St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
St Peter Mancroft is the large church on the corner of Norwich Market Place, close to the county council offices. Much admired by John Wesley the present building dates from 1430 to 1455 with no further structural additions until as recently as 1983.
The roof was lifted up in 1962 to 1964 to allow the walls to be straightened and tied together as the weight of the hammer beams had started to push the walls apart.
Norwich was the second city of England in the Middle Ages and St Peter Mancroft reflects this with as many as 14 bells in its tower. They are still in use.
The name comes from the name Magna Crofta which was the meadow beside the Norman castle in which the market was set up. The church became known as 'St Peter and St Paul in Magna Crofta' but when St Paul was given his own saints day the name was shortened to St Peter and Magna Crofta was corrupted in common usage to Mancroft.
St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
St Peter Mancroft is the large church on the corner of Norwich Market Place, close to the county council offices. Much admired by John Wesley the present building dates from 1430 to 1455 with no further structural additions until as recently as 1983.
The roof was lifted up in 1962 to 1964 to allow the walls to be straightened and tied together as the weight of the hammer beams had started to push the walls apart.
Norwich was the second city of England in the Middle Ages and St Peter Mancroft reflects this with as many as 14 bells in its tower. They are still in use.
The name comes from the name Magna Crofta which was the meadow beside the Norman castle in which the market was set up. The church became known as 'St Peter and St Paul in Magna Crofta' but when St Paul was given his own saints day the name was shortened to St Peter and Magna Crofta was corrupted in common usage to Mancroft.