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Rockland St Peter
Rockland St Peter is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rocklands, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. Its church is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas .... In 1931 the parish had a population of 286. History The villages name means 'rook grove', the "St Peter" part from the dedication of the church. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Rocklands. References External links St Peter's on the European Round Tower Churches website Villages i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckland (district)
Breckland is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Dereham, although the largest town is Thetford. The district also includes the towns of Attleborough, Swaffham and Watton, Norfolk, Watton, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The district derives its name from the Breckland, Breckland landscape region, a gorse-covered sandy heath (habitat), heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk. The term "Breckland" dates back to at least the 13th century. The neighbouring districts are King's Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Broadland, South Norfolk, Mid Suffolk and West Suffolk District, West Suffolk. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering six former districts which were all abolished at the same time: *East Dereham Urban district (England and Wales), Urban District *Mitford and Launditch Rural District *Swaffham Rural District *Swaffham Urban Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hingham, Norfolk
Hingham is a market town and civil parish in mid-Norfolk, England. The civil parish covers an area of and had a population of 2,078 in 944 households at the time of the 2001 United Kingdom census, 2001 census, increasing to 2,367 at the 2011 census. Grand architecture surrounds the historic market place and village green, town greens. According to an 18th-century source, a fire destroyed many of the town's buildings, leading the better-off local families to build the handsome Georgian architecture, Georgian homes for which the town is known. The same source claims that the Hingham gentry were "so fashionable in their dress that the town is called by the neighbours 'Little London'". Hingham is west from Norwich, Norfolk's county town. While many Hingham people now work in Norwich, commuting by car or bus, the town has maintained a range of shops and businesses in its historic streets and an industrial park, industrial estate on Ironside Way. Despite the influence and attraction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Norfolk
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''villa''). C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snetterton
Snetterton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. The village is about east-northeast of Thetford and southwest of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of . The United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 201 people living in 74 households. The parish is in Breckland (district), Breckland District. History The earliest known surviving record of the Toponymy, place-name is in the Domesday Book of 1086, which records it as ''Snentretuna''. It is derived from Old English, meaning "Snytra's enclosure". The earliest part of the Church of England parish church of All Saints' Day, All Saints is the 13th-century chancel, which has a double piscina. The west tower is 14th-century, as is the bowl of the baptismal font. In the 15th century the nave was rebuilt and the north Aisle#Church architecture, aisle and south porch were built. The north porch was added in the 19th century. The church was Victorian restoration, restored in 1852, when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockland All Saints
Rockland All Saints is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rocklands, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1881 the parish had a population of 324. Rockland All Saints has a church called All Saints' which is less than a mile from the village. History The name "Rockland" means 'Rook grove'. Rockland was recorded in the Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ... as ''Rokelun(d)lunt''. On 25 March 1885 the parish was abolished and merged with Rockland St. Andrews to form Rockland All Saints and St. Andrews. References {{Reflist Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk Breckland District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stow Bedon
Stow Bedon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stow Bedon and Breckles, in the Breckland district of the English county of Norfolk. Stow Bedon adjoins the hamlet of Lower Stow Bedon, although the two are often considered to be one village. In the south of the parish is the village of Breckles. In 2011 the merged parish had a population of 290. The village's name means 'Place'. The village was held by John di Bidun in the 13th century. The Domesday Book of 1086 mentions both Stow Bedon (together with Caston) and Breckles. The inclosure act mentions Stow Bedon as a 'Free Village' and mentions how the village "maintained an independent spirit". Further records show that during Queen Victoria's Jubilee, instead of the traditional roasting of an ox, Stow Bedon only roasted a pig. Kelly's Directory for 1883 records that Stow Bedon had a population of 324 with a total of 35 dwellings. It has been assumed in recent times, however, that the true number of hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Ellingham
Great Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Great Ellingham is located north-west of Attleborough and south-west of Norwich. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Bow Street and Stalland Common. History Great Dunham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the larger settlement of ''Ella'' or ''Eli's'' people. In the Domesday Book, Great Ellingham is listed as a settlement of 47 households in the hundred of Shropham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of Henry de Ferrers and Ralph de Beaufour. Several Fifteenth Century buildings have survived in Great Ellingham including Mill Farmhouse, Tannery Farm and Ye Olde Thatche Shoppe. Great Ellingham Windmill was built in 1849 and ceased working in 1922. Today, the windmill is in the process of redevelopment. RAF Deopham Green spills into the parish of Great Ellingham which was home to the 452nd Bomb Wing of the US Eighth Air Forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caston
Caston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Caston is located south-east of Watton and west of Norwich. History Caston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for "Catt's farmstead or settlement". In the Domesday Book, Caston is recorded as a settlement of 56 households in the hundred of Wayland. The village was divided between the estates of King William and William de Warenne. The remains of a fifteenth century stone cross are mounted on the village green, this monument was originally larger and more ornately carved until it was smashed by Puritans during the seventeenth century. The stone was originally a waypoint for pilgrims travelling to the Walsingham Shrines. During the sixteenth century, Caston was the residence of Edward Gilman, who was one of the earliest recorded ancestors of Abraham Lincoln. Caston Windmill was built in the nineteenth century for Edward Wyer. Today, the mill is in private ownership a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoulton
Scoulton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England, situated west of the city of Norwich and north-north-east of Thetford. The villages name means 'Skuli's farm/settlement' Scoulton lies on the main road between Norwich and the market town of Watton. Increasingly a dormitory for workers in Norwich's insurance and other service industries, it was traditionally agricultural, relying particularly on the production of sugar beet and on pig farming. It has a fine, partially thatched Saxon church. The civil parish has an area of Office for National Statistics, 2011. Population Density, 2011 (QS102EW) - Scoulton (Parish)'. Retrieved 27 June 2014. and in 2011 had a population of 246 in 99 households.Office for National Statistics, 2011. Household Composition, 2011 (KS105EW) - Scoulton (Parish)'. Retrieved 27 June 2014. The population is split between two main areas of settlement and a number of small, isolated farms. For the purposes of local governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and east, Cambridgeshire to the west, and Suffolk to the south. The largest settlement is the city of Norwich. The county has an area of and a population of 859,400. It is largely rural with few large towns: after Norwich (147,895), the largest settlements are King's Lynn (42,800) in the north-west, Great Yarmouth (38,693) in the east, and Thetford (24,340) in the south. For local government purposes Norfolk is a non-metropolitan county with seven districts. The centre of Norfolk is gently undulating lowland. To the east are the Broads, a network of rivers and lakes which extend into Suffolk and which are protected by the Broads Authority, which give them a similar status to a National parks of England and Wales, national park. To the west the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watton, Norfolk
Watton is a market town in the Breckland District, Breckland district of Norfolk, England, about west-southwest of Norwich and northeast of Thetford. The annual Wayland, Norfolk, Wayland Agricultural Show in its west is one of the oldest one-day such shows in England. History The towns name means 'Wada's farm/settlement'. At the time of Edward the Confessor, Watton consisted of two manors, the head manor held by the freewoman Aldred, and the other held by Ralf FitzWalter, which was a gift of the King. By 1139 it was in the possession of Robert de Vaux. After passing to various descendants, Richard de Rupella (elsewhere Rokele) was granted the manor in 1249 as a reward for his service as a knight, and it came to be known as Rokele's Manor. In 1414, Watton fell under John, Lord Roos of Hamlak, and by 1462 the manors were owned by Richard Rosse and Robert Wessingham. In 1608, Sir Edward Barkham bought Curson's manor (parcels of Watton Hall and Rokele manors), and in 1632 he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
