It has a long history, too, begun in 1101 by the Bishop of Norwich, in penance for his having bought outright his ecclesiastical position. Nothing much remains of the original, but the present building dates from the 13th century, and it is a four star attraction, according to our guide, Simon Jenkins (
England's Thousand Best Churches). Its central tower steeple crashed down into the nave during a storm in 1741 or so, and much of the church was rebuilt, omitting any further steeple. Its glory, mostly, is the variety of carving within.
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| Thus, with the Saturday market in high gear |
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| Nice walk up |
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| Unmatched west towers |
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Famous nautical clock, facing the port, told captains when the next high tide
would be |
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| High tides in recent years |
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| Old-looking font |
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| Nave view |
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| Quire |
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| Elevation there |
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Numerous interesting misericords (butt-rests in the choir; as butt-rests they were not
considered sacred spaces and thus could be decorated with irreverent and sometimes
raunchy images) |
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| Green Man |
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| The King? |
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| The Bishop |
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| Elsewhere, someone (a king?) running off with something? |
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The windows all are Victorian or later; the reredos, Jenkins
says, is a masterpiece of Victorian carving |
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| Wearing virtual reality eye-wear? |
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A common pose on Romanesque/Norman churches here...I suspect it is somehow
related to the Sheila-na-gig; must research... |
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One of the largest of all brasses, anywhere, according to Jenkins: Robert Braunche,
mayor of Lynn in 1349 and 1359, and his two wives (serially), Letitia and Margaret;
at the bottom, a representation of his peacock feast, held for Edward III in 1349 |
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| Abaft the beam |
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| Pretty, but Victorian glass |
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| Ceiling |
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| Church yard, all tidied up in neat rows |
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Interesting church, some Norman, some Decorative, some Perpendicular, some
Victorian... |
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