St Margaret's Church is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

parish church in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

Diocese of Norwich in

Felbrigg Felbrigg is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Felbrigg is located south-west of Cromer and north of Norwich. History Felbrigg's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for a plank bridge. Felbri ...

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

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 located south of Cromer, north of Norwich and north-west of North Walsham. The village's name means 'Rough farm/settlement', referring to the c ...

*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, between Norwich and ...

Memorials

*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 (, , ; 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 lost Bytom), from 1384 ruler over half of both Głogów and Ścinawa (except during ...

) *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, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace, St Paul's Cathedral and other London church ...

Ashe Windham Ashe Windham (17 February 1673 – 4 April 1749), of Felbrigg, Norfolk, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Life Windham was the eldest son of William Windham of Felbrigg (died 1689) an ...

d. 1749 *William Windham d. 1762 *

William Windham William Windham (4 June 1810) was a British Whig politician. Elected to Parliament in 1784, Windham was attached to the remnants of the Rockinghamite faction of Whigs, whose members included his friends Charles James Fox and Edmund Burke. ...

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 emi ...

d. 1848 * Vice Admiral William Windham d. 1833 *

William Howe Windham William Howe Windham (30 March 1802 – 22 December 1854) was the son of Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham, and a British Member of Parliament. He lived at Felbrigg Hall.Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol) *Wyndham Cremer Ketton-Cremer d. 1933 and Emily his wife d. 1952 *Flying Officer Richard Thomas Ketton-Cremer d. 1941 * Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer 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 Banningham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Colby, Norfolk, Colby, in the North Norfolk district, in the England, English county of Norfolk. The village is 2.9 miles north east of Aylsham, 14.7 miles north of Norwich an ...

. 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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