Crownthorpe / Congrethorp / Cronkethorp / Crownthorp / Crungethorp

Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: the former church in 2005, a private residence

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken December 2005 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/crownthorpe/crownthorpe.htm] [accessed 15 March 2013]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the building in 1986, already disused but still a church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jonathan Plunkett, 2013

Image Source: B&W photograph taken in 1986 by George Plunkett

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett

INFORMATION

FontID: 18383CRO
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. James [now a private residence]
Church Patron Saints: St. James
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 4 km N W of Wymondham
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Forehoe
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk] for his 2005 photograph of this former church. We are also grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph of this church, taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1986.
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Crungethorp, or Crownthorp church is dedicated to St. James [...] The Church and chancel are of an equal height, and are thatched; there are no isles, the tower is square, and hath only one bell: the south chapel is in ruins, the south porch is thatched." Blomefield (ibid.) names "John North" its first recorded rector, in 1321, and cites two entries in Domesday: "Congrethorp" (fol. 23), and Cronkrethorp (fol. 213), neither of which mentions a church or a priest in it." Knott (2005) [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/crownthorpe/crownthorpe.htm] [accessed 15 March 2013] informs: "Today, St James remains a part of the landscape as it has done for centuries; the only signs that it is no longer a church are the private garden which surrounds it and the Union flag that flies from the top of its tower." [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.586372, 1.072683
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 35′ 10.94″ N, 1° 4′ 21.66″ E
UTM: 31U 369431 5828004

REFERENCES

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