Church of St John Maddermarket, Norwich

There may have been a church on the site in the 11th century; There has been a tradition that the shortening took place in 1578 when the street was widened for a visit by Elizabeth I, Following this, the major changes were to the interior of the church. At some time a medieval chancel screen was removed. In 1600, famous comic actor William Kempe ended his Nine Daies Wonder, in which he morris danced from London to Norwich, by jumping the wall of St John Maddermarket's churchyard. In 1849 a gallery was installed at the west end. Restorations took place in the 19th century; these included rebuilding the tower in 1822, and refurbishing the interior of the roof and rebuilding the walls in 1863.…

over the altar and the east window|alt=A church interior looking towards the altar and east window]] At the east end of the church the altar is surrounded by a massive wooden surround, known as a baldachin. It is thought that this had been made for the church of St Miles Coslany in 1741 and moved into St John's in 1917. The church also houses commemorations of several mayors of the City throughout the centuries including the Southerton's, Bubbin and Ralph Segram (died 1472). Segram was a merchant who became a member of parliament and Mayor of Norwich. He commissioned a rood screen for the church, from which two panels of painted oak are now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. One…