2009

TM1992 : St Mary's church - the north side

taken 15 years ago, near to Long Stratton, Norfolk, England

St Mary's church - the north side
St Mary's church - the north side
St Mary's church > Link - Link - Link has a round tower that dates from Norman times and is capped with a lead-covered spike but the building as it stands today was built in four stages, the latest being an extensive restoration in Victorian times. The chancel is believed to date from the 14th century. It houses a C17 tomb chest and monument to Sir Edmund Reeve and his wife Mary > Link. The east window contains a mixed variety of medieval and continental glass > Link - Link which was installed during the 19th century and came from a Norwich merchant. The octagonal font > Link is C15 but its cover is Jacobean, as is the pulpit > Link. All the original benches were replaced during the 19th century restoration but the old carved bench ends > Link were retained and fixed to the new ones. Unusually, there is a clock on the west wall > Link - it dates from the end of the 17th century and is an interesting early survival in its original form. Fragments of early wall paintings have survived beside the south door. The church's greatest treasure is the Sexton's wheel > Link - one of only two that have survived (the other one is at nearby St Mary's church > Link in Yaxley, Suffolk, about 15 kilometres distant). St Mary's church is kept locked.

Update 2016 - the church is now open during the week.

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Category: Church
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · East Window [49] · Nearby St Mary's Church [25] ·
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TM1992, 156 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 14 June, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 15 June, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 197 922 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:29.0455N 1:14.0519E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 197 923
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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