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St Margaret's, Drayton, Norfolk

Location
(52°40′30″N, 1°13′39″E)
Drayton
TG 178 134
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Norfolk
now Norfolk
  • Jill A Franklin
  • Jill A Franklin
1988 and 2020

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Feature Sets
Description

Drayton, Norfolk (as opposed to settlements of the same name in Berkshire, Somerset, Oxfordshire and elsewhere) lies about 4mi NW of Norwich. St Margaret's church was almost completely rebuilt over the course of the 19thc, including the W tower, nave, N aisle and chancel, although the 15thc porch escaped intact. The only Romanesque feature is its remodelled font.

History

Drayton was a small settlement in the hundred of Taverham. Ralph of Beaufour was tenant in chief in 1086.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

The font basin is apparently recut.

Bibliography

N. Pevsner and Bill Wilson, he Buildings of England, Norfolk: Norwich and North-East (Harmondsworth, 1962), 2nd edn (1997), 1: 448.