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'''Santon''' is a depopulated village located in the [[Grimshoe]] hundred of [[Norfolk]], near [[Santon Downham]] in [[Suffolk]].<ref name="british-history1">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78046 |title=Hundred of Grimeshaw: Santon; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/santon/santon.htm |title=Santon |publisher=Norfolkchurches.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-11-19}}</ref> Moated earthworks and other remains of the medieval village are a scheduled monument.<ref name="british-history1"/>
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'''Santon''' is a depopulated village located in the [[Grimshoe]] hundred of [[Norfolk]], near [[Santon Downham]] in [[Suffolk]].<ref name="british-history1">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78046 |title=Hundred of Grimeshaw: Santon; British History Online |publisher=British-history.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/santon/santon.htm |title=Santon |publisher=Norfolkchurches.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-11-19}}</ref> Moated earthworks and other remains of the mediæval village are a scheduled monument.<ref name="british-history1"/>
  
 
The village church of All Saints' was rebuilt from ruins in the 17th century by Thomas Bancrofte, the sole parishioner at that time.<ref name="british-history1"/>
 
The village church of All Saints' was rebuilt from ruins in the 17th century by Thomas Bancrofte, the sole parishioner at that time.<ref name="british-history1"/>

Latest revision as of 12:35, 30 January 2021

Santon
Norfolk
All Saints' church in Santon - geograph.org.uk - 1974510.jpg
All Saints' church in Santon
Location
Location: 52°27’13"N, 0°41’22"E
Data
Post town: Brandon
Postcode: IP27
Local Government
Council: Breckland

Santon is a depopulated village located in the Grimshoe hundred of Norfolk, near Santon Downham in Suffolk.[1][2] Moated earthworks and other remains of the mediæval village are a scheduled monument.[1]

The village church of All Saints' was rebuilt from ruins in the 17th century by Thomas Bancrofte, the sole parishioner at that time.[1]

The site is adjacent to the Forestry Commission's St Helen's picnic site.[3]

References

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