English Heritage sites near Congham Parish
CASTLE RISING CASTLE
4 miles from Congham Parish
One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
8 miles from Congham Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
8 miles from Congham Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
CREAKE ABBEY
13 miles from Congham Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
16 miles from Congham Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
BINHAM PRIORY
19 miles from Congham Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
Churches in Congham Parish
Congham: St Andrew
St.Andrew's Lane
Congham
Kings Lynn
01485 601251
http://www.ggmbenefice.uk
A Small but friendly church in a picturesque setting, a short distance from the B1153.
Congham is famous for its World Championship Snail Race on the third Saturday of July, at the super Summer Fete.
Several members of the Spelman family were buried at Congham. In the 18th century two members of the Nelson family were rectors, Edmund Nelson, Lord Nelson's Father's 1st cousin and namesake, who were at Cambridge together, and Nelson's 2nd cousin James Rose Edmund Nelson.
More recently the church was supported by Everard and Elwes familes who lived in Congham, and there is a set of 40 individually designed kneelers designed by Joan Ross in memory of Susan Gurney (nee Elwes).
The church was linked to the (old) Rectory by an underground tunnel, which it would be fascinating to excavate but it's full of water!
Although Congham is a small village, it once had three churches, but St.Mary's and All Hallows are no longer standing.
Pubs in Congham Parish
Anvil Inn
St. Andrews Lane, Congham, PE32 1DU
(01485) 600625
anvilcongham.co.uk