Keningham / Kenincham

INFORMATION

FontID: 18393KEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church [abandoned ca. 1558 (?)]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Keningham was a hamlet of Mulbarton, to the SE, 11 km SSW of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Humble-Yard
Date: ca. 1300?
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church was demolished totally long before the Reformation, and the churchyard became glebe to Mulbarton, and hath been since exchanged, and is now owned by Mr. Turner of Kenningham; it stood south-east of Mulbarton-green about half a mile [...] it was perpetually united to Mulbarton, with which it hath remained ever since, the parish being totally in Mulbarton, there being not above two or three houses in the bounds of the the old parish of Kenningham." Blomefield (ibid.) and names "Roger Baste of Hasketone" as the first recorded rector here, in 1309, Chambers (1829) notes: "Keningham, in the time of queen Elizabeth [i.e., 1558-1603], was sold by Thomas duke of Norfolk, to sir Thomas Gresham, and then was joined to Mulberton". Kelly's Directory of 1883 informs: "K[eningham] has been annexed to Mulbarton since 1452: the church has long since gone to decay."

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Chambers, John, A General History of the County of Norfolk, intended to convey all the information of a Norfolk tour […], Norwich: J. Stacy, 1829
Kelly, Kelly's Directory for Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk, London: Kelly's Directories Ltd., 1883