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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Egmere medieval settlement
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| image = Ruined Egmere Church, W of Little Walsingham (geograph 6400421).jpg
| caption = Looking south from the present road towards the ruins of St Edmund's Church
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| locmapin = United Kingdom Norfolk
| coordinates = {{coord|52|54|5|N|0|49|3|E|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:GB}}
| gbgridref = TF 895 377
| location = [[Norfolk]]
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| designation1 =  Scheduled monument
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| designation1_date = 12 April 1976
| designation1_number = 1018173
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'''Egmere medieval settlement''' is a [[deserted medieval village]] in [[Norfolk]], England, about {{convert|2.5|mi|1}} west of [[Walsingham]]. It is a [[Scheduled Monument]].<ref name=historic>{{NHLE|num=1018173 |desc=Egmere medieval settlement|accessdate= 22 February 2020}}</ref>
==History==
The manor of Egmere was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as being held by the [[Bishop of Thetford (ancient)|Bishop of Thetford]]. [[Subsidy roll]]s show a decline in population: in Egmere and [[Quarles, Norfolk|Quarles]] there were 31 taxpayers in 1334, 10 in 1449 and 5 in 1523. After the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] in 1538, the King granted the manor and patronage of the church to Sir [[James Boleyn]]. A report in 1603 noted that there was one household in Egmere, and that the church had become a barn.<ref name=historic/>
The church of St Edmund, now a ruin, dates from the 12th century; its tower is of the early 14th century. It is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1039409 |desc=Ruins of church of St Edmund|accessdate= 22 February 2020}}</ref>
Egmere remained a [[civil parish]] until 1935 and is now part of Walsingham.<ref>[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10015534#tab02 Vision of Britain]</ref>
==Earthworks==
The remains are on either side of the minor road between the villages of [[North Creake]] and [[South Creake]] in the west, and Walsingham in the east.<ref name=historic/>
South of the road are the ruins of the Church of St Edmund and the site of a [[manor house]]. The church and churchyard are on a mound about {{convert|3|m}} above its surroundings. The church tower stands almost to its original height, and parts remain of the walls of the nave. The site of the manor house, about {{convert|125|m}} south-south-east of the church, is now occupied by two cottages; south of this are the earthwork remains of a formal garden, with a long rectangular ornamental pond, about {{convert|100|m}} long, on its southern edge.<ref name=historic/>
An area west of the church and manor house, along a stream, shows rectangular platforms, the sites of village buildings.<ref name=historic/>
North of the modern road are the remains of fishponds, and other features; there are channels thought to be evidence of a system for controlling the flow of water to and from the ponds.<ref name=historic/>
The main street of the village survives as a ditch: it runs south along the east side of the area north of the modern road; south of the modern road it bends to the south-west, passing immediately north of the church.<ref name=historic/>
==See also==
* [[List of lost settlements in Norfolk]]
* [[Waterden medieval settlement]], a neighbouring site to the south-west
==References==
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[[Category:Deserted medieval villages in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Scheduled monuments in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Church ruins in England]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Norfolk]]
[[Category:Walsingham]]