Rockland St. Margaret / Little Rockland / Rokelund / Rokelunda
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: this is all that remains from old St. Margaret's church
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 May 2009 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1281717] [accessed 24 April 2013]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the ruins of St. Margaret in the context of St. Mary's; the remains of St. Margaret's church are right next to St. Mary's church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 May 2009 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1281715] [accessed 24 April 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18431ROC
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret [demolished]
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: [cf. FontNotes]
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Henstede [aka Henstead]
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "In this churchyard there were two churches; the church of St. Margaret is in ruins, and stands a few yards east of St. Mary's; it never had a steeple, but consisted of a chancel and nave only, and was much of the same bigness with St. Mary's". [NB: we have no information on the font from the original church here] [cf. Index entry for Rockland St. Mary for the church which shared the churchyard with this one].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.584427,
1.411538
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 35′ 3.94″ N,
1° 24′ 41.54″ E
UTM: 31U 392381 5827228
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810