Oxborough
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Oxborough is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, well known for its church and manor house Oxburgh Hall. It covers an area of 13.024 km2 and had a population of 240 in 106 hou
St John's Church, showing its ruined nave at right
The ruined nave
The east end
The north wall
Priest hole
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A priest hole is a hiding place for a priest built in England or Wales during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law. Following the accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne in 1558, ther
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…the destroyed nave as a grassed area. At the Reformation, the Bedingfeld family retained their Roman Catholic faith as recusants; the Hall contains a priest hole. Following the Catholic emancipation, a new Roman Catholic chapel dedicated to St Margaret and Our Lady, was built in the grounds of Oxburgh Hall. It…
Priest hole on second floor of Boscobel House, Shropshire in which Charles II spent the night 6–7 September 1651.
One of the hides at Harvington Hall, accessed by tilting a step on the grand staircase.