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Didlington
Didlington is a village in the Breckland district of mid-Norfolk, East Anglia, England in the United Kingdom. It has an area of with a population of 48. At the 2011 Census the minimal population was included in the civil parish of Ickburgh. The villages name possibly means 'farm/settlement of Duddel's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Duddel'. The village is served by St Michael's Church in the Benefice of Cockley Cley. Didlington Hall was a country house, which at one point housed the Egyptological collections of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, (25 April 1835 – 16 January 1909) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art. Background and education Born William Amhurst Daniel-Tys .... Apart from the stables and a clock tower, it was demolished in the 1950s. A new house was built on the site in 2007. References http://kepn.not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst Of Hackney
William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, (25 April 1835 – 16 January 1909) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and collector of books and works of art. Background and education Born William Amhurst Daniel-Tyssen, he was the eldest son of William George Daniel-Tyssen, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1843, who was the son of William George Daniel, of Foley House, near Maidstone, Kent, High Sheriff of Kent in 1825, and his wife Amelia Amherst, the daughter of Captain John Amherst and Mary Tyssen, heiress of Foulden Hall, Norfolk. Amherst's mother was Mary, daughter of Andrew Fountaine, of Narford Hall, Norfolk. In 1852, he and his father assumed by Royal licence the surname of Tyssen-Amhurst. However, in 1877 he again changed it, to Tyssen-Amherst, also by Royal licence. Tyssen-Amherst was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Political career In 1880, he was elected to Parliament for West Norfolk, a seat he held until 1885, and then represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ickburgh
Ickburgh is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, some north of Brandon and south of Swaffham. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London.Distances are "by road" and derived usingGoogle Maps. Retrieved on 2009-01-14. The population (including Cranwich) and Didlington was 309 in 134 households at the 2011 Census. The parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 245 in 99 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Hilborough, Foulden, Didlington, Mundford, Lynford and Stanford. The parish falls within the district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ... of Breckland. Local government responsibilities are shared between the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwold
Northwold ("''North forest''") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,070 in 448 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,085 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Whittington and Little London. The village is north of Brandon which is also the closest railway station on the Thetford to Ely line, and from London. It lies just to the north of the A134 between Thetford and King's Lynn and on the river Wissey, in the Western division of the county, Grimshoe Hundred, Thetford union and county court district, Cranwich rural deanery, Norfolk archdeaconry and Norwich Diocese. Northwold is mentioned in the Domesday Book and traces of human and mole settlements from the Neolithic period have been recorded. Hugh of Northwold was Abbot of Bury St Edmunds from 1215 to 1229 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methwold
Methwold ("Middle forest") is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, on the edge of the Norfolk Fens and Breckland. With an area of it is the second largest parish in Norfolk. It had a population of 1,476 in 591 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,502 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. The parish also includes the hamlets of Methwold Hythe, approximately east of the town and on the edge of the fens, and Brookville to the north west. (quoted online at: ) Its economy is based on agriculture with a little light industry. The village is situated about from King's Lynn and north west of Thetford (its postal town). The Duchy of Lancaster Methwold CofE Primary School is located in the parish. The secondary and sixth form departments of Iceni Academy are also located in Methwold, previously being known as Methwold High School. Methwold parish is the second lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundford
Mundford is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated at the intersection of two major routes, the A134 Colchester to King's Lynn road and the A1065 Mildenhall to Fakenham road, about north west of Thetford. The village is from the city of Norwich and from London. The villages name means 'Munda's ford'. The civil parish, in 1845, had 437 inhabitants, and 1609 acres of land, exclusive of a common of 190 acres, and also 90 acres of heath, where the parishioners had the right of fuel and rabbits, but no pasturage. Today it has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 1,591 in 669 households. The population at the 2011 Census had reduced to 1,526 in 652 households. The parish shares boundaries with the adjacent parishes of Didlington, Cranwich, Weeting-with-Broomhill, Lynford and Ickburgh. The parish falls within the district of Breckland. Local government responsibilities are shared between the parish, district and county coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breckland (district)
Breckland is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Dereham. The district had a population of 130,491 at the 2011 Census. The district derives its name from the Breckland, Breckland landscape region, a gorse-covered sandy heath (habitat), heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk. The term "Breckland" dates back to at least the 13th century. The district is predominantly rural, with five market towns - Dereham, Thetford, Attleborough, Swaffham and Watton, Norfolk, Watton - and over 100 villages (full list below). History Breckland District was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the municipal borough of Thetford, East Dereham Urban District, Swaffham Urban District, Wayland Rural District, Mitford and Launditch Rural District, and Swaffham Rural District. Politics The Council consists of 49 Councillors elected every four years, the last election being May 2019. It is currently controlled by the Conservative Party ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Detailed results by region, council area, ward and output area are available from their respective websites. Organisation Similar to previous UK censuses, the 2001 census was organised by the three statistical agencies, ONS, GROS, and NISRA, and coordinated at the national level by the Office for National Statistics. The Orders in Council to conduct the census, specifying the people and information to be included in the census, were made under the authority of the Census Act 1920 in Great Britain, and the Census Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 in Northern Ireland. In England and Wales these re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Norfolk
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranwich
Cranwich is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, about north west of Mundford. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. History Cranwich's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a marsh with cranes or herons. In the Domesday Book, Cranwich is listed as a settlement of 36 households in the hundred of Grimshoe. The village formed part of the estates of William de Warenne. Geography In the 2011 Census, Cranwich's population is measured as a civil parish and therefore in the same survey as Ickburgh. The combined population of Ickburgh and Cranwich in 2011 was recorded as 309 residents living in 161 households. Cranwich falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Liz Truss MP of the Conservative Party. St. Mary's Church Cranwich's parish church is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches and is dedicated to Mary, moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodney
Bodney is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hilborough, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 70. History Bodney is an Anglo-Saxon name meaning 'Beoda's island' which suggests that at one time the settlement was completely surrounded by marshland. In the Domesday Book, Bodney was recorded as constituting of 19 households owned by William of Warenne, Ralph of Tosny and Hugh de Montfort. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries it became Crown property and was granted to the Duke of Norfolk. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Hilborough. During the Second World War, warplanes operated from RAF Bodney. From 1940 to 1943, the airfield was used by the Bristol Blenheims of No. 21 and No. 82 Squadron and, subsequently, from 1943 to 1945 by the 149th, 486th and 487th Fighter Squadrons of the United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilborough
Hilborough is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is south of Swaffham, west-southwest of Norwich and north-northeast of London. The population of the parish (including Bodney) at the 2011 Census was 243. The village straddles the A1065 between Swaffham and Brandon. The nearest railway station is at Brandon for the Breckland Line which runs between Cambridge and Norwich. History Hilborough has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1086. In the great book Hilborough is recorded by the name ''Hildeburhwella''. The main landholder was William de Warenne. The main tenant was named as William. The survey also notes that there were three mills, and five beehives. The ancestors of Admiral Nelson, including the Admiral's father, the Reverend Edmund Nelson, who left for Burnham Thorpe shortly before Horatio was born, were rectors of the parish church of All Saints at Hilborough between 1734 and 1806. In the 1990s the Hilborough Estate was bought by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foulden, Norfolk
Foulden is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located south-east of Thetford and west of Norwich, along the River Wissey. History Foulden's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a hill with an abundance of domesticated birds. In the Domesday Book, Foulden is listed as a settlement of 64 households located in the hundred of South Greenhoe. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne and Walter Giffard. Foulden Hall is a Sixteenth Century moated manor-house located within the parish boundaries. The house was updated with a Victorian facade in the Nineteenth Century. In November 1981, Foulden was struck by an F0/T1 tornado, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreaks at the time. Geography According to the 2011 Census, Foulden has a population of 430 residents living in 180 households. Furthermore, the parish has a total area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
