It is more than likely that the Parish Church of Fenchurch St Paul is a composite of many or is it a church in the mind’s eye and imagination of the creator. The Reverend Sayer’s was responsible in starting the restoration of The Church Bells.

It is said that the names on some of the grave stones in the churchyard were used in The Nine Tailors. St Marys Church, Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire where the Sayer’s family moved to from Oxford and Dorothy spent her early years. St Wendreda’s Church, March, Cambridgeshire. St Clement’s Church, Terrington St Clement, Norfolk.Īngle Roof, St Wendreda’s Church, March, Cambridgeshire St Peters Church, Walpole St Peters, Norfolk. I believe would be the most popular choice, with its balconies, angle hammer beam roof and impressive exterior.

In Search of St Paul’s Church Fenchurch St Paul This entry was posted in Dorothy L Sayers, Norfolk and tagged Dorothy L Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey, Norfolk, Peyke's Cross, St Paul's Church Fenchurch St Paul, Terrington St Johns, The Nine Tailors, The Reverend Venables on Septemby James P Miller. The Reverend Venables to Lord Peter Wimsey Number seven, in particular, is a most noble old bell, and so is the tenor, and the John and Jericho bells are also remarkably fine in fact, the whole ring is most “tuneable and sound”, as the old motto has it. “There are, perhaps, a few heavier rings, said the Rector, but I hardly know where you would rival us for fullness and sweetness of tone. Sayers, The Nine Taylors unlike its near neighbour Terrington St Clements, but during a recent visit I was reminded of The Reverend Venables vaulting ambition by a plaque in the church commemorating a peel of bells, although Theodore Venables and his ringers had eight Bells at their disposal where the church at Terrington St Johns has six. I have never seen any reference that links it to the novel by Dorothy.

The nine tailors by dorothy l sayers