The Round Tower Churches Society

Churches with round towers are unusual: they are found mostly in East Anglia.

The Round Tower Churches Society (RTCS) was established in 1973 to help preserve these churches and to explore their origins and history. There are  186 in England including those in a semi-ruinous condition and visible remnants of fallen towers. All are in East Anglia except for three in Sussex and two in Berkshire. Norfolk has 131, Suffolk 41, Essex seven and two in Cambridgeshire, according to the leading architect and authority on round tower churches, Stephen Hart.

Wikipedia link

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - St Peter's Church, Forncett

A Church Near You

A Church Near You is the Church of England's tool for people to find the nearest church to them with the features that they require. Looking for a church with a foodbank? We can help. After your local Alpha course? Look no further. Want a church with beautiful stained glass windows for your wedding? A Church Near You is your go to site.

The Round Tower Churches of Europe

I “stumbled” over my first Round Tower Church by chance in 1999 when boating on the Norfolk Broads and taking a walk from Loddon Staithe. I had never seen a church like this one before, and was absolutely stunned by the unusual looks; to me, it appeared a bit like a castle. It was St Margarets of Hales, still the favourite of all the 228 Round Tower Churches we have visited since. I have no architectual training whatsoever, and also no religious connotation at all. But these – mostly – medieval buildings have a special athmosphere when you enter them. I wanted to visit as many of them as possible, and as digital photography meant nearly unlimited numbers of photos could be taken, I decided to build a website about these beautiful buildings, so that other people could enjoy their beauty as well.

Historic England

 We are the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England's spectacular historic environment. We protect, champion and save the places that define who we are and where we've come from as a nation. We care passionately about the stories they tell, the ideas they represent and the people who live, work and play among them. Working with communities and specialists we share our passion, knowledge and skills to inspire interest, care and conservation, so everyone can keep enjoying and looking after the history that surrounds us all.

Norfolk Churches

This site is an attempt to fill a gap. Ever since I started the Suffolk Churches site in 1998, people have contacted me to say that it was all well and good, but when was someone going to do Norfolk? Although I have met several people now who have visited all the Norfolk churches, or are in the process of doing so, nobody has been mad enough to attempt a Norfolk site like the one for Suffolk. Suffolk has a mere 500 medieval churches; Norfolk has more than 800, and that is before you even begin to count the ones built after the Reformation, and the Catholic churches, and the significant non-conformist ones, and so on. Simon Knott

The Norfolk Churches Trust

The Norfolk Churches Trust was founded in 1976 to protect through financial aid and advice the many architecturally precious religious monuments of the county. Today the Trust gives grants to churches of all Christian denominations. It also provides advice and guidance on church buildings when requested, and in some cases pro-actively approaches a parish where the condition of the church is thought to be of serious concern.

Forncett History

These web pages have been compiled by members of the Forncett History Group to document much of the history of our parishes from medieval times to the present day.