Wormegay No. 2 / Wermegai / Wermegay / Wirmegey

INFORMATION

FontID: 18643WOR
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Saints and Holy Cross
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Saints & Holy Cross
Church Location: Church Lane, Wormegay, Norfolk PE33 0SH
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located 10 km SSE of King's Lynn
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Ely [formerly Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred and half of Clackclose
Century and Period: 11th - 15th century, Medieval
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "Hermerus de Ferrariis, a powerful Norman baron, had the grant of this lordship, on the expulsion of Turchetill, who had large possessions before the conquest [...] In Turchetil's time this lordship consisted of one carucate of land, 8 villains and 2 servi, with 8 acres of meadow, one carucate in demean, and one among the tenants, the 4th part of a mill and 3 fisheries, 3 cows, &c. 4 skeps of bees and a church [...] The Church of Wirmegey is dedicated to St. Michael, [...] It is an ancient single building, of car-stone, flint, &c. covered with reed; at the west end of the nave is an ancient font; on the basons are 8 shields, now defaced; [...] the bason for the holy water is still remaining."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.680363, 0.475436
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 40' 49.31" N, 0° 28' 31.57" E
UTM: 31U 329342 5839705

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810