Kettlestone

One of the smaller villages in Norfolk where the discovery of flint axes, arrowheads and Roman coins in recent years suggests that there was a settlement here centuries ago.
The parish church of All Saints dates from the late 13th century and an outstanding feature is the fine octagonal tower, which still contains part of the old Norman tower.

Sir Thomas de Hauville, lord of the manor at the time it was built and as Keeper of the King’s falcons could well have used the tower as a vantage point from which to observe the performance of his birds. The original church roof was a single pile with thatch. Then came the addition of the chancel and the Lady chapel in the late 14th century and it probably in the late 16th century that the nave roof was raised to its present height and the thatched roof was replaced by lead.