a gift from Mrs Elizabeth Hendry in 1712
‘Photograph by Jeremy Warren.’ Cattermole, p.202.
a gift to the church from the Rev. A.M. Rumball
‘Photography by Jeremy Warren’ Cattermole, p.215.
all local saints
● St Felix: seventh-century Burgundian monk said to have brought Christianity to the East Angles. ● St Etheldreda (Aethelthryth, Audrey): seventh-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, abbess of Ely. ● St Edmund the Martyr: ninth-century East Anglian king. It is said that he was killed by the Danes when he refused to renounce Christianity. ● St Hugh: twelfth-century…
almost every surface was painted
As an example of a survival: church of the Holy Innocents, Highnam, Glos. Photograph: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2406520
along with our acknowledgements
Thanks must go to John Herne our archivist for his endless knowledge about the Abbey and Wymondham in general, and his help regarding the primary sources. His particular expertise in regard to the religious gilds associated with the Abbey was very welcome. Thanks, too, to Sam Denniss for his assistance with this virtual tour.
fitted easily into the new Norman structure
You can see here how the Anglo-Saxon church was located in relation to the Norman church. This drawing shows the layout of the area in about 1125. ‘Drawing by Richard Costello.’ Cattermole, p.176.
founded as a Benedictine house in 1107
The earliest of the European monastic orders, the Benedictines established themselves in England soon after Christianity was introduced. However, they were not organized as a single order until after the Conquest, but as independent houses following the Rule of St Benedict of Nursia (c. 480-c. 543). The Rule is actually a set of rules meant…
given to the Abbey in 1946 by Maurice Parker
‘ Photograph by Jeremy Warren’. Cattermole. p.197.
known as that of St Gall
This plan was drawn in the ninth century in Switzerland and was intended as an idealized monastery. It has survived because the reverse of this very large parchment (45ins x 31ins – 113cms x 78cms) was blank and was used to write a book of the life of St Martin – you can see…