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550:, or bell tower is detached about 60 feet from the main building of the church. The tower is supported at its base by four open arches. At each corner is a buttress which rises pinnacles with gabled niches in the first, second and third storey. The tower is topped with a carved parapet walls. The west doorway to the church is flanked on either side by buttresses, a result of remedial works carried out here after the foundations failed not long after the church was built. The south porch is arched with arcaded buttress on each side. The nave is arcaded with six bays on each side. The arches are supported on pillars which are encircled by detached shafts topped with capitals of stone carved foliage. The 639: 627: 651: 615: 51: 31: 1040: 58: 266: 694: 778: 602:
Ingleborough tower windmill is one mile north of the village, and is in the yard of Hill House Farm along with a house and assorted farm buildings. The mill is now in a state of disuse. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in 1951.
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with the Abbot of St Peter and St Paul, Cluny from him, The Abbot of Ely before and after 1066, and Oder from Ralph de Beufour. The survey mentions ½ church, 38 salt houses and 1100 sheep. The survey also records the presence of a
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The village and parish of West Walton is in the western part of the county of Norfolk. The western flank of the parish is also the county border between Norfolk and
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West Walton was established by the time of the Norman Conquest. The village's population, land ownership and productive resources were detailed in its entry in the
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in 1854. The church still has a red and a green stole and a white frontal for the altar which were embroidered by Agnes Blencowe.
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survey fractions were used to indicate that the entry, in this case the church, was situated within more than one parish.
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West Walton parish council has 11 councillors. The councillors elect a chair. West Walton is part of the
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and its location makes it, along with Walsoken, the most westerly village in Norfolk. The nearest town is
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The King's England series, Norfolk, by Arthur Mee,Pub:Hodder and Stoughton,1972, page 270 Saxthorpe,
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here. Agnes was said to be the "best workwoman in England" and she and George Edmund Street's sister
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of 1085. In the great book West Walton is recorded by the name 'Waltuna'. The parish was held by
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which is 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the village. The nearest railway station is at
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Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England
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meaning of the 'settlement by the wall' which refers to the village's proximity to a
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The church's rector was Edward Everard Blencowe (1806–1895) and in 1847 his sister
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dates from the 15th century and is supported by 24 carved angels holding shields.
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St Mary's Church dates from the 13th century built about 1240. The church's
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of Walton. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 2,641.
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For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the
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The name West Walton is thought by James Rye to derive from the
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The bell tower, and the church, are both recorded in the
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The village is 47 miles (80 km) west-north-west of
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and Bill Wilson, North Runcton entry. 0-300-09657-7
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On the southern flank is the parish of 896:St Mary bell tower, West Walton, Norfolk 598:Ingleborough Tower Windmill, West Walton 955:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 818: 816: 814: 812: 810: 808: 667: 620:Saint Mary's parish church, West Walton 610: 304: 260: 228: 204: 123: 107: 80: 27: 717:A Popular Guide to Norfolk Place-names 288: 276: 264: 250: 238: 218: 186: 168: 150: 96: 7: 482:and 80 miles (100 km) north of 85:15.77 km (6.09 sq mi) 57: 1016:National Heritage List for England 875:National Heritage List for England 849:National Heritage List for England 559:National Heritage List for England 401:The parish of West Walton, in the 14: 995:. Daily Telegraph. 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West Walton is located in Norfolk
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