃ / ⓘ) is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town.It lies by the River Wensum, about 100 mi (160 km) north-east of London, 40 mi (64 km) north of Ipswich and 65 mi (105 km) east of Peterborough.
Norwich Cathedral, one of the great Norman buildings of England The arrival of the Normans in 1066 led to the destruction of much of Anglo-Saxon Norwich . After Ralph de Gael rebelled against the king, a large part of the town was burned by the Normans in retribution.
Norwich Cathedral (spire and south transept, with cloisters in the foreground) The 14th-century Norwich Cathedral astronomical clock was the earliest example of a large clock with automata in England, and the first to possess an astronomical dial. It replaced an earlier 13th-century "old clock", one of the earliest weight-driven mechanical ...
The Peterborough Chronicle, a continuation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, contains an account of the murder of William of Norwich: [2]. In his time the Jews of Norwich bought a Christian child before Easter, and tortured him with all the same tortures with which our Lord was tortured, and on Long-Friday hanged him on a cross for love of our Lord, and afterwards buried him—imagined that it ...
However, Norwich was heavily influenced by Puritanism and in 1643, a Puritan mob invaded the cathedral and destroyed all Catholic symbols. (The bishop of the day, Joseph Hall, wrote despairingly of the despoliation, in his book, Hard Measures). Almost in ruins, the cathedral would be repaired at the Restoration.