English Heritage sites near Weasenham St. Peter Parish
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
5 miles from Weasenham St. Peter Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
5 miles from Weasenham St. Peter Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
9 miles from Weasenham St. Peter Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
CREAKE ABBEY
10 miles from Weasenham St. Peter Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
11 miles from Weasenham St. Peter Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
13 miles from Weasenham St. Peter Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
Churches in Weasenham St. Peter Parish
Weasenham: St Peter
Fakenham Road
Weasenham
01328 700765
St Peter’s Church is a building of flint and stone in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, it has a low western tower which is embattled, pinnacled and containing one bell. Of architectural significance is the ornate north side with its fine flush work arcading. The font is of particular note and is believed to pre-date 1607.
There are two pieces of medieval stained glass inserted into the north window. The Church was restored in 1870 by the Campbell family at a cost of about £2000; the Lady Chapel was restored in 1920 and a stained glass window erected by Mrs Overman, J.P. to commemorate Lt. John Gilbert Overman, killed in action in 1918.
Weasenham is part of the Parishes of the Upper Nar and Launditch Group.
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Team Rector Revd Canon Heather Butcher
Team Vicar: Revd Julia Hemp
All enquiries should be directed to:
Canon Heather Butcher, (Rector) The Rectory, Pound Lane, Litcham, PE32 2QR
Phone: 01328 700 071 or e-mail: [email protected]
Team Vicar: Reverend Julia Hemp The Vicarage, 4 Lodge Farm Meadows, Gressenhall, NR20 4TN
Phone 01362 861380 or email: [email protected]
Pubs in Weasenham St. Peter Parish
Fox & Hounds
The Green, Weasenham St. Peter, PE32 2TD
(01328) 838868
foxandhoundsweasenham.co.uk
