St Mary's Coslany, Norwich

The fine round 'Anglo-Saxon' tower of St Mary's Coslany is thought to be at least 1000 years old. The windows at the top are typical pre-Conquest work as are thought to be the round towers of many Norfolk churches.

St Mary's probably formed the nucleus of the settlement of Coslany, the part of the City of Norwich north of the River Wensum, which together with Conesford and Westwick composed the Saxon City.

In fact Anglo-Saxon is a misnomer when applied to Norwich, which in the 10th and 11th Centuries would have had a distinctly Anglo-Danish character with many Danish words being used - gate for road is as typical in Norwich as it is in York. East Anglia following the death of the last Wuffinga East Anglian King Eadmund had become part of the Danelaw before recnonquest by Athelstan. In 1004 Norwich was sacked by the raiding Danish Fleet and Army of Swein Forkbeard, whose son Canute (or Knut) became King of England as part of North Sea Empire stretching to from Denmark and Norway to the Irish Sea.