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Church of St Helen

A Grade I Listed Building in Woodbastwick, Norfolk

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  • St Helen: view from south-east

  • St Helen: nave towards rood screen

  • St Helen: rood screen c.1470

  • St Helen: south nave lady altar, 3 Marys & St Margaret

  • St Helen: White Rose of York at back of screen confirming its approximate date

  • St Helen: late c15 cantor's desk originally positioned on rood loft; eagle (speaking words of St John's Gospel)

  • St Helen: late c15 cantor's desk facing west; plainsong chant 'Gloria Tibi Domine'

  • St Helen: antiphoner, c.1400, with illuminated pictures as well as music from Langley Abbey; bequeathed by John Cobbe to Ranworth in 1478; hidden at the Reformation & returned in 1912

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Entry Name: Church of St Helen

Listing Date: 25 September 1962

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1154645

English Heritage Legacy ID: 228554

ID on this website: 101154645

Location: St Helen's Church, Ranworth, Broadland, Norfolk, NR13

County: Norfolk

District: Broadland

Civil Parish: Woodbastwick

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Church of England Parish: Ranworth St Helen

Church of England Diocese: Norwich

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