the monogram is back to front
As it is As it should be
the repairs to the arcade columns
The comparison of the two sorts of work can be seen in this image at the west end of the nave looking through to the north aisle. Cattermole, p. 68.
The ruins opposite St Benedict’s
This image shows the delineation of the cloister and the monks’ church. The red lines show where the cloister was and its extent and you can see how the Chapter House abutted the cloister. In the centre of the transepts was the original tower’s location; the current one replaced it. The remainder is what is…
The sources for this tour
The primary sources relating to the Abbey reside unedited in the British Library as the ‘Wymondham Register’ or cartulary, whilst the ‘Minister’s Accounts’ are housed at the National Archives; a few of these are kept in our Muniment Room above the porch having been left there by the historian Paul Cattermole following the preparation of…
The triptych is in the Arts and Crafts style
‘Photograph by Des Adams.’ Cattermole, p.190.
to complete the church
‘Wymondham priory church, c. 1150. Reconstruction drawing by John Denney, tinted by Richard Costello.’ Cattermole, p. 83.
William d’Aubigny (d. 1139)
Having been given the manor of Wymondham possibly in the 1190s, William d’Aubigny (d. 1139) founded a priory on this site in 1107, giving over manorial lands and buildings to that end as well as money. Little is known about him and it is not known when or why he first came to England. However,…
windows in the Early English style
Reused window from the Chapter House. ‘Photograph by Jeremy Warren.’ Cattermole, p.124.