Wicklewood

The village lies on rising ground in the centre of the county where 2000 years ago a road passed through here carrying soldiers and traders between the Roman town of Venta Icenorum (Caister-by-Norwich) and the Icknield Way. The mid 1st century was a troubled time in this region during Boudicea’s revolt.

The lovely Roman wine set, now known as Crownthorpe Hoard was buried for safe keeping. The delicately wrought bronze pan, bowls and duck-handled cups were still packed inside the wine strainer when found in 1982. They are now displayed in Norwich Castle Museum.

Wicklewood, named Wicklurde in the Domesday Book must have been a place of some importance during the Middle Ages. Two churches, All Saints and St Andrews, stood in the churchyard each with its own priest and congregation until Bishop Thomas of Norwich united them as a single parish in 1367.

All Saints church lies at the western edge of the village and is not a large church by Norfolk standards, but it does have a lofty tower which, unusually, lies to the south of the nave and also serves as a porch.
The building is 15th century Perpendicular in style, though the sturdy pillars of the porch door are survivals of an