Long before this church was built, this village was the site of the capital of Anglo-Saxon East Anglia. The baptism of a Thomas Lukin, born 1st April 1817, took place at St Margaret, Felbrigg on the 4th May 1817. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. The baptism of a Mary Christina Lukin, born 2nd September 1811, took place at St Margaret, Felbrigg on the 16th September 1811. The font is a fine one; typically East Anglian, with cheerful lions and angels supporting the bowl, and on its panels. It was designed in the Italianate style by the London architect Philip Wilkinson, then 26 years old. 16J 155 25I Do. Lukin was related to Windham as he was the grandson of William Windham’s mother by her first marriage. Received Into The Church Sept 26 1805”. The story goes that King Redwald was baptised on this very site, later recanting in deference to his pagan wife. King Redwald and the Wuffinga ruled a country from here, one of the major kingdoms of early medieval Europe. His parents were William and “Anne” Lukin. Brodsworth Hall Victorian Country House in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Artist: Historic England commissioned photographer. The property is divided among a few. The parish includes also the hamlets of Pigburn and Scansby. Private entries are not allowed by the guestbook owner. 4513 in 1955. . The register is noted “William Lukin Patron. 17/3 -85 . The house sits within Victorian period gardens which are used for special events throughout the summer. One of the two eventual beneficiaries was his great-grandson Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (the other was the 5th Lord Rendlesham), who inherited in 1859 half the bequest plus the Brodsworth estate with its Georgian house. On 18 May 1803 Britain declared war with France and one response to these events was that the Secretary at War, Charles Yorke introduced a bill in Parliament to increase the armed forces by creating reserve army of 30,000 men. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-library-brodsworth-hall-south-yorkshire-c2000s-artist-historic-135277748.html, https://www.alamy.com/hdr-brodsworth-hall-image333118561.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-brodsworth-hall-and-gardens-doncaster-south-yorkshire-uk-30136735.html, https://www.alamy.com/brodsworth-hall-victorian-country-house-in-doncaster-south-yorkshire-image60179167.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-seat-in-country-gardens-brodsworth-hall-143928725.html. The local church, St Michael's, is a Victorian estate church built by the Thellusson family, owners of Brodsworth Hall, and is one of the four churches within the parish of Bilham, which is in the Sheffield diocese. One of the two eventual beneficiaries was his great-grandson Charles Sabine Augustus Thellusson (the other was the 5th Lord Rendlesham), who inherited in 1859 half the bequest plus the Brodsworth estate with its Georgian house. It was designed by an Italian architect Chevalier Casentini.