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St Laurence’sSt Laurence’s church was built next to one of the Abbey gateways in about 1121. The church was soon extended, along with the hospitium of the abbey nearby. Parts of the church date from about 1196, 1210 and 1450. Along the south side of the church, next to the Market Place, a covered walkway was built in 1619 with money provided by the mathematician John Blagrave. The covered walkway was taken down in Victorian times. The church itself was restored in 1869 and much of the middle work covered over or altered. The pinnacles on top of the tower were taken down after a bomb damaged the church in 1943. |
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