Round towered church of Beeston St. Lawrence, Norfolk
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Channel: Alan Heath · 2011 · Travel & Events
SEE MY TRAVEL PAGE ON FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/motorhomefulltime According to the Round Tower Churches Society, there are 185 round tower churches in East Anglia : 126 in Norfolk, 42 in Suffolk, 7 in Essex, and 2 in Cambridgeshire. Other round tower churches are found in Sussex and Berkshire. Germany has 20 round tower churches, mostly 12th century and quite similar to those in East Anglia. Other countries with at least one round tower church are Andorra, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Norway, Poland.and South Africa. The church at Beeston St. Lawrence is clearly visible from the main road from Wroxham to Stalham. It has fallen into disuse probably due to a lack of parishoners as the village it served was abandoned. Nonetheless a local family, the Prestons, made the church its masoleum as can be seen. The church is probably of Anglo Saxon origin but would had work done on it through the ages to allow it to accommodate more people. The church is always open even though services are no longer held. My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland. I have produced around 1,800 original films, most in English. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects. Please feel free to ask questions in the public area or to comment on things you disagree with. Sometimes there are mistakes because I speak without preparation. If I see the mistakes myself, I make this clear in the text. Please also leave a star rating! There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focusing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine! Central and Eastern European Packaging examines the packaging industry throughout this region, but in particular in the largest regional economies which are Russia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Austria. That is not to say that the other countries are forgotten, they are not, but obviously there is less going on. However the fact that there are so many travel related films here is not from holidays but from business trips attending trade fairs around the region. Every packaging trade fair is a new excuse to make another film!
