Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8208 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of St Andrew's Church |
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Summary
This is thought to be the site of St Andrew's Church, which was mentioned in 1256 and received money for repair in 1529. No remains of the church have been discovered on this site, although some human remains which may be from the churchyard have been recorded.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3034 2596 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32NW |
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| Parish: | WORSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of, (Ordance Survey).
Footpath on Ordnance Survey map has gone and a new house has been built very near if not on the site. Most of field is overgrown with long grass.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 February 1981.
Two churches are mentioned at Worstead in Domesday.
The chapel was mentioned in 1256 and money was left for repair in 1529.
(S1) claims buildings over site have reused material - first statement (that site was built over by 1950s) is wrong, and no reused stone was seen by E. Rose in area.
E. Rose (NAU) and N. Batcock, 22 July 1981.
Mr. J. Denny, North Norfolk District Council, states that in building the bungalow a careful watch was kept but that no foundations or skeletons were uncovered.
E. Rose (NAU), 10 August 1981.
July 1984. in advance of development.
Actual site of chapel appears to be not under bungalow but under long grass nearby.
Roadways bulldozed approach no nearer than 30 - 40m east of antiquity symbol.
Natural is chalky till, no finds, features or remains seen.
J. J. Wymer (NAU), 27 July 1984.
Appropriate section from (S2) in file. Which shows this was a parish church, despite Ordnance Survey marking as 'site of chapel'
E. Rose (NLA), 27 April 2001.
For reused stonework possibly from this church see Bengate Farm (NHER 22716).
E. Rose (NLA).
Unsubstantiated story in village that human remains were found when adjacent estate built to east and sometimes still appear in gardens.
E. Rose (NLA), 17 October 2005.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD? to 1539 AD?)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 32 NW 2. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Worstead. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: CPB9. |
| <S1> | Publication: Messent, C. J. W. 1931. The Ruined Churches of Norfolk. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 252; p 55. |
Related records
| 8184 | Parent of: Possible Late Saxon human remains, medieval and post medieval pottery sherds (Monument) |
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