English Heritage sites near Hempstead Parish
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
1 miles from Hempstead 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.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
6 miles from Hempstead Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
8 miles from Hempstead 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
8 miles from Hempstead Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
12 miles from Hempstead 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.
CREAKE ABBEY
15 miles from Hempstead Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
Churches in Hempstead Parish
Hempstead: All Saints
The Street
Hempstead
Holt
07766913813
http://www.hempstead-norfolk.co.uk/church.html
Hempstead All Saints is part of the Matlaske Benefice which incorporates the Parishes of Baconsthorpe, Barningham Winter, Edgefield, Hempstead, Matlaske, Plumstead, and Saxthorpe with Corpusty.
Rector is Revd Cannon David Longe
The Assistant Curate is Revd Judy Rosser
Authorised Worship Assistant is Dr Alain Wolf
Church Warden Airlie Inglis 01263 577440
If anyone would like information about the Matlaske Benefice please contact Revd David Longe on 01263 577 252 or [email protected].