St Peter Mancroft

Between 1069 and 1075, circa 1070, This founding took place during a period in which William the Conqueror and the papacy were political allies, prior to attempts by Pope Gregory VII to assert authority in England. The church's positioning was prominent in the marketplace of the French Borough, a new urban quarter built to accommodate the Bretons who came with de Gael to England in 1066.19}} It was positioned such that its building aligned with the street Sadelgate, now known as White Lion Street, with a clear prospect from the foot of Norwich Castle bridge to the east end of the church until the 14th century. Its churchyard is sloping, positioned on the west side of the Great Cockey…

The church is 180 ft long, It features a nave and chancel, north and south aisles and chapels, north and south transepts, north and south porches, a three-storey east vestry, and a west tower.