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St Andrew’s Church, Hingham A view from the Rector
M
y name is Colin Reed and I have been Rector of Hingham (and a number of other churches) for the last five years. It is by all accounts an extraordinary church, bigger than some cathedrals with one of the tallest towers in Norfolk and yet retaining all the character of a small town parish church. The church was built over a 40 year period beginning in 1320; marks of its construction are still visible in the ‘put-log-holes’, the word means exactly what it says embedded in the flints of the tower. It houses numerous monuments, including the Morley tomb and an impressive East window brought back from flanders in the aftermath of the Napoleonoic wars. The very stones are marked and discoloured from a fire that ravaged the church.
12 | August 2016
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