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Depwade
Depwade Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Depwade rural sanitary district, taking its name from the ancient Depwade hundred. It lay to the east of Diss Urban District. In 1902 it took in the eastern part of the disbanded Guiltcross Rural District, thus completely encircling Diss except where that town bordered on Suffolk. Thereafter its borders were unchanged until 1974, when the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 197 ... district. Statistics Parishes References {{coord, 52.43, 1.23, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts of England created by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guiltcross Rural District
Guiltcross Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1902. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Guiltcross rural sanitary district. It lay in the southern part of the county between Thetford and Diss and took its name from the ancient Guiltcross hundred. In 1902, Guiltcross RD was abolished and its territory divided between Thetford, Wayland and Depwade Depwade Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Depwade rural sanitary district, taking its name from the ancient Depwade hundred. It lay to the e ... RDs. Parishes & Statistics Population figures from 1901 census via Vision of Britain. References {{coord, 52.43, 0.99, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894 Historical districts of Norfolk Rural districts of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depwade RD 1894
Depwade Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1974. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Depwade rural sanitary district, taking its name from the ancient Depwade hundred. It lay to the east of Diss Urban District. In 1902 it took in the eastern part of the disbanded Guiltcross Rural District, thus completely encircling Diss except where that town bordered on Suffolk. Thereafter its borders were unchanged until 1974, when the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 197 ... district. Statistics Parishes References {{coord, 52.43, 1.23, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts of England created by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forncett St Mary
Forncett St Mary is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Forncett, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is located east of Attleborough and south-west of Norwich, close to the course of the River Tas. In 1931 the parish had a population of 153. History Forncett St. Mary's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for Forni's dwelling or camp, with the epithet of St. Mary added in dedication to Saint Jesus and to distinguish the village from Forncett St Peter. In the Domesday Book, Forncett St Mary is listed in the same entry as Forncett St Peter as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of Depwade. In 1086, the villages formed part of the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod, Bishop Osbern FitzOsbern and Ulfkil the freeman. Forncett St Mary and St Peter are believed to have split into separate villages in the Fifteenth Century as part of bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Norfolk
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Diss Urban District, Wymondham Urban District, Depwade Rural District, Forehoe and Henstead Rural District and Loddon Rural District. History of governance The below table outlines the composition of South Norfolk Council from 1973 to 2019. Recent elections 2019 saw the Conservatives lose five seats but retain overall control of the council. The boundaries used were new at this election and saw the Labour Party unexpectedly win a seat on the council for the first time since 2003 gaining Loddon (notionally) from the Conservatives. Liberal Democrat group leader Trevor Lewis, standing in a much changed ward, was not re-elected. /sup> Others: Independents and UKIP. Political comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alburgh
Alburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It lies about four miles (6 km) north-east of Harleston and 16 miles (26 km) south of Norwich. Heritage The earliest evidence of settlement is from the Mesolithic era. A Bronze Age barrow near the church was excavated in the 19th century, when bones were removed. Little has been found from the Iron Age, or the Roman or Saxon periods, but there are plentiful medieval remains. The name Alburgh means either "old burial-mound/hill" or "Alda's burial-mound/hill". Some of the Church of All Saints, Alburgh, dates back to the 13th century. The noted church architect Richard Phipson restored it in 1876, adding "pinnacles with little flying buttresses" and reworking the chancel. Today the church holds a service every Sunday as part of the Earsham benefice. Its ring of eight bells is among Norfolk's oldest. The churchyard is a conservation area. The former Methodist chapel was turned into a dwelling in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated approximately five miles south-east of Attleborough. In the 2011 Census, Carleton Rode was recorded as having a population of 785 people in 324 households. History Carleton Rode's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free presents belonging to the de Rode family. In the Domesday Book, Carleton Rode was recorded as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Depwade. The land of the village was divided in ownership between King William, Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod and Eudo, son of Spirewic. Carleton Rode was the site of a semaphore telegraph station which connected the Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth. Amenities Carleton Rode Primary School claims to be the oldest non-fee paying in Norfolk and received a 'Good' rating from Ofsted in 2021. Ofsted. (2021). Retrieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burston, Norfolk
Burston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burston and Shimpling, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England, 3 miles (4.5 km) north of Diss. In 1931 the parish had a population of 279. In the 2011 Census, Burston and Shimpling had a population of 568 people in 234 households. History Burston's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a settlement or farmstead built around a landslip. In the Domesday Book, Burston is listed as a settlement of 41 households belonging to King William and Robert Malet. From 1914 to 1939, Burston was the scene of the longest strike in history when schoolteachers Tom and Annie Higdon went on strike in protest over unhygienic and inadequate schooling conditions for the local children. In 1949, the School building was registered as an educational charity and is currently operated by a board of trustees as a museum, visitor centre, village amenity and educational archive. A r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gissing, Norfolk
Gissing is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, about six miles (10 km) north of Diss. It covers an area of and had a population of 254 in 95 households at the 2001 census, falling marginally to 252 (in 99 households) at the 2011 Census. The village is the location of Gissing Hall, a fifteenth-century mansion which is now operated as a hotel. The villages name means 'Gyssa's/*Gyssi's people'. Church of St Mary The church, St Mary, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. It is a Grade I listed building. In 1209 there was a rectory; in 1271, a vicarage was endowed with "all the offerings, the tithes of the mills, a vicarage-house and meadow, and an acre of land adjoining, and twenty acres more of the church's free land, and all other small tithes, except hay, which, with all the corn tithes, and the rest of the glebe, together with the rectory manor, and all its appurtenances, were to belong to the prior himself." There are monuments to membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritton (near Morning Thorpe)
Morningthorpe (sometimes Morning Thorpe) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of ''Morningthorpe and Fritton'' in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It is situated some south of the city of Norwich. The parish includes the villages of Morningthorpe and Fritton. The two villages are 1 km apart. The village's name origin is uncertain perhaps, 'outlying farm/settlement of the pool dwellers', 'outlying farm/settlement of the boundary dwellers' or 'outlying farm/settlement of Maera's people'. The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 253 in 94 households the population increasing to 267 at the 2011 Census. The churches of Morningthorpe St John the Baptist and Fritton St Catherine are two of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day. Morningthorpe round to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forncett St Peter
Forncett is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,000 in 381 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,126 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk. It includes the villages of Forncett St Peter's, Forncett St Mary and Forncett End. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,701. Forncett Industrial Steam Museum The Forncett Industrial Steam Museum houses a collection of large stationary steam engines which are occasionally demonstrated to the public. Included in the collection is a 150 hp Vickers Armstrong cross-compound pumping engine originally used to open Tower Bridge in London. It was the 'third' steam engine, installed as a wartime precaution against air-raid damage, and was removed to Forncett in 1974. The two original e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forncett
Forncett is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,000 in 381 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,126 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk. It includes the villages of Forncett St Peter's, Forncett St Mary and Forncett End. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north to Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall with a total population at the 2011 Census of 2,701. Forncett Industrial Steam Museum The Forncett Industrial Steam Museum houses a collection of large stationary steam engines which are occasionally demonstrated to the public. Included in the collection is a 150 hp Vickers Armstrong cross-compound pumping engine originally used to open Tower Bridge in London. It was the 'third' steam engine, installed as a wartime precaution against air-raid damage, and was removed to Forncett in 1974. The two original e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
