Kings Lynn

On Sunday traffic on the road into Kings Lynn flowed easily. We spent several hours exploring the dock area and the old areas of Kings Lynn. The tide was falling and there was little activity on the Ouse.

We called into the visitors' information centre in the old Customs House

and admired numerous buildings along the river.

The Guild Hall, opposite the Minster, on the Saturday Market Square,is remarkably beautiful.

The Minster is regularly flooded as the stones at the entrance testify.

I lit candles at the swinging metal globe.

I enjoyed the memorial brasses.

and admired the Italianate tiles.

There were some carved Bishops' seats and tapestry kneelers.

The Minster is dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch and has some fine stained glass.

At the moment it has a display about the 14th century visionary, Margery Kempe, who lived in Kings Lynn and worshipped here. I did a bit of work on her decades ago. It is good to renew acquaintance.

Kings Lynn played a part in the lives of a number of my Duffield Ancestors in the 18th and 19th centuries. It would have been their market town. Ann Duffield was a servant here and Horatio Shilling, husband of Mary Duffield died here. We had a lovely time exploring the old town.