English Heritage sites near Erpingham Parish
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
6 miles from Erpingham Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
12 miles from Erpingham Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
13 miles from Erpingham Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
14 miles from Erpingham Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
BINHAM PRIORY
14 miles from Erpingham Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
14 miles from Erpingham Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
Churches in Erpingham Parish
Calthorpe: Our Lady w St Margaret
The Street
Calthorpe
Norwich
(01263) 735922
http://www.scarrowbeckbenefice.org.uk/
The church has an unbuttressed tower with features of the Early English style of architecture and some fifteenth century with knapped flints. All the windows of the nave are Perpendicular. There is one decorated Chancel window and the remainder are Early English lancets, showing this church is older than its neighbour Erpingham. The priests door has two Mass dials.
Internally the church simply consists of a Nave and Chancel. In the Nave aisle are various reset 17th century inscribed slabs. The font is fifteenth century and octagonal. The decorative font cover originates from Buxton church. the roof is medieval and of arch-braced type. There are four Consecration Crosses in the Nave. The church has retained thirteen medieval Pews with carved ends known as poppyheads. The pulpit is Jacobean. The altar rails, although renewed in places, are basically Laudian. This church has been extremely well supported by The Norfolk Churches Trust.
See also www.scarrowbeckbenefice.org.uk/
Erpingham: St Mary
Erpingham
Erpingham
Norwich
01263 735922
http://www.scarrowbeckbenefice.org.uk/
Situated 5 miles North of Aylsham just to West of the A140 Norwich to Cromer road and 7 miles South of Cromer, the coastal resort.
Erpingham parish church is said to be one of the most picturesque churches in North Norfolk, standing as it does away from its village amongst green fields and mature trees. Its' 15c perpendicular tower is very lofty and imposing, below its battlements the letters spelling out the famous family name appear in stone on the four sides of the tower. ER PY NG HM with crowned Ms for the virgin between each letter. The interior is very light and ornate, with many features and fine stained glass. The famous Brass of Sir John Erpingham with the history of the family is in the South aisle. Guidebooks and leaflets, provided for the many hundreds of visitors who find their way to this idyllic spot each year, detail the dedication and generosity of many generations of worshippers.
Pubs in Erpingham Parish
Saracen's Head
nr Erpingham, Wolterton, NR11 7LZ
(01263) 768909
saracenshead-norfolk.co.uk
Spread Eagle
The pub, which traces its history back to the 1720s, has three main areas: a large room for dining with log burner and seating in front, the bar area with log burner at the end and at the opposite end of the interior a modern room with tabl...