Barwick is a scattered hamlet and

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in the north-west part of the

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. It is situated adjacent to the slightly larger village of

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, some north-east of

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and north-west of the city of

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. The civil parish has an area of around 2 square miles, and in the 2001 census it had a population of 21 in 8 households. In the 2011 Census, the population remained less than 100 and was included in the civil parish of Docking. For local government, the parish falls within the

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History

The village of Barwick is mentioned in the

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and was located at the present Barwick Hall Farm. Earthworks of the

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were traceable until recently. The name 'Barwick' just means 'Barley farm'. The Domesday Book mentions a village church, dedicated to St Mary. This was in what is now a wood called Churchyard Plantation, south of the present Barwick House. It was abandoned in the 16th century after the village was deserted, and only a few low walls survive. In 1171 the church and adjacent land were acquired by

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, which founded a hamlet called Middleton just to the north of the former. Barwick and Middleton continued as separate settlements until the 15th century. The desertion of the old village of Barwick occurred during the tenure of Thomas Thoresby, the founder of

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, and of Middleton earlier. The sites became two farms, which were known as Great Barwick (the old village) and Little Barwick (Middleton) by the 17th century. The former went on to become Barwick Hall Farm, the latter Barwick House.

Topography

The locality is marked by Barwich Road, which runs south from the southern end of the adjacent village of

. To the west of this is the wooded deer park of Barwick House, the seat of the Glover family. The mansion is a grade II

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, with a mid-18th-century core and 19th-century accretions. Down a driveway running east is Barwick Hall Farm, which is also Grade II listed and is of the early 19th century. Elsewhere, the parish contains only a very few scattered dwellings. However Hyde Close, a residential street which is part of

RAF Bircham Newton Royal Air Force Bircham Newton or more simply RAF Bircham Newton is a former Royal Air Force station located south east of Docking, Norfolk and north east of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. History The site was first used during the First Wo ...

, is in the south-west corner.

References

* Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West''. . * Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central''. . * Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001).
Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes
'. Retrieved 2 December 2005. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Barwick

External links

Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Barwick. * {{Authority control Hamlets in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk