English Heritage sites near Salthouse Parish
BLAKENEY GUILDHALL
3 miles from Salthouse Parish
The remains of the house of a prosperous Blakeney merchant, with a fine 15th century brick-vaulted undercroft. Later the guildhall of Blakeney’s guild of fish merchants.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
4 miles from Salthouse 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.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
6 miles from Salthouse Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
BINHAM PRIORY
6 miles from Salthouse Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
CREAKE ABBEY
14 miles from Salthouse Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
14 miles from Salthouse 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.
Churches in Salthouse Parish
Salthouse: St Nicholas
Cross Street
Salthouse
Holt
(01263) 740497
http://www.weybournegroup.co.uk
This church has just celebrated its 500th anniversary of the rebuiding of nave and chancel by Sir Henry Heydon of Baconsthorpe in 1503. It is huge and peaceful and most popular for Exhibitions and concerts. Look it up in Simon Jenkins book for detailed description!
Pubs in Salthouse Parish
Dun Cow
Purdy Street, Salthouse, NR25 7XA
(01263) 740467
salthouseduncow.com