Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6644 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | All Saints' Church, Thurgarton, Aldborough |
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Summary
This medieval church stands isolated from its village, which is about a kilometre away. It consists of a broad nave and chancel, both of early 14th century date, together with a south porch of the 15th century. To the west is a later (1924) vestry that stands on the site of an early round tower that collapsed in 1882. The nave and chancel are built of flint, brick and stone, their roofs being of thatch.
Internally, there are good examples of carved bench ends, depicting dragons, fighting dogs and even an elephant and castle. By the 1970s the church was in disrepair, and restoration was carried out on the roof and stonework in 1982. A broken Neolithic flaked flint axehead was found by chance in the church grounds in around 2000.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1811 3589 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG13NE |
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| Parish: | ALDBOROUGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Demolished round tower, with Saxo-Norman evidence. Remainder of c.1300 and c.1500.
Leased to Redundant Churches Trust - under restoration 1982.
See (S4), press cutting (S5) and photos (S6).
E. Rose (NAU) 22 November 1982.
Appropriate section from (S3) in file.
Several years before July 2003. Casual find.
Apparently within churchyard.
Flaked axe (incomplete) 122 by 45 by 27mm.
Snapped transversely with loss of cutting edge. Narrow rounded butt. Section lenticular, tending to plano-convex with distinct crest. Body of axe has a slightly curved plan. Patinated brownish buff, darker on the more convex face.
Identified by P.A.R.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 8 September 2003.
Monument Types
- ROUND TOWERED CHURCH (Late Saxon to 21st Century - 851 AD to 2100 AD)
- CHURCH (Medieval to 21st Century - 1066 AD to 2100 AD)
- FONT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WALL PAINTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLAKED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1900. Hundred of North Erpingham. Vol V. pp 221-226. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 694. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Artist whose talent was overlooked is in the spotlight. 4 July. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: CCB 24a-25a. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Plunkett, G. A. F. 1979. Norfolk Church Screens - 1865 Survey. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt II pp 178-189. pp 187-188. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 30; p 51. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1982. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S5> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1985. Church is given lease of life. 7 November. |
| <S6> | Photograph: 1982. Unknown. |
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