English Heritage sites near Barton Bendish Parish
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
9 miles from Barton Bendish Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
9 miles from Barton Bendish Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
WEETING CASTLE
10 miles from Barton Bendish Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
11 miles from Barton Bendish Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
13 miles from Barton Bendish Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
15 miles from Barton Bendish Parish
Thetford Warren Lodge was probably built c.1400 by the Prior of Thetford; this defensible lodge protected gamekeepers and hunting parties against armed poachers.
Churches in Barton Bendish Parish
St Andrew’s
Church Road
Barton Bendish
Kings Lynn
(01366) 347849
St Andrew's church is in the village of Barton Bendish (incorporating the hamlet of Eastmoor.), which is about one mile south of the A1122 between the market towns of Downham Market and Swaffham. The village population is approximately 150. The village has two churches - St Andrew's, which is the main place of worship, and St Mary's, which was declared redundant in the 1970s and is maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust. It remains consecrated and is used very occasionally for weddings, funerals and baptisms. The Palm Sunday service always commences at St Mary's before a Palm Sunday procession to St Andrew's.
St Andrew's is Grade 1 listed and there are ongoing plans for extensive renovation. There are carved oak box pews dated 1630, and the pulpit is also carved oak. There are medieval glazed tiles in the sanctuary.
The village is very supportive of the Church and its fundraising activities, which include, amongst other events, Open Gardens, Coffee Mornings, Flower Festivals, Quizzes, Art and Photography Exhibitions, and Cooking Demonstrations.
Pubs in Barton Bendish Parish
Berney
What was once the village local is now a smart country pub hotel. It has undergone a series of refurbishments in recent years and is consequently rather smart. There is a formal dining area and a more casual 'snug' area. If you just want a...