Record Details
| NHER Number: | 7350 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of St Andrew's Church, Irmingland, Oulton |
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Summary
St Andrew's Church stood on this location in the medieval period. However a declining population in the village led to diminishing usage and the church finally closed in 1557 and it was mostly ruinous by 1602. A visit to the site in 1977 showed little indication of this former structure with only lumps of flint and some small bare patches paying testament to its presence.Cropmark visible on aerial photographs from 1993
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1343 2925 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG12NW |
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| Parish: | OULTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of the medieval St Andrew's Church. The village had population of twenty-one in 1352; it was mentioned in Domesday and in Nomina Villarum. In 1329 there had been twenty taxpayers, and in 1332, twenty-one. Ten householders remained in 1428. In 1805 only two or three houses. No trace now. The church was in use until 1557, but in 1602 it was 'long since decayed and profaned'. In 1805 'no traces' remained. 1972 OS inspectors found a scatter of flint and brick.
Site visited E. Rose (NAU) 18 August 1977.
It is on the crest of a ridge. Stubble field, no indications except some lumps of flint and some small bare patches.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA).
Appropriate section from reference (S1) in file.
Outline of the church is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs. See (S2)
K. Powell (HES), 1 March 2011
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD to 1602 AD)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1905. Hundred of South Erpingham. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XIV. pp 266-273. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 12 NW 3 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Unpublished Contractor Report: Network Archaeology. 2002. Bacton to Kings Lynn Proposed Gas Pipeline. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment. Network Archaeology. 179. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Oulton. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 182; p 54. |
| <S2> | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A.. 1993. TG1329/A - C. |
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