St John and St Mary, Stiffkey

[1] The church is best known for its association with Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey who was defrocked in 1932 and subsequently killed by a lion in Skegness.

[14] It was further consolidated in 1976, with All Saints Cockthorpe (now redundant, and in the care of Norfolk Churches Trust)[15] and Binham Priory.

Born to an ecclesiastical family, Davidson initially pursued a career as a stage comedian.

In turn, this led to a complaint to the Bishop of Norwich, and a hearing in a consistory court in 1932.

The court's verdict was that Davidson was guilty of five counts of immorality; as a result, the bishop defrocked him.

Davidson returned to a career as a stage entertainer, initially at Blackpool, and then, eventually, in Skegness.