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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 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 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 ...
In addition to Norwich Cathedral, Losinga was responsible for founding St Margaret's Church in King's Lynn; the Church of St Nicholas in Great Yarmouth; and Norwich School. Losinga visited Rome for a second time in 1116, representing the king in a dispute between the monarch and Anselm, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
1101 – Norwich Cathedral dedicated. [3] 1106 – Norwich fair active. [1] 1100 – St. Leonard's priory built on Mousehold Heath. [4] 1122 – King Henry I visits town. [5] 1144 – A young apprentice, William of Norwich, is murdered. 1145 – Norwich Cathedral completed. 1158 - Henry II. grants the burgesses a charter. [3] 1190 - Antisemitic ...
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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.