Stanninghall St Peter's ruined church tower

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 21 May 2009

The parish has long been consolidated with Horstead. The church here became ruinous before the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Only the tower remains as a monument of what it once was. Very little is known about the church, some walls were still standing until late last century but these have now been demolished as the piles of flint nearby bear witness. It was probably the depopulation of the villages, the close proximity of Norwich and emigration of the populous to the City that was the main contributor. Many other churches suffered the same fate during Elizabethan times during the unsettled period of struggle between the newly founded Church of England and the Catholics. The ivy clad ruin we see here today is on private land but since this image was taken the ivy has been removed and the site cleared of undergrowth and debris.

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