Blickling is a village and

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 ...

in the

Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. The population of the local authority district taken at the 2011 Census was 124,646. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew. In 2013, Broadland wa ...

district 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, about north-west of

Aylsham Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea, ...

. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 136 and covers , falling to 113 at the 2011 Census. Since the 17th century the village has been concentrated in two areas, around the church and also at the park gates of

Blickling Hall Blickling Hall is a Jacobean architecture, Jacobean stately home situated in 5,000 acres of parkland in a loop of the River Bure, near the village of Blickling north of Aylsham in Norfolk, England, Norfolk, England. The mansion was built on the ...

. Most of the village is contained in the Blickling Estate, which has been owned by the

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since 1940. The villages name means 'Blicla's people'.

Historic buildings

The parish has many farmhouses, cottages and buildings, several of them are

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. This gives the parish an immense variety and also provides an unusually complete picture of

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Norfolk architecture.

Listed properties

St Andrew's Church is located on a

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close to the entrance of Blickling Hall. The flint and limestone 15th century Grade II* church was substantially remodelled in the 19th century. Surviving from the medieval building is the collection of

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, several are to the

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family and

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. Sir Nicholas Dagworth (b.1390 an early owner of the hall) is buried in the church and marked by a tombstone. Also of note is the memorial to the eighth

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, and a memorial to the widow of the eighth marquess by

Arthur George Walker Arthur George Walker (20 October 1861 – 13 September 1939) was an English sculptor and painter. Among his best-known works are several war memorials and the statue of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 Aug ...

. Adjacent to the hall is the ''Buckinghamshire Arms'' public house. The present building and barn were built in 1700, although an ale house was recorded in the early 17th century.Newman. J. ''The National Trust-Blickling Hall'' p71,73 Retrieved 11 December 2008 To the west of the B1354 road is Silvergate a hamlet of estate cottages, some of which are

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and Grade II listed.Blickling conservation area p17
Retrieved 16 December 2008 Flashpits Farmhouse is located on the south east corner of the park at Ingworth Road, the red brick building was absorbed into the estate in the 18th century. But its origin is probably from the 17th century. One of only two properties on the road, the other being the unlisted Keeper's Cottage. Aylsham Old Hall dates back to 1689 with parts of the building

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and Grade II listed. The dwelling is constructed of red brick with red hipped

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roofing and located close to the B1354 road on the fringes of

Notable residents

Several of the

family are known to have lived in the village.

War Memorial

Blickling's war memorial is carved into the oak pulpit in St. Andrew's Church. Imperial War Museum. (2022). Retrieved November 06, 2022. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/85052 It holds the following names for the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

: * Captain Adrian H. Graves MC (1897-1918), 40th Battalion,

Machine Gun Corps The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in the First World War. The Heavy Branch of the MGC was the first to use tank ...

* Sergeant John L. Goulder (d.1915), 1/5th Battalion,

Royal Norfolk Regiment The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

* Able-Seaman Herbert Pert (1882-1915), ''

HMS Swiftsure The Royal Navy has had ten ships named ''Swiftsure'' since 1573, including: * , a galleon, renamed ''Speedwell'' and rebuilt in 1607, and lost in 1624. * , a 42-gun great ship captured by the Dutch in 1666. * , a 70-gun ship later renamed ''Reveng ...

'' * Lance-Corporal Alfred W. Digby (d.1918), 6th Battalion,

Bedfordshire Regiment The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a Line infantry, line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688. After centuries of service in many conflicts and wars, including both the World War ...

* Private Jack Foulger (1893-1915), 1st Battalion,

Black Watch The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment ...

* Private Albert Eastoll (1887-1916), 1st Battalion,

Cambridgeshire Regiment The Cambridgeshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, and was part of the Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army. Originating in units of Volunteer Force (Great Britain), rifle volunteers formed in 1860, the regiment ...

* Private Fred Hancock,

Durham Light Infantry The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and t ...

* Private Charles A. Buck (d.1917), 1st Battalion,

Essex Regiment The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. ...

* Private Jack Flood (d.1917), 1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Charles C. Broom (d.1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Cyril F. Pert (1897-1915),

Norfolk Yeomanry The Norfolk Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry (Yeomanry) regiment of Britain's Territorial Army accepted onto the establishment of the British Army in 1794. After seeing action in the Second Boer War, it served dismounted at Gallipoli, in Palest ...

* Private Charles Pert, Norfolk Yeomanry * Private Ernest E. Digby (d.1917), 6th Battalion,

Welch Regiment The Welch Regiment (or "The Welch", an archaic spelling of "Welsh") was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1969. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of ...

* Rifleman James Tortice (1884-1918), 13th Battalion,

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle ...

And, the following for the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

: * Sergeant Marcus Seatter (1915-1943), No. 115 Squadron RAF * Seaman Thomas W. Parke (d.1941), ''HMS Voltaire''

References

* http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Blickling

External links

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