Norfolk, Cawston
Church of St Agnes, Cawston Nofolk - with the exception of the north aisle built by Robert Oxburgh, it was built by Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/527642451/ and wife Catherine www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/527642453/ daughter of Hugh Earl of Stafford, he was Lord of the Manor from 1386 until his death at the Siege of Harfieur in 1415. The church replaced an earlier one of which the first known rector was Henry de Castello in 1189 who was supplied by of the Priory of Mountjoy Haveringland nearby.
Possibly St Agnes with her lamb was chosen as the patron of the church because of the wool industry whose wealth built the church.
The tower houses a mediaeval bell frame and 8 bells, Six of the eight bells are dated 1658 to 1753, one having been recast in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The other two were added in 1925 at the cost of £235 and were cast at the Loughborough Bell Foundry. The smallest bell weighs 5 cwt, the largest 13 cwt.
Norfolk, Cawston
Church of St Agnes, Cawston Nofolk - with the exception of the north aisle built by Robert Oxburgh, it was built by Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/527642451/ and wife Catherine www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/527642453/ daughter of Hugh Earl of Stafford, he was Lord of the Manor from 1386 until his death at the Siege of Harfieur in 1415. The church replaced an earlier one of which the first known rector was Henry de Castello in 1189 who was supplied by of the Priory of Mountjoy Haveringland nearby.
Possibly St Agnes with her lamb was chosen as the patron of the church because of the wool industry whose wealth built the church.
The tower houses a mediaeval bell frame and 8 bells, Six of the eight bells are dated 1658 to 1753, one having been recast in 1887 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The other two were added in 1925 at the cost of £235 and were cast at the Loughborough Bell Foundry. The smallest bell weighs 5 cwt, the largest 13 cwt.