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Hundreds Of Norfolk
Between the 10th and the 19th centuries the hundreds of Norfolk and the boroughs of Norwich, King's Lynn, Thetford and Great Yarmouth were the administrative units of the English county of Norfolk. Each hundred had a separate council that met each month to rule on local judicial and taxation matters. The system of dividing shires into hundreds was established in East Anglia following the conquest by Wessex in the early 10th century. The boundaries described at the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086 remained largely unchanged up to the 1970s. The 36 Domesday hundreds were subdivided into ''leets'', now lost, and the boroughs of Norwich and Thetford ranked as separate hundreds, while Great Yarmouth was the chief town of three hundreds. Two of Thetford's parishes now lie partially in Norfolk with the remainder in Suffolk. The Domesday hundred of Emneth is now included in Freebridge, which was split into Freebridge-Lynn and Freebridge-Marshland. Docking hundred was then incorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Hundreds Map
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 North Sea, with The Wash to the north-west. The county town is the city of Norwich. With an area of and a population of 859,400, Norfolk is a largely rural county with a population density of 401 per square mile (155 per km2). Of the county's population, 40% live in four major built up areas: Norwich (213,000), Great Yarmouth (63,000), King's Lynn (46,000) and Thetford (25,000). The Broads is a network of rivers and lakes in the east of the county, extending south into Suffolk. The area is protected by the Broads Authority and has similar status to a national park. History The area that was to become Norfolk was settled in pre-Roman times, (there were Palaeolithic settlers as early as 950,000 years ago) with camps along the higher lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flitcham Burgh
Flitcham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located north-east of King's Lynn and north-west of Norwich, along the River Babingley. Together with the villages of West Newton, Shernborne and Anmer, Flitcham forms part of the Royal Sandringham Estate. History Flitcham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a village or settlement where 'flitches' of Bacon were produced. In 1948, the site of a Roman villa was excavated close to Denbeck Wood, within the parish. After excavation, the villa was found to have glazed windows, a tessellated floor and a small courtyard flanker by other buildings from the same period. Further artefacts, including coins, pottery and metalwork dating from the Third and Forth Centuries, have been discovered close to the site and across the parish. Another possible Roman building has been identified close to the course of the River Babingley. In addition, the Denbeck Wood excavat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckenham
Buckenham is a small village in the English county of Norfolk situated on the northern bank of the River Yare around south-east of Norwich. History Buckenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Bucca's homestead. In the Domesday Book, Buckenham is recorded as consisting of 195 households with the principal landowners being King William, Bury St Edmunds Abbey and William d'Ecouis. Places of Interest The Parish Church, St Nicholas Church, Buckenham, is Grade I listed and currently in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Nearby Buckenham Marshes RSPB reserve is a haven for birdwatching, including taiga bean geese, lapwings and wigeons. Transport Buckenham railway station serves the outlying communities and the RSPB reserve. The station is served by Wherry Lines trains from Norwich to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. War Memorial Buckenham's War Memorial is a stone Cross of Sacrifice located in St. Nicholas' Churchyard. It lists the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brundall
Brundall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located on the north bank of the River Yare opposite Surlingham Broad and about 7 miles (11 km) east of the city of Norwich. History Brundall's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and likely derives from the Old English for a small area of dry land with an abundance of broom. In the Domesday Book, Brundall is recorded as consisting of 70 households belonging to King William, Bishop William of Thetford and Gilbert the Bowman. In 1874, Brundall was the location of the Thorpe rail accident, a major head-on collision between two railway locomotives which resulted in the deaths of 25 people. In 1898, the boatbuilder, Brooms of Brundall, was established. This company has built high quality watercraft and operated water tours on the Broads for over one hundred years and is still in operation. Geography The civil parish has an area of 4.39 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 3,978 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lost Settlements In Norfolk
There are believed to be around 200 lost settlements in Norfolk, England.Tittleshall, Godwick deserted medieval village Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-10-25. Literary Norfolk. Retrieved 2015-10-25. This includes places which have been abandoned as settlements due to a range of reasons and at different dates.Deserted settlement Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2015-10-25. Types of lost settlement include |
Blofield
Blofield is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. The parish includes Blofield and the hamlets of Blofield Heath and Blofield Corner and, according to the 2001 census, had a population of 3,221, increasing to 3,316 at the 2011 Census. It is on the A47, five miles (8 km) east of Norwich and west of Great Yarmouth. Since construction of a bypass in 1982, the A47 no longer passes through the village. History Mentioned in the Domesday Book as ''Blafelda'' and ''Blauuefelde'', Blofield has a long history. There are a number of theories regarding the origins of its name, which may derive from the Anglo-Saxon for blue ''Blech'' or ''Bleo'', blossom ''Bloo'' or blow ''Blowan'', along with the word for field ''Feld''. The oldest building in the village is the Parish Church of St Andrew and St Peter, built sometime between 1420 and 1444, and largely replacing an earlier Norman structure. Large in size, it reflects the prosperity of the wool tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bircham Magna
Bircham is a civil parish in the England, English county of Norfolk. It includes the three villages of Great Bircham, Bircham Newton and Bircham Tofts. The parish is located about 12 miles (20 km) north-east of the town of King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) north-west of the city of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of 9.58 square miles (24.82 km2) and in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census had a population of 448 in 202 households. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Non-metropolitan district, district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. References * External links History of Great Bircham windmill External links Villages in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beeston, Norfolk
Beeston is a village in the county of Norfolk, England, in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering , west of East Dereham and south of Fakenham. It may also be known as Beeston All Saints or Beeston-next-Mileham to distinguish it from the three other villages in Norfolk named Beeston. Sir William Calthorpe made presentations to the rectory of Beeston in 1460, 1481 and 1492.''The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1963/4'', by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles A. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton, London, 1881, p. 295 Keith Skipper, ''Eastern Daily Press'' journalist and champion of the Norfolk dialect East Anglian English is a dialect of English spoken in East Anglia, primarily in or before the mid-20th century. East Anglian English has had a very considerable input into modern Estuary English, which has largely replaced it. However, it has r ..., was born in the village. References * Francis White, ''History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of Norfolk'' (1845, rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longham
Longham is a village situated in the Breckland District of Norfolk and covers an area of 540 hectares (2.1 square miles) with a population of 219 in 100 households at the 2001 census, increasing to a population of 224 in 99 households at the 2011 Census. Longham lies north-west of Dereham and south of Fakenham. The villages name means 'homestead/village of Lawa's people'. Longham is served by the mediaeval church of St. Andrew & St. Peter in the Benefice of Gressenhall. It is a grade II* listed building. Robert Howlett The Victorian photographer Robert Howlett grew up in the parsonage at Longham from circa 1840 until 1852, the second of four sons of Reverend Robert Howlett and Harriet Harsant. He is renowned for his iconic photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Circa 1845, the parsonage in Longham had an electrical telegraph link to the local Manor House only eight years after Samuel Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swardeston
Swardeston is a village four miles (6 km) south of Norwich in Norfolk, England, on high ground above the Tas valley. It covers an area of and had a population of 619 at the 2011 census. History One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is mentioned amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by King William I. The manor given to Roger included of land and of meadow. Its church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, has a 15th-century tower, but two arched windows indicate that its origins are Saxon and Norman. Edith Cavell, the English nurse shot dead by a German firing squad during the First World War, was born in Swardeston in 1865. Sport Swardeston Cricket Club Swardeston hosts a successful cricket team, who have won ECB National Club Twenty20 three times (in 2010, 2016 and 2019) and the ECB National Club Cricket Championship in 2019, when they defeated Nantwich at Lord's by 53 runs. They have also won the East Anglian Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swaffham
Swaffham () is a market town and civil parish in the Breckland District and English county of Norfolk. It is situated east of King's Lynn and west of Norwich. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households, which increased to 7,258, in 3,258 households, at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Breckland. History The name of the town derives from the Old English ''Swǣfa hām'' = "the homestead of the Swabians"; some of them presumably came with the Angles and Saxons. By the 14th and 15th centuries Swaffham had an emerging sheep and wool industry. As a result of this prosperity, the town has a large market place. The market cross here was built by George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford and presented to the town in 1783. On the top is the statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the harvest. About 8 km to the north of Swaffham can be found the ruins of the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
