English Heritage sites near Elsing Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
5 miles from Elsing 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.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
13 miles from Elsing 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.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
14 miles from Elsing 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.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
14 miles from Elsing 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
15 miles from Elsing 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
15 miles from Elsing Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
Churches in Elsing Parish
Elsing: St Mary
Church Street
Elsing
Norwich
01603 871263
https://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.uk/
ST. MARY’S CHURCH, ELSING
Grade I listed.
Built by Sir Hugh Hastings, c.1340 is one of the finest examples of the Decorated Period in Norfolk. The pillar-less nave, at nearly 40ft is one of the widest of any parish church. In 2002 the PCC raised £40,000 for major roof repairs.
The Octagonal font has a remarkable canopy with pinnacled buttresses and is thought to be the oldest of its kind in existence.
Figures in the stained glass windows date from the 14C.
A magnificent brass to the founder, who died in 1347, shows small representations of some of his pallbearers, including Edward III, on either side of the armoured figure.
In almost any other county, this splendid church would be far better known.
The church is normally open between the hours, 11am & 5pm.
Pubs in Elsing Parish
Mermaid Inn
This 17th century pub is located in a small village in the upper Wensum valley opposite the 14th century parish church. The interior consists of one large bar with log fire at one end and behind a semi-partition, a pool table at the other....