Icon	Description
	There are options to zoom in and out at the top right of the map (alternatively you can use the mouse scroll wheel or touchscreen gestures)
	At the top right of the map there is a layers button which allows you to choose different map styles

St Mary's Church, Watton, Norfolk

❰ View on Map Updated: 3 years ago

Details

Accessibility

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10246/facilities/

Brief description

"According to the Domesday Book Watton had a church prior to 1086. The present church is most likely to have been built on the same site, and is generally accepted to have been built between 1100 and 1135. St Mary’s Church, which was originally dedicated to St Giles, but was rededicated to St Mary in the early C15, is of flint construction in the Norman and Gothic styles.

In the 1840’s extensive building work was begun, widening the aisles to increase seating capacity from 260 to 480, which makes St Mary’s the only church in Norfolk that is wider than its length.

Its round tower has an octagonal belfry containing six bells. This new ‘peal’– a set of bells attuned to each other – was installed in 1899 for ‘change ringing’ paid for by public subscription. Previously there were only three bells housed in a wooden spire and inscribed ‘John Brend made me in ‘1656-1658’. At one time there was a musician’s gallery in the west end, and records show that in 1845 the church had a small orchestra which consisted of a violin, two flutes and two clarinets." http://stmaryswatton.org/history.html

http://www.historyofwatton.org.uk/churches/stmarys.htm