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Church of St Mary Magdalen

A Grade I Listed Building in Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk

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  • St Mary Magdalen: c13 tower base, upper part early c14; two-storeyed brick south porch & clerestory of c.1430

  • St Mary Magdalen: nave with chancel weeping to the north; c14 arcades

  • St Mary Magdalen: nave roof; tie beams & queen posts alternate with small hammerbeams bearing angels

  • St Mary Magdalen: medieval glass, c.1450, in north aisle westernmost window; donated by Isabel Ingoldisthorpe, wife of John Neville, Lord Montagu (brother of Kingmaker)

  • St Mary Magdalen: medieval glass, c.1450; saint Sixtus (pope & martyr, d.258), St Samson (Bishop of Dol in Brittany d.565) & St Germanus (Bishop of Auxerre d.448)

  • St Mary Magdalen: panels with symbols of the Evangelists surviving from former roodscreen;

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Entry Name: Church of St Mary Magdalen

Listing Date: 8 July 1959

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1077896

English Heritage Legacy ID: 221367

ID on this website: 101077896

Location: St Mary Magdalen's Church, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE34

County: Norfolk

District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Civil Parish: Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen

Built-Up Area: Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Church of England Parish: Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalene

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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