Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2628 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | St Mary Magdalen's Church, Oxborough |
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Summary
This site comprises the surviving eastern and northern walls of a former chapel, of medieval or post medieval date. The chapel was construced of flint with ashlar dressings, and has received repairs in brick. There remains one doorway from the Norman period, with a semi-circular arch to the internal face of the wall, and the remnants of a late medieval east window with tracery stubs. A coin or coins from the Late Saxon period have also been recovered from this site.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7373 0050 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF70SW |
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| Parish: | OXBOROUGH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1960. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"St Mary Magdalen's Church, Oxborough Hythe.
Surviving eastern and northern walls of a former chapel. Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar dressings and brick repairs. One Norman doorway with semi-circular arch to internal face of wall reduced in brickwork to external face. Remains of a late medieval east window with tracery stubs."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current details.
Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.
Ruined church perhaps Norman and Early English, 18th century. Late Saxon coin or coins found.
See details in secondary file.
W. Rose (NLA), October 1990.
Monument Types
- INHUMATION (Unknown date)
- CHAPEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHURCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- DOVECOTE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- MAUSOLEUM (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TF7300 A-E,F,G,H. |
| --- | Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF2170. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 70 SW 5 [3]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 583. |
| --- | Leaflet: A guide to the churches and villages of the Hilborough group of parishes, Norfolk.. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Oxborough. |
| --- | 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 77; p 52. |
| <S2> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077267. |
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