English Heritage sites near Beetley Parish
NORTH ELMHAM CHAPEL
2 miles from Beetley Parish
A place with an unusual story, told by graphic panels. The small Norman chapel here stood on the site of an earlier timber church, probably the Saxon cathedral of East Anglia.
CASTLE ACRE CASTLE AND BAILEY GATE
9 miles from Beetley Parish
The delightful village of Castle Acre boasts an extraordinary wealth of history and is a very rare and complete survival of a Norman planned settlement.
CASTLE ACRE: CASTLE ACRE PRIORY
10 miles from Beetley Parish
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090.
BINHAM MARKET CROSS
13 miles from Beetley Parish
The tall shaft of a 15th century cross, on the site of an annual fair held from the 1100s until the 1950s.
BINHAM PRIORY
13 miles from Beetley Parish
Among the most complete and impressive monastic ruins in Norfolk of a Benedictine priory with a well-documented history.
CREAKE ABBEY
15 miles from Beetley Parish
The ruined church of an Augustinian abbey, reduced in size after fire and plague.
Churches in Beetley Parish
Beetley with East Bilney: St Mary
Church Road
Beetley w East Bilney
Dereham
http://www.derehamanddistrictteam.org.uk/
St. Mary Magdalene, Beetley is slowly being repaired and renewed and begins to look cared for. The bell tower has eight bells (the lightest in Norfolk) We do not have regular bell ringers but many visiting teams.
St. Mary East Bilney is In good repair (new roof in 2003) One bell. Thomas Bilney, the first Norfolk martyr, was born in the village in 1495.
Both churches have the same congregation with Eucharist every Sunday (except 5th) in alternate churches. Festivals, special services, Christenings, Weddings & Funerals as required.
A Lent course is run each year in conjunction with St. Nicholas, Dereham.
Both churches have graveyards and both have plenty of space for future needs.
East Bilney: St Mary
Pubs in Beetley Parish
New Inn
31 Fakenham Road, Beetley, NR20 4BT
(01362) 860392
newinnbeetley.com