The History of Reymerston Church

The earliest reference we know of to the church, winch is dedicated to St Peter, is in a lawsuit of 121 ~ 18, when the rectorship was in the gift of the nuns of St Radegund's Priory in Cambridge. After 1400 the patronage reverted to Calveley manor. The post-Reformation rectors frequently Held the living in combination with that of Thuxton, Garvestone, Southburgh or Cranworth. From 1939 it was joined with Whinburugh and Westfield, and finally in the mid-1980s became part of the Barnham Broom and Upper Yare group of parishes.
Pevsner in The Buildings of England describes the church as "an archaeological puzzle". The tower has 13th century features, but may well be older, perhaps remodelled when the present nave arcades and north doorway were built. These are certainly 13th century, but do not follow a consistent pattern: while the piers of the north arcade arc all circular, two of those on the south are octagonal; on the other hand the arch mouldings are symmetrical, but in three different styles west to east. The aisle windows, nave roof and clerestory are late 15th century. The chancel seems to have been heavily restored in the early 19th century, but reproduces 14th century styles of tracery in its windows. Notable features of the church furnishings are the "poppyhead" benches (probably 17th century); the numbered box-pews in the aisles; an imposing 3-decker Jacobean pulpit; and the splendidly carved Baroque communion rails, Flemish in origin, probably installed by the restorer of the chancel. The fine octagonal font displays the symbols of the four Evangelists, and four seated prophets with unusually wavy hair.