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A Brief History of St. Nicholas Church, Feltwell
Article one in the St. Nicholas Loop
| End of 7th century | First Saxon Church built |
| c1066 -1072 | New Norman Church replaces Saxon building |
| 1086 | St Nicholas only church in the Hundred of Grimshoe |
| 1400-1500 | Side-Aisles added, Clerestory added |
| 1494 | Nave destroyed by fire and rebuilt |
| 1516 | Porch built |
| 4/6/1805 | Benefices of St Nicholas and St Mary consolidated. |
| 1834 | Thorough repairs undertaken |
| 11/1855 | Last marriage solemnised |
| 1862 | Chancel and vestry removed by Canon Sparke |
| 1864 | Closed for services other than funerals. |
| 1898 | Tower collapses |
| 1924 | Reopened on Ascension Day (see below) |
| c1950 | Used (in winter) as difficult to heat St Mary’s |
| 1959 | Licensed for marriages |
| 12/1959 | First marriage for 100yrs |
| 1973 | Declared redundant |
Great improvements have recently been made to the interior of St Nicholas Church, Feltwell. The rector of St Mary’s, with the consent of the church council, has undertaken the responsibility of erecting an altar, to which is added a communion table at the east end, while at the western end a pulpit and reading desk have been erected, and a portion to the right of the altar has been curtained off for use as a vestry. On the south-east corner of the church, a bell has been erected. The seating accommodation has been largely augmented. After having been closed, with the exception of use as a mortuary chapel, for upwards of sixty years, the church was reopened on Ascension Day.
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