Threxton, All Saints
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Threxton All Saints is a round-tower church
at Threxton Hill situated east of the village of Little Cressingham
and west of the town of Watton
in the English
county
of Norfolk
. The church is medieval with a late 13th century tower as well as a 14th century octagonal font and remnants of medieval stained glass in at least one window. The building is a Grade I listed building and retains some wall decorations which survived the reformation
after being partitioned as part of a mausoleum and uncovered during the late 20th century.
Round-tower church
Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, almost solely in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, 6 in Essex, 3 in Sussex and 2 each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. There is evidence of about twenty round-tower...
at Threxton Hill situated east of the village of Little Cressingham
Little Cressingham
Little Cressingham lies south east by road from Great Cressingham, west of Watton and south of Swaffham in the Breckland District of Norfolk...
and west of the town of Watton
Watton
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in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
of Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
. The church is medieval with a late 13th century tower as well as a 14th century octagonal font and remnants of medieval stained glass in at least one window. The building is a Grade I listed building and retains some wall decorations which survived the reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
after being partitioned as part of a mausoleum and uncovered during the late 20th century.