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St Margaret’s Church, Felbrigg
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St Margaret’s Church, Felbrigg
St Margaret’s Church, Felbrigg is located in Norfolk
St Margaret’s Church, Felbrigg
St Margaret’s Church, Felbrigg
Location in Norfolk
52°54′15″N 1°15′58″E / 52.90417°N 1.26611°E / 52.90417; 1.26611
Location Felbrigg
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication Saint Margaret of Antioch
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Designated 4 October 1960
Specifications
Spire height 80 feet (24 m)
Administration
Parish Felbrigg
Deanery Repps
Archdeaconry Lynn
Diocese Norwich
Province Canterbury

St Margaret's Church is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in Felbrigg, Norfolk.

History

The church is medieval with later additions. Built of flint with stone and brick dressings. The tower dates from ca. 1410 and was built by Sir Simon de Felbrigg. Although a village was originally located around the church, in the 16th century following an outbreak of the plague the village was rebuilt in a new location to the north-east, leaving the church isolated.

Parish status

The church is in a joint benefice with:

  • St Mary's Church, Roughton, Norfolk
  • St Andrew's Church, Metton, Norfolk
  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sustead, Norfolk
  • St Mary's Church, Bessingham, Norfolk
  • St Bartholomew's Church, Hanworth, Norfolk

Memorials

Brass of Simon de Felbrigge and wife St Margaret's Church Felbrigg Norfolk
Monumental brass of Simon de Felbrigge and wife Margaret of Teschen
  • Simon de Felbrigg d. 1351 and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir George de Thorpe, Kt., Lord of the Manor of Breisworth, Suffolk
  • Roger de Felbrigg d. 1380 and his wife Elizabeth de Scales
  • Sir Simon Felbrigg d. 1442 and his first wife Margaret d. 1416 (daughter of Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn)
  • Thomas Windham d. 1599
  • Jane Coningsby d. 1608
  • Thomas Windham d. 1653 by Martin Morley of Norwich
  • Joan Windham d. 1669
  • John Windham d. 1676
  • William Windham d. 1689 by Grinling Gibbons
  • Ashe Windham d. 1749
  • William Windham d. 1762
  • William Windham d. 1810 by Joseph Nollekens 1813
  • Cecilia Federica Marina Windham d. 1824
  • Henry Baring d. 1848
  • Vice Admiral William Windham d. 1833
  • William Howe Windham d. 1854
  • Lady Elizabeth Caroline Sophia Giubilei (formerly Windham, née Hervey) d. 1863 (daughter of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol)
  • Wyndham Cremer Ketton-Cremer d. 1933 and Emily his wife d. 1952
  • Flying Officer Richard Thomas Ketton-Cremer d. 1941
  • Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer d. 1969

Organ

Organ in Felbrigg church
Pipe organ from St Botolph's Church, Banningham, now in Felbrigg church

The organ is thought to be by Lewis & Co and was originally in St Botolph's Church, Banningham. It was installed at Felbrigg in 1997 by Holmes & Swift. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

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