Leaving St Nicholas’ chapel via the south porch leads to the churchyard where you can find a small 7th Century cottage known as the “Exorcist’s house”. The building dates from 1635, and is thought to replace an earlier building which was home to members of the clergy who served St Nicholas’ chapel, located adjacent to [...]
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The Exorcist’s House
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 6th 2023
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.
Jhumpa Lahiri
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2023
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St Nicholas’ Chapel
The following link explains the historic features that can be found within the chapel:
A tour of St Nicholas’ Chapel
9 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2023
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Kings Lynn Minster
The Minster and Priory Church of St Margaret, St Mary Magdalene and all the Virgin Saints was founded as a Benedictine Priory in 1101 by Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of Norwich. For 400 years it was the monks’ home as well as the Parish Church for the town. It was always known as St Margaret’s.
Within [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2023
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Bank House
A brief history quoted from an information pack in our room at Bank House:
Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as one of the finest houses in King’s Lynn, Bank House was built in the early 18th Century for one of the King’s Lynn’s many rich and successful merchants. The house is Grade II* listed and is recognised [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 2nd 2023
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Tower Gardens
The gardens are situation in what once was the friary orchard. When the friary was closed in 1538, the tower and the land around it passed to the Town Council.
Part of this land was never permanently built on. Tower Gardens was laid out in 1911 as a public park to commemorate the coronation of King [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 1st 2023
