All Saints Churchyard
Bawdeswell, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
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Bawdeswell, Breckland Borough, Norfolk NR20 4UX EnglandCoordinates: 52.74695, 1.03077 - Cemetery ID:
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In 1944, an RAF De Havilland Mosquito bomber, returning from a mission over Germany, crashed into Bawdeswell Church causing extensive damage to the church and nearby buildings. A plaque made from parts of the aircraft to commemorate the pilot and navigator now hangs inside the new church.
The wrecked building had been an early Victorian church by John Brown, which itself had replaced an 18th century mock-classical building. The tower of the medieval All Saints had collapsed into the church and destroyed it in 1739. As often in East Anglia, neglect of a structure principally built of flint had led to its demise.
Gravestones have been laid in straight lines along the east and west sides of the square churchyard.
In 1944, an RAF De Havilland Mosquito bomber, returning from a mission over Germany, crashed into Bawdeswell Church causing extensive damage to the church and nearby buildings. A plaque made from parts of the aircraft to commemorate the pilot and navigator now hangs inside the new church.
The wrecked building had been an early Victorian church by John Brown, which itself had replaced an 18th century mock-classical building. The tower of the medieval All Saints had collapsed into the church and destroyed it in 1739. As often in East Anglia, neglect of a structure principally built of flint had led to its demise.
Gravestones have been laid in straight lines along the east and west sides of the square churchyard.
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- Added: 5 Apr 2010
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2349257
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