On Sunday 14th July over 50 people cane to a ceremony to re-dedicate their deceased relatives' ashes and memorial plaques now in their new positions,. The brief service was led by our Rector, Andrew Jones, and from comments we've received people found it a moving and happy occasion, which also … [Read more...]
Memorial garden – now set up and “populated”
The ashes of deceased residents buried by the tower are now in the new memorial garden occupying the south western corner of the churchyard, by the lych gate. It has taken some time from when we were advised they should be moved so that scaffolding could be put round the tower if needed. It was … [Read more...]
Memorial garden in the churchyard
A space by the lych gate in the south western corner of the churchyard has now been set aside, bordered by lavender plants, for which we have the necessary "faculty" from the Norwich diocese. This is to take the memorial plaques that will need to be moved from the base of the tower with the … [Read more...]
Re-ordering St Margaret’s for multiple use
Over the last year or so our plans have firmed up - demolishing the vestry, removing or shortening and the rear pews, moving the font to the centre of the church and installing kitchen and toilet. Our plans have been approved in principle by the Diocese and we are looking for funding, some of … [Read more...]
Churchyard and memorial garden
We have for the last couple of years been managing the churchyard with a view to making it wild life and wild flower friendly as we can, with guidance from the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, and we have plans to put into repair the lych gate and the walls, which depends as always on being able to raise … [Read more...]
Events coming up at St Margaret’s
Evening roadshow - get your antiques valued by Paul Woodley of Keys Auctioneers - Thursday 8th June 7pm at the church … [Read more...]
Paston Footprints project and Yale visit
Next year will be the 600th anniversary of the first of the family letters which have made the name Paston famous, to mark which Yale University in the USA are to hold a major exhibition. Here at home in the UK the Paston Heritage Society and the UEA with other organisations are working on the … [Read more...]
A churchyard haven for wildflowers and wildlife with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust
Churchyards are becoming ever more important providing habitat for wildlife that has been vanishing elsewhere. And in Paston we've decided to do our bit with our large and somewhat unmanageable churchyard.. Norfolk Wildlife Trust have surveyed the churchyard and prepared a comprehensive … [Read more...]
Open Event at St Margaret’s
On Saturday 11th October we, that is the PCC and the Heritage Society, celebrated the completion of the repairs to the church - the first stage of the plans for adapting it to 21st century needs. To open the day the bell ringing team under the direction of Andrew Lubbock pulled off a quarter … [Read more...]
Discovered: Further Medieval Wall Paintings
Builders high up on scaffolding above the chancel arch making good cracks in the wall uncovered what they thought might be faint remains of some medieval wall paintings to add to St Christopher and the three living and three dead on the North Wall. Our medieval wall painting specialist Dr Andrea … [Read more...]