The Churches of Britain and Ireland

King's Lynn, Norfolk

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All Saints on Church Lane. Originally dating from before 1101, the present church was rebuilt in about 1400 (source). TF 6203 1957. © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade II* listed. The churchyard gates are also listed, as grade II.

Cornerstone Baptist Church (2022 Streetview) on Wisbech Road. As of 2024, Google Streetview says it is "permanently closed", although the church website is still available. TF 6193 1887.

Greyfriars Tower on St. James's Street, all that remains of the Franciscan monastery. TF 6201 1978. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade I listed.

Holy Family (R.C.) on Field Lane, Gaywood, as seen by Streetview in 2023. TF 6401 2084. Link.

Older O.S. maps show an otherwise unidentified Ch. on New Conduit Street, at TF 6188 2004. It was probably the Independent Chapel mentioned on Genuki. Its site lies beneath the shopping centre seen here on a Streetview from 2018, to the left of the round structure.

King's Centre Church on Wellesley Street, as seen by Streetview in 2022. TF 6216 2019. Link.

The Methodist Chapel (1859) on London Road was built as Primitive. TF 6211 1978. © Richard Roberts (2014). Grade II listed. It's dated here to 1859 (note that the church website says 1854), where it also says that it was built on the site of the nave of St. James' Church, of which fragments survive - see here. The 1859 chapel was successor to an earlier chapel a little way further south, for which see the Primitive Methodist entry, below.

The site of the demolished Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Tower Street. The surviving brick pillar was, according to the plaque affixed to it, the end support for the forecourt railings. It dates the chapel to 1812-1965. TF 6193 1986. Both © Steve Bulman (2024). A photo of it undergoing demolition can be seen here.

Mintlyn Crematorium Chapel on Lynn Road, Bawsey. Circa TF 6597 1998. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link.

Our Lady of the Annunciation (R.C.) on London Road and North Everard Street. TF 6223 1943. © Richard Roberts (2014). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1896-7, replacing an earlier church on the same site of 1844-5.

The former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1825) on London Road, now in commercial use. A small plaque has a little history. TF 6211 1964. Both © Richard Roberts (2014). Link, which dates it to 1829. An earlier P.M. congregation is attested by the plaque affixed to this C15 arch on St. Nicholas Street, which led to a yard behind a house, and a congregation met here from 1821. Circa TF 6178 2041. Both © Steve Bulman (2024).

The Red Mount Chapel on The Walks. Built as a wayside chapel for the pilgrimage route to Walsingham in 1485, it had a short life as a chapel of only some 50 years. TF 6247 1984. © Richard Roberts (2016). Link. Grade I listed.

St. Faith (Anglican/Methodist) on Gayton Road, Gaywood. Interior view. TF 6362 2040. Both © Richard Roberts (2014). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.

Some fragments of St. James survive behind the Methodist Chapel on London Road. Its grade II listing includes a potted history. TF 6214 1979.

St. John the Evangelist on St. John's Walk, a Salvin church of the 1840's. Two additional views - 1, 2, two interiors - 1, 2, the pulpit, the East window, and the font. TF 6225 1997. All © Chris Stafford (2015). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.

St. Margaret (O) was elevated to Minster status in 2011. TF 6178 1980. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another postcard view, and an interior view, both from Reg Dosell's Collection. The interior view is postmarked 1905. Another old postcard shows an aerial view, from Christopher Skottowe's Collection. A modern view, © Bill Henderson (2011). Interior view, high altar, and the Moon Clock, which dates from 1681 - I have inadvertently omitted to credit these to the photographer. If they are yours, please get in touch so I can acknowledge your work. Another interior view, and the altar, both © Peter Morgan (2016). Link1. Link2. Link3  Link3. Grade I listed. The churchyard gates etc. are listed as grade II.

Some remains of St. Margaret's Benedictine Priory survive on Priory Lane. Another view. A plaque gives a brief history. TF 6177 1975. All © Steve Bulman (2024). Grade II* listed.

St. Nicholas on St. Ann's Street is the largest chapel of ease in England, and has fabric dating back to the early C13. TF 6185 2045. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Another old postcard (in Steve Bulman's Collection) shows the porch. Previously in the Unknown section, it was identified by Simon Davies, Brian Curtis, and Janet Gimber. A modern view, © Richard Roberts (2016). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed. For related listed features, see here.

The former Stepney Chapel (2023 Streetview) stands on Blackfriars Street, and is dated 1841. Genuki identifies it as Particular Baptist, closing after 1991, but says it subsequently became New Life Christian Fellowship Hall; it's now in commercial use. TF 6208 2000.

The former Trinity Methodist New Connexion Chapel on Railway Road at TF 6210 2008, as seen by Streetview in 2023. It was later United Methodist. This source dates it to 1891, closing in 1932, and says that it was successor to Tabernacle Wesleyan Reform Chapel of 1853 on the same site.

The Gateway Church meets in King's Lynn Academy (2019 Streetview) on Queen Mary Road. Link.

Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Pilot Street (now re-aligned, and re-named John Kennedy Road), opposite North Street, at TF 6194 2053. Pre-dating a map of 1886, it had gone out of use by the time of a 1959 map. Demolished at some point, its site lies beneath the road, roughly in line with the small access road for the estate of housing seen in a Streetview from 2021.

 

 

 

 

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