Great Walsingham No. 2 / Galsingaham / Old Walsingham / Walsigaham / Walsingham Magna

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18874WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of All Saints [in ruins]
Church Patron Saint(s): All Saints
Church Address: 13 Westgate Street, Walsingham, Norfolk NR22 6DY
Site Location: Norfolk, East Anglia, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located in the N of the county, just S of Binham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Norwich
Historical Region: Hundred of North Greehow
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC (?) church here)
Font Notes:
There is an entry for Walsingham Magna in the Domesday survey [http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TF9337/great-walsingham/] [accessed 13 December 2013] but it mentions neither church nor cleric in it. Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "In the town of Old Walsingham, were two churches, All-Saints and St. Peter's. The Church of All-Saints was a rectory [...] and was given, by deed sans date, to the church of St. Mary of Walsingham, and the canons there [...] On the appropriation of it, a vicarage was settled [...] Philip de Clopton occurs vicar [...] In the 14th of Edward I" [i.e., 1286]. The English Heritage entry for this church [Listing NGR: TF9394637771] reads: "Ruins of All Saints and St Mary's Church (formerly listed as Ruins of Church of All Saints) TF 9337 NE 5/2A 6.3.59. Medieval Church. Little more than foundations remain. Comprising nave, west tower, north transept and south porch. Situated in a field immediately north of The Manor House on the west side of Westgate Road." [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 13th-century (?) church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 357104 5864153
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.9024, 0.8823

REFERENCES

  • Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810, vol.: 9: 267-282 / [www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78541] [accessed 13 December 2013]