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Bacton
Broomholm Priory.
These are interesting ruins. Broomholm was supposed in the
13th century to have a relic of the Cross and was visited
by Henry III. Do you remember Chaucer’s Reeve’s
oath, “By the Holy Cross of Bromholm”? Unfortunately
part of the ruins became a gun emplacement in World War
II.
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Bawsey
St. James.
Bawsey St. James stands in the middle of a field on a low hill.
The central tower is Norman. It was a ruin prior to 1770. Fairly
recently Channel 4’s Time Team staged a three day investigation
and dig around the church.
Beeston
Regis Priory.
The ruins of an Augustinian priory, founded in 1216. Ruins of
the cloister, chapter house and nave are visible.
Binham Priory.
A Benedictine priory, was founded by the nephew of William the
Conqueror (Peter de Valoines) in 1091. Only the church nave and
the gatehouse survive today, although some foundations of the
domestic buildings can be seen.
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The west front of the church is pre-1244 and important historically
and architecturally. There is a Norman clerestory and wall
passage a Seven Sacrament font and a Tobrok Cross made from
shell cases, commemorating the dead in North Africa in World
War II.
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Blakeney
St. Nicholas.
Blakeney St. Nicholas has a slender second tower at the north-east
end, and not as tall as the main tower. It was used as a beacon
for ships and it still shows a light at night.
Booton
St. Michael and All Angels.
Originally medieval, now of knapped flint. It has a hammerbeam
roof and a 14th century figure in the porch.
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Burnham
Deepdale St. Mary
Burnham Deepdale St. Mary has an Anglo-Saxon round tower.
The font is exceptionally unusual and very fine. It shows
the Labours of the Months in the arcading and above the
Trees of Life and, at the top, are animals and plants.
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Burnham
Thorpe All Saints’.
A 13th century church. The cross and lectern are made from
HMS Victory’s timbers. Flags from the Victory hang
in the nave. There is a brass to Sir William Calthorpe 1420.
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