Saint John the Baptist's Head, Trimingham

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Saint John the Baptist's Head
2018-05-07 Parish church of Saint-John the-Baptist's head, Trimingham.JPG
South facing elevation
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Location within Norfolk
General information
Town or city Trimingham
CountryEngland
Coordinates 52°53′52″N1°23′15″E / 52.897912°N 1.387466°E / 52.897912; 1.387466
Completed13th century

The church of Saint John the Baptist's Head is the Parish church of the coastal village and parish of Trimingham in the English county of Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. [1] The building is a Grade II* listed building. [2] The church is within the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, Norfolk, England.

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Dedication

The church gets its unusual dedication from the fact that in the medieval period there was a life size alabaster head modelled from the relic which was believed to be the real head of John the Baptist [3] which was kept at Amiens Cathedral. The head was kept on a shrine altar and during his time period the church became a place of pilgrimage for people all over the country to see the head rather than travel to Amiens.

Description

This small flint church stands on the coast road in the centre of the village of Trimingham. The main gateway into the churchyard is through a thatched lychgate [4] on church street. The roof is slate and tiles [2] with leadwork. The greater part of the church is built in the Perpendicular style [5] and has a rather short squat west bell tower [2] which was built around 1300 and has no parapet. [5] A prominent feature of the churches bell tower are the large solid stone dressed flint buttress [4] on the corners of the tower. The buttress to the north west corner has a bench mark [6] carved into the masonry at its base.

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References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey, Explorer Sheet 252, Norfolk Coast East, ISBN   978-0-319-46726-8
  2. 1 2 3 "Church of St John the Baptist, Trimingham, Norfolk". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. ↑ The Popular Guide to Norfolk Churches,1:North-East Norfolk, By D.P. Mortlock & C.V. Roberts, 1981, Pub:Acorn Editions, Page 96 Trimingham, ISBN   0 906554 04 7
  4. 1 2 The King’s England series, NORFOLK, by Arthur Mee,Pub:Hodder and Stoughton,1972, page 316 Trimingham, ISBN   0 340 15061 0
  5. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolause (1962). Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. Penguin Books. p. 333. ISBN   9780903101622.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ OS list of benchmarks - retrieved 09 December 2018
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