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ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH

The present church building is probably the fourth to be erected on this site. A church is first mentioned when Thomas Bratoft was given the living in 1281 following the death of Alexander Algarkirk with further references in 1337, 1360 and 1375, John De Grettewell is listed as rector in 1377. When Bishop William Atwood and his commissioners visited the deaneries in 1517 and 1520 the report in St. Margaret’s lists the chancel as being in a poor state and the rectory derelict. The church seems to have recovered from this period of decay in 1560 under the rule of Elizabeth I and an inventory made of all artifice used by the “Roman church”. These were later destroyed by burning and breaking up before the parishioners in 1562.


PARTNERSHIP PRIESTS REV MIKE BURSON-THOMAS 01507 525564 REV IAN McGRATH 01507 343345 REV AVRIL FORD 01507 526234 CHURCH WARDENS PATRICK BRYANT ~ 01507 578292 BETTY MORTON ~ 01507 578273 (contact Betty for weddings, funerals and church bookings) SECRETARY TERRY SALMONS ~ 01507 578306 TREASURER DOROTHY GOLDIE ~ 01507 578416 TOWER FUND TOTAL = £8,451

In 1840 George Thackeray, cousin to the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, took the living of St. Margaret’s and rebuilding the rectory. The family grave can still be found in the churchyard. The church was rebuilt in its present form in 1895/6 and the tower repaired by the Rev Isaacs and his parishioners in 1937.

We continue today to look after this historic listed building in the centre of the village so that we can pass it on, in good order, for future generations to enjoy. St. Margaret's Church is part of the Hemingby Group of Eight churches and holds a Sung Communion every 8th week. The Parish Groups of Hemingby are vacant today and as a consequence has no Priest in charge. A wider partnership is currently being formed between the clergy listed in the contacts section of this page.

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