NHER 131 (Monument record) - Site of churchyard of St Vedast

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Summary

This is believed to be the site of St Vedast's Churchyard, evidence for which has been recovered in this area for a number of years. As early as the end of the 19th century a fragment of a Late Saxon Mammen style cross-shaft was noted, built into the angle of a 19th century house which was later demolished for road widening. This, and a number of human bones discovered in the early 1970s, are believed to come from the churchyard. It is within the Greyfriars Precinct (NHER 373), but the relationship the friary had with the church is unclear.

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Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Site of St Vedast's Churchyard. Nos 8 to 12 Vedast Street.

1896. [1]
Fragment of pre-conquest cross-shaft - built into the angle of a 19th century house. Demolished 1896 for road widening. Informant [1] believes it to be in the Mammen style of late 10th-11th century. It is assumed that this stone was part of a monument in the churchyard.
Information from journal article (S1).

1970 to 1971. Pile holes, dug on front frontage.
Site of St Vedast's churchyard. No trace of any building foundations.
One fragment of stone moulding, post medieval pottery, clay pipe. [2]
Many fragments of bone including skull fragments approximately 8ft (2.4m) deep.
Compiled by W. Milligan and E. B. Green (NCM).

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Note that this record partly duplicates site NHER 395.

  • --- Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. p 320.
  • --- Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
  • --- Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Hudson, W. 1898. On a Sculptured Stone recently removed from a House on the Site of the Church of St. Vedast, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XIII pp 116-124.
  • HUMAN REMAINS (Undated)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Record last edited

Jan 21 2022 3:08PM

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