The parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul was rebuilt in the 1880s closer to the centre of the village at the instigation of the then rector, Canon Walter Herbert Marcon.
Marcon was rector here for sixty years from the 1870s to the 1930s, and is remembered in Norfolk as the cycling parson, and for moving his church half a mile, stone by stone.
His daughter, Grace Marcon, was a militant suffragette who damaged paintings in the National Gallery.
She was buried here in 1965.

 
The old church, although structurally sound, was in poor condition when Marcon, with the help of architect John Dando Sedding, decided to move the church.
The new church was a reproduction of the old one, apart from the tower, using much of the masonry and fittings (such as the font, rood screen, pillars and windows) from the original, which stood a mile west.
Consecration took place in 1885 and the tower was built in 1907-09, with a clock added in 1921.
The Canon is remembered in the new church where he is depicted riding his bicycle in a window, which also commemorates the building of the church.
This window was installed in the church in the 1980s.
The 13th century tower from the old church still stands in a farmyard on the road to Hunworth.
It is octagonal in shape and built from flint and carrstone.
The remnants and tower of the old church were renovated with grants from English Heritage in 1981.
The rector and P.C.C. still have the responsibility for the tower, while responsibility for the churchyard has been passed to the civil authorities.
The parish church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul was rebuilt in the 1880s closer to the centre of the village at the instigation of the then rector, Canon Walter Herbert Marcon. Marcon was rector here for sixty years from the 1870s to the 1930s, and is remembered in Norfolk as the cycling parson, and for moving his church half a mile, stone by stone. His daughter, Grace Marcon, was a militant suffragette who damaged paintings in the National Gallery. She was buried here in 1965.
 
The old church, although structurally sound, was in poor condition when Marcon, with the help of architect John Dando Sedding, decided to move the church. The new church was a reproduction of the old one, apart from the tower, using much of the masonry and fittings (such as the font, rood screen, pillars and windows) from the original, which stood a mile west. Consecration took place in 1885 and the tower was built in 1907-09, with a clock added in 1921. The Canon is remembered in the new church where he is depicted riding his bicycle in a window, which also commemorates the building of the church. This window was installed in the church in the 1980s. The 13th century tower from the old church still stands in a farmyard on the road to Hunworth. It is octagonal in shape and built from flint and carrstone. The remnants and tower of the old church were renovated with grants from English Heritage in 1981. The rector and P.C.C. still have the responsibility for the tower, while responsibility for the churchyard has been passed to the civil authorities.
Edgefield, Norfolk