Fulmodeston / Fulmotestuna

Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005

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view of church exterior - west tower

Scene Description: the ruins of old St. Mary's

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Simon Knott in May 2005 [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fulmodestonold/fulmodestonold.htm] [accessed 25 July 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18539FUL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary [abandoned in 1882; now in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Fulmodeston, Norfolk NR21 0LY
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located near Croxton, 7-8 km E of Fakenham, 30 km SW of Cromer, 40 NNW of Norwich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norfolk
Historical Region: Hundred of Gallow and Brothercross
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches, [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk] for his photograph of the ruins of St. Mary
Church Notes: medieval [ca. 1300?] church abandoned when the new Christ Church was built in 1882
Blomefield (1805-1810) reports that Fulmodeston contained at the Conquest "a church not endowed with any land [...] The Church of Fulmodeston is dedicated to St. Mary. In the reign of Edward I [i.e., 1272-1307]. the prior of Castleacre had the patronage; the rector had a manse in the village of Croxton, (which belonged to this parish,) with 20 acres of land". Blomefield (ibid.) names "William de Crakeford" as first recorded "rector, presented by the prior, &c. of Castleacre", in 1176. The church is noted in White (1845) as "an ancient structure, with a square tower"; in Wilson's Gazetteer (1870-1872) as "ancient, but very good", but there is no mention of the font in either source. [NB: we have no information on the font from the abandoned church -- for the font in Christ Church Fulmodeston, see Index entry under Croxton]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.8309, 0.9562
UTM: 31U 361930 5856470

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
White, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Norfolk and the city and County of the city of Norwich [...], Sheffield: Robert Leader, 1845
Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872