Fleggburgh, also known as Burgh St Margaret, is a village and

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in the

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county of

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. The village is located north-west of

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and east of

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, bisected by the A1064 between Acle and

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History

Burgh's St. Margaret's and Fleggburgh's names are both of

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origin and derive from the

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for either the fortification of Saint Margaret or of Flegg. In the

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, Burgh St. Margaret is listed as a settlement of 63 households in the

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of West Flegg. In 1086, the village was divided between the

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estates of King William I, Roger Bigod, Bishop William of Thetford and

St Benet's Abbey St Benet's Abbey was a medieval monastery of the Order of Saint Benedict, also known as St Benet's at Holme or Hulme. It was situated on the River Bure within the Broads in Norfolk, England. St Benet is a medieval English version of the name of ...

. During the

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, several pillboxes and a guardhouse were built across the parish to defend the crossing of 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 ...

in the event of a

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invasion of

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Geography

According to the 2011 Census, Fleggburgh has a population of 319 residents living in 164 households. Furthermore, the parish covers a total area of . Fleggburgh falls within the

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and is represented at

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by Brandon Lewis MP of the

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. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the

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. Fleggburgh is located on the western edge of the

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, a

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, within

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St. Margaret's Church

Fleggburgh's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret and was built in the Nineteenth Century on the site of previous worship under the oversight of Herbert John Green. The interior holds a brass memorial to Richard Burton who served as Rector of the parish in the early-Seventeenth Century and stained-glass installed in the 1960s by Paul Jeffries, depicting Saint Margaret,

Saint Luke Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

and

Saint Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

Amenities

The majority of local children attend Fleggburgh CofE Primary School which was rated by

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as a 'Good' school in 2012, a decision which was upheld in 2017. Fleggburgh has one

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that remains in business- the Kings Arms. The Kings Arms has stood on its current site since the late-Eighteenth Century, except for a short period in the early-Nineteenth Century when a license was refused to Mrs Mary Puxley on the grounds of aiding and assisting a riot that led to the cruel wounding and beating of Mr Robert Chasteney, a local surveyor.

War Memorial

Fleggburgh's and Billockby's war memorial takes the form of a

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mounted on a tiered base, located inside St. Margaret's Churchyard. The memorial was unveiled in December 1922 by the widow of Mrs Janet Fisher, husband of Captain Fisher listed below. The memorial lists the following names for the

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: * Cpt. George K. T. Fisher (1879-1917), 1/4th Bn.,

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* Sgt. W. J. Hardiman (1889-1918), 1st (Provisional) Coy.,

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* Eng. John F. Miller (1887-1918), '' H.M. Drifter Cosmos'' * Gnr. Robert Dyble (d.1918),

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, att. 25th Division Ammunition Column * Mec-2c. Robert G. Waters (1897-1918), 11th (Reserve) Lorry Park,

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* Pvt. A. J. Gowing (d.1919),

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, att. Royal Field Artillery * Pvt. Jonathan B. Saunders (d.1917), 4th Bn.,

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* Pvt. Arthur W. Turner (1890-1917), 10th Bn.,

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* Pvt. Herbert J. Turner (1900-1918), 17th Bn., Royal Fus. * Pvt. William E. Durrant (d.1918), 2/6th Bn.,

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* Pvt. Frederick G. Gowing (1891-1917), 1/4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment * Pvt. Albert H. Narburgh (1881-1914), 1/4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regt. * Pvt. Matthew Blogg (1873-1917), 8th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regt. * Rfn. George E. Tooke (1876-1917), 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Bn., London Regiment * Mr. William Waters (1878-1914), ''Trawler Copious'' * T. G. Carter And, the following for the

: * 2-Lt. Michael J. C. Fisher (1920-1940), 2nd Bn.,

* F/O. Basil M. Fisher (1916-1940),

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* W/O. Gordon H. Jackson (1923-1943), No. 139 Squadron RAF * F/Sgt. James H. W. Durrant (1922-1944),

* Sgt. Walter G. Gedge (1926-1945), No. 189 Squadron RAF * AC-1c. Alfred P. Cooper (1920-1940), Royal Air Force * Pvt. Geoffrey C. Baldwin (1922-1944), 1st Bn.,

* Pvt. Leon P. Leban (1915-1944), 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regt. * Smn. Edwin J. Smith (1916-1940), ''HMS Pintail'' * Vol. Frank R. Paul (1893-1942), 11th (Norfolk) Battalion,

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* W. H. Quantrill Smith, L. (2003). Retrieved January 02, 2023. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Fleggburgh.html

References

External links

Fleggburgh Parish Council
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Information from Genuki Norfolk
on Burgh St Margaret. {{authority control Villages in Norfolk Borough of Great Yarmouth Civil parishes in Norfolk