English Heritage sites near Edgefield Parish

Baconsthorpe Castle

BACONSTHORPE CASTLE

3 miles from Edgefield 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

BLAKENEY GUILDHALL

7 miles from Edgefield 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

BINHAM MARKET CROSS

7 miles from Edgefield Parish

The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.

Binham Priory

BINHAM PRIORY

8 miles from Edgefield Parish

Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.

North Elmham Chapel

NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL

10 miles from Edgefield 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.

Creake Abbey

CREAKE ABBEY

15 miles from Edgefield Parish

The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.


Churches in Edgefield Parish

St Peter & St Paul Edgefield

Sweetbriar Lane Edgefield
01263 587486

St Peter & St Paul Edgefield, is part of the Matlaske Benefice which incorporates the Parishes of Baconsthorpe, Barningham Winter, Edgefield, Hempstead, Matlaske, Plumstead, and Saxthorpe with Corpusty.

Rector is Revd Canon David Longe

The Assistant Curate is Revd Judy Rosser

Authorised Worship Assistant is Dr Alain Wolf

Church Warden Emma Cletheroe  01263 587049

Church Warden Angela Turner 01263 587292 

If anyone would like information about the Matlaske Benefice please contact Revd David Longe on 01263 577 252 or [email protected].


Pubs in Edgefield Parish

Pigs

Norwich Road, Edgefield, NR24 2RL
(01263) 587634
thepigs.org.uk

Dating from 1826, this is a really super pub refurbished tastefully in 2007. It features an award-winning restaurant. All the food for the bar and restaurant is sourced locally. There is a quiz night on Wednesday evening as well a series of...