Caldecote nr. Swffham / Caldachota / Caldanchota / Caldechota / Corket

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes that Caldecote was, in his time, "reduced to a single farm-house", although at the time of the Domesday survey "here were two manors". On the church itself, Blomefield (ibid.) writes: "The church, which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, hath been in ruins above a century past; many of the walls are still standing; the site of it is on an hill on the north side, and near to the yards of the manor, or farm-house; it was a single building of flint, chalk, &c. in length about 27 feet, and 17 in breadth, with a north and a south door". "Roger Boydin" appears as its first recorded rector, in 1305. A footnote in Blomefield (ibid.) informs that in 1583 the rector was "William Strickland [...] also rector of Melton St. Mary. [...] In his answer to the King's Queries in 1603, he observes that the church was then profaned, and had only a case standing, and one house in the parish". [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].