St Theobald's Church, Great Hautbois

Church of St Theobald
Church of St Theobald
Church of the Assumption of St Mary
	Viewed from the east
	52°44′3.120″N1°20′54.816″E / 52.73420000°N 1.34856000°E
OS grid reference	TG 26163 20432
Location	Great Hautbois, Norfolk
Country	United Kingdom
Website	coltishallgroupofparishes.wordpress.com
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	10 May 1961

Last updated July 08, 2023

St Theobald's Church is a former church at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, England. During the medieval period it was a place of pilgrimage to a shrine of St Theobald; it remained in use until a new church was built in the 19th century. It is a round-tower church. The building is Grade II* listed,^[1] and a scheduled monument.^[2]

Description

The dedication

The dedication of the church was originally to the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin; it has later been regarded as dedicated to St Theobald,^[3] as described in the History of Norfolk, published by Charles Parkin in the 18th century: "In this church was a famous image of St Theobald, commonly called St Tebbald of Hobbies; it was much frequented for its many pretended miracles, so that pilgrimages used to be made to it.... [I]n 1507 Thomas Wood of Cowteshale gave legacies to the gild of the Virgin Mary, in the church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Hobbies, and to paint the new tabernacle of St Theobald there, and this saint being so famous, made some mistake the dedication of the church, and suppose it to have been dedicated to St Theobald, which is not so."^[4]

History

The church was built in the 11th century, of knapped flint and flint rubble, in Early English style. There was originally an aisleless nave and a chancel. The round tower was built in the 12th century. In the 13th century the chancel was extended and a south transept was added, to house an image of St Theobald. The south aisle, adjoining the transept, and connected to the nave through two arches, was built in the 14th century, perhaps to accommodate pilgrims; a porch was added in the following century.^[1]^[3]

Associated with the church was the Hospital of St Mary, for pilgrims to the church, founded about 1235 by Sir Peter de Alto Bosco, or Hautbois, who possessed half of the manor of Great Hautbois. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when the patronage of the church was granted to the Duke of Norfolk, the church was no longer regarded as a place of pilgrimage.^[1]^[4]

Holy Trinity Church, designed by Thomas Jeckyll, was built in the village in 1864 to replace this church. It contains the font from the former church. The chancel of St Theobald's was converted into a mortuary chapel, and the rest of the building was left as a ruin; the graveyard remained in use.^[1]^[5]

Related Research Articles

St Mary's, Harrow on the Hill, is the Borough and Parish Church at Harrow on the Hill in northwest London, England. It is a Grade I-listed building.

Beachamwell is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England about 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Swaffham and 10 miles (16 km) east of Downham Market. It has four ancient churches, two of them in ruins. The former parish of Shingham has been annexed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stody</span> Human settlement in England

Stody is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 13.2 miles (21.2 km) west south west of Cromer, 21.8 miles (35.1 km) north north west of Norwich and 125 miles (201 km) north north east of London. The village lies 4.1 miles (6.6 km) south west of the town of Holt. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

Little Hautbois is a small hamlet in Broadland, England, part of the parish of Lamas. The name is pronounced 'Hobbis', and can be seen thus spelled on a memorial on the outside of nearby Lamas Church. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Buxton with Lamas. In the Middle Ages, the settlement of Great Hautbois was the head of the navigation on the River Bure, and it is thought Little Hautbois developed from that. The name, which can be translated to "High Woods" in English, is taken from that of the de Alto Bosco, or de Haut Bois, family, who acquired these lands at the Norman Conquest (alternatively, they may have taken the name from the settlement, Blomefield being uncertain on this point.

St Mary and All Saints Church is in the centre of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches. Richards describes it as "one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire". The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is "one of the most satisfactory Perpendicular churches of Cheshire and its setting brings its qualities out to perfection".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Church of Our Lady of Egmanton</span> Church

The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, also known as St Mary the Virgin Church and St Mary's Church, is the Church of England parish church of Sompting in the Adur district of West Sussex. It stands on a rural lane north of the urban area that now surrounds the village, and retains much 11th- and 12th-century structure. Its most important architectural feature is the Saxon tower topped by a Rhenish helm, a four-sided pyramid-style gabled cap that is uncommon in England. English Heritage lists the church at Grade I for its architecture and history.

St Mary's is an Anglican parish church in Elsing, a small village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. The 14th-century church was built to a single plan in Decorated Gothic style by a local knight and has remained largely unaltered to the present day. The church contains a brass monument of national importance, a tall medieval font cover and rood screen paintings. The chancel retains some stained glass contemporary with the construction of the building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Mary's Church, Moulton</span> Church in Norfolk, England

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican round-tower church near the village of Moulton St Mary, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands some 4 kilometres (2 mi) to the south of Acle in an isolated position adjacent to a farm.

St Michael the Archangel's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Booton, Norfolk, England. It is listed in the National Heritage List for England at Grade II* listed building, and is vested in the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of the village. It is often known as the "Cathedral of the Fields".

St Mary's Church is a ruined redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Tilney St Lawrence, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The ruins stand in an isolated position adjacent to Islington Hall Farm, immediately to the south of the A47 road between King's Lynn and Wisbech.

St Augustine's Church is a redundant Anglican church building in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands to the west of St Augustine's Street, the A1024 road, to the north of the Norwich inner ring road.

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands on a hillside to the south of the village, some 8 miles (13 km) east of Basingstoke.

St Mary's Church is in the village of Long Crichel, Dorset, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church that has been under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches since 2010. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

St Mary the Virgin's Church is in centre of the village of Fawley, Buckinghamshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church on the deanery of Wycombe, the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and the diocese of Oxford. Its benefice has been united with those of five other local churches to form the benefice of Hambleden Valley. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

St Mary Magdalene is a parish church in Stockbury, Kent built in the late 12th century with additions in the 13th and 15th centuries and restoration in the 19th century. It is a Grade I listed building.

St Mary's Church, Wingham, is an Anglican parish church in Wingham, Kent. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

The Church of St Mary of the Assumption is in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Salford. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It was built between 1846 and 1849 to replace a smaller chapel on a different site. The church was designed by Weightman and Hadfield in Decorated style, and a chapel was added to it in 1879.

The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Bampton, West Oxfordshire. It is in the Archdeaconry of Dorchester in the Diocese of Oxford.

St Mary Magdalene Church is the Church of England parish church in the village of Ickleton in Cambridgeshire. The church is a Grade I listed building. Its parish is part of a combined benefice with those of St Peter's, Duxford and SS Mary and John, Hinxton.

References

1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Church of St Theobald (1295280)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 April 2023.
↑ Historic England. "Great Hautbois old church (1003956)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
1 2 "Great Hautbois St Mary" The Round Tower Churches of Europe. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
1 2 Parkin, Charles. "Volume 6#GREAT-HAUTBOIS" . History of Norfolk– via Wikisource.
↑ Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity (1050886)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[listing-1] 1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Church of St Theobald (1295280)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[2] Historic England. "Great Hautbois old church (1003956)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[roundtower-3] 1 2 "Great Hautbois St Mary" The Round Tower Churches of Europe. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

[parkin-4] 1 2 Parkin, Charles. "Volume 6#GREAT-HAUTBOIS" . History of Norfolk– via Wikisource.

[5] Historic England. "Church of Holy Trinity (1050886)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]