Historic Churches in Norfolk

St Michael's church stands beside historic Oxnead Hall, home of the Paston family. In the church is the superb tomb of Admiral Sir Clement Paston, who served under four Tudor monarchs. Look for the bust of Lady Elizabeth Paston (d. 1636) sculpted by Nicholas Stone, and brasses to generations of the Paston family.
Oxnead Hall, Buxton, Oxnead, Norfolk, England, NR10 5HP

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Heritage Highlight: 1597 Sir Clement Paston tomb

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The 14th-century tower is all that remains of Panxworth's church, which was torn down in 1981 after standing derelict for many years. The tower was struck by lightning in 2005 but was stabilised to prevent it collapsing.
Panxworth Church Road, Panxworth, Norfolk, England

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St Margaret's Church dates to the 14th century and has strong links to the famous Paston family of neighbouring Paston Hall. Look for 14th-century wall paintings and the tombs of Lady Katherine and Sir Edmund Paston (d. 1632).
Bacton Road, Paston, Norfolk, England, NR28 9TA

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century wall paintings

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St Helens is a superb 15th-century church known as The Cathedral of the Broads. Visitors can climb the tower for superb views over the surrounding broads. within the church is a 15th-century illuminated liturgical book known as the Ranworth Antiphoner, and perhaps the finest medieval painted screen in England.
Woodbastwick Road, Ranworth, Norfolk, England, NR13 6HT

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Heritage Highlight: Superb medieval rood screen and illuminated manuscript

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St Andrew's is a 12th-century church set in a leafy churchyard within the grounds of Raveningham Hall, the ancestral home of the Bacon family. The church is full of ornate memorials to the Bacon family, and a superb 1483 brass to Margaret Castyll.
Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk, England, NR14 6NR

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Heritage Highlight: 1483 memorial brass to Margaret Castyll

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A late 15th-century chapel built to serve pilgrims travelling to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. The chapel boasts superb Perpendicular fan vaulting, possibly by the same master mason responsible for King's College Chapel in Cambridge.
The Walks, London Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: Ornate 15th-century fan vaulting

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St Andrew's church probably dates to the 11th century, with a round west tower. Inside the church are a 15th-century octagonal font, remnants of a 16th-century screen, and a 16th-century memorial brass.
Church Road, Repps with Bastwick, Norfolk, England, NR29 5JS

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon tower base

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St Mary's Church, Roughton, is best known for its striking round tower, built in the late 11th century, possibly by Wulfnoth Godwinson, King Harold's brother, who held the manor. Look for the grotesquely carved corbel heads supporting the clerestory.
Church Loke, Roughton, Norfolk, England, NR11 8SZ

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Heritage Highlight: 11th-century round tower

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All Saints is a pretty thatched church dating to the 14th century. It boasts medieval poppyhead bench ends, a 15th-century screen with its sacring bell still hanging in its original spot, a 16th-century palimpsest brass, and funeral hatchments to generations of the Ward family.
Bell Lane (B1140), Salhouse, Norfolk, England, NR13 6RR

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval screen and rare sacring bell

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The 15th-century church at Salle, Norfolk, is reputed to be the burial place of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife. The church boasts an outstanding angel roof, Perpendicular font with an elaborate wooden cover and hoist system, late medieval misericords, and a wealth of 15th-century carving.
The Street, Salle, Norfolk, England, NR10 4SE

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 15th-century angel roof

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