Great and Little Plumstead is a

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in the

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consisting of the villages of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead and Thorpe End. The first two villages have been known as Plumstead Magna and Plumstead Parva respectively. The name 'Plumstead' means 'plum-tree place', probably in the sense of a copse . The parish covers an area of and had a population of 2,618 in 972 households at the 2001 census,. increasing to a population of 3,135 in 1,228 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the

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Broadland Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named after the Norfolk Broads. The population of the local authority district taken at the 2011 Census was 124,646. Its council is based in Thorpe St Andrew. In 2013, Broadland w ...

. Sir Robert Illey had the manor of Plumstead Parva. He died in 1398 but he and his wife Katherine Gymyngham had a daughter

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who was a literary patron.

Little Plumstead Hospital

Little Plumstead Hospital at Little Plumstead is a learning disability hospital founded in 1930. It is run by Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and formerly provided a large amount of employment for the villages. The majority of the site has been sold off for new housing developments, with two wards remaining, the Broadland Clinic and Astley Court.

The Walled Garden Community Shop and Cafe

The Walled Garden Community Shop and Cafe is a business set in a Victorian Walled Garden in Little Plumstead. It is run as a community benefit society.

References

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Great%20and%20Little%20Plumstead

External links

SS Protase & Gervase on the European Round Tower Churches website
Civil parishes in Norfolk Broadland {{Norfolk-geo-stub