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Dist:0.2km<br/>Actually called 'The Street' but in reality a single-track lane leading off the Great Ryburgh - Stibbard road to the hamlet of Little Ryburgh.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.3km<br/>What a difference to our last visit - the overgrown ruin and its surrounding churchyard have now been cleared of its dense vegetation and for the first time in many years the remains of this church can actually be seen. Compare with http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031420 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031417.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.3km<br/>What a difference to our last visit - the overgrown ruin and its surrounding churchyard have now been cleared of its dense vegetation and for the first time in many years the remains of this church can actually be seen. Compare with http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031420 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031417.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.3km<br/>What a difference to our last visit - the overgrown ruin and its surrounding churchyard have now been cleared of its dense vegetation and for the first time in many years the remains of this church can actually be seen. Compare with http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031420 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031417.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.3km<br/>Gravestone of Edgar Smith
©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
Dist:0.3km<br/>The River Wensum glides through the heart of North Norfolk - and here it passes the gardens of cottages on the edge of Great Ryburgh village. So what better place to have a landing stage or fishing platform.
©David Williams
Dist:0.3km<br/>Monument to Edgar Smith of Testerton who died in the 1940s. The woodland seen in the background hides the remains of All Saint's church, Little Ryburgh. The new parish cemetery of Great Ryburgh is situated at Cley Hill, about 800 metres to the north-east of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933384 in the village centre, on the other side of the River Wensum. Hidden in the copse that adjoins the graveyard in the north > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031405 lie the remains of All Saints', the former parish church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031413 of the hamlet of Little Ryburgh. The church never had a tower and its earliest parts date from the 11th century. Much of the nave west wall and some sections of the south wall are still standing, albeit much overgrown and almost impossible to photograph. The church was abandoned in 1750 when the parishes of Great and Little Ryburgh were consolidated and the latter ceased to exist.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.3km<br/>The new parish cemetery of Great Ryburgh is situated at Cley Hill, about 800 metres to the north-east of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933384 in the village centre, on the other side of the River Wensum. Hidden in the copse that adjoins the graveyard in the north lie the remains of All Saints', the former parish church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031413 of the hamlet of Little Ryburgh. The church never had a tower and its earliest parts date from the 11th century. Much of the nave west wall and some sections of the south wall are still standing, albeit much overgrown and almost impossible to photograph. The church was abandoned in 1750 when the parishes of Great and Little Ryburgh were consolidated and the latter ceased to exist.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.4km<br/>Panel depicting Edmund, King of East Anglia, with a wolf at his feet. St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933385 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933392 has a round tower of Saxon workmanship > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933375 - the octagonal bellstage is a 14th century addition - and a south and north transept dating from the 14th century also. The church and surrounding churchyard are hemmed in by a wall and tall trees from all sides and hence difficult to photograph. Extensively restored in Victorian times, the probably most notable feature of St Andrew's is the stained glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933423 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933421 by William Wailes, dating from the mid-19th century. The chancel is the work of Sir Ninian Comper, who also designed the alabaster reredos - for a wider view see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933397. Remains of an old stone tomb > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933409 can be seen on the chancel north wall; it is believed to have been constructed from parts of several different tombs, with the lower part having come from the tomb of Thomas Buttes, d. 1592. The ledger slab seen on the floor in front is to members of the Bacon family. The C20 rood screen below the south transept arch > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933412 - its panels are painted with a sequence of saints > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933416 - was erected in the memory of the fallen in WWI. The font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933431 is Victorian and its cover dates from the 20th century but the surrounding floor tiles are C14. See also: http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/greatryburgh/greatryburgh.htm
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.4km<br/>The south-west corner is the most substantial part of the ruin still standing.
©Adrian S Pye
Dist:0.4km<br/>Overgrown gravestones south of the ruined church. The new parish cemetery of Great Ryburgh is situated at Cley Hill, about 800 metres to the north-east of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933384 in the village centre, on the other side of the River Wensum. Hidden in the copse that adjoins the graveyard in the north > > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031405 lie the remains of All Saints', the former parish church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031413 of the hamlet of Little Ryburgh. The church never had a tower and its earliest parts date from the 11th century. Much of the nave west wall and some sections of the south wall are still standing, albeit much overgrown and almost impossible to photograph. The church was abandoned in 1750 when the parishes of Great and Little Ryburgh were consolidated and the latter ceased to exist.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.4km<br/>The new parish cemetery of Great Ryburgh is situated at Cley Hill, about 800 metres to the north-east of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933384 in the village centre, on the other side of the River Wensum. Hidden in the copse that adjoins the graveyard in the north > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031405 lie the remains of All Saints', the former parish church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031413 of the hamlet of Little Ryburgh. The church never had a tower and its earliest parts date from the 11th century. Much of the nave west wall and some sections of the south wall are still standing, albeit much overgrown and almost impossible to photograph. The church was abandoned in 1750 when the parishes of Great and Little Ryburgh were consolidated and the latter ceased to exist.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.4km<br/>The new parish cemetery of Great Ryburgh is situated at Cley Hill, about 800 metres to the north-east of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933384 in the village centre, on the other side of the River Wensum. Hidden in the copse that adjoins the graveyard in the north > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031405 lie the remains of All Saints', the former parish church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031413 of the hamlet of Little Ryburgh. The church never had a tower and its earliest parts date from the 11th century. Much of the nave west wall and some sections of the south wall are still standing, albeit much overgrown and almost impossible to photograph. The church was abandoned in 1750 when the parishes of Great and Little Ryburgh were consolidated and the latter ceased to exist.
©Evelyn Simak
Dist:0.4km<br/>The new parish cemetery of Great Ryburgh is situated at Cley Hill, about 800 metres to the north-east of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/933384 in the village centre, on the other side of the River Wensum. Hidden in the copse that adjoins the graveyard in the north > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2031405 lie the remains of All Saints', the former parish church of the hamlet of Little Ryburgh. The church never had a tower and its earliest parts date from the 11th century. Much of the nave west wall and some sections of the south wall are still standing, albeit much overgrown and almost impossible to photograph. The church was abandoned in 1750 when the parishes of Great and Little Ryburgh were consolidated and the latter ceased to exist.
©Evelyn Simak

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