[2] There is an anchorhold attached to the church that served religious hermits who chose to live their life separate from secular society.

The city records from 1287 to 1288 show that servants of the anchoress were charged with ‘stopping up the Cockey (blocked the common drain) so that no one can pass by there’.

This was moved to St Julian's Church, also in Norwich, following All Saints' being made redundant in the parochial reorganisation in 1973.

On being made redundant in 1973, Norwich Historic Churches Trust took it over and immediately spent £8000 on making it watertight.

The church was improved during this tenancy to include a commercial standard kitchen and a first-floor room in the aisle.