Image: The church of SS Mary and Margaret, Sprowston - C19 monument - geograph.org.uk - 2054545

Description: The church of SS Mary and Margaret, Sprowston - C19 monument, near to Sprowston, Norfolk, Great Britain. Monument to Lady Maria Micklethwaite, d. 1805, by John Bacon the Younger. The church of SS Mary and Margaret > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054469" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054469">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> dates mainly from the 14th century but an extensive restoration took place in the 19th century, and the brick tower was rebuilt at that time. The church houses a number of interesting monuments > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054521" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054521">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> with the largest being in the chancel. It dates from the 17th century and commemorates Sir Thomas and Lady Adams > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054527" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054527">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> - he suffered from calculus, and according to the epitaph a stone weighing 25 ozs was removed after his death. Lady Anne died giving birth to her 10th child at the age of 33. Monuments to members of the Corbet family > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054561" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054561">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> can be seen in the north chapel. The glass in the east window is by Heaton, Butler & Bayne > <a title="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054504" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2054504">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/> - the glass in the south aisle east window is by Jones & Willis.
Title: The church of SS Mary and Margaret, Sprowston - C19 monument - geograph.org.uk - 2054545
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