Oxnead Church is a hidden gem, nestled next to Oxnead Hall just north of the River Bure. The hall was the principal home of the Paston family, famous for the Paston Letters which form an important collection of correspondence between 1422 and 1509. The large buildings you can see today comprise the east service wing, north wing, cellars and barns which puts the scale of the original estate into perspective. The church houses Paston monuments in its chancel, including the splendid effigy of Sir Clement Paston (d. 1597), who built the hall, with his wife Alice kneeling below. The adjacent monument commemorates Lady Katherine, wife of Sir William Paston, with a serene bust and epitaphs in Latin and English.