Thetford No. 17 / Deodford / Tedford / Tefford / Tetford / Theford / Sitomagus

INFORMATION

FontID: 18355THE
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Andrew [aka Andrew-the-Less] [demolished in the 16thC]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Historical Region: Burgh of Thetford -- partly in Suffolk
Century and Period: , Medieval
Blomefield writes: "Sometimes called the church of St. Andrew the Less, to distinguish it from the abbey church, which was often called, St. Andrew the Great, was a rectory valued in the Norwich taxation at 10s. [...] It is on the Norfolk side, and was impropriate to the Prior of the canons, who served it by a stipendiary curate till the Dissolution, when it was granted to Sir Richard Fulmerston, who, about 1546, got it consolidated to St. Peter's, and then the church was demolished, and the churchyard settled as glebe on that rectory, to which it now [1738] belongs. [...] In 1511, this church was repaired, for then Robert Love of Thetford gave 20s. towards it." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 346281 5809044

REFERENCES

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