North Pickenham / Pickenham / Pikenham

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view of church exterior - north view

Image Source: digital photograph May 2007 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/northpickenham/northpickenham.htm] [accessed 8 May 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph May 2007 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/northpickenham/northpickenham.htm] [accessed 8 May 2013]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font visible at the west end, centre aisle

Image Source: digital photograph May 2007 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/northpickenham/northpickenham.htm] [accessed 8 May 2013]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph May 2007 taken by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/northpickenham/northpickenham.htm] [accessed 8 May 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 15144PIC

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: Hillside, Pickenham North, Norfolk, PE37 8JZ

Country Name: England

Location: Norfolk, East Anglia

Directions to Site: Located 5 km SE of Swaffham

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich

Historical Region: Hundred of South Greenhoe

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church and modern font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The Church is dedicated to St. Andrew, and built of flint, stones, &c.; the body is about 42 feet in length, and with the south isle annexed, is about 30 in breadth, both covered with lead [...] At the west end of the nave stands a four-square tower of flint, &c. with a wooden cap covered with lead; here are four bells". Blomefield (ibid.) names "Robert de Nevyle" as first recorded rector, but without a date, the next one being "Ralph de Nevyle, on the resignation of Robert", in 1302. The present font, illustrated in Knott (2007), consists of an octagonal basin with some decoration on the angles and the underbowl, raised on a columnar base and a double plinth: the upper step octagonal, the lower square. Probably from the mid-19th century renovation of the church. [NB: the church goes back at least to the 13th century, but we have no information on the earlier church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 347960 5833203

REFERENCES

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

Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2009-08-13 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.