Wacton Parva / Little Wacton / Wacton St. Mary / Waketuna

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "The church was dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, and when Norwich Domesday was made [i.e., 1086], the rector had a house and 16 acres of glebe [...] The church was in constant use till about 1500, and then it began to be called a chapel, and in 1510, was re- turned to be in decay, and in 1520, it was so bad that service began to be omitted; and then there was a design of rebuilding it, though it never took place, [...] it fell down and was never repaired. It stood on the piece of glebe now called Dove-house-Acre or Chappel-yard; but the foundations are ploughed over [...] The parish is now so far swallowed up in Great-Wacton, that the bounds are not commonly known". Blomefcield (ibid.) names "Ralf de Aylesham", as first recorded rector of Wacton Parva (undated), and "John at Ash of Bintre" as rector in 1349. Wilson's Gazetteer of 1870-1872) mentions both parishes (W. Magna and W. Parva) and notes: "The livings are conjoint rectories in the diocese of Norwich." [NB: we have no information on the font from the Domesday-time church here].