Church Micro 2846…Litcham-Methodist Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 2846…Litcham-Methodist
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N 52° 43.421 E 0° 47.440 This is the 1st of a planned series in and around the beautiful mid-Norfolk village of Litcham. This is the third Methodist Church the village has known. The remains of one of its predecessors can be just be seen, under a covering of ivy, in the grounds of the old 'The Mount' in Butt Lane, whilst the other was demolished when back Street was widened in the late 1960's. It stood where the garden is now, to the west of the Village Green. A photograph of it being demolished can be found at http://www.litcham.org/Litcham/History.html as well as lots of other fascinating information. Constructed of local flint and red brick the current building is of particular interest as it was not all built at the same time. Whilst the front part was erected in 1909, the other two parts towards the rear date back at least to the middle of the 18th century. Records from 1749 show the a Jane Banham occupied a cottage here with a stable at the rear. When the plaster in these parts of the building was being replaced in the early 2000's the original walls were uncovered and showed that parts had been removed, from what was once a 2 storey building, to bring it down to its present height. The placings of a staircase, fireplace, coal storage cupboard and dividing walls were clearly evident, along with the fact that the present floor is 30cm higher than the original. The rearmost part also revealed evidence of a hay manger and tethering points for animals. At the time of writing (July 2012) this church is part of the 31 church Central Norfolk Circuit which is the second largest, geographically, in England. “If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”
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