English Heritage sites near Scarning Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
6 miles from Scarning 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.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
9 miles from Scarning 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
9 miles from Scarning Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
GRIME'S GRAVES - PREHISTORIC FLINT MINE
16 miles from Scarning Parish
Grime’s Graves is a unique visitor attraction in Norfolk as the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
17 miles from Scarning 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
17 miles from Scarning Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
Churches in Scarning Parish
Scarning: St Peter & St Paul
Dereham Road
Scarning
Dereham
01362694107
http://www.derehamanddistrictteam.org.uk/
Doctor Augustus Jessopp, Chaplain to King Edward VII, was Rector of Scarning from 1879 to 1911. He wrote several books about his life and times and recorded that in his day “Scarning comprised a few significant properties and about 50 hovels”.
Times have changed – Scarning is now home to around 3000 people – with a distinct lack of hovels. Geography
The parish of Scarning lies immediately to the west of the parish of Dereham. It comprises the old village around the church of St Peter and St Paul, several outlying hamlets and a large, modern estate on the Dereham boundary. Scarning VC Primary School is situated between the two parts of the parish. The school is thriving and has been developed over the last few years to accommodate 300+ children.
No churches found in Scarning Parish