Welcome
Welcome to the website for All Saints Church, Hemblington. We do not know who built our church or when. What we worship in each week is a beautiful and simple building. The clear glass windows allow the light to flood the building. We gaze out at the rolling fields that surround the churchyard. This delightful building is very much part of the environment as the environment is part of the church.
The Journey of St Christopher
On Saturday, 14th September at 2pm Joyce and Andrew Burtenshaw will provide an illustrated talk: “The Journey of St Christopher”. At this free event Joyce and Andrew will retell the full story of St Christopher’s life before and after his conversion to Christianity. A fascinating tale, painted in extraordinary detail in the 15th century wall painting in the church. Refreshments will be provided and donations to the Friends will be appreciated.
The Hazards of the Journey
A free talk by Imogen Corrigan titled “The Hazards of the Journey: Pilgrimage and Travel in the Middle Ages” on Saturday, 7th September at 2 pm. In this talk Imogen looks at travel in the Middle Ages, how people organised themselves for long journeys often in appalling conditions, who was travelling and why. Refreshments will be provided and donations to the Friends will be appreciated.
Join Us for a Special Sunday Service
Hemblington Church will celebrate with a special service of Holy Communion on the theme of “A Time for Creation” on Sunday 1st September at 9.30am. Refreshments will be available after the service. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Make and Mardle
Our next Make and Mardle will be on Tuesday, 20th August from 10am to 12noon at Hemblington Church. Come & join us for a tea / coffee, cake, chat with optional craft. All will be very welcome.
Communal Worship at our Churches
Sunday services now regularly take place in the Churches of Blofield and Hemblington and we look forward to welcoming worshippers.
Sunday services are held in Hemblington Church with North Burlingham at 9.30 am and in Blofield Church at 11.00 am. Services alternate between Holy Communion and a Service of Morning Worship.
There are benefice Morning prayers on Tuesdays at 9.00 am by Zoom.
The Wednesday morning service is at 9.30 am in Blofield Church, alternating between Holy Communion and Morning Worship.
Thursday morning prayers are at 9 am in Hemblington Church.
Our church buildings will remain open for private prayer at published times.
Church Opening Times
Hemblington Church is open to visitors every day from 9.30 am until 4 pm.
We hope you enjoy the history and peace of our lovely church.
Take a look inside Hemblington Church
As a retirement project, Andrew Hawkins is building a website which takes a virtual tour of places of interest in and around the historic city of Norwich, presented as a series of interactive 360-degree panoramas in which you, the viewer, can ‘turn the camera’ to look left and right and up and down. He has just added a section about Hemblington Church which contains beautiful views of our church. The Hemblington Church entry can be found at:
http://norwich360.com/hemblington.html
But have a look round the rest of the website for interesting insights into our local heritage.
Access to Hemblington Parish Records
For anyone who is researching family history in the Hemblington area we have a page explaining how you can access our church records.
This can be found here.
Virtual Tours of Hemblington Church
Thanks to Paul Brittain of Norfolk360.co.uk you can now experience a 360 degree tour of the inside and outside of our church by using the following links:
View inside All Saints, Hemblington Church on Google Tours
Video of Hemblington Church
This is video shows our beautiful church on a lovely summers day in June 2014. Music by the Octagon Singers of Norwich.
