By Sunday there had been a significant change in the weather – rain and strong winds, so we limited our ride to a 20 mile circuit around Bawdeswell. We did manage to take in nine churches though.

The Route

The Churches

All Saints Bawdeswell, St Peter Billingford, St Mary North Elmham, St Swithun Bintree, St Nicholas Twyford, All Saints Wood Norton, Church of the Holy Innocents Foulsham, St Andrew Themelthorpe and St Thomas Foxley

The Photos

All Saints, Bawdeswell was completely rebuilt after a British Mosquito plane crashed into the original, returning from a bombing raid in WW11

The plaque which commemorates the tragic event

St Peter, Billingford – one of a handful of Norfolk churches with an octagonal tower – our second of the weekend

The most notable feature inside is the 16th century giant latten lectern, from the same foundry as the one in St Marks, Venice

St Mary the Virgin, North Elmham – features in Simon Jenkins’ England’s 1000 Best Churches

The lofty interior

Medieval wall painting fragment

The noteworthy St Cecilia painted screen

Detail of the fine carved Tudor pews

St Swithun, Bintree

The hidden away little church of St Nicholas, Twyford

All Saints, Wood Norton

Details of medieval stained glass fragments

Church of the Holy Innocents, Foulsham

Unfortunately my camera battery gave up at this point but happily Bry had his phone with him to record the final two churches of the weekend!

St. Andrew, Themelthorpe

St Thomas, Foxley