61806 The medieval church of St Peter was located between the site of the present church and the Hall. A sketch by Samuel Buck in 1724 reveals that the church had a possibly perpendicular tower with a battlemented parapet and possible crocketed pinnacles at each corner. There was a window in the east side of the tower, and the nave and chancel appeared to be under one roof. Trees or grave stones were depicted to the east of the church. The owner of Nocton Hall in 1775 obtained a deed of Exchange by which the church (and parsonage) was demolished in that year, presumably because it was too close to the Hall, and was replaced by a Georgian church which was built on the site of the present church. Lord Stanhope, Sir William Ellys and Lady Ellys are recorded as being buried there. {1}{2}{3}{4} The oblong shape of the church can still be discerned on a mound immediately to the south west of the Hall. {1} A charnel pit containing 6 or 7 human skeletons was discovered at TF 0613 6432, which was presumably from the churchyard of the medieval church. {5}