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Lessingham is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 16.3 south-east of Cromer, 17.6 miles north-east of Norwich and 136 miles north-east of London. The village lies 9 miles south-east of the town of North Walsham. The nearest railway station is at
The parish church of Lessingham is called All Saints. The nave and chancel are as one and have a thatched roof. The church tower dates from the later part of the 13th century, although the windows in the belfry date from the 14th century. The font is from the 13th century, is constructed from Purbeck marble and is
A Chronology of Medieval Lessingham
Worstead
Worstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies south of North Walsham, north of Wroxham, and north of Norwich. The village is served by Worstead railway station on the Bittern Line. For the purposes of local ...
for the Bittern Line
The Bittern Line is a railway branch line in Norfolk, England, that links to . It passes through the Broads on its route to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the north Norfolk coast. It is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in t ...
which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport
Norwich Airport is an international airport in Hellesdon, Norfolk, England, north of Norwich. In 2017, Norwich Airport was the 28th busiest airport in the UK and busiest in the East Anglia region.
Norwich Airport has a CAA Public Use Aero ...
. The parish also includes the village of Eccles-on-Sea
Eccles-on-Sea (also called Eccles-by-the-Sea) is an ancient fishing village in north-east Norfolk, now virtually all swept into the North Sea. The population is included in the civil parish of Lessingham.
History
The placename Eccles comes fro ...
and the hamlet of Hempstead.
The village has a history stretching back for centuries, but not much documentation survives. The name Lessingham derives from the 'homestead of the Leofsige's people'
The Community
Lessingham is a very active community making the most of its smart well-kept village hall.The Parish Church
The parish church of Lessingham is called All Saints. The nave and chancel are as one and have a thatched roof. The church tower dates from the later part of the 13th century, although the windows in the belfry date from the 14th century. The font is from the 13th century, is constructed from Purbeck marble and is octagon
In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον ''oktágōnon'', "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, whi ...
al in shape.The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1, Norwich and North-east, by Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson, Description of the Church, page 583. The village also has a Methodist Church which is situated on the parish boundary between Lessingham and the nearby village of Ingham.
The Village Pub
The village pub is called the Star Inn and is on Star Hill. The main feature of this traditional village pub is the huge inglenook fireplace with wood-burning stove which is alight during the winter months. The Inn is a free house and has arestaurant
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
.
External links
A Chronology of Medieval Lessingham
References
Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk North Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub