All Saints and St Andrew’s, Tattersett

Open daily dawn to dusk.
Wheelchair accessible
Parking nearby
Grade I

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All Saints and St Andrew’s Church is one of Norfolk’s most remote, reached via a farm track through the maize fields. Perseverance is rewarded for the church is delightful in its isolated position above the Tat river valley. The first step is locating the church on an Ordnance Survey Map. You will then notice that it seems to be in Coxford rather than Tattersett and that the remains of St Mary’s Priory (Augustinian) are situated to the south west. The history of the local area reveals a lost world. The priory was founded when the community of Augustinian Canons moved from nearby East Rudham to Coxford in 1216. In 1537 it was dissolved and the site and possessions granted to the Duke of Norfolk. Parts of the masonry remain. The church has lost its original village, which may have been the village of Tattersett St Andrew, but remains an unwavering presence in the landscape. The neighbouring churches of Sengham and Broomsthorpe were not so lucky. All Saints and St Andrew’s Church largely dates to the late 13th century, in the Decorated style, apart from later Perpendicular windows and a Tudor square-headed design. The remains of a wall painting on the south nave wall is difficult to make out. Look out for the Tudor red brick piscina and sedilia.

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