Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen

Dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, it is early Norman in date, built of rubble and flint with Barnack limestone dressings. It was originally dedicated to St Mary the Virgin but was later rededicated to Ickleton Priory's patron saint. Nikolaus Pevsner wrote that the church's Norman interior "has few equals" in England and "is far too little known". north arcade and aisle (right), 12th-century frescoes (above right) and Perpendicular Gothic west window (left)]] The church was built in the late 11th so this may be the date when this phase of building was completed. In the middle of the 15th century the chancel was rebuilt and a Perpendicular Gothic north chapel and vestry were added. In 1882–85…