English Heritage sites near Skeyton Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
11 miles from Skeyton Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
11 miles from Skeyton Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
16 miles from Skeyton Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
17 miles from Skeyton Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
18 miles from Skeyton Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
BINHAM PRIORY
19 miles from Skeyton Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
Churches in Skeyton Parish
Skeyton: All Saints
Church Road
Skeyton
Norwich
01692 773886
Skeyton is part of the United Benefice of King's Beck, together with the villages of Banningham, Colby, Felmingham, Sloley, Suffield, Swanton Abbott and Tuttington. Sung Eucharist is held on Sunday at 10am in rotation around the churches.
All Saints church dates from the 13th cent. although the south porch is 14th cent. Being set on a hill, on a clear day the building offers views across to the spire of Norwich Cathedral.
Skeyton appears as Scegutuma in the Domesday Book of 1086 and artifacts from the Bronze Age and Saxon period have been found in the area as well as Roman objects. One of the earliest known rectors was Ralph de Skeytone, who was in post in the years prior to 1260
Pubs in Skeyton Parish
Goat
Long Road, Skeyton, NR10 5DH
(01692) 538600
skeytongoatinn.co.uk