Editing Wymondham (section)

==Religious sites==
[[File:Wymondham Methodist Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1290564.jpg|thumb|Wymondham Methodist Church]]
The two [[Church of England]] churches are [[Wymondham Abbey]] – at first dedicated to the Virgin Mary but after the martyrdom of St [[Thomas Becket]] in 1170, his name was added – and a [[chapel-of-ease]], Holy Trinity Church, in Spooner Row.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/spoonerrow/spoonerrow.htm |title=Norfolk Churches |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1293213 |desc=SPOONER ROW CHURCH, Wymondham |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

The building of a 17th-century [[Quakers|Quaker]] [[Friends meeting house|meeting house]] Chapel Lane survives as a private residence.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1297491 |desc=THE OLD MEETING HOUSE, Wymondham |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> Fairland [[United Reformed Church]] was founded in 1652.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fairlandurc.org.uk/site/about-us/history-of-the-church/ |title=History of the church |date=2007-12-01 |website=Fairland United Reformed Church Wymondham |language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> The current façade dates from 1877.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1196654 |desc=CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH INCLUDING RAILINGS, Wymondham |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> It has regular Sunday services.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fairlandurc.org.uk/site/about-us/regular-activities/ |title=Regular Activities |date=2007-11-24 |website=Fairland United Reformed Church Wymondham|language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

A [[Primitive Methodist Church|Primitive Methodist]] chapel built in Silfield Street in 1867 is now a private residence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details |title=Former-Primitive-Methodist-Chapel – Norfolk Heritage Explorer |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> A [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan Methodist]] chapel built in Damgate Street in 1879<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details |title=Community-Hall-No-47-Damgate-Street – Norfolk Heritage Explorer |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> is now used by [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.doriclodge1193.org.uk/ |title=Doric Lodge 1193 – The Home of Freemasonry in Wymondham |website=www.doriclodge1193.org.uk |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> Wymondham [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist Church]] was built in 1870.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1291817 |desc=METHODIST CHURCH, Wymondham |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wymondhammethodist.org.uk/ |title=Wymondham Methodist Church |website=wymondhammethodist.org.uk |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> Wymondham Baptist Church has been at its current Queen Street site since 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/wymondham-baptist-church-turns-100-1-740782 |title=Wymondham Baptist Church turns 100 |last=BROOKS |first=STEPHANIE |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=30 November 2010 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref> It holds regular Sunday services and a successful twice weekly community café called Roots.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhambaptist.org/ |title=Wymondham Baptist Church |language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhambaptist.org/2017/09/another-attempt/ |title=Roots Community Café – Wymondham Baptist Church |language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>

The [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, built in 1952, contains a memorial to World War II [[Far East prisoners of war|prisoners and internees of the Japanese]] who did not survive their imprisonment. An annual memorial service is held every May. A digital and print archive of 61,000 names of those who died is maintained by the church.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhamrcchurch.org.uk/ |title=Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury |website=Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury |language=en-US |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>

The two churches of the [[Evangelical Alliance]] are Hope Community Church in Ayton Road<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hopecommunitychurch.co.uk/ |title=Hope Community Church, Wymondham |website=www.hopecommunitychurch.co.uk |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> and Alive Church which meets at Central Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://alivechurch.org.uk/wymondham |title=Alive Church In Wymondham {{!}} Locations |website=Alive Church UK |language=en-gb |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> There is a [[Kingdom Hall]] of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] in Harts Farm Road.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1066373 |title=Charity Details |website=beta.charitycommission.gov.uk |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>