Norwich St Benedict, Norfolk Genealogy

History
Norwich St Benedict was one of the four mediaeval parish churches on St Benedict Street in the city. All of them are redundant now; St Laurence is one of Norwich's biggest, St Gregory probably its most interesting, St Margaret is used for exhibitions and St Swithin is the excellent Norwich Arts Centre. But it is the most westerly, St Benedict, which gives the street its name. It once gave its name to a gate in the city walls, the remains of these are still visible at the end of St Benedict's street. The church was destroyed one night in January 1942 as part of the German Baedecker bombing raid upon the city. The area beyond the street to the west was carpet-bombed by German planes, and the parish was almost entirely destroyed. All that remained of St Benedict was the shell of the aisle and the ancient round tower, standing tall and defiant. The ruined walls were removed in the 1950's and the tower alone hints at the presence of the church in an open grassed space between surrounding buildings. St Benedict Street is a busy restauarant and bare quarter of modern Norwich

Church Records
Images of the parish register for this parish are available on Record Search In addition the Family History Library Catalog lists the following transcript for the parish Parish register transcripts, 1607-1812. St. Benedict's Church (Norwich, Norfolk)

Notes Includes baptisms, marriages and burials.

Poor Law Unions

 * Norwich http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Norwich/Norwich.shtml
 * Norfolk_Poor_Law_Unions

Registration Districts

 * Norwich
 * registration events post 1837 may be searched online at Free_BMD

Maps
England Jurisdictions 1851

External sites
Norwich Historic Churches Trust http://www.norwich-churches.org/index.asp

http://www.georgeplunkett.co.uk for historic photographs of the church