Keswick nr. Bacton / Casewic

INFORMATION

FontID: 19177KES
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Clement [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Country Name: England
Location: Norfolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: [NB: the disappeared village was located near Bacton]
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocese of Norwich]
Historical Region: Hundred of Tunstede
Century and Period: 12th century, Norman
Blomefield (1805-1810) writes: "C[asewic], [or] K[eswick], Was a town joining to Backton, and was part of the great manor of Bacton, which extended into this place, and Bromholm, and was granted by William de Glanvile to his priory on the founding of it. Bartholomew his son confirmed the land of Standard, the priest of Casewic, and the church there, to the said priory. In 1382, the church was standing, dedicated to St. Clement, and the ruins of it are still visible, about a furlong north east of the priory, standing between two ways, one leading to Walcot, the other to the sea". If the church here existed at the time of the William de Glanville and the foundation of the Bromhold priory, it would have known ca. 1113 -- we have no information on its font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 397471 5856712

REFERENCES

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