English Heritage sites near Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
ST OLAVE'S PRIORY
0 miles from Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
The wonderfully complete 14th century brick-vaulted refectory undercroft - later a cottage occupied until 1902 - of a small Augustinian priory.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
3 miles from Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
3 miles from Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
6 miles from Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
8 miles from Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
15 miles from Fritton and St. Olaves 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.
Churches in Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
Fritton: St Edmund
Church Lane
Fritton
Great Yarmouth
01493 488345
St Edmund's is one of six churches which make up the Somerleyton Benefice, and it's age is unknown. However, the Saxon architectural features and the strong link with King Canute indicate that it is over 900 years old and may have royal origins. Originally thought to have been just a wayside chapel, formed by the Saxon apse; the chancel and the nave were added at later dates with a separate tower. In 1350 the nave was widened, but only on the south side so the chancel arch is off-centre. The church is dedicated to St Edmund who was martyred by arrows in 870 A.D. There are some remaining mural paintings in the church. Scroll work in the apse dating to the 12th century, scroll work and figures of St John the Baptist and St Christopher in the nave from the 14th century. The Holy Table and the pulpit are Jacobean, the three decker pulpit is unusual - the lowest level for reading lessons, the middle level for conducting the service and the upper level for preaching the sermon. The east window is the only existing original window, the glass was destroyed in the time of Cromwell, and the window blocked up. This was restored with fragments of the original included with new glass by Major Cubitt the patron of the church in 1855.The font carved in the Norman style was also erected at this time.
The chancel stalls are 13th century and the pews In the nave 19th century. The screen dates from 1300- 1375 and contains wheelwork tracery. It has undergone restoration. A 12th century sarcophagus is now in the vestry, and there is a stone coffin in the porch. The roofs of both chancel and nave are thatched with Norfolk reed. There is a 12th century stone cross on the eastern gable originally from the Bishops residence in Thorpe.
More details of the features of this East Anglian gem are in the guide, copies of which are in the church.
Pubs in Fritton and St. Olaves Parish
Bell Inn
Beccles Road, St. Olaves, NR31 9HE
(01493) 488249
bellinn-stolaves.co.uk
Decoy Tavern
Beccles Road, Fritton, NR31 9AB
(01493) 488277
decoytavern.co.uk