English Heritage sites near Saham Toney Parish
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
9 miles from Saham Toney 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.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
9 miles from Saham Toney Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
10 miles from Saham Toney Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
WEETING CASTLE
12 miles from Saham Toney Parish
The ruins of a substantial early medieval moated manor house, built in local flint.
THETFORD WARREN LODGE
12 miles from Saham Toney 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.
THETFORD PRIORY
13 miles from Saham Toney Parish
The extensive remains of one of the most important East Anglian monasteries, the Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford and the burial place of the earls and dukes of Norfolk for 400 years.
Churches in Saham Toney Parish
St George's Church
Richmond Road
Saham Toney
Thetford
(01953) 883394
This warm friendly church, kept in wonderful condition by its dedicated congregation, friends group and villagers is open to all seven days a week from 10am to 4pm.
The Church.
Tower - 6 bells rung at least twice monthly.
The church is mainly 13th century with some even earlier features. It was complete about 1497 with money from local legacies. Major restoration work was undertaken in 1935 with further activity in 1984 when the Nave was re roofed with Norfolk pan tiles. The Nave and Chancel are both in very good decorative repair and well furnished and carpeted. The Vestry is heated and has a new oak door, manufactured by a village craftsman & donated by the Friends of St George. There is a digital electric organ in the Chancel and a kitchen and toilet at the rear of the Nave. The recent Quinquennial report, in which the architect congratulated the PCC on the condition of the church & churchyard, indicates that the building is in good shape.
Pubs in Saham Toney Parish
Old Bell
Next to a breckland mere and near a medieval church, with a friendly atmosphere the Bell is a lovely old building which consists of a long bar room and restaurant heated by open fires, it offers guest beers of good quality. There are events...