Bexwell is a small village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

near

Downham Market Downham Market, sometimes simply referred to as Downham, is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It lies on the edge of the Fens, on the River Great Ouse, approximately 11 miles south of King's Lynn, 39 miles west of Norwich and 3 ...

, now in the parish of

Ryston Ryston is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It once had its own railway station. The villages name means 'Brushwood farm/settlement'. It covers an area of and had a population of 93 in 34 households at the 200 ...

, in the

King's Lynn and West Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn. The population of the Local Authority at the 2011 Census was 147,451. History The district was ...

district, in the county of

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 No ...

, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 60. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Ryston. Stone barn at Bexwell, near Downham Market, Norfolk - geograph

Stone barn at Bexwell, near Downham Market, Norfolk - geograph

The villages name means 'Beac's spring/stream'. Its church, St Mary's, is one of 124 existing

round-tower church Round-tower churches are a type of church found mainly in England, mostly in East Anglia; of about 185 surviving examples in the country, 124 are in Norfolk, 38 in Suffolk, six in Essex, three in Sussex and two each in Cambridgeshire and Berkshi ...

es in Norfolk. It is a Grade II* listed building. A stone barn which stands beside the A1122 is thought to be the remains of a late c15 gatehouse to the former manor of Bexwell. One man is known to have died fighting in the

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from Bexwell, Second-Lieutenant Charles D. Prangley (1897-1916), 1st Battalion,

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. He occupies grave V.D.7. of the Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (2022). Retrieved November 02, 2022. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/543482/charles-dean-prangley/ and is commemorated on the

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war memorial.

References

External links

St Mary's Church websiteSt Mary's on the European Round Tower Churches Website
Villages in Norfolk Former civil parishes in Norfolk King's Lynn and West Norfolk {{Norfolk-geo-stub