Alpington is a village and

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in the English

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. It is situated about six miles (10 km) south-east of

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and is closely associated with Yelverton just to the north. There is some confusion over Alpington's entries in the Domesday Book. Two entries call the village 'Appletuna' or 'Appletona', Old English for 'apple tree farm'. However, two further entries use the names 'Algamundestuna' and 'Alcmuntona', Old English for 'Ahlmund's enclosure'. These may relate to Alpington or to an unknown settlement close by. Ekwall suggests that it is "not impossible" that Apton, formerly part of the adjacent parish of Bergh Apton, is a reduced form of Appleton. So Apton may be linked to Alpington. The civil parish has an area of 2.18 square kilometres and in the 2001 census had a population of 460 in 199 households, increasing to 477 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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.*Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001).
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
'. Retrieved 2 December 2005. A single parish council serves the two parishes of Alpington and Yelverton. The village has a village hall, primary school and a pub, the 'Wheel of Fortune'.Norfolk - Alpington - A historic pub interior of regional importance
Retrieved 18/9/21. Alpington and Yelverton are served by Ambassador Travel buses to

and out to Seething and Loddon.

Notable residents

* British tennis-player

Richard Bloomfield Richard Bloomfield (born 27 April 1983, in Norwich) is an English former professional List of male tennis players, male tennis player. He turned professional in 2002

is from Alpington.

War memorial

St. Mary's Church holds the memorial for commemorating the dead from Alpington and Yelverton. It holds the following names from the

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: * Lieutenant Leonard J. Harrison (1895–1915), 2nd Battalion,

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* Corporal Harry J. Jordan (1884–1916), 1st Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* Lance-Corporal Harry N. Weeding (1882–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Lance-Corporal William Aldis (1892–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Sapper George E. Smith (1891–1918), 2nd Field Company,

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces ...

* Trooper Edward W. Davey (1882–1916),

6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons The 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1689 as Sir Albert Cunningham's Regiment of Dragoons. One of the regiment's most notable battles was the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690. It became ...

* Private James P. Clare (1882–1915), 1st Battalion,

Essex Regiment The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. ...

* Private Ernest W. Smith (1880–1917), 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment * Private Charles Boggis (1897–1916), 23rd Battalion,

Middlesex Regiment The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Re ...

* Private Herbert V. Aldis (1894–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Arthur W. Goodchild (1898–1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private George J. Goodchild (1892–1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Walter E. Burton (1896–1917), 4th Battalion,

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. The regiment was formed as a consequence of th ...

* Sub-Lieutenant Gerald Y. Harrison (1897–1917), '' HMS Vanguard (1909)'' * Ordinary Seaman Leonard W. Ellis (1900–1918),

Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original ...

Notes

External links

Community website for Alpington and Yelverton
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