Burnham St. Andrew

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes of the parish of Burnham St. Andrew: "In this church there were 4 portions; the prior of Walsingham was patron of three, and the prior of Peterston had the patronage of the fourth; the rector had a manse, with 20 acres, valued at 30s. and paid Peter-pence 3d. ob. Robert de Brisworth gave two parts to the aforesaid priory. 1309, William de Elmham, presented by the prior and convent of Walsingham", being the first recorded incumbent here, while the last one was "Robert Salle, presented on the death of Edmund Bateyl, to Se. Clement's Burnham, and St. Andrew's church annexed, by the prior" in 1447. The consolidation is noted in Blomefield (ibid.) in his listing of vicars at Burnham Overy: "1421, Thomas Lawe. Ditto. And instituted into the church of St. Andrew annexed to it. On July 22, 1421 John Bishop of Norwich united and consolidated the church and vicarage of Burnham St. Andrew, to this of St. Clement, on the petition, &c. of the prior and convent of Wahingham, patrons of it; and in the space of a year, the prior, &c. built a good bridge, for travellers on the high way from St. Andrews to St. Clement's parish." There is no mention of Burnham St. Andrew in Lewis Dictionary of 1833, but the entry for Burnham Overy in White's gazetteer of 1845 describes the church of St. Clement as located "on a bold eminence, a mile S. of the Staith, near the Wells road [...] and in the same enclosure there was formerly another church, dedicated to St. Andrew, but no traces of it now remain".