Tacolneston () is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. The largest town is Wymondham, and the district also includes the towns of Costessey, Diss, Harleston, Hingham, Loddon and Long Stratton. The council was based in Long S ...

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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 ...

with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 Census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086

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as ''Tacoluestuna'' and is theorized to come from

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''Tātwulfes tūn'', meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'. It is the location of the

Tacolneston transmitting station The Tacolneston transmitting station is a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/ FM radio and UHF television transmission near Tacolneston, south-west of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It includes a tall guyed steel lattice mast, which w ...

, a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/FM radio and UHF television transmission. Tacolneston Church of England Primary School, which has around 80

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aged 5–11, is situated on Norwich Road. The village is the site of the historic All Saints'

Parish Church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

, which has a ring of six bells in its tower, part of which dates from the 14th century.

Notable residents

* Kenneth McKee, one of the pioneers of

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in the 1950s, and who is now honoured with a bust at the

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service (NHS) academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England. The university hospital replaced the former Norf ...

* The

Boileau baronets The Boileau baronetcy, of Tacolneston Hall in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1838 for Sir John Boileau, 1st Baronet, John Boileau, antiquary, archaeologist, justice of the peac ...

, who have lived at Tacolneston Hall since the baronetcy was created in 1838.

References

External links

Google Earth view of Tacolneston
{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk