English Heritage sites near Corpusty and Saxthorpe Parish
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
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
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
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
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
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/