Barford Norfolk
13c - 15c Church of St Botolph Barford Norfolk- 13c Chancel, Aisless nave rebuilt c1470 along with the porch. - Agnes wife of Robert Fulbourn of Carleton Fourhowe by her will of 1397 made a bequest to the building of a "steeple" at Barford - John Dunston made a similar bequest in his 1399 will probably both made toward heightening the structure to accommodate the 3 bells made by William Norwich. There is now only 1 bell after safety problems with the tower and bellframe in 20c.
(Barford derives from the old name Barrowford - there was a medieval bridge here where a ford led to the "barrows" situated 2 miles away at Kimberley - Thomas Bachcroft in his will directed his executors to rebuild the bridge and causeway in 1501 )
Reroofed and reseated in 1849
Barford Norfolk
13c - 15c Church of St Botolph Barford Norfolk- 13c Chancel, Aisless nave rebuilt c1470 along with the porch. - Agnes wife of Robert Fulbourn of Carleton Fourhowe by her will of 1397 made a bequest to the building of a "steeple" at Barford - John Dunston made a similar bequest in his 1399 will probably both made toward heightening the structure to accommodate the 3 bells made by William Norwich. There is now only 1 bell after safety problems with the tower and bellframe in 20c.
(Barford derives from the old name Barrowford - there was a medieval bridge here where a ford led to the "barrows" situated 2 miles away at Kimberley - Thomas Bachcroft in his will directed his executors to rebuild the bridge and causeway in 1501 )
Reroofed and reseated in 1849