Thetford No. 10 / Deodford / Tedford / Tefford / Tetford / Theford / Sitomagus

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "St. Margaret's. Stood also on the Suffolk side, being another of the appendant churches in the Confessor's time, and remained so at the Conqueror's; whether it was given by Bishop Arfast's son, who had it of his father's gift, or afterwards purchased by the Bishop of Ely, I cannot say; but after the erection of that bishoprick, it belonged to the see: about Edward the Third's time [i.e., 1327-1367], it was called the Chapel of St. Margaret, the parish being annexed to St. Mary's; in the beginning of Richard III. [i.e., 1483] the parish was quite decayed, and then it became an hospital, or house of lepers, to whose use the church was assigned [...] This hospital was dissolved in Edward the Sixth's time [i.e., 1547-1553] [...] It stood on the left hand of the Elden road, close by the city ditch, and though there are no remaining walls above the earth, the place it stood on is much higher than the adjoining ground, and the great number of large stones, which came out of the building, and lie scattered round the hill, will plainly direct any one to its site." [NB: we have no information on the medieval font from this church].