Thornham Parva Church is a modest thatched church in a tiny hamlet in rural Suffolk in the UK.. It has Norman origins, with later additions from the 14th Century. It contains two most remarkable secrets.
The first is a retable, part of an altarpiece, dating back to the early 14th Century, containing beautiful paintings of Christian saints. Its survival is very rare. It is believed to have originated from Blackfriars Priory in Thetford, but was removed at the Reformation when the Priory was destroyed. It ended up in the hands of Sir John Major at Thornham Magna Hall in the late 1770’s, but was forgotten and stowed in a barn until it was rediscovered in the 1920’s. It has since been restored and is on display behind the altar behind alarmed glass.
The second marvel in this tiny church is the surviving wall paintings, again dating back to the 14th Century, showing the story of the early years of Christ, as well as the martyrdom off St. Edmund.
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