File:The church of St Peter in Needham - C18 memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1771179.jpg

English: The church of St Peter in Needham - C18 memorial. Heraldry: Azure, on a fess or three leopard's faces gules (Freston) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.379); impaling: Argent, on a bend sable six falchions saltirewise, two, two, and two (or/argent?) (Kedington). For William Freston of Mendham in Norfolk, who died October 2Gth, 1739, aged 55 ; and also for Margaret his wife, daughter and heiress of Henry Kedington, who died July 2nd, 1741, aged 51. (Source: Farrer, Edmund, Church Heraldry of Norfolk, Vol 1 (1885), p.12 [1]) Only the round tower remains of the original St Peter's church > 1771164 that stood here in Norman times, chancel and nave were built in the 15th century and the chancel was entirely rebuilt by William Freston in 1735 - his monument can be seen on the south wall. The brick south porch > 1771169 is medieval as are a number of carved bench ends > 1771174 in the nave, the backs of which were made from later woodwork. One may have come from a screen and has an inscription > 1771177 carved in the wood. The baptismal font > 1771185 dates from the 15th century also.