Wolterton / Ultertuna / Ultretuna / Vltertuna / Vltretuna / Wulterton

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The abbey of St. Bennet at the Holm, from the time of its foundation, had half this town and the moiety of the advowson, of the founder's gift at the Conqueror's survey [...] The Church is dedicated to St. Margaret [...] The nave and chancel are both of a height, and are thatched; the south isle and north chancel vestry are down; the steeple is round at bottom and octangular at top, it hath two bells". White's Directory of 1845 writes of the former church: "The venerable ruins of the parish [church] (St. Margaret,) stand on the north side of the hall, embowered in lofty hollies. This building has long been deserted, and scarcely anything but the tower now remains." Knott (2009) writes: "This church had a round tower with an octagonal bell stage, and the windows are picked out in the flint with red brick. This bell stage is falling away, which is probably the most interesting thing about it, because it reveals that the tower was built all in one go - that is to say, the bell stage is not a late medieval addition to a Norman, or even Saxon, round tower, but the whole piece is of a single construction, probably of the 13th century, as many must be." [NB: apparently the demise of this church coincided with the building of Wolterton Hall by Horatio Walpole; the ruined church of St Margaret in the grounds of Wolterton estate] [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].