Little Ryburgh / Reieburh [Domesday] / Reienburh / Ryburgh Parva

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view of church exterior

the ruins of All Saints' church
Scene Description: the ruins of All Saints' church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Evelyn Simak, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 November 2011 by Evelyn Simak [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2713375] [accessed 30 July 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18570RYB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints [in ruins]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Notes: church was abandoned when Great Ryburgh and Little Ryburgh merged in the mid-18thC
Church Address: 10 The Street, Ryburgh, Norfolk NR21 0LS
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the A1067, 5 km ESE of Fakenham
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundreds of Gallow and Brothercross
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the font of the abandoned medieval church here)
Font Notes:
Blomefield (1805-1810) cites from the Domesday survey of 1086 that the holdings of Earl Warren at the time include "the moiety of a church", and writes: "The Church is dedicated to All-Saints, and was a rectory appropriated to the priory of Binham". Blomefield (ibid.) names "Alan de Riburgh" as having been instituted vicar here in 1307 "presented by the prior and convent of Bynham". White's Directory of 1845 described the church as "an ivy mantled ruin". Wilson's Gazetter of 1870-1872 reports: "The church is in ruins, but the churchyard is still used." Knott (2006) notes: "the remains of flint rubble walls, all that is left of the former parish church of All Saints, Little Ryburgh. There was no tower. Enough of the south wall remains to show the curve of the doorway, coming together in a pointed arch that suggests the church was from the late 13th or early 14th century." [NB: we have no information on the font from the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 359540 5853380
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.811883, 0.915948
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 48′ 42.78″ N, 0° 54′ 57.41″ E

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol. 7: 168-172 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78321] [accessed 30 July 2013]
  • Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
  • White, William, History, gazetteer, and directory of Norfolk and the city and County of the city of Norwich [...], Sheffield: Robert Leader, 1845, [transcribed in www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/r/ryburgh_little/white1845.shtml [accessed 30 July 2013]]
  • Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales: embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs [...], Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., 1870-1872, [cited in www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2268 [accessed 30 July 2013]]