Brundall Village History - churches and chapels

Religious foundations
Churches and chapels of Brundall and Braydeston

Braydeston was at one time a separate village from Brundall and in fact bigger, but in 1891 the civil parishes amalgamated. Braydeston is still a Church of England ecclesiastical parish with an isolated church on Braydeston Hills. The boundary between the two villages is very tortuous and seemingly illogical. Brundall and Braydeston churches, with Postwich church, are now a single parish, Yare Valley Churches. To find out more about services etc, visit the Yare Valley Churches website.

There are about six services a year at Braydeston church, for special festivals or events like Rogation Sunday, Easter sunrise service, pets' service and so on.

All the churchyards have wildlife conservation policies and have been audited by Norfolk Wildlife trust and all are welcome to visit them.
There was once a chapel of ease, St Clements, near what is now Station Road.

There is also the Westfield Mission on Golf Course Road, a Protestant Evangelical fellowship.

Click the photos below to see a larger image and caption.

This picture of St Laurence Church was taken in 2007. You can see the west extension
which was built in the mid 20th century and dedicated in 1963.

This photograph of the interior of Brundall church was taken in 2007. You can see on the left of the picture,
the memorial window to those who fell in the First World War.

St Laurence's Church: the memorial window to those who fell in the First World War.

St Laurence, Brundall: The font dates from the 13th century, and is the only lead one in Norfolk and one of only about 30 remaining in Britain.

Braydeston Church - St Michael and All Angels

Braydeston Church - St Michael and All Angels - is light and airy inside.

This little chapel, Westfield Mission, is to be found down Golf Links Road, just off Highfield Avenue.
It was opened on 24th January in 1934, probably a Boulton & Paul design, At the end of April 1991
disaster struck when the chapel was destroyed by fire in a suspected arson attack.

Westfield Mission: By the November of the following year, after the fire, such was the faith of the small congregation that they were
able to have a new chapel built designed by one of their number, Peter Dean, an architect.

St Clements Chapel, which was situated on the left near the top of Station Road, was founded in the 12th Century. It was finally demolished in in 1820.

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Religious foundationsChurches and chapels of Brundall and Braydeston

Religious foundations
Churches and chapels of Brundall and Braydeston