| Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk - St Mary's Church | ||||
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pictures below to enlarge Notes in italics from North-West and South Norfolk by Nikolaus Pevsner (1962) Penguin Books, now published by Yale University Press |
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Anglo-Saxon round tower, see the triangular head of the upper doorway towards the nave. Bell-openings round-headed. The tower had a W doorway. Nave and chancel all with Victorian fenestration. |
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| However, the simple N doorway is c.1190. | ||||
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The N arcade (three bays, octagonal piers, double-hollow-chamfered arches) is of the C14. |
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FONT. A very interesting and
rare Norman piece, with the Labours of the months in arcading. First
picture: January a man with a drinking horn, February a man warming his
feet, March a man digging, April a man pruning, Second picture: May
Beating the Bounds, June weeding, July scything, August binding a sheaf, Third
picture: September threshing, October grinding corn in a quern,
November slaughtering, December feasting. Fourth picture: On the W
side three 'Trees of Life'. |
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