Little Cressingham / Cressingham Parva / Parvo Cressingaham / Parvo Cressingham

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church is dedicated to St. Andrew, and has its nave, north and south isles, built of flint, &c. The roof of the nave is supported by stone pillars, forming 4 arches on the north side, and three on the south, the nave and south isle are covered with lead, but the north isle with tile; the old roof of this isle decaying some years past, the present roof is raised so that the spars cover part of the windows over the arches of the nave, and darken the church on that side; the east end of the north and south isles is taken in with oaken screens, and were anciently two chapels, [...] belonging most likely to the two manors; the holy water pot in the south isle is still to be seen; these chapels are now in a dirty condition, and unpaved. The church is in length about 51 feet, and in breadth, including the isles, about 40 [...] At the western part of the south isle of this church stood a foursquare tower of flint, &c. now in ruins, the east and north sides of it only remaining. A bell hangs on the north side of the tower, and is covered with a wooden cap." Blomefield (ibid.) adds: "1262, Philip occurs rector" [i.e., first recorded rector]. The present font is described and illustrated in Knott (2007): "The font is a good example of the simple Classical style that predominated in the decades before the Ecclesiological Movement of the 19th Century". It has an octagonal basin rounded at the underbowl and decorated with mouldings, raised on an octagonal pedestal base with trefoiled panels, a moulding splaying lower base and an octagonal plinth. The domed wooden cover is probably contemporary. The http://goodrick.info/little_cressingham.htm site [accessed 9 May 2013] notes: "The font is made of Caen stone and is a replacement one after the storm damage." [NB: we have no information on the earlier font of this church].