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 (10 km) from Holt.

History

Corpusty's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for raven's path.

In the Domesday Book, Corpusty is recorded as a settlement of 6 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of William de Warenne. William de Beaufeu and William d'Ecouis.

The village was once home to Corpusty and Saxthorpe railway station which opened in 1883 as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. 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 of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party.

St. Peter's Church

Corpusty's parish church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Peter. 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 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 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 Saxthorpe which takes the form of a marble plaque inside St. Andrew's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War:
* Second-Lieutenant Maurice J. L. Walker (1893-1917), 6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
* 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
* Corporal John H. Pinchen (1892-1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Lance-Corporal Robert H. Farrow (1896-1916), 6th Battalion, Border Regiment
* 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
* 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
* 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
* Private David J. Bullock (1893-1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
* Private Alfred S. R. Harrison (1890-1916), 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
* Private Walter A. Potter (d.1917), 19th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
* 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
* Private George H. Hollox (d.1917), 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
* 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
* Private William R. Hollox (1897-1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
* Private Horace H. Carr (1894-1918), 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
* Private Frederick W. Howard (1899-1918), 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
* Rifleman Ernest R. Faircloth (1894-1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
* Pvt. Albert J. Harrison

And, the following for the Second World War:
* Corporal Herbert J. Roberts (1917-1940), 11th (Field) Company, Royal Engineers
* 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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Villages in Norfolk
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