Apton, in Bergh Apton / Apletona / Appleton / Burgh Apton

Results: 2 records

BBU01: human figure - head - 3

Scene Description: one bearded

BBU02: animal - mammal - lion - head - 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 02310APT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Martin [in ruins until 1834; now disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: [cf. Directions to site]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Apton was located near the present day Church Farm on Dodgers Lane, Bergh Apton, off (S) of the A146, 11 km SE of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Loddon [aka Lodding]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "A[pton]. Called in Domesday Book, Appleton [...] A church formerly belonged to it, dedicated to St. Martin, was a rectory [...] In the reign of Edward I. the rector had a manse [...] destroyed about two centuries past."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 391671 5824593

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810