Thetford No. 16 / Deodford / Tedford / Tefford / Tetford / Theford / Sitomagus

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "St. Nicholas's. Stood on the Norfolk side, and was a rectory, given by Hugh Bygod [probably Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1095–1177)] to the priory of monks of his own foundation here. In Edward the Third's time it was valued at three marks and an half, being then appropriate to the Prior, who served it by a stipendiary curate; it was in Thetford deanery, and Norwich archdeaconry, and was a parish of some value at that time. [...] a consolidation, which passed April 24, [...] 1547, the service being then removed, and the parish united to St. Peter's [...] Upon this consolidation, the church was demolished, and the churchyard became glebe to the rectory of St. Peter's, as it now [1738] remains: great part of the tower, which is square, stands on the left hand of the street leading from the Bell-Corner, to the brick-kilns, which is still called St. Nicholas's-street."