Wood Norton No. 2 / Nortuna / Woodnorton

Of the four entries for "Nortuna" found in the Domesday survey, only one mentions a third part of church in this 'beruita' that belonged to the bishops of Thetford. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "There were two churches standing in this town in the 5th of Henry V.[i.e., 1418] [...]; AllSaints [and] St. Peter's [...] but St. Peter's has been dilapidated long since, and consolidated with AllSaints [...] All-Saints church has no steeple, but a frame for bells in the churchyard." Blomefield (ibid.) also mentions presentations to these churches at different dates, the earliest to St. Peter's, in 1308, the next to All Saints', in 1310. White's Directory of 1854 (p. 450-451) notes: "There was anciently another church here, dedicated to St. Peter, some portions of which are now converted into a barn." The British Listed buildings [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-224031-manor-farm-barn-former-church-of-st-pete] [accessed 5 November 2013] notes: "Farm barn, former church of St. Peter. Nave only with c.1200 to c.1500 evidence. Flint with brick dressings. C20 pantiled roof. West gable with blocked gable lancet c.1200, south west corner with conglomerate quoins above suggesting yet earlier beginnings; south side with Decorated/Perpendicular door arch, blocked 2 light Perpendicular window with tracery head surviving, central cart doors, cut stone lancet. Chancel demolished, brick east gable. North side with Perpendicular 2-light windows and blocked Decorated window embrasure to east. C20 roof and lean-to additions to north, not of special interest." [NB: we have no information on the font from the original church here]