Antingham No. 2 / Antigeham / Attingai
Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
Results: 2 records
view of church exterior
Scene Description: St. Margaret's ruins, seen through the portal of St. Mary's, in 1950 -- The two churches were that close!
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © George Plunkett, 2013
Image Source: B&W photograph taken 28 May 1950 by George Plunkett [www.georgeplunkett.co.uk/Norfolk/A/Antingham St Margaret's ruin from St Mary's [3858] 1950-05-28.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission by Jonathan Plunkett
view of church exterior
Scene Description: the ruins of St. Margaret's in 2006
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon Knott, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph August 2006 by Simon Knott [www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/antinghamruin/antinghamruin.htm] [accessed 18 September 2013]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 18688ANT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: 2 Church Lane, Antingham, Norfolk NR28 0NJ
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located on the road between Cromer and North Walsham -- the ruins of old St. Margaret's are ;ocated by the side of St. Mary's, in its churchyard
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of North Erpingham
Century and Period: 13th century, Early English
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Simon Knott, of Norfolk Churches, for his photograh of this ruined church; we are also grateful to Jonathan Plunkett for the photograph taken by his father, George Plunkett, in 1950
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes; "To this lordship [ancient family of De Antingham] belonged the church of St. Mary, in this town, which was a rectory, anciently valued at 5 marks. In Henry the Third's [i.e., 1216-1272] time there were two medieties, but in the reign of Edward I.[i.e., 1272-1307] it appears to be divided into 4 parts or portions. In the 3d year of Henry III. Reginald, abbot of St. Bennet's de Hulmo, conveyed to Roger de Antingham the moiety of the advowson of this church [...] In 1280, Thomas occurs rector." Although neither church nor cleric are mentioned in the Domesday entries for "Antigeham" or "Attingai", a church here, therefore, was active by 1219. Blomefield (ibid.) reports a second church here: "The abbey of St. Bennet of Holme held here in King Edwards reign, and at the survey, a lordship [...] To this lordship belonged the patronage of the church of St. Margaret of Antingham, a rectory [...] In the reign of Edward I. the rector had 10 acres of land, but no manse. In 1291, Thomas occurs rector." There were two active churches in Antingham by ca, 1300. Knott (2006) reports: "Antingham St Mary is the village church. But right beside it in the graveyard is the ruined shell of its erstwhile companion, St Margaret. Both were parish churches until the Reformation, the two Antingham parishes arising from the presence of two different manors. Indeed, they may have both continued as working churches after the Reformation, because there are the remains of brickwork in the ruins of the porch on the south side of St Margaret. But by the start of the 18th century, when both churches were in a parlous state, permission was given to use the stone of St Margaret to repair St Mary." Blomefild (ibid.) lists the last recorded rector of St. Margaret's as "1736, John Fowke, by the Bishop", and probably completed his work on this chuch by mid-18th century, when this church was still active.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.84636,
1.34397
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 50′ 46.9″ N,
1° 20′ 38.29″ E
UTM: 31U 388473 5856464
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810
Knott, Simon, The Norfolk Churches Site, Simon Knott, 2004. [standing permission to reproduce images received from Simon (February 2005]. Accessed: 2013-09-18 00:00:00. URL: www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.