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A churchyard haven for wildflowers and wildlife with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Published on 18th October 2015

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

Published on 17th September 2014

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

Published on 12th November 2013

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...]

Television series with Helen Castor

Published on 6th October 2013

This three part series is  entitled "Medieval Lives: Birth, Marriage, Death" and presented by historian Helen Castor.  In it is being featured the Paston family about whom she has written a book "Blood and Roses",  and each programme has shown some footage of St Margarets and surrounds. Filming … [Read more...]

South Wall Buttresses Re-built

Published on 15th September 2013

The buttresses on the south side of the nave originally erected when Elizabeth 1 was on the throne, have now been re-built, exactly as they were.  As they were taken down each piece of stone was numbered to show its position so they could be put back in the same place.  The original  flint stones … [Read more...]

North Norfolk News article about the restoration work

Published on 11th August 2013

The North Norfolk News has published an article about the restoration work, including some photos. See: http://tinyurl.com/n25vmps … [Read more...]

Restoration work has begun!

Published on 26th July 2013

The big news is that the contractors W S Lusher & Son are now on site and at work on the first phase of our restoration project. . They expect to be here for 4 months till late November, and will have re-built two buttresses, repaired the chancel roof, installed new drainage and soak-aways to … [Read more...]

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