Corpusty is a 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 ...

, now in the parish of

Corpusty and Saxthorpe Corpusty is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Corpusty and Saxthorpe, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England, situated on the River Bure. Corpusty is about sixteen miles from Norwich and six miles ...

, in the

North Norfolk North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Cromer. The population at the 2011 Census was 101,149. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a ...

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, situated on the

River Bure The River Bure is a river in the county of Norfolk, England, most of it in the Broads.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The Bure rises near Melton Constable, upstream of Aylsham, which was the original head of ...

. Corpusty is about sixteen miles 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 ...

and six miles (10 km) from Holt.

History

Corpusty's name is of

Viking Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...

origin and derives from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

for raven's path. In the

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 manusc ...

, Corpusty is recorded as a settlement of 6 households in the

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of William de Warenne.

William de Beaufeu William de Beaufeu was a medieval Bishop of Thetford and a major landholder mentioned in the Domesday Book.The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Major Domesday landholders page 338 Life William's land holdings ...

and William d'Ecouis. The village was once home to

Corpusty and Saxthorpe railway station Corpusty and Saxthorpe railway station was a railway station in North Norfolk.British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18 It was opened by the Eastern & Midlands Railway as a stop on their route between Melton Constable and Great Yarmouth. It was closed ...

which opened in 1883 as part of the

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) was a railway network in England, in the area connecting southern Lincolnshire, the Isle of Ely and north Norfolk. It developed from several local independent concerns and was incorporated ...

. The station closed in 1959 yet the infrastructure still remains.

Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Corpusty has a population of 2,322 residents living in 1,193 households. Corpusty falls within the

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

and is represented at

Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

by Duncan Baker MP of the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

St. Peter's Church

Corpusty's parish church is of

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

origin and is dedicated to

Saint Peter Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...

. St. Peter's was significantly remodelled over the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries and subsequently in the Nineteenth Century. By the 1960s, the church began to decline and is now in the care of the Norfolk Churches Trust.

Amenities

Corpusty Primary School is located in the village and operates as part of the Synergy Multi-Academy Trust. In 2022, the school was rated as a 'Good' school by

Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a Non-ministerial government department, non-ministerial department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament of the U ...

. The Duke's Head in Corpusty is still open and has operated on the site since 1794.

Little London

To the northwest of the village of Corpusty, also on the south side of the River Bure and within the civil parish of Corpusty and Saxthorpe, lies the hamlet of Little London. This comprises one street, which is named The Street (both Corpusty and Saxthorpe also have streets so named).

Civil parish

On 1 April 1935 the parish of

Saxthorpe Saxthorpe is a village in Norfolk, England. The village is west south west of Cromer and north north west of Norwich. The village lies south west of the town of Holt. It is in the civil parish of Corpusty and Saxthorpe. The village is passe ...

was merged with Corpusty, on 1 April 2007 the parish was renamed "Corpusty & Saxthorpe". In 1931 the parish of Corpusty (prior to the merge) had a population of 434.

War Memorial

Corpusty shares a war memorial with

which takes the form of a marble plaque inside St. Andrew's Church. It lists 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 ...

: * Second-Lieutenant Maurice J. L. Walker (1893-1917), 6th Battalion,

Queen's Royal Regiment The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Ar ...

* Petty-Officer Benjamin Betts (d.1915), '' H.M. Torpedo Boat 10'' * Leading-Stoker George Dodd (1892-1916), '' HMS Queen Mary'' * Corporal Stanley C. Harrison (1891-1918), 4th 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 tanks ...

* Corporal John H. Pinchen (1892-1917), 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 ...

* Lance-Corporal Robert H. Farrow (1896-1916), 6th Battalion,

Border Regiment The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. After service i ...

* Lance-Corporal Herbert T. Harrison (1894-1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private-First Class George S. Griffiths (1885-1918), 73rd Wing RFC * Gunner William F. Southgate (1888-1916), 137th (Heavy) Battery,

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

* Private James Roberts (1892-1917), 44th (Western Australia Rifles) Battalion, Australian Imperial Force * Private Colin G. Pinchen (1895-1917), 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment * Private James J. Middleton (1890-1917), 13th 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 Oscar W. Dodman (1890-1915), 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers * Private Arthur F. Harrison (1899-1918), 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers * Private Samuel H. Smithson (1882-1917), 2nd Battalion,

Royal Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments ...

* Private David J. Bullock (1893-1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment * Private Alfred S. R. Harrison (1890-1916), 19th Battalion,

Manchester Regiment The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958. The regiment was created during the 1881 Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot and the 96th ...

* Private Walter A. Potter (d.1917), 19th Battalion,

Middlesex Regiment The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Re ...

* Private William R. Hipperson (1896-1915), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Alfred K. King (1876-1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private James A. Pye (1891-1917), 1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private George Allen (1882-1915), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private John Hancock (1879-1915), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Sidney J. Faircloth (1895-1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private Henry C. Middleton (1892-1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * Private J. Thomas Sarsby (1897-1917), 6th Battalion,

Northamptonshire Regiment The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's O ...

* Private George H. Hollox (d.1917), 16th Battalion,

Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1674 as one of three 'English' units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, it accompanied William III to England in the November 1688 Glorious Revolution ...

* Private Frederick A. Margetson (1882-1918), 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers * Private Claudley G. Keeler (1890-1917), 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers * Private Walter Allen (1898-1917), 2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment * Private Samuel Harrison (1900-1918), 6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment * Private Walter R. Field (1892-1916), 10th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment * Private Richard T. Griffiths (1885-1917), 12th Battalion,

Suffolk Regiment The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, participating in many wars and conflicts, including the First and Second World Wars, before bein ...

* Private William R. Hollox (1897-1918), 2nd Battalion,

Royal Sussex Regiment The Royal Sussex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1966. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot ...

* Private Horace H. Carr (1894-1918), 4th Battalion,

Worcestershire Regiment The Worcestershire Regiment was a line infantry regiment in the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment f ...

* Private Frederick W. Howard (1899-1918), 15th Battalion,

West Yorkshire Regiment ) , march = ''Ça Ira'' , battles = Namur FontenoyFalkirk Culloden Brandywine , anniversaries = Imphal (22 June) The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) wa ...

* Rifleman Ernest R. Faircloth (1894-1918), 2nd Battalion,

Royal Ulster Rifles The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County D ...

* Pvt. Albert J. Harrison 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 ...

: * Corporal Herbert J. Roberts (1917-1940), 11th (Field) Company,

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

* Private Albert G. Mears (1920-1942), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment * William Williamson * Leslie Wright Pye, A. (2017). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6579632

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