Church of All Saints

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All Saints' Church, Weybourne is the parish church of the village of Weybourne in North Norfolk, England. The building is principally medieval in origin, though built on Saxon foundations, and remains today as the surviving element of Weybourne Priory, a medieval Augustinian priory complex dissolved during the Reformation, the ruins of which still stand adjacent to the church. All Saints' Church is a Grade II* listed building.

Saxon Origins: The church of All Saints, Weybourne has Saxon origins; the present medieval structure having built upon an earlier late Saxon church. The remains of the original Saxon church tower can still be seen to the north of the modern chancel, part of the ruins of Weybourne Priory.

Medieval era and Reformation: The present parish church was originally part of Weybourne Priory, an Augustinian monastic house founded c.1200 by Sir Ralph Mainwaring and his wife Amicia. Weybourne Priory was initially subordinate to West Acre Priory, near Swaffham. The west tower of the parish church was added in the 15th century, built with traditional East Anglian brick and flint. Weybourne Priory was one of the first religious houses to be dissolved...