Bawsey is a village and

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in the

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. The village is about east of the town of

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and west of the city of

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. The village sits astride of the B1145

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road that dissects

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west to east. The village's name means 'Beaw's island' The civil parish has an area of and in the 2011 census had a population of 216 in 105 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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. It forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency in the

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is responsible for roads, some schools, and social services. The church was dedicated to St James and has been in ruins since at least 1745. The building and its surrounding area were the subject of a live dig by the ''

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'' programme in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. They determined it started life as a monastic settlement before becoming the parochial church of Bawsey; also during the weekend dig, the Norman arch under the former central tower was restored after it had collapsed some years before.

War memorial

The War Memorials for Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate are located in All Saint's Church, Ashwicken. It holds the following names for the

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: * Rifleman William Watson (d.1917), 11th Battalion,

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* Private Robert J. Britton (1888–1916), 6th Battalion,

Border Regiment The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. After service in ...

* Private Maurice G. Allison (d.1916), 1st (North Midland) Battery,

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* Private Thomas H. Reed (d.1916), 1st Battalion,

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* Private Bertie E. Beales (1896–1918), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private William Newell (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Walter Law (1893–1918), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Herbert Watson (d.1918), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private George Wilkin (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment And, the following names for the

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: * Able-Seaman Raymond C. Powley (1922–1941), ''HMS Nile''Roll of Honour. (2007). Retrieved October 30, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ashwicken.html

References

Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
'. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

External links

Information from Genuki Norfolk on Bawsey
Villages in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub