


Magdalen Street 6: All Saints Fybriggate
Magdalen Streets’ hidden history: The lost churches Part 6, All Saints Fybriggate There were two All Saints in Norwich, the remaining one stands in the shadow of Westlegate House, the old Provident Mutual office block which towers over it like the tall kid who...
Magdalen Street 5: St Paul
Magdalen Streets’ hidden history: The lost churches Part 5, St Paul It’s not exactly on Magdalen Street; it was behind it on the East side, a lovely little round tower enclosed by Peacock Street, Willis Street and Barrack Street. Until the 1860s, half...
Magdalen Street 4: St Mary Unbrent
Magdalen Street’s hidden history: The lost churches Part 4, St Mary Unbrent Back in Norwich and back in Magdalen Street this time nearer the city centre a short walk up from St Botolph isn’t; neither is St Mary Unbrent past the concrete, buses and bustle,...
Back in the HMSO
The now redundant HMSO building, Sovereign House, brutalist Norfolk at it’s finest in Anglia Square Norwich North. Growing from the remains of St George Street to the rear of Anglia Square and the first floor deck of what would have been a two storey...
Magdalen Street 3: St Margaret – beating the demons
Magdalen Street’s hidden history: The lost churches Part 3, St Margaret. About thirty years ago, there was a little club in Magdalen Street; a brilliant grubby little hand-me-down from the age of jazz, blues and skiffle. It sat towards the end of Magdalen...
Magdalen Street 2: St Botolph the traveller
Magdalen Street’s hidden history:The lost churches Part 2, St Botolph. St Botolph or St Botulph or even St Botwulf was a church named after a saint that now only really lives on in an adapted street name. Ignominiously lost in a few street signs in the...