Markshall nr. Norwich / Markeshalla / Markeshale / Merkeshal / Merkeshala / Mattishall Heath

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes; "The church was dedicated to St. Edmund the King and Martyr, and stands on a point or promontory [...] it never had a steeple, but only a nave, and chancel, the first about 10 yards long and 8 broad, the latter about the same length, and about 6 yards broad", and names "Roger" the first recorded rector here, in 1277. The end of this parish came in "1695, Mar. 16, Rob. Fawcet, junior, A. M. on the death of Goddard, had it consolidated to the adjacent rectory of Castor St. Edmund, with the consent of Sir John Pettus, Bart. and then held it united to Burlingham St. Peter, and now it remains, by virtue of the consolidation, part of Castor". Wilson's Gazetteer of 1870-1872 reports: "The church was relinquished in 1695, and has left some remains." Blomefield's entry for Merkeshall [www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol5/pp46-49#fnn1] [accessed 25 August 2021] refers to a Domesday entry that mentions a church in it: "Markeshalla tenuit Goduinus liber homo Stigandi ii. car. terre tunc xii. villan. post et modo xi. tunc viii. bordar. post et mo. vii. tunc et post ii. serv. mo i. tunc ii. car. in dominio, post i. modo ii. semper v. car. hom. xvi. acr. prati et semper ii. mol. et dim. mo ii. runcin. et iv. anim. et xx. porc. tunc iv. oves. mo xiiii. et i. lib. homo viii. acr. terre et dim. semper dim. car. tunc valuit cs. post viii. li. mo xi.l, i. ecclesia vi. acr. et val. xii.d. et habet vi. quar. in longo et v. in lato et vi.d. et obulum de gelto. Rex et Comes socum de liberis hominibus. In Dunestuna i. liber homo vi. acr.et est in pretio de Merkeshala. Sub tit. terra R. de Bellofago. Humiiart H. Doms. fo. 218".