Abandoned English Church, England

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St Theobald's Church is a former church at Great Hautbois, near Coltishall in Norfolk, England. During the medieval period it was a place of pilgrimage to a shrine of St Theobald; it remained in use until a new church was built in the 19th century. It is a round-tower church. The building is Grade II* listed and a scheduled monument. The church was built in the 11th century, of knapped flint and flint rubble, in Early English style. There was originally an aisleless nave and a chancel. The round tower was built in the 12th century. In the 13th century the chancel was extended and a south transept was added, to house an image of St Theobald. The south aisle, adjoining the transept, and connected to the nave through two arches, was built in the 14th century, perhaps to accommodate pilgrims; a porch was added in the following century. Associated with the church was the Hospital of St Mary, for pilgrims to the church, founded about 1235 by Sir Peter de Alto Bosco, or Hautbois, who... Wikipedia,org