West Dereham No. 2 / Dereham / Derham / West Derham

Blomefield (1805-1810) writes; "Derham, St. Andrew's Church. There were in ancient days two churches in this town, that of St. Andrew, and that of St. Peter; that of St. Andrew is (as I conceive) the church now standing; and west of this church, in the churchyard, the site of that of St. Peter's may be perceived." In his description of the Premonstratensian abbey at West Dereham, Blomefield (ibid.) notes: "the abbot and convent had an interest in the following churches. Derham, St. Peter's, given, as it seems by their founder, and appropriated to them". Only one church, St. Peter's is mentioned in White's 1854 Directory (p. 626). Kelly's Directory of 1883 notes: "There were formerly two churches here, dedicated respectively to St. Andrew, and St. Peter; the latter has long since disappeared, though its foundations may still be traced in the western part of the churchyard." Knott (2009) writes in his entry for Wse Dereham St. Andrew's: "There were once two churches in this graveyard. Mortlock says that fragments of St Peter's church lie hidden in the undergrowth to the west of the present church, which may be true, but we couldn't find them".