Wymondham Abbey (Wymondham)
The Abbey Church of St. Mary and St. Thomas of Canterbury is the distinctive parish church of Wymondham in Norfolk.
It is basically a Norman building, dating from 1130, and dominates the little town with its two towers, one at each end.
The West tower was built by the townsfolk in about 1450, after a dispute with the monks over bellringing in the octagonal tower which now stands at the East end. The East tower was originally central, but the chancel of the abbey has long since been demolished.
The nave survived at the Dissolution of Monasteries because it had always belonged to the parish.
There is a magnificent hammerbeam roof over the nave, dating from about 1450, and another hammerbeam roof covering the North aisle.
The reredos was designed by Ninian Comper in 1935 as a First World War memorial.
A corporas case in the church dates from about 1290, and came from the abbey. Bread and wine were placed on it to be consecrated. There is only one other example extant, at Hesset in Suffolk.