Tatterford 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
Tattersett
Tattersett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 902 in 390 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 962 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local go ...
, 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
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, England. The village is 4.8 miles south west of the town of
Fakenham, 30.3 miles north west of
Norwich
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and 112 miles north north east of
London
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. The nearest railway station is at
Sheringham
Sheringham (; population 7,367) is an English seaside town within the county of Norfolk, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 252 - Norfolk Coast East''. . The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban Distr ...
for the
Bittern Line
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which runs between
Sheringham
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, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is
Norwich International Airport
Norwich Airport is an international airport in Hellesdon, Norfolk, England, north of Norwich. In 2017, Norwich Airport was the 28th busiest airport in the UK and busiest in the East Anglia region.
Norwich Airport has a CAA Public Use Aero ...
. In 1931 the parish had a population of 66.
History
The villages name means 'Tathere's ford'.
Tatterford has an entry 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 ...
of 1086. In the great book Tatterford is recorded by the names ''Taterforda'', the main landholder being Humphrey de Bohun. The survey also mentions that there were two mills. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Tattersett.
The parish church of Saint Margaret
The parish church of Saint Margaret was built by William Lightly in 1862 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of All Saints at
Tattersett
Tattersett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 902 in 390 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 962 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local go ...
. The church was built on the site of an earlier church from the
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 ...
period. The church's east window was designed by
Moira Forsyth
Moira Forsyth (1905 – April 1991) was an English stained-glass artist. Her father was Gordon Forsyth a Scottish ceramics designer, stained-glass artist, and teacher. They both made works for the St. Joseph's Church in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ...
and was installed in 1951.
Notable people
*
David Hand - Archbishop of
Papua New Guinea
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References
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Villages in Norfolk
Former civil parishes in Norfolk
North Norfolk
Bohun family residences