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The Team Ministry was informally launched on 1st January 2015 but grew out of Deanery discussion over the previous two years, and through a partnership between the previous benefices of Aylsham and Cawston since 2012. The Team Ministry 'experiment' ran alongside formal Pastoral Re-organisation over 18 months. Our success in bringing parishes together led to other Parishes joining the Team and early in 2018 we celebrated the formal creation of the Team. In Nov 2012, Cawston, Heydon & Haveringland parishes join the Team, forming the 'Cawston Group'. In Jan 2015, Oulton & Blickling parishes join the Team and in 2016, the Bure Valley Group of Churches join the Team with Badersfield Community Church. In Sept 2016, the Little Barningham, Itteringham & Wickmere parishes join the Team. In Dec 2017, a
Pastoral Scheme formally creating the Team is approved by the Church Commissioners and the Bishop of Norwich, and in Feb 2018 ,
Service of Celebration lead by the Bishop of Lynn & Archdeacon of Lynn to mark our coming together as the Aylsham & District Team Ministry.
The same years saw discussions begin with Scottow Parish regarding joining the Team, and 2019 saw the same with Aldborough Parish regarding joining the Team. Currently (2022) there are 18 parish churches in the benefice.

Born in 1676, the elder daughter of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth and his first wife, Charlotte Howard, nee Fitzroy (illegitimate daughter of Charles II). Married Thomas Herne of Haveringland Hall, Norfolk in 1703, with whom she had several children, including Paston Herne. Widowed in 1726 and married Colonel Thomas Weldon in 1733. As the sole child to survive her father, she and her second husband acted as executors after the 2nd Earl’s death, having to sell off the Paston estates to pay his creditors.

Born in 1682, the younger daughter of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth and his first wife, Charlotte Howard, nee Fitzroy (illegitimate daughter of Charles II). Married Sir John Holland of Quidenham, Norfolk in 1699. Died in 1726.

Born in 1673, the eldest son of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth and his first wife, Charlotte Howard, nee Fitzroy (illegitimate daughter of Charles II). Educated at Eton. Entered the army and became a brigadier general in 1710. Stood for parliament unsuccessfully several times, but was MP for Thetford 1699-1700. Sold out of the army in 1711. In the same year, he married his mistress, Elizabeth Pitt, with whom he had a daughter. Died in 1718 at Gravesend, Kent.

Born in c 1682, the younger son of William Paston, 2nd Earl of Yarmouth and his first wife, Charlotte Howard, nee Fitzroy (illegitimate daughter of Charles II). According to ‘The Paston Treasure Microcosm of the Known World’ ed. A. Moore, N. Flis and F. Vanke (Yale University Press, 2018) virtually nothing is known about him except that he died unmarried after 1709.