St Margaret's Church is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

parish church in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

Diocese of Norwich in

Felbrigg Felbrigg is a small village just south of Cromer in Norfolk, England.''OS Explorer Map 24'' (Edition A 1997) – ''Norfolk Coast Central''. . The Danish name means a 'plank bridge'. Historians believe that the original village was clustered aro ...

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

History

The church is medieval with later additions. Built of flint with stone and brick dressings. The tower dates from ca. 1410 and was built by Sir Simon de Felbrigg. Although a village was originally located around the church, in the 16th century following an outbreak of the plague the village was rebuilt in a new location to the north-east, leaving the church isolated.

Parish status

The church is in a joint benefice with: *St Mary's Church,

Roughton, Norfolk Roughton is a village and a civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Cromer, north of Norwich, and north-west of North Walsham. It straddles the A140 road, A140 between Cromer and Norwich and the B1436 ro ...

*St Andrew's Church,

Metton, Norfolk Metton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sustead, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is 2.1 km west of Roughton, 5.2 km south of Cromer, 29.3 km north of No ...

*St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sustead, Norfolk *St Mary's Church, Bessingham, Norfolk *St Bartholomew's Church,

Hanworth, Norfolk Hanworth is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is north of Norwich, south-west of Cromer and north-east of London. The nearest railway station is Gunton on a branch line, the Bittern Line, commencing at Norwic ...

Memorials

Brass of Simon de Felbrigge and wife St Margaret's Church Felbrigg Norfolk

*Simon de Felbrigg d. 1351 and his wife Alice, daughter of Sir George de Thorpe, Kt., Lord of the Manor of Breisworth, Suffolk *Roger de Felbrigg d. 1380 and his wife Elizabeth de Scales *Sir Simon Felbrigg d. 1442 and his first wife Margaret d. 1416 (daughter of

Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn Przemysław I Noszak ( pl, Przemysław I Noszak, cs, Přemyslav I. Nošák, german: Przemislaus I. von Teschen; 13 February 1334 – 23 May 1410), was a Duke of Cieszyn-Bytom-Siewierz from 1358 (during 1359–1368 he lost Siewierz and in 1405 also ...

) *Thomas Windham d. 1599 *Jane Coningsby d. 1608 *Thomas Windham d. 1653 by Martin Morley of Norwich *Joan Windham d. 1669 *John Windham d. 1676 *William Windham d. 1689 by

Grinling Gibbons Grinling Gibbons (4 April 1648 – 3 August 1721) was an Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London churches, Petworth House and othe ...

* Ashe Windham d. 1749 *William Windham d. 1762 *

William Windham William Windham (4 June 1810) of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk, was a British Whig statesman. Elected to Parliament in 1784, Windham was attached to the remnants of the Rockinghamite faction of Whigs, whose members included his friends Charles J ...

d. 1810 by

Joseph Nollekens Joseph Nollekens R.A. (11 August 1737 – 23 April 1823) was a sculptor from London generally considered to be the finest British sculptor of the late 18th century. Life Nollekens was born on 11 August 1737 at 28 Dean Street, Soho, London, ...

1813 *Cecilia Federica Marina Windham d. 1824 *

Henry Baring Henry Baring (18 January 1777 – 13 April 1848) was a British banker and politician. He was the third son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, the founder of the family banking firm that grew into Barings Bank. His grandfather Johann Baring em ...

d. 1848 * Vice Admiral William Windham d. 1833 * William Howe Windham d. 1854 *Lady Elizabeth Caroline Sophia Giubilei (formerly Windham, née Hervey) d. 1863 (daughter of

Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol (2 October 1769 – 15 February 1859), styled Lord Hervey between 1796 and 1803 and known as The Earl of Bristol between 1803 and 1826, was a British peer. Biography Early life Frederick Willia ...

) *Wyndham Cremer Ketton-Cremer d. 1933 and Emily his wife d. 1952 *Flying Officer Richard Thomas Ketton-Cremer d. 1941 *

Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, (2 May 1906 – 12 December 1969) was an English landowner, biographer and historian. He bequeathed his family seat, Felbrigg Hall, to the National Trust. Early life Robert Wyndham Cremer was born in Plympton, Dev ...

d. 1969

Organ

The organ is thought to be by

Lewis & Co Lewis and Company was a firm of organ builders founded by Thomas Christopher Lewis (1833–1915), one of the leading organ builders of late 19th Century Britain. Born in London in 1833, the son of Thomas Archdeacon Lewis (1780–1862), a secret ...

and was originally in St Botolph's Church, Banningham. It was installed at Felbrigg in 1997 by Holmes & Swift. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

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