Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall
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| style = Perpendicular
| groundbreaking = 1326
| completed date = 1518
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| parish = Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell
| deanery = Redenhall
| archdeaconry = Norfolk
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| diocese = Diocese of Norwich
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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redenhall (St. Mary's Church) is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1050134 Redenhall Church Listed Building Status] Historic England in Redenhall, Norfolk. It is the mother church of the large ecclesiastical parish of Redenhall-cum-Harleston and Wortwell, with the smaller church of St John the Baptist in Harleston originally being a chapel of ease to Redenhall.[http://scole-reden5.webplus.net/Guide%20to%20%20St.%20Mary's.PDF A Guide to St Mary's Church, Redenhall]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Roy Tricker, 2004
History
The site of St Mary's, Redenhall has been used for worship for around 1000 years or more, with the lines of an earlier round-tower church of Saxon or Norman date discovered in 1858 beneath the nave arcades and chancel step when a new heating system was being installed.
The chancel is the oldest part of the present building, dating from the early 1300s and possibly built as an addition to an earlier church. Maintenance of the chancel was responsibility of the rector, the present chancel's benefactor reported to be William de Neuport (rector 1319–26). The 15th and 16th Centuries saw a period of grand church building and rebuilding throughout East Anglia, the present nave and aisles dating from this time. Construction of the crowning glory of the church, its magnificent tower, was started in c.1460, with several bequests for its construction being received between 1469 - 1514. The tower is 106 feet (32 metres) high to the top of the pinnacles.{{cite book |last=Flannery |first=Julian |title=Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England |date=2016 |place=London |publisher=Thames and Hudson|pages=316–321 |isbn=978-0-500-34314-2 |oclc=965636725 }}
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External links
- [http://www.7churches.org.uk/ Church website]
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