English Heritage sites near Hockering Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
7 miles from Hockering 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.
COW TOWER, NORWICH
10 miles from Hockering Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
15 miles from Hockering Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
16 miles from Hockering 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.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
16 miles from Hockering Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
17 miles from Hockering Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
Churches in Hockering Parish
Hockering: St Michael
The Street
Hockering
Dereham
(01362) 858 873
http://hockering.matvchurch.uk
For details of all our services, events and opening times, please visit our page on the Mattishall & Tudd Valley benefice website at www.matvchurch.uk
If you have a query, please e-mail the Benefice Office at [email protected]
Our joint patrons are:
The Prayer Book Society. Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. The Bishop of Norwich. The Norwich Diocesan Board of Patronage.