Church Micro 6509...Witton
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Another fine round towered church hidden in a small village. St Margaret, Witton Somewhat confusingly, Norfolk has two Wittons, both remote, and both with churches dedicated to St Margaret. This one is sometimes referred to as 'Witton-by-Walsham'. Its church is an elegant, well-kept, peaceful building, but it is also rather quirky. There are some things here you won't see elsewhere. There are two splayed round windows in the lower north side of the nave. Mortlock says they were uncovered by the Victorians, which usually sets a few alarm bells ringing; but here, I think they are genuine Saxon windows, and this is a genuine Saxon piece of wall. As is the lower part of the south wall, for both sides have long and short work ironstone blocks forming the corners with the west wall. This wall was clearly intended to be flat, and the tower is built separately from the church. Because of this, we can safely say that the body of the church was built before the tower, which may be Saxon, but is probably early Norman. When the Tudors extended the tower, they needed a way for people to get up to the bell stage. Rather than build a stairway inside the tower in the conventional manner, they built a stair turret inside the church, against the west wall of the nave, which is at once awkward and intriguing. It is one of the few around here to be kept locked, presumably because of its remoteness from civilisation, but the churchwardens are very happy indeed to let you in and show you around. You are looking for a custom made cache which blends well into its surroundings. The cache is not on or in any gravestones. ****************** ******************** For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him at churchmicro.co.uk See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series. ****************** *******************
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