King's Lynn Minster

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King's Lynn Minster
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King's Lynn Minster
King's Lynn Minster
Location King's Lynn
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website stmargaretskingslynn.org.uk
History
Former name(s)St Margaret's Parish Church, King's Lynn
Dedication St Margaret of Antioch
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Groundbreaking 1095
Specifications
Number of towers 2
Bells10
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Norwich
Archdeaconry Lynn
Deanery Lynn
Parish St Margaret with St Nicholas and St Edmund, King's Lynn
Clergy
Rector Rev Canon Dr Mark Dimond
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameChurch of St Margaret, Saturday Market Place
Designated1 December 1951
Reference no.1211336 [1]

St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn, entitled King's Lynn Minster since 2011, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England [2] in King's Lynn. The building dates from the 12th to 15th centuries, with major restoration of the nave in the 18th century. Five of its ten bells and its organ also date back to the mid-18th century.

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History

Benedictine priory

The church was established by Herbert de Losinga, Bishop of Norwich in 1095 to serve a Benedictine Priory and dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch. The priory was subordinate to the Priory of the Holy Trinity in Norwich.

The slender 12th-century south-west tower in the Early English Gothic style precedes the larger north-west tower in the Perpendicular style of the 15th century. The chancel with clerestory dates from the 13th century, when the earlier Norman nave was replaced. [3] Elements of the Norman building survive in the base of the south-west tower. [4]

Parish church

After the English Reformation St Margaret's became the parish church for the town of King's Lynn, and its property was used as an endowment for Norwich Cathedral. Prior Drake was made prebend of the fourth stall in Norwich Cathedral.

The central lantern and south-west spire collapsed in 1741, which destroyed much of the nave. This was reconstructed in a programme of rebuilding between 1745 and 1746 by the architect Matthew Brettingham in an early Gothic revival style. [3] [4] The church retains its medieval misericords.

St Margaret's church was granted the honorary title King's Lynn Minster in 2011 by the Bishop of Norwich.

Bells

The oldest bell is a Sanctus bell dating from 1657 by Thomas Norris. The main ring of 10 bells is in the key of C with a tenor weighing just over 28 long hundredweight (1,400 kg).

Organ

The organ dates from 1754 when it was installed by John Snetzler. The church organist for nine years from 1751 was the music historian and composer Charles Burney. [5] The organ has been through many restorations and rebuildings since then, the latest in 2003 by Holmes and Swift. Specifications of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [6]

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References

  1. Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1211336)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  2. The Buildings of England : Norfolk: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  3. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus (1962). North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. London: Penguin Books. p. 62.
  4. 1 2 Knott, Simon. "St Margaret's Church, Lynn". Norfolk Churches website. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. ODNB: John Wagstaff, "Burney, Charles (1726–1814)" Retrieved 23 March 2014, pay-walled.
  6. "NPOR [R00196]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 26 July 2019.

Coordinates: 52°45′5.12″N0°23′43.59″E / 52.7514222°N 0.3954417°E / 52.7514222; 0.3954417