Ranworth

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Ranworth
St Helen's church
OS grid referenceTG359145
Civil parish
  • Ranworth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk

Ranworth is a village in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad.

Church of St Helen

The 16th-century St. Helen's church, known as 'the Cathedral of the Broads',[1] has a fine 15th century painted rood screen and a rare Antiphoner. It is a Grade I listed building[2] From the top of Ranworth church's 100-foot (30 m) tower one can see many of the broads and rivers, as well as the Happisburgh lighthouse.

Notes

  1. ^ Standford, David (2007). Norfolk Churches (1st ed.). Frances Lincoln Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 978-0711227422. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Images of England". English Heritage.

External links

Media related to Ranworth at Wikimedia Commons