English Heritage sites near Burgh and Tuttington Parish
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
10 miles from Burgh and Tuttington Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
11 miles from Burgh and Tuttington Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
15 miles from Burgh and Tuttington Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
16 miles from Burgh and Tuttington Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
17 miles from Burgh and Tuttington Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
BINHAM PRIORY
17 miles from Burgh and Tuttington Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
Churches in Burgh and Tuttington Parish
Burgh-next-Aylsham: St Mary
Church lane off the main village road
Burgh-next- Aylsham
Norwich
01263 731102
http://www.aylshamteamministry.org.uk
A stunning example of an early English Church on the banks of the River Bure. Its chancel which is below the level of the nave creates a wonderful sense of space and light and peace. There is a fine example of a seven sacrament font.
Parts of Saint Mary’s Church date back to the thirteenth century; it is a light, welcoming building with a part thatch, part tiled roof. Particular points of historical interest include the Chancel, a rare example of Early English architecture of the early 1200’s and sympathetically restored in 1877. The fifteenth century font’s sculptures still bear marks of the deliberate damage inflicted by Cromwell’s men in the seventeenth century.
The kneelers have been individually designed and made by members of the congregation as a millennium project.
Tuttington: St Peter & St Paul
Norwich Road
Tuttington
Norwich
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01692 773886
Tuttington is part of the United Benefice of King's Beck, together with the vllages of Banningham, Colby, Felmingham, Skeyton, Sloley, Suffield.and Tuttington. Sung Eucharist is held every Sunday at 10am in rotation around the churches.
The buildng is one of 119 Round Tower churches in Norfolk. The tower may date from around 1066 after the Norman conquest. The chancel dates to1300, with the nave being rebuilt in 1450. Of particular note are the 14 medieval pew ends featuring carvings varying from an elephant (with horses hooves!) to a dog, a milkmaid and a cat.
Mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, the first reference to the parish appears in 1044. The first recorded rector was John in 1234.
No churches found in Burgh and Tuttington Parish