Beachamwell St Mary, Norfolk was destroyed by fire during conservation in 2022. Permission for full restoration has now been granted. I was fortunate to record this church in 2009 and it is in my Parish Churches app.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
parishchurches.org/parishchurches.html
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
parishchurches.org/parishchurches.html
October 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Beachamwell St Mary, Norfolk was destroyed by fire during conservation in 2022. Permission for full restoration has now been granted. I was fortunate to record this church in 2009 and it is in my Parish Churches app.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
parishchurches.org/parishchurches.html
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
parishchurches.org/parishchurches.html
St Mary’s, Beachamwell. I used to live there.
June 13, 2026 at 9:33 AM
St Mary’s, Beachamwell. I used to live there.
A week ago came across one of most extraordinary subaqua views have ever seen in UK, where the Old Carr Stream emerges (through a human construction, into a deep man made V shaped channel) from Beachamwell. Preternaturally clear water - clearest have ever seen. #MySwim #Chalkstreams #Norfolk 1/9
March 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A week ago came across one of most extraordinary subaqua views have ever seen in UK, where the Old Carr Stream emerges (through a human construction, into a deep man made V shaped channel) from Beachamwell. Preternaturally clear water - clearest have ever seen. #MySwim #Chalkstreams #Norfolk 1/9
Today, feeling balmy and spring like around Beachamwell and Shingham, it was all Skylark song and mad Hares getting ready for March - in excess of 20 in some fields.
#BrownHares #BrownHare #lepuseuropaeus #Norfolk #Breckland #Brecks #TheBrecks #MyWalk
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#BrownHares #BrownHare #lepuseuropaeus #Norfolk #Breckland #Brecks #TheBrecks #MyWalk
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February 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today, feeling balmy and spring like around Beachamwell and Shingham, it was all Skylark song and mad Hares getting ready for March - in excess of 20 in some fields.
#BrownHares #BrownHare #lepuseuropaeus #Norfolk #Breckland #Brecks #TheBrecks #MyWalk
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#BrownHares #BrownHare #lepuseuropaeus #Norfolk #Breckland #Brecks #TheBrecks #MyWalk
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Today, I’ve been in Foulden, Gooderstone, Beachamwell, Narborough and Marham for day six of my summer listening tour, meeting with residents.
Throughout the tour so far, I have visited 28 villages across the constituency.
The beating sun was replaced by plenty of rain for a change!
Throughout the tour so far, I have visited 28 villages across the constituency.
The beating sun was replaced by plenty of rain for a change!
July 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Today, I’ve been in Foulden, Gooderstone, Beachamwell, Narborough and Marham for day six of my summer listening tour, meeting with residents.
Throughout the tour so far, I have visited 28 villages across the constituency.
The beating sun was replaced by plenty of rain for a change!
Throughout the tour so far, I have visited 28 villages across the constituency.
The beating sun was replaced by plenty of rain for a change!
Glad to read about a grant to repair Beachamwell. I took a picture of it last year when staying in a lovely B&B there after a family wedding and was sad to see it in a ruined state.
December 27, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Glad to read about a grant to repair Beachamwell. I took a picture of it last year when staying in a lovely B&B there after a family wedding and was sad to see it in a ruined state.
Yes, they add a lot of character to a building.
However, sadly, they can be susceptible to fire.
This is Beachamwell Church, Norfolk, which has had a new roof after a fire.
However, sadly, they can be susceptible to fire.
This is Beachamwell Church, Norfolk, which has had a new roof after a fire.
May 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Yes, they add a lot of character to a building.
However, sadly, they can be susceptible to fire.
This is Beachamwell Church, Norfolk, which has had a new roof after a fire.
However, sadly, they can be susceptible to fire.
This is Beachamwell Church, Norfolk, which has had a new roof after a fire.
Misfit Molly has joined Blue-sky! Looking forward to a new jolly platform to connect... We dance in the East Anglian molly style to tunes old and new. Have a great day everyone!
November 19, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Misfit Molly has joined Blue-sky! Looking forward to a new jolly platform to connect... We dance in the East Anglian molly style to tunes old and new. Have a great day everyone!
The Consistory Court of the diocese of Ely has granted a faculty permitting the restoration of St Mary the Virgin, which was destroyed by fire in February 2022, but the Chancellor rejects objections over lack of toilets in scheme. #ChurchNews
Permission granted to restore burned church
THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Ely has granted a faculty permitting the restoration of St Mary the Virgin, in the parish of Beachamwell with Shingham, a small Grade I listed Saxo-Norman round-tower church which was destroyed by fire in Feb...
www.churchtimes.co.uk
September 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The Consistory Court of the diocese of Ely has granted a faculty permitting the restoration of St Mary the Virgin, which was destroyed by fire in February 2022, but the Chancellor rejects objections over lack of toilets in scheme. #ChurchNews
Here is an Alder rootscape, a sprig of fresh growth of Fool's Watercress (Helosciadium nodiflorum) the dominant macrophyte in Old Carr Stream, & up by the spring, a tuft of Frogspawn Algae (Batrachospermaceae).
#Wildflowerhour #Chalkstreams #Norfolk #Breckland #Beachamwell #freshwater
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#Wildflowerhour #Chalkstreams #Norfolk #Breckland #Beachamwell #freshwater
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March 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Here is an Alder rootscape, a sprig of fresh growth of Fool's Watercress (Helosciadium nodiflorum) the dominant macrophyte in Old Carr Stream, & up by the spring, a tuft of Frogspawn Algae (Batrachospermaceae).
#Wildflowerhour #Chalkstreams #Norfolk #Breckland #Beachamwell #freshwater
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#Wildflowerhour #Chalkstreams #Norfolk #Breckland #Beachamwell #freshwater
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St. Mary's Parish Church at Beachamwell, Norfolk which dates from the 11th century holds its first carol service after a significant fire in 2022 👇
BBC News - Norfolk church holds first carol service since fire - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Norfolk church holds first carol service since fire - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Norfolk church holds first carol service since fire
Tony Mills says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 10:49 AM
St. Mary's Parish Church at Beachamwell, Norfolk which dates from the 11th century holds its first carol service after a significant fire in 2022 👇
BBC News - Norfolk church holds first carol service since fire - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Norfolk church holds first carol service since fire - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Can recommend the church in Beachamwell for the wedding (once they rebuild it)
December 1, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Can recommend the church in Beachamwell for the wedding (once they rebuild it)
The round tower, and particularly the belfry, on the Norfolk church that Truss used for her Easter PR shot are unusual. The ornate belfry is Norman, while the lower part of the tower is Saxon, predating the Conquest.
norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk/fire-at-st-marys…
norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk/fire-at-st-marys…
Fire at St Mary's Beachamwell - The Norfolk Churches Trust
A disastrous fire at a Norfolk medieval church has left the round tower standing amidst the ruins. Firefighters were called to St Mary’s, Beachamwell, at 10.44am on Wednesday, February 2 as flames had...
norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk
March 31, 2024 at 2:04 PM
The round tower, and particularly the belfry, on the Norfolk church that Truss used for her Easter PR shot are unusual. The ornate belfry is Norman, while the lower part of the tower is Saxon, predating the Conquest.
norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk/fire-at-st-marys…
norfolkchurchestrust.org.uk/fire-at-st-marys…
Bizarrely, the surface of much of this air-clear water was blanketed in a thick layer of moss (Calliergon??), also blanketing the stream bed in places. Never seen anything like it. Old Carr Stream, from its source in Beachamwell, as it flows towards the Wissey, is the gift that keeps giving. 2/9
March 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bizarrely, the surface of much of this air-clear water was blanketed in a thick layer of moss (Calliergon??), also blanketing the stream bed in places. Never seen anything like it. Old Carr Stream, from its source in Beachamwell, as it flows towards the Wissey, is the gift that keeps giving. 2/9
Fun to walk along valley of Old Carr Stream, a #Norfolk #Chalkstream I've grown to love so much bsky.app/profile/nume.... Would be fascinating to know what it was like when it flowed along its natural winding course thro' Old Carr back when Beachamwell/Oxborough parish boundary was established. 4/4
February 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Fun to walk along valley of Old Carr Stream, a #Norfolk #Chalkstream I've grown to love so much bsky.app/profile/nume.... Would be fascinating to know what it was like when it flowed along its natural winding course thro' Old Carr back when Beachamwell/Oxborough parish boundary was established. 4/4
Pause a moment from mocking Truss to admire the roof of the church behind her - at St Mary's Beachamwell which was seriously damaged by fire in February 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-60232447
Beachamwell: Blaze rips through 11th Century thatched church
A blaze that engulfed an ancient church has caused "reall...
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Pause a moment from mocking Truss to admire the roof of the church behind her - at St Mary's Beachamwell which was seriously damaged by fire in February 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-60232447
Patch of Cotton Thistles at Beachamwell could be part of small native Breckland population rather garden escapes. Giant Puffball, past its prime, definitely native. Unlike flock of 6+ Peacocks apparently living a wild life, near where I saw one while in Old Carr Stream bsky.app/profile/nume... 2/4
February 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Patch of Cotton Thistles at Beachamwell could be part of small native Breckland population rather garden escapes. Giant Puffball, past its prime, definitely native. Unlike flock of 6+ Peacocks apparently living a wild life, near where I saw one while in Old Carr Stream bsky.app/profile/nume... 2/4
December 15, 2024 at 1:15 PM
By 4 pm the Sun was slipping down behind Shingham #BronzeAge #RoundBarrow, with its fringe of Dark Mullein and Wild Carrot (Daucus carota), as Roe Deer looked on.
#tumulus #landscape #Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 9/10
#tumulus #landscape #Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 9/10
December 15, 2024 at 1:10 PM
By 4 pm the Sun was slipping down behind Shingham #BronzeAge #RoundBarrow, with its fringe of Dark Mullein and Wild Carrot (Daucus carota), as Roe Deer looked on.
#tumulus #landscape #Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 9/10
#tumulus #landscape #Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 9/10
Some #arableplants of #Beachamwell: Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum), Rough Sow-thistle (Sonchus asper) & Dovesfoot Cranesbill (Geranium molle).
#Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 6/10
#Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 6/10
December 15, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Some #arableplants of #Beachamwell: Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum), Rough Sow-thistle (Sonchus asper) & Dovesfoot Cranesbill (Geranium molle).
#Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 6/10
#Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving #Wildflowerhour 6/10
Near The Great Barn, Shingham Farm, Hedgerow Cranesbill (Geranium pyrenaicum) being fed on by which caterpillar?
Good crop of Shaggy Inkcaps undaunted by being on the edge of a field of fodder radish.
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 5/10
Good crop of Shaggy Inkcaps undaunted by being on the edge of a field of fodder radish.
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 5/10
December 15, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Near The Great Barn, Shingham Farm, Hedgerow Cranesbill (Geranium pyrenaicum) being fed on by which caterpillar?
Good crop of Shaggy Inkcaps undaunted by being on the edge of a field of fodder radish.
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 5/10
Good crop of Shaggy Inkcaps undaunted by being on the edge of a field of fodder radish.
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 5/10
A tower of sickly scented Ivy seething with excited insects including a large pale day flying moth.
Eyelash Fungus (Scutellinia umbrarum) in a stubble field, a few feet from where a Hare leapt up in front of me...
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 4/10
Eyelash Fungus (Scutellinia umbrarum) in a stubble field, a few feet from where a Hare leapt up in front of me...
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 4/10
December 15, 2024 at 12:45 PM
A tower of sickly scented Ivy seething with excited insects including a large pale day flying moth.
Eyelash Fungus (Scutellinia umbrarum) in a stubble field, a few feet from where a Hare leapt up in front of me...
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 4/10
Eyelash Fungus (Scutellinia umbrarum) in a stubble field, a few feet from where a Hare leapt up in front of me...
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 4/10
So happy to see winter flocks of Lapwings again - enjoying an old potato field. The Fieldfares are here as well.
(Footpaths round here often seem to have disappeared under the plough...even when signs still up.)
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 3/10
(Footpaths round here often seem to have disappeared under the plough...even when signs still up.)
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 3/10
December 15, 2024 at 12:40 PM
So happy to see winter flocks of Lapwings again - enjoying an old potato field. The Fieldfares are here as well.
(Footpaths round here often seem to have disappeared under the plough...even when signs still up.)
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 3/10
(Footpaths round here often seem to have disappeared under the plough...even when signs still up.)
#Beachamwell #Breckland #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 3/10
Linnets & Yellowhammers trilling full of the joys of a sunny autumn afternoon in a #Breckland stubble field, also beloved of Skylarks...and a falconer.
#Beachamwell #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 2/10
#Beachamwell #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 2/10
December 15, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Linnets & Yellowhammers trilling full of the joys of a sunny autumn afternoon in a #Breckland stubble field, also beloved of Skylarks...and a falconer.
#Beachamwell #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 2/10
#Beachamwell #Norfolk #OurWorldIsWorthSaving 2/10