Lane, which becomes a byway before it passes close by the church in its field – even though this used to be the village's direct route to Oxborough. The plan was rectangular, with no tower, and the chancel having the same width as the nave. Francis Blomefield in 1721 reported that the walls were still standing, together with a “very neat” chancel arch, but that “weeds, briars, elders &c. growing therein”. The fabric was flint, with some ashlar and brick. The nave was long and the chancel , and both were wide. Blomefield mentioned two extant funerary monuments. One was on the north wall, anonymous, within an arch and in the form of a “floral pyramid”. The other was a “very stately” monument in the north-east corner of the chancel, in marble and alabaster and rising above a tomb-chest. This had belonged to the Athow family, and he expressed his disgust at its vandalized state as well as detailing the substantial heraldic displays on it. Before 1989 the west wall stood almost to its full height, to the roof gable. It had a three-light Gothic window with the tracery missing, and a blocked pointed doorway. The stone of the doorcase had been robbed out, leaving two holes either side of the blocking. On the façade was a heraldic shield displaying Athow impaling Wingfield and the date 1612, indicating that at least this wall was substantially rebuilt then. After the collapse of this wall in 1989, what remained were three separate shapeless fragments of nave walling standing to some height, two on the south side and one on the north. The latter had shared a corner with the collapsed west wall, which had left a pile of rubble. The outline of the rest of the church could be discerned under the grass. Church of St John (ruin) History St John's church seems to have been a late medieval foundation, since the first rector (priest in charge) was recorded in 1304 and the surviving fabric is of that period. It was still in use in 1535, but abandoned by 1552. However, because the priest-in-charge was a rector, he had a guaranteed income from the property, so a rector were appointed to the ruined church until 1723. The post was a sinecure. In about 1750, the antiquary Francis Blomefield paid a visit, and found that some poor people were living in huts within