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English: The twin towers of Wymondham Abbey, near to Wymondham, Norfolk, Great Britain.

The church of St Mary & St Thomas of Canterbury, known as Wymondham Abbey, was the church of a Benedictine Priory that once stood here. The Priory became an Abbey in 1448 but was closed by Henry VIII in the 1530s; its remains can still be seen in the adjacent field. The church was completed during the 12th century. It used to be a cruciform church, with a length of 70 metres and twin west towers.

The church as we see it today was restored in 1901/03 and the reredos > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962585" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962585">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> - designed by church architect Sir Ninian Comper - was finally installed in 1934, after decades of delay. It had been begun as a memorial to the people of Wymondham who died in WW1. The sedilia > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962594" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962594">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> dates from the 1530s - it is made of terracotta and very similar in design and construction to the terracotta tombs > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1857288" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1857288">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> in St John's church in Oxborough. The baptismal font > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962652" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962652">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> is of a typical East Anglian style and dates from around 1440, its tall cover is modern. Only one of the windows contains stained glass > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962610" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962610">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/>. The abbey houses a large collection of memorials > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962642" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962642">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> - <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962635" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962635">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> - <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962645" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1962645">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> - dating from the 17th century to the present day.
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