Chronoly of St. Nicholas Church

A Brief History of St. Nicholas Church, Feltwell
Article one in the St. Nicholas Loop

End of 7^th 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.