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St Peter Mancroft

St Peter Mancroft

Church in United Kingdom

St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. After the two cathedrals, it is the largest church in Norwich. It was originally established by Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia, between 1066 and 1075.[1] It was later rebuilt, between 1430 and 1455.[2] It stands on a slightly elevated position, next to the market place.[3]

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St Peter Mancroft is a member of the Greater Churches Group.

Description

The present building was begun in 1430 on the site of an existing church, and consecrated in 1455. It is 180 feet long and ashlar faced with a tower at the west end.[3] It is a Grade I listed building.[4]

It has a Norman foundation dating from 1075, a 1463 font, a 1573 Flemish tapestry and medieval glass. The North transept displays a collection of church silver, including the Gleane and Thistle cups, as well as memorabilia associated with the physician-philosopher Thomas Browne, author of Religio Medici (1642).[5] George Edmund Street published an exhaustive study of the church in 1879,[6] and in 1896 a small lead-covered spire with flying buttresses was added, designed by his son A. E. Street.[3]

In 1850 two L-shaped trenches accommodating a number of acoustic jars were discovered beneath the wooden floor on which the choir stalls had previously stood. The earthenware jars were built into its walls at intervals of about three feet, with the mouths facing into the trenches.[7]

Incumbents

Nave and chancel

Organ

Organ by Peter Collins of 1984

A new organ by Peter Collins was installed in 1984. The specification can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[20]

Organists

Assistant organists

  • Charles Robert Palmer 1899 - 1901[24]
  • W. Percy Jones 1910 - ca. 1921 - ????
  • Andrew Benians
  • Roger Rayner
  • Tim Patient 1990 - 2005

References

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    "The foundation".
  2. [2]
    "St Peter Mancroft: 360° panorama". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  3. [3]
    Wilson, Bill; Nikolaus, Pevsner (2007). Norfolk 1: Norwich and North- East. Buildings of England (second ed.). Yale University Press. pp. 247–50. ISBN 978-0-300-09607-1.
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    Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST PETER MANCROFT (1210490)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. [5]
    "The Historic Churches of Norwich". Norwich Historic Churches Trust. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  6. [6]
    The Building News and Engineering Journal, Vol. 37 (1879), p. 233
  7. [7]
    Phipson, Makilwane (1863). "Acoustic Pottery". The Builder: 893.
  8. [8]
    "Venn's Alumni of Cambridge: Mancroft". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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    The New York genealogical and biographical record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1897
  10. [10]
    The Clergy list for 1841
  11. [11]
    "Venn's Alumni of Cambridge: John Bowman". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  12. [12]
    The Clergy list ... containing complete lists of the clergy in England. 1866
  13. [13]
    "Venn's Alumni of Cambridge: Charles Turner". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  14. [14]
    Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349-1897. p.413
  15. [15]
    Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 9 November 1901. p.10
  16. [16]
    "Church Times: Clergy Appointments, 23 August 1929, p 209". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  17. [17]
    "Church Times: Clergy Appointments, 24 August 1945, p 482". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  18. [18]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 810.
  19. [19]
    "Church Times: Obituary, The Rev Frank Jarvis, 19 March 1965, p 19". Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  20. [20]
    National Pipe Organ Register
  21. [21]
    Restoration cathedral music, 1660-1714 By Ian Spink
  22. [22]
    Norfolk Chronicle, 18 November 1780, p2, column 4
  23. [23]
    Norfolk Chronicle, 16 March 1837
  24. [24]
    Who's Who in Music. Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd. London. First Post-war Edition. 1949/50
  25. [25]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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