Irstead
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| Irstead | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St. Michael's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG365204 |
| Location: | 52°43’44"N, 1°30’4"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR12 |
| Dialling code: | 01692 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Irstead is a village in Norfolk, six miles north of Acle and eleven miles north-east of Norwich, along the River Ant.
The village's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin,[1] although it is not listed in the Domesday Book.
St Michael's church
Irstead's parish church, St Michael's on Irstead Road, dates from the 14th-Century. It is a Grade II listed building.[2]
St Michael's features a carved font and a painted rood screen, which are both mediæval survivals. The church also holds a wall painting of St Christopher and a stone memorial dating from 1811 to Midshipman Charles Hornor who died aboard the Rose off the coast of Madras.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Irstead) |
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Irstead.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049932: Church of St Michael (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "The Norfolk Churches Site". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/irstead/irstead.htm.