Gasthorpe / Gasthorp Gate / Gatesthorp / Gatesthorpe

Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: the upper half of the tower rises above the spring vegetation covering most of the ruins of this church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2005 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/gasthorpe/gasthorpe.htm] [accessed 13 February 2013]

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view of church exterior - south view - east end

Scene Description: Ruins of the south wall of the chancel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Plunkett, 2013

Image Source: B&W photograph taken by George Plunkett, in 1996 [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/G/Gasthorpe St Nicholas' church S wall ruin [7301] 1996-04-08.jpg] [accessed 13 February 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

view of church exterior - south view - west end

Scene Description: Ruins of the tower and south side of the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Plunkett, 2013

Image Source: B&W photograph taken by George Plunkett, in 1996 [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/G/Gasthorpe St Nicholas' church nave ruin [7300] 1996-04-08.jpg] [accessed 13 February 2013]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

INFORMATION

FontID: 15058GAT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Nicholas [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Location: Gasthorpe, Riddlesworth, Norfolk IP22 2TL
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located just E of Riddlesworth, 5 km SSW of East Harling
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Giltcross [aka Guiltcross]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photographs of this church taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1996], and to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk] for his photograph of the ruins of this church
Blomfield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and is a rectory. [...] The church [...] is a very mean building of one isle only, and a chancel, both of which are thatched; the tower is square, having only two bells, a third being sold in 1607, to repair the church; there is not one inscription, nor any thing else remarkable, except several very ancient coffin-stones with crosses upon them, which were laid over some of the rectors, or other religious persons that were interred here. Since the consolidation, Service is performed here but once in a fortnight." White's Directory of 1845 notes that this church had "long been in ruins", and the entry in Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of 1870-1872, reads: "There is no church." Kelly's Directory entry for 1883 is more accurate: "There was formerly a church, the ruins of which still remain." [NB: we have no information on its medieval font]

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Kelly, Kelly's Directory for Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1883
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2013-02-13 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
White, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Norfolk and the city and County of the city of Norwich [...], Sheffield: Robert Leader, 1845