St Mary’s in South Wootton has some Saxon remains in its Nave walls. The Domesday Book of 1087 mentions the church there. The chancel dates from 1300 and contains an altar tomb dating from 1603. The font is of particular historical interest. It is over 800 years old and cut out of one massive block of Purbeck stone. On each corner there is a curious head with prominent eyes and beak like nose. St. Mary’s has an Elizabethan chalice. In the porch is a bier dating from 1611 on which bodies were transported to the grave. It has been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The church tower was struck by lightning in 1881 which necessitated extensive rebuilding.

In the churchyard of All Saints in North Wootton lumps of iron “clunch”, which are remains of a Roman iron foundry, are frequently discovered. The foundry operated between 100AD and 350AD. The church itself, which has view of The Wash, had to be rebuilt in 1852 because it had largely collapsed due to neglect. Please visit the website for more information.