page_title: Little Massingham
section_title: Saint Andrew's church
hierarchical_section_title: Little Massingham / Saint Andrew's church
caption_attribution_description: English: St Andrew's Church Little Massingham, Norfolk This is a photo of listed building number 1171638.
context_page_description: Little Massingham is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the northern boundary of Great Massingham.
  It covers an area of 9.27 km² and had a population of 74 in 37 households at the 2001 census.
  For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.
context_section_description: The Church of Saint Andrew with its square embattled tower, is a small but picturesque building. The principle entrance is by the south porch, which appears to rest on the foundation of some still earlier building. On each side of this entrance there are niches which once held the statues of the Virgin and St. Andrew, while above it are two lichen-covered stone escuteons, bearing the arms of the de Thorpes. The porch is lighted by small perpendicular windows, and around the bottom of the roof runs the inscription, carved in oak:
  
  The hour cometh and now the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
  The church of St. Andrew consists of a chancel and a nave. The nave is divided into aisles by octagonal pillars supporting pointed arches.
  The pews were replaced in 1857 at the same time the roof was repaired and re-leaded, the floor tiled, the font (which formally stood behind the south door) removed to its present situation. Other improvements were made, under the supervision of Mr Jeckel, an architect of Norwich. He designed the very handsome pulpit, composed of Caen stone and marble.
  The present handsome inner roof of the chancel was added in 1880 by the Rev. J. L. Brereton.
  The first recorded Rector of Massingham Parva was in 1286.
  The early Parish Registers were on parchment and date from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. 
  All the entries, up to the year 1599 were copied from earlier records, in accordance with a canon published in the reign of Elizabeth. The last chapter of Massingham Parva shows the date of 1559 for the first marriage. First burials are recorded as from 1715 and Christenings from 1754.
  The church was used during World War II by nearby RAF Great Massingham. A roll of honour with the names of those who served at the airfield is kept in the church. The church yard contains graves of some of the aircrew from RAF Great Massingham .
caption: St. Andrew's, Little Massingham
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