Norman Power Manifested at Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral was begun in 1096 and constructed out of flint and mortar and faced with a cream-coloured Caen limestone brought by sea from Normandy. This followed the decision by Herbert de Losinga to move his episcopal seat from the declining centre of Thetford in South-West Norfolk to the old Anglo-Danish town of Norwic.

The Saxon settlement and two churches were demolished to make room for the buildings. The Cathedral was completed in 1145 with the Norman tower still seen today topped with a wooden spire covered with lead. (The vaulting seen here is from the early 16th Century.)

No clearer statement that the New Order was here to stay, could there be than the twin Norman edifices of Norwich Castle and Norwich Cathedral. Both of which still stand.