Norfolk, Old Edgefield - stone by stone

Until the 14c the village stood round the old 12c church between the present site and Hunworth. After the Black Death the village was re-established in 2 locations, Edgefield Green and Edgefield Street. The old church isolated from the village suffered from neglect and in 1876 Walter Marcon, son of the previous rector finding it "broken and moss covered, with miserable seating, its chancel arch with a threatening bend in it, its wretched altar, old and stained ...which was enough to try the stoutest heart" A devastating restoration c1820 had reroofed the church at the cost of the lead from the roof, 4 bells and a monument. Marcon decided to rebuilt the church halfway between the 2 Edgefields, the Marchioness of Lothian providing the site. After a great struggle to raise money in which Marcon organised savings cards for the parishioners, the work began designed by John Dando Sedding. All but the porch and tower of the old church was taken down stone by stone (some often by the rector's own hands) carefully marked and then used in the new building. The building work took 2 years and cost £2106. www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/12326067144/
The tower was restored in 1982, unusual that it is octagonal from the ground up, while most are built on a round or square plinth. The old churchyard is now the responsibility of the local council.

www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/edgefieldold/edgefieldold.htm

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Barningham Green (show map)

Taken on: September 25, 2013

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