Monument record MDD 003 - Church of the Holy Trinity, Middleton; Holy Trinity, Fordley

A church (plus 15 acres land) mentioned in Middleton in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
Church of Holy Trinity, Middleton. Consists chancel, nave, S porch, W tower and spire. Norman fragments in N side of chancel, S doorway. Nook shaft in SW corner of nave. Circa 1300: chancel extended. C15 tower and spire added.
1864: Restoration, exterior refaced with flints.
1955: Former thatched roof tiled after fire. Details in (S1)(S2)(S3). A second church, the church of the Holy Trinity, Fordley, formerly stood in the same churchyard as Middleton church:-C16: Fell into disuse. 1764: `The church hath long been in ruins: it stood in the same yard with Middleton Church and so near it that complaint was made to the Bishop of Norwich in February 1620 that when service did not begin and end at both churches exactly at the same time, the bells and people of one church disturbed those of the other, and an order was made thereupon, that the same minister should serve them both, & officiate in Fordley Church one week and in Middleton the other and this perhaps, might occasion the letting down of Fordley Church, which was but small' (S3)(R1).
1830: Few stones remained.
1982: C13 sepulchral slab exists approximately 40 feet S of W face of tower.