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Tivetshall Railway
Tivetshall is a civil parish in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The parish includes the villages of Tivetshall St Margaret and Tivetshall St Mary. In 2011 the area the parish currently covers had a population of 591. The parish touches Aslacton, Burston and Shimpling, Dickleburgh and Rushall, Great Moulton, Gissing, Pulham Market and Wacton. History The name "Tivetshall" means 'Nook of land'. Tivetshall was recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Teveteshala''/''Teve''/''Tivetessala''/''Totessalla''. The parish was formed on 1 April 2019 from the parishes of Tivetshall St Margaret and Tivetshall St Mary. See also *Tivetshall railway station Tivetshall was a railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line located in Tivetshall, Norfolk. It was also the western terminus of the Waveney Valley Line from Beccles. It served six small parishes in an agricultural area. History Design an ... References {{Civil parishes of South Norfolk Civil pa ... [...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] |
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] |
Tivetshall Railway Station
Tivetshall was a railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line located in Tivetshall, Norfolk. It was also the western terminus of the Waveney Valley Line from Beccles. It served six small parishes in an agricultural area. History Design and opening It was first opened when Norwich and London were connected by the Eastern Union Railway in 1849. The EUR was taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway before becoming the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. The station building, located on the down side of the main line, was believed to have been designed by Frederick Barnes (architect) who was responsible for designing a number of other stations at this time in East Anglia. 19th century In 1855, the Waveney Valley Line was opened as far as Harleston; it was extended to Bungay in 1860 and finally on to Beccles. A new signal box was provided in 1880 and this lasted 106 years. Immediately south of the station was a level crossing, which spanned all three tracks (the two main lines and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Boundary Commission For England
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) is a parliamentary body established by statute to conduct boundary, electoral and structural reviews of local government areas in England. The LGBCE is independent of government and political parties, and is directly accountable to the Speaker's Committee of the House of Commons. History and establishment The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, which received royal assent on 12 November 2009, provided for the establishment of the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), and for the transfer to it of all the boundary-related functions of the Boundary Committee for England of the Electoral Commission. The transfer took place in April 2010. Responsibilities and objectives The Local Government Boundary Commission for England is responsible for three types of review: electoral reviews; administrative boundary reviews; and structural reviews. Electoral reviews An electoral re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by the Latin name ''Liber de Wintonia'', meaning "Book of Winchester", where it was originally kept in the royal treasury. The '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' states that in 1085 the king sent his agents to survey every shire in England, to list his holdings and dues owed to him. Written in Medieval Latin, it was highly abbreviated and included some vernacular native terms without Latin equivalents. The survey's main purpose was to record the annual value of every piece of landed property to its lord, and the resources in land, manpower, and livestock from which the value derived. The name "Domesday Book" came into use in the 12th century. Richard FitzNeal wrote in the ''Dialogus de Scaccario'' ( 1179) that the book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordnance Survey
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Wacton, Norfolk
Wacton is a village in the English county of Norfolk. It is located about one mile south-west of Long Stratton and south west of Norwich. It covers an area of and has a population of 302 people as of the last census in 2011 One of Wacton's most prominent features is All Saints round tower church. History The villages name means 'Waca's farm/settlement'. In John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870–72, Wacton, Norfolk (which at the time was two parishes) was described as: "''WACTON-MAGNA and W.-Parva, two parishes in Depwade district, Norfolk; 1 mile ESE of Forcett r. station, and 1½ SW of Long Stratton-Post town, Long Stratton. Acres, 1,044. Real property, £1,981. Pop., 244. Houses, 54. The property is much subdivided. The livings are conjoint rectories in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £302. Patron, the Rev.Grain. The church was recently restored."'' As you can see in the above graph, there was a far narrower range of occupations for Wacton's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulham Market
Pulham Market is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, situated approximately northeast of Diss and south of Norwich. It covers an area of and had a population of 999 in 443 households as of the 2001 census, the population falling to 977 at the 2011 Census. The name 'Pulham' means 'pool homestead/village' or 'pool hemmed-in land'. The nearest railway station is Diss. It once had its own station on the Waveney Valley Line which is now closed. The long-distance footpath Boudica's Way runs through the village. Older maps and documents name the parish or village "Pulham Saint Mary Magdalene" after the dedication of its parish church. The neighbouring parish and village was historically known as "Pulham Saint Mary the Virgin" after the dedication of its own parish church, though is these days typically abbreviated to Pulham St Mary. The earliest recorded spelling is PollehamPulhamis referenced in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a single manor (including both Pulham Market and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Moulton
Great Moulton (also known as Moulton St Michael) is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Until the 16th century it also included the Little Moulton parish. It covers an area of and had a population of 699 in 289 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 751 at the 2011 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of South Norfolk. The parish is close to the nearby village of Aslacton. History Great Moulton is mentioned in the Domesday Book five times and had a relatively large population for a rural Norfolk village, consisting of more than seventy households (in 2011 there were over 300) as well as a church. The lord in 1086 was Count Alan of Brittany. In the 1870s, Great Moulton was described as:... Adjacent to the Great Eastern railway, midway between Tivetshall and Forncett stations, and seven miles NW of Harleston; and has a pub called Fox and Hound, of the name of Moulton, under Long Stratton. The parish contains also the ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dickleburgh And Rushall
Dickleburgh and Rushall is a civil parish in South Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1356 in 565 households at the 2001 census, increasing to 1,472 at the 2011 Census. Toponymy The name 'Dickleburgh' means 'Dicel's/Dicla's fortification'. The specific might also be a place-name: Dic-leah, 'wood/clearing of Diss' or 'ditch wood/clearing'. The name 'Rushall' means perhaps, 'Rif's nook of land' or the first element may be Old English 'hrif', 'belly/womb', used in some topographical sense. Creation The parish comprises the two old parishes (pre-1973) Dickleburgh and Rushall. Electoral ward This parish also forms part of the electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ... of Dickleburgh. This ward stretches north to Great Moulton with a tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burston And Shimpling
Burston and Shimpling is a civil parish in the county of Norfolk, England. The parish covers an area of and had a population of 538 in 206 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 568 in 234 households at the 2011 Census. It includes the village of Burston and Shimpling. The Church of St George, Shimpling, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. It is in care of the Churches Conservation Trust The Churches Conservation Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk in England. The charity cares for over 350 churches of architectural, cultural and historic significance, which have been transferred in .... Notes External links Website with photos of Shimpling St George Civil parishes in Norfolk South Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
