Round Tower Churches Tours for 2018.
12th May 2018: 10am Norton Subcourse, Thorpe next Haddiscoe, Haddiscoe, before AGM at Haddiscoe Village Hall at 2.15pm. Bring your lunch.
The other Round Tower Church Tours start at 2.30pm at the first church.
2nd June 2018 Pentlow, Little Bradley, Bartlow,
7th July 2018 East Lexham, Shereford, Syderstone
4th August 2018 Thorpe Abbotts, Needham, Rushall
1st September 2018 Worthing, Bylaugh, Haveringland
Norton Subcourse (this and photo of East Lexham by Simon Knott), Pentlow, East Lexham, Thorpe Abbotts & Worthing churches.
Simon Knott’s amazing websites with photos and information about Norfolk churches is www.norfolkchurches.co.uk.
For his Suffolk churches site go to www.suffolkchurches.co.uk
Sunday Tours 2018
‘Lyn and Richard also organise Sunday tours to Norfolk churches. These start at 2.30pm at the first church and normally end with a a form of Evening Prayer at 6pm or 6.30pm.
15th April 2018 Coltishall, Hoveton St Peter, Hoveton St John, Horning.
20th May 2018 Reymerston, Hardingham, Kimberley, Carleton Forehoe
17th June 2018 Ingoldisthorpe, Snettisham, Heacham, Sedgeford
15th July 2018 Sparham, Elsing, Swanton Morley, Foxley,
Everyone is welcome to join us, and all Tours are free, though donations are encouraged at every church. Tea will be provided by one of the churches during each afternoon. Further details from ‘Lyn Stilgoe 01328 738237.
Four churches visited in 2017: Fritton St Edmunds, Threxton, Bramfield & Aslacton
Many thanks to ‘Lyn and Dick for their hard work in setting up these tours and for the excellent Information they provide for us.
2017 Round Tower Tours.
6th May 2017 Fritton St Edmund, followed by Ashby and Lound, and AGM at Lound Village Hall.
3rd June 2017 South Pickenham, Threxton, Merton
1st July 2017 Theberton, Thorington, Bramfield
5th August 2017 Matlaske, Stody, Letheringsett
2nd September 2017 Wacton, Aslacton, Tasburgh
RTCS at South Pickenham
2017 Norfolk Church Tours
23rd April 2017 Ranworth, South Walsham, Upton, Fishley RT
21st May 2017 Saxlingham, Field Dalling, Langham, Binham
18th June 2017 North Lopham, South Lopham, Fersfield, Diss
16th July 2017 Weasenham All Saints, Rougham, Great Massingham, Little Massingham
On this page we advertise events happening in round tower churches. If you have an event you would like to publicize please send information to anne.woollett@tiscali.co.uk
November 11th St Peter’s Haveringland: a special Remembrance Service to mark the 70th anniversary of the closure of Swannington airfield, which surrounded the church during WW2. There were representatives of Armed Services, descendants of airmen who flew from here attending, as well as local parishioners and other visitors.The church was open on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th with an exhibition about the airfield and the men who flew from it. An Avenue of Remembrance was dedicated, there was a fly past and poppy drop. It was a a moving occasion and a great chance to see inside a Round Tower church which is generally closed.
Friends of Hemblington church tour of three Medieval churches with wall paintings. Saturday, 12th August 2017. Visited St Edmund’s Church, South Burlingham NR13 4EU, St Mary’s Church, Moulton St Mary, and St Andrew’s Church at Wickhampton. Tour leader Rev’d Canon Nick Garrard. For more information go to www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk
Rickinghall Inferior Church. Saturday 13th May and second Saturday of June, July & August between 9am and 12.30pm. Sale of Quatrefoil books. NB The church is open all day. Quatrefoil is a local publishing team. It received a grant a few years ago from the Heritage Lottery Fund to publish books about the history of the villages of Rickinghall, Botesdale and Redgrave. Thirteen books have been published so far on various subjects mainly through the medieval period to the present day. Although the grant covered the first few books, the profit from the sales of the books fund the later ones. As the post office in Rickinghall and the hardware store in Botesdale closed last year, we lost two of our three retail outlets, with only Redgrave Community Shop selling books. The Rector and churchwardens kindly agreed to let us sell the books in Rickinghall Inferior Church. There will also be a small display covering a particular subject of the books each month. The books sell for £5 each, apart from the Rickinghall Inferior Church Guide which sells for £3. For further details see www.quatrefoil.org.uk. There are many more subjects in the pipeline for further books. Rickinghall Farmers Market and Car Boot Sale are also available next door in the village Hall.
The church is open every Saturday during the summer months from 10 am until about 4 – 5.
St. Margaret’s, Hales, and St. Gregory’s Church, Heckingham. Public Meeting on Wednesday 20th September 2017, at 6.30 at St Margaret’s Church Hales. These churches are the care of the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) who have recently estimated that the repairs required to enable them to remain open for their local community and visitors is about £10,000 each. CCT have set up a public meeting to explain their plans for the two churches, how they will seek funding and how the local community can get involved in the process, from hosting seasonal suppers, a Christmas event or a Summer Tea Party.
For information about CCT go to https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-margaret-hales.htm