Great Walsingham No. 2 / Galsingaham / Old Walsingham / Walsigaham / Walsingham Magna
INFORMATION
FontID: 18874WAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: 13 Westgate Street, Walsingham, Norfolk NR22 6DY
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
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
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.9024, 0.8823
UTM: 31U 357104 5864153
REFERENCES
Blomefield, Francis, An essay towards a topographical history of Norfolk, 1805-1810