Wymondham, The Abbey 1891
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Photo of Wymondham, The Abbey 1891

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When they see it from the road or the nearby railway, travellers are puzzled by this church with towers at both ends. The church was part of a Benedictine abbey, originally a priory, founded by William d'Abini, Earl of Arundel in 1107. The ruin on the south-east of the church was the abbey's chapter house. Never fully completed, the west tower is 142ft 6ins high; the north porch has a groined roof with well-carved bosses. The nave has nine bays and a large triforium. Inside there are elaborate wood and stone carvings, a hammer-beam roof and a modern altar-screen, which is a war memorial.

A Selection of Memories from Wymondham

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As a small child I would be taken to my Gr gr Aunt Ethel Felstead's home at 13 Damgate Street Wymondham. Auntie was my granny's sister and the most giving person you could know. She not only lived in the lovely listed building but also ran her business which was Newagents, Tobacconist, Sweet Shop and Lending Library. In later years when she no longer rang it I would play in what had been the shop with ...see more