Wreningham No. 2 / Little Wreningham / Walsincham / Wasincham / Wreningham Parva

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18395WRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: [cf. FontNotes]
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located 13 km SSW of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Humble-Yard
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one of the disappeared medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "W[reningham], As it is now, contains three whole parishes, and three manors, all joined in one, viz. Great Wreningham, or All Saints, Little Wreningham, or St. Mary, and Nelonde [...] Little Wreningham. As it was afterwards called, lies in Domesday Book by the name of Wasincham and Walsincham, and was formerly in two parts; Ketel the Dane had the biggest part in the Confessor's time; (fn. 1) and at the Conqueror's survey, Warine held it of Ralf Peverell, and the church had 60 acres of glebe [...] The church was dedicated to St. Mary, and in Norwich Domesday, Sir Robert de Thorp, son of Sir John, was the patron", and names "Nicholas de Shropham" as first recorded rectos, in 1312, but by the year 1418 the three parishes have a consolidated rectory under "Thomas Arteys of Refham, priest." White's Gazetteer of 1845 notes: "Little Wreningham [...] had a church, of which no traces are now extant." [NB: we have no information on the font of the disappeared medieval church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 377520 5823062

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 5: 114-122 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78163] [accessed 26 March 2013]