Tacolneston () is a village and

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in the

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with a population of around 700, measured at the 2011 Census as a population of 825. Its name occurs in the 1086

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as ''Tacoluestuna'' and is theorized to come from

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''Tātwulfes tūn'', meaning "Tātwulf's farmstead", via an old handwriting misread 'n' for 'u'. It is the location of the

Tacolneston transmitting station The Tacolneston transmitting station is a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/ FM radio and UHF television transmission near Tacolneston, south-west of Norwich, Norfolk, England. It includes a tall guyed steel lattice mast, which w ...

, a facility for both analogue and digital VHF/FM radio and UHF television transmission. Tacolneston Church of England Primary School, which has around 80

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aged 5–11, is situated on Norwich Road. The village is the site of the historic All Saints'

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, which has a ring of six bells in its tower, part of which dates from the 14th century.

Notable residents

Kenneth McKee George Kenneth McKee CBE (5 January 1906 – 18 July 1991) was an English orthopaedist, one of the pioneers of hip replacement surgery in the 1950s. He is now honoured with a bust at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Early life ...

, one of the pioneers of

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in the 1950s, and who is now honoured with a bust at the

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich, England. The university hospital replaced the former, Norfolk and ...

* The Boileau baronets, who have lived at Tacolneston Hall since the baronetcy was created in 1838.

References

External links

Google Earth view of Tacolneston
{{authority control Villages in Norfolk Civil parishes in Norfolk