English Heritage sites near Lyng Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
6 miles from Lyng 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
11 miles from Lyng 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
13 miles from Lyng 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.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
15 miles from Lyng 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
15 miles from Lyng Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
16 miles from Lyng 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.
Churches in Lyng Parish
Lyng: St Margaret
Port Row
Lyng
Norwich
01603 879275
https://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.uk/whats-on/virtual-church/
ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH, LYNG
Grade II* listed.
The earliest stone church has stood on this site for 1,000 years, since the times of King Canute. The patron saint has changed three times in the last 400 years - originally St. Michael’s, it changed to St. Margaret’s in 1652, then became St.Clements during the 19th Century, reverting back to St. Margaret’s by 1906.
The porch is 15th Century, with its original door, as also are the Perpendicular windows in the nave, while the font is 13th Century. The church was greatly restored early in the 20th Century with pinnacles on the tower and the buttresses changed from tapering to stepped. The chancel was enlarged too.
In 1991 the ringing gallery was built, making space for a proper vestry, confirming that throughout its history the church has been loved and cared for, and today's active congregation have just the same devotion. One of the Church’s most remarkable possessions is the 600 year old Lyng Pall or Altar Cloth which hangs in the Chancel.
The tower houses a fine set of 5 bells, and the team of local ringers meet each Friday and ring regularly at some services. Maintenance and upkeep of the bells is mostly financed by the generosity of the bell ring team.
The church is normally open during daylight hours.
Sparham: St Mary
Well Lane
Sparham
Norwich
01603 871263
https://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.uk/
St Mary the Virgin church is early 14C and is Grade I listed.
The chancel side windows and priest’s doorway demonstrate the date.
The arcades inside are of four bays. The widths of the arches vary curiously but this is explained by the fact they were altered when the roof was raised. Clearly there were five bays originally, because the two which are equal together cover two-fifths of the nave. The early 14C building also had a clerestory.
On the dado of the Screen, apart from the Saints, there are scenes from the Dance of Death, rare and interesting.
Many of the bench ends have poppy-heads.
Organ case Gothic, probably of c.1800. Chalice, Norwich 1567.
There is a brass to William Mustarder, Rector c.1490.
Pubs in Lyng Parish
Fox
Situated in the heart of the village this rambling old building has many rooms for eating and drinking. The main bar has a low beamed ceiling and flagstones with a large fireplace at one end. There is a games room with pool table and TV at...