St Andrews Church- East Lexham
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Norfolk12
N 52° 43.206 E 000° 45.132
31U E 348185 N 5843504
A Small Round Tower Church in the Hamlet of East Lexham, Norfolk
Waymark Code: WM45WF
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/12/2008
Views: 5
St Andrew’s church has a round tower reputed to be the oldest in the country and dated to around 900 A.D. The churchyard is roughly circular and surrounded by a ditch, the church sits on a slight mound. This suggests that it was a site for pagan worship before the population was converted to Christianity in the 7th century. When the churchyard wall was being rebuilt a skeleton was found of a young man who had been shot with a musket through the head. The site of a Saxon village was discovered northeast of the church. Inside the misericords are believed to have come from Castle Acre Priory at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537.
details taken from the EDP24 Web page.[ the Norwich local newspaper]
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire.
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1000
Age of Church building determined by?: Church website
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 12:00 AM
Street address of Church:
St Andrew Church
East Lexham, Norfolk United Kingdom
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Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Not listed
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed
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