Earsham is a small village in
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nort ...
, England. Its
postal town
A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system.Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) Including the correct post town in the address increase ...
is the nearby
Bungay, Suffolk
Bungay () is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Suffolk.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . It lies in the Waveney Valley, west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a mean ...
. It covers an area of and had a population of 907 in 357 households at the
2001 census, the population falling to 882 at the 2011 census.
Earsham has a number of local attractions, including:
* Earsham Mill - a
watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the productio ...
dating from
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
times
*
Earsham Hall - Furniture and antique sales
* The Queens Head - Home to the Waveney Brewing Company
There was once an
Earsham railway station
Earsham was a railway station in Earsham, Norfolk, on the Waveney Valley Line, connecting Beccles with the Great Eastern Main Line
The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major ra ...
on the
Waveney Valley Line, but this is now closed.
Governance
An
electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to
Wortwell
Wortwell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk and adjoining the county of Suffolk. It is located on both the River Waveney (which forms the county boundary) and the A143 road, some 20 km east of Diss and 30&n ...
and had a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 2,444.
Etymology of name
Earsham's name refers to its position within a stubble or
earsh
''Earsh'' (noun) ( ang, ersc) was used in South and West England to describe a stubble field in which a grain crop – wheat, barley or rye - had been harvested, leaving short stubble or short stalks. The field is prepared for seeding by ploughing ...
field in which plant material - wheat, barley or rye had been cut
leaving a short stubble or short stalks.
[Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, W D Parish, 2nd Ed, 1975 p39]
References
External links
Villages in Norfolk
Civil parishes in Norfolk
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