English Heritage sites near Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish

Baconsthorpe Castle

BACONSTHORPE CASTLE

5 miles from Corpusty and Saxthorpe 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

NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL

9 miles from Corpusty and Saxthorpe 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 Market Cross

BINHAM MARKET CROSS

10 miles from Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish

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

Blakeney Guildhall

BLAKENEY GUILDHALL

10 miles from Corpusty and Saxthorpe 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 Priory

BINHAM PRIORY

10 miles from Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish

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

Cow Tower, Norwich

COW TOWER, NORWICH

16 miles from Corpusty and Saxthorpe 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 Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish

Saxthorpe with Corpusty: St Andrew

The Street Saxthorpe Norfolk
01263 577252

Saxthorpe with Corpusty, St Andrew's 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 David Longe

The Assistant Curate is Revd Judy Rosser

Authorised Worship Assistant is Dr Alain Wolf

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


Pubs in Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish

Dukes Head

The Street, Corpusty, NR11 6QG
(01263) 587362
dukesheadcorpusty.co.uk/

Friendly village local with a large garden.