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
The site of St Andrew's medieval Church and a possible associated rectilinear enclosure can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs. The now levelled church is medieval in date and was closed in 1557 after a decline in the population of the local village. The church is suggested to be a ruin by 1602. A site visit in 1977 recorded little evidence for surviving structural remains other than flint scatters and small areas of bare earth.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1342 2927 |
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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
November 2022. Aylsham and Brampton Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The cropmarks of a structure most likely relating to the site of a medieval church (see above) and the cropmarks of a possible associated rectilinear enclosure can be seen on aerial photographs (S3-S6). The cropmark structure most likely relates to the site of St Andrew’s church discussed above. The cropmark sections of a possible rectilinear enclosure can also be seen surrounding the site of the church. It is possible that the enclosure may have related to the boundary for the church yard. The sections of the enclosure could also relate to post medieval boundaries for an area labelled as “Glebe” on the Tithe map (S7). The church and enclosure are in close relation to a series of linear ditch features which may relate to medieval to post medieval field boundaries and possible settlement features (NHER 66260).The monument polygon has been amended to location of the features as seen on S3-S6.
J. Powell (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 08 November 2022.
Monument Types
- BOUNDARY DITCH? (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHURCH (Medieval to 17th Century - 1066 AD to 1602 AD)
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (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. |
| <S3> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photography from the Historic England Archive. MAL/76052 V 205 29-JUN-1976. |
| <S4> | Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG1329/A-C 13-JUL-1993 (NLA 329/HGG 22-24). |
| <S5> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 01-JUL-2006 Accessed 23-AUG-2022. |
| <S6> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: Google Earth. ? - present. Google Earth Orthophotographs. https://earth.google.com/web. 07-AUG-2006 Accessed 23-AUG-2022. |
| <S7> | Map: Tithe map. Oulton Tithe Map. |
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