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LANGFORD STANFORD TOTTINGTON WEST TOFTS
All Saints, Stanford
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Saints is one of the four churches of
the Norfolk Battle Training Area and is not
generally accessible by the public. Stanford is at the very heart of the
training area, the live firing area, and it is so far
from civilisation that the silence in the air is
remarkable. I had not heard such a silence in England
before. The sheep were fearless, inquisitive as we let
ourselves into the churchyard, but their lambs hid behind
them, chins tilted upwards as they watched. As at
Tottington, the roofs are blast-proof panels rather than
tiles, but this is well done that you wouldn't know what
they were unless you were told. As I wandered about the
churchyard, tiny spring rabbits bolted from beneath my
feet. At first this was startling, and then comical, for
they had never seen a human before, and they waited until
I was right on top of them before running for the scrub.
I became wary lest I step on one, but I don't think they
were ever in any real danger. Simon Knott, May 2004, revised December 2022 Follow these journeys as they happen at Last Of England Twitter. an introduction to the churches of the Norfolk battle training area |
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