Denham Suffolk
14-15c Church of St John the Baptist Denham Norfolk - there was a church here mentioned in 1086 Domesday . It stands in an isolated spot on the site of a previous 12c -13c building.
Nave (with outward bowing walls), chancel, Victorian vestry and redbrick entrance porch.
Clearly visable on the north side is the blocked arch to a demolished north chapel described in 1731 as having 3 gravestones dedicated to the Bedingfields, the remnants of a screen with defaced angels, and stained glass windows.
The brass of Anthony Bedingfield d1574 3rd son of Sir Edward Bedingfield. in ruff and gown, his wives lost, is now in the sanctuary, its reverse shows part of an earlier c1500 flemish brass to Jacobus Wegheschede. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P0sU65 Indents of his brass with his 2 wives is in situ on the floor where the north chapel once stood. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/28H08k
A tower once set in the middle of the south wall according to a 1725 map, housed 3 bells. In 1744 a faculty was granted to sell two of the bells and use the money to take down the tower and put the building in good repair as well as building a place to hang the remaining bell. By 1747 the one remaining bell was housed in a cupola above the foreshortened west wall.
Outside, below the east window, is a Latin inscription from the previous church, the worn lettering translates “William de Kirksby, Prior of Norwich, placed me here, on whose soul God have mercy.” William was prior in the 1280/90's.
A late 13c lady of the Bedingfield family lies under a nave recess, angels supporting her head, her hands clasping a heart or reliquary.
In 1809 the building is described as “thoroughly repaired and neatly pewed,” . However sometime during the 19c the cupola was removed and replaced by a bell tower, but this fell down within living memory, and now the remaining bell inscribed AD1614 lies at the back of the church.
The building long neglected became desperately in need of help by 2007. The Friends of Denham Church Group, set up in 2009, organised a variety of events in their first year which has enabled them to donate £6,000 towards the repairs and with funds chiefly from English Heritage now well looked after.
Picture with thanks - copyright Evelyn Simak CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2614433
Denham Suffolk
14-15c Church of St John the Baptist Denham Norfolk - there was a church here mentioned in 1086 Domesday . It stands in an isolated spot on the site of a previous 12c -13c building.
Nave (with outward bowing walls), chancel, Victorian vestry and redbrick entrance porch.
Clearly visable on the north side is the blocked arch to a demolished north chapel described in 1731 as having 3 gravestones dedicated to the Bedingfields, the remnants of a screen with defaced angels, and stained glass windows.
The brass of Anthony Bedingfield d1574 3rd son of Sir Edward Bedingfield. in ruff and gown, his wives lost, is now in the sanctuary, its reverse shows part of an earlier c1500 flemish brass to Jacobus Wegheschede. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P0sU65 Indents of his brass with his 2 wives is in situ on the floor where the north chapel once stood. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/28H08k
A tower once set in the middle of the south wall according to a 1725 map, housed 3 bells. In 1744 a faculty was granted to sell two of the bells and use the money to take down the tower and put the building in good repair as well as building a place to hang the remaining bell. By 1747 the one remaining bell was housed in a cupola above the foreshortened west wall.
Outside, below the east window, is a Latin inscription from the previous church, the worn lettering translates “William de Kirksby, Prior of Norwich, placed me here, on whose soul God have mercy.” William was prior in the 1280/90's.
A late 13c lady of the Bedingfield family lies under a nave recess, angels supporting her head, her hands clasping a heart or reliquary.
In 1809 the building is described as “thoroughly repaired and neatly pewed,” . However sometime during the 19c the cupola was removed and replaced by a bell tower, but this fell down within living memory, and now the remaining bell inscribed AD1614 lies at the back of the church.
The building long neglected became desperately in need of help by 2007. The Friends of Denham Church Group, set up in 2009, organised a variety of events in their first year which has enabled them to donate £6,000 towards the repairs and with funds chiefly from English Heritage now well looked after.
Picture with thanks - copyright Evelyn Simak CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2614433