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Photo
Album
These first four
pictures are from the Norfolk
Archive.
Click on a picture to download a larger version.
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Brigadier-General
Richard Longe |
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Spixworth
Church |
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Spixworth
Hall |
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Spixworth
Hall 2 |
If you have any
photographs, sketches or paintings of Spixworth we would be delighted
to add them to this collection. Please contact the Webmaster
to make appropriate arrangements for scanning etc. As a quid pro
quo, we might be able to provide a restored version of an old image.
Photos of the Village
©
2005 Peter G Holdroyd. All Rights Reserved. These pictures may not be
published elsewhere without permission. For high quality prints please
contact the Webmaster.
The
new pond and parkland formerly surrounding Spixworth Hall (above),
which was demolished around 1950. The nearer fields are grazed
by horses, whilst towards the far top-left, the land is farmed
for arable crops. |
The
Parish Church of St Peter. The Nave is dated to the 14th C,
whilst the south aisle (through the door) was the original flint
church built by the Bardolfe family in 1160, 94 years after
the debacle at Hastings. Until the original roof was damaged
in a storm in 1804, there is evidence to suggest the nave was
considerably taller.
The
tower contains two bells, thought to be possibly the oldest
surviving in England. One dates from 1350, whilst the other
is mid-15th C
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Whilst
the village is hardly a 'Mecca' for shopping, it boasts a modern
co-op supermarket (not in this picture) and a selection of essential
shops - butcher & greengrocer, post office, Chinese takeaway,
newsagency and pharmacy |
Spixworth
Village Hall and Social Club |
This
open space for recreation is Greg's Meadow. Greg was a member
of the family which owned the land, and which sold it to the parish
council for a nominal sum to be kept as a memorial to him. |
Crostwick
Lane, the long, straight road which bisects the village. This
foreshortened view to the east shows one of the eight speed-control
tables combined with a pinch-point.
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