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St Margaret Fyebriggate

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St Margaret Fyebriggate, also known as St Margaret in combusto, or St Margaret Combust, was a parish church in the city of Norwich in Norfolk, England. The farthest north within Norwich's medieval city walls and nearby Magdalen Gate, it was located on the western side of Magdalen Street. Following its foundation likely in the 12th century, it is most noted for the use of its graveyard for the burial of executed criminals from as early as its first appearance in records in the mid-13th century until the mid-15th century. The church was possibly in disuse by 1492, and it was partially demolished in 1547. An institution for blind people likely demolished the church's remains when building onto the site in the early 19th century. The site underwent a series of archaeological excavations from 1973 until 1987, when the location of the church was rediscovered and 431 articulated skeletons and 600 disarticulated or semi-articulated skeletons were removed from the former graveyard. Throckmorton Yard now occupies the site.

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St Margaret Fyebriggate
Throckmorton Yard, Norwich New Catton

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Throckmorton Yard
NR3 1PJ Norwich, New Catton
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