English Heritage sites near Swanton Morley Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
3 miles from Swanton Morley 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.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
13 miles from Swanton Morley Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
13 miles from Swanton Morley Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
14 miles from Swanton Morley 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
14 miles from Swanton Morley Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
14 miles from Swanton Morley 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.
Churches in Swanton Morley Parish
Swanton Morley: All Saints
opposite Rectory Road
Swanton Morley
Dereham
(01362) 637311
http://www.derehamanddistrictteam.org.uk/
All Saints is a typical Norfolk Wool church. It is a beautiful Perpendicular style building, is grade 1 listed and is constantly in need of maintenance and repair. There is a bell tower with a peal of six bells refurbished in 2000. The churchyard is closed for burials except for interment of cremated remains. It stands on a hill at the end of the village overlooking the Wensum Valley. Gonville and Caius Collage, Cambridge are patrons of the Church.
At one end of the villege is Robertson Barracks the home of the Light Dragoons at present with some 500 personnel and families.The regiment is presently looked after by a Church of England Padre and there are good relations between the Barracks and the Church.
The ancestors of Abraham Lincoln lived in the village and were associated with the church giving a bible to the congregation.
Pubs in Swanton Morley Parish
Angel Inn
66 Greengate, Swanton Morley, NR20 4LX
(01362) 637407
theangelpub.co.uk
Darbys
1 Elsing Road, Swanton Morley, NR20 4NY
(01362) 637346
darbyspub.co.uk