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Wayland Rural District
Wayland 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 Wayland rural sanitary district, taking its name from the ancient Wayland hundred. It lay in the central southern part of the county. In 1902 it took in the northern part of the disbanded Guiltcross Rural District, and in 1935 the eastern section of the disbanded Thetford Rural District Thetford Rural District was a rural district in Norfolk, England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the Thetford rural sanitary district. It covered the lands which were in Norfolk and lay to the north ... (much of which had also been transferred from Guiltcross RD). In 1974, the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and became part of the Breckland district. Statistics Parishes References {{coord, 52.54, 0.88, type:adm3rd_dim:25000_region:GB-NFK, display=title Districts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayland RD 1894
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Brettenham, Norfolk
Brettenham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 475 in 159 households at the 2001 census, including Rushford and increasing to 555 at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. History Brettenham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Bretta's village or farmstead. In the Domesday Book, Brettenham is recorded as consisting of 40 households which are divided in ownership between Roger Bigod, St. Etheldreda's Abbey in Ely, Eudo Dapifer and John, Nephew of Walderan. Parish church St. Andrew's Church is Norman in origin and suffered extensive damage in a fire in 1693 that also destroyed the parsonage. The church was significantly remodelled in the 1850s by Samuel Sanders Teulon at great expense and subsequently by A. L. Moore. In the tower hangs five bells the earliest complete ring by John Taylor & Co John Taylor Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilverstone
Kilverstone is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk east of Thetford. It covers an area of and had a population of 60 in 25 households at the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland. Its church, St Andrew, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. Notable residents The great naval reformer Admiral Jacky Fisher (Baron Fisher of Kilverstone) lived at nearby Kilverstone Hall Kilverstone Hall is a Grade II listed building in Kilverstone in Norfolk, England. History Kilverstone Hall is a country house built in the early 17th century which was passed down the Wright family of Kilverstone. It was greatly enlarged by Jos ....Jan Morris, ''Fisher's Face'', pages 742-743, Notes External links St Andrew's on the European Round Tower Churches website Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk Breckland District {{Norfolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenninghall
Kenninghall is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, with an area of and a population of 950 at the 2011 census. It falls within the local government district of Breckland. Home to the kings of East Anglia, after the Norman invasion of 1066 William the Conqueror granted the estate to William of Albany and his heirs as a residence for the Chief Butler of England. Origin of the name It has been claimed that the name Kenninghall comes from the Saxon word ''Cyning'' (king) and ''Halla'' (palace), but this is debated, with other writers deriving it from the personal name "Cyna" and the Old English "hala", a clearing in the woods. In maps of the Elizabethan period the house is shown as 'Keningal'. History In the reign of Henry VIII, the estate was granted to Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, who destroyed the original structure and erected a magnificent new building with two fronts. The house and estate passed to Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. The estate was confisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illington
Illington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wretham in the Breckland District, Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is 6.2 miles north east of Thetford, 24 miles west south west of Norwich and 92.3 miles north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Thetford railway station, Thetford for the Breckland Line which runs between Cambridge and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Wretham. History The villages name means 'farm/settlement of Illa's people' or perhaps, 'farm/settlement connected with Illa'. Illington has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085.The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde,Norfolk page 191, Illington, In the great book Illington is recorded by the name ‘’Illinketune’’. The main landholder is William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, William de W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Hockham
Great Hockham is a village in the English county of Norfolk within the civil parish of Hockham, though the distinction between village and parish may now be moot as there is evidence to suggest that the other village in the parish, Little Hockham, consists only of a farmhouse. The village lies north east of Thetford and by road south west from Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with .... It is served by Holy Trinity church in the Benefice of Wayland Group. Notable residents * The crime novelist Christopher Bush (1885-1973), who also wrote six novels about Breckland life under the pen name Michael Home, was born in Great Hockham. References Villages in Norfolk Breckland District {{Norfolk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Harling
East Harling is a village in the England, English county of Norfolk. The village forms the principal settlement in the civil parish of Harling, Norfolk, Harling, and is located east of Thetford and south-west of the city of NorwichOrdnance Survey (1999). ''OS Explorer Map 230 - Diss & Harleston''. . on the banks of the River Thet. History East Harling's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the eastern part of the settlement of 'Herela's' people. From 1808 to 1814, East Harling hosted a station in the Semaphore line, shutter telegraph chain connecting the Admiralty (United Kingdom), Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth. Geography East Harling falls within the Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency of South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), South West Norfolk, represented at Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliament by Liz Truss of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. For the purpos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griston
Griston is a village and civil parish in the Wayland area of the Breckland district within the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,206 in 206 households at the 2001 census, Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009. increasing to a population of 1,540 in 246 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Ellingham
Great Ellingham is a village and civil parish in the Breckland (district), Breckland District of Norfolk. The village lies 2.5 miles north-west of Attleborough, 2 miles south-east of its sister village of Little Ellingham and 12 miles by road south from Dereham. The civil parish also includes the hamlets of Bow Street and Stalland Common, and covers an area of with a population of 1108 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001 census, though the district's 2007 estimate suggests that this may have risen to 1165, then decreasing to a measured population of 1,132 in 470 households at the 2011 Census. The site of Great Ellingham has been inhabited since pre-historic times and is documented in the Domesday book of 1086. Its name comes from the Old English for 'The homestead of Ella's or Eli's people'. The medieval period provides the oldest surviving, mainly 14th century, building of St James the Great's Church, in the Benefice of Great Ellingham. This "attractive chequered flintwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garboldisham
Garboldisham () is a village and civil parish, part of Guiltcross in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England, near the boundary with Suffolk. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 721 which increased to 969 at the 2011 Census. Origin of name A D Mills (2003) says it was a 'homestead or village of a man called Gǣrbald'. It appeared in the Domesday Book (1086) as Gerboldesham. The traditional view of Gaerbold is that it is an Old English name, i.e. homestead of Garbold. Others argue it has a Viking origin with Garbold being a famous Viking. As described above, the boundary between Anglian, Viking and possibly even Iceni is blurred in the light of recent genetic and linguistic research. To the south of the village are the hamlets of Smallworth and Broomscot Common, the name of the latter according to some recalling the village's ancient pagan past, but more likely, so Carole Hough thinks, an affiliation to a Scandinavian with the surname Brun. This name might r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croxton, Norfolk
Croxton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, within the district of Breckland. Croxton is located 2.2 miles north of Thetford and 26 miles south-east of Norwich. History Croxton's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin deriving from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for 'Krokr's' farmstead or settlement. In the Domesday Book, Croxton is recorded as a settlement of 21 households in the hundred of Grimshoe. In 1086, the village was part of the estate of King William. Geography According to the 2011 Census, Croxton has 445 residents living in 194 households. Croxton falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Liz Truss MP of the Conservative Party. All Saints' Church Croxton's parish church is one of the 124 remaining Anglo-Saxon round-tower churches in Norfolk. The church was significantly remodelled in the Nineteenth Century and features a rare example of a Continental church spire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
