English Heritage sites near Swanton Abbott Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
11 miles from Swanton Abbott 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.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
12 miles from Swanton Abbott 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.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
17 miles from Swanton Abbott 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.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
18 miles from Swanton Abbott Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
18 miles from Swanton Abbott Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
18 miles from Swanton Abbott 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.
Churches in Swanton Abbott Parish
Swanton Abbot: St Michael
Church Lane
Swanton Abbott
Norwich
01692 773886
A fine old Norfolk church situated on a hill top where there has been a church since Anglo Saxon times although no trace of the original church is visible today. Rebuilding of the present church in stone started with the Tower in about 1340 and ended with the Chancel a century later. The Chancel screen was made to complete the building of the Chancel and bears the initials of the then rector, Stephen Multon 1435-1477.
The Porch is a 15th century addition to the Nave and the original roof has a niche for a figure of St Michael. The Church door has a particularly ancient ring knocker which Pevsner suggests could be 13th century but the latch on the inside has an inscription "T Cook 1819."
Since 1st April 2018, the parish forms part of the United Benefice of King's Beck and Sunday services take place by rota in one of the churches of the Benefice (Banningham, Colby, Felmingham, Skeyton, Sloley and Tuttington)
Pubs in Swanton Abbott Parish
Jollys
Located in a rural north Norfolk village, the interior is largely open plan with different drinking areas, including a main bar with a small stage for occasional live performances and a pool area adjacent to the bar. There is a separate din...
Weavers Arms
Lively village locals pub with three rooms.