Horsham St Faith is a village in

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, England. The village lies close and to the east of the

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and is north of Norwich and some south of

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It takes its name from the

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, which runs through it on its way from Horsford to Horstead; and a

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, founded in honour of St Faith that, until the dissolution of the monasteries, stood there. It is near Norwich International Airport, which began in 1939 as

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and home of the City of Norwich Aviation Museum. Administratively it is in the

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Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, consisting of the former parishes of Horsham St Faith and Newton St Faith. Collectively they are known as St Faiths. It covers an area of and had a popul ...

within the

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. It also forms part the wider Norwich Built-up area. The name 'Horsham' means 'horse homestead/village'. It has the remains of a

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, a motte and bailey castle, on the Horsford side of the

, reached by following a track to the north of Church Street, which joins

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and Horsham St Faith. On 17 October from the early 12th century until 1872 it played host to one of the country's largest cattle fairs. This fair was held to the south of Spixworth Road around Bullock Hill and Calf Lane. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Manor House and the land that in 1939 became RAF Horsham St Faith, was owned by John Thomas

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, youngest son of Richard James Spurrell, of

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. Inside the church at Horsham St Faith there is a memorial to his eldest son, John Francis Brabazon Spurrell, who was killed by buffalo at Kibaya,

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, in 1927.

The Church of St Mary and St Andrew

The present day church dates back to the 13th century and has undergone many changes. Much of the building was restored in 1873 with a £1400 donation from the

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tea family. Of interest inside the church is the rood screen dated 1528 and adorned with 12 panels depicting saints. Also, of note is the elaborate Jacobean font cover.Norfolk churches
Retrieved 18 March 2010 The pulpit is also of note, with painted panels recently restored by the V & A Museum. The use of the church is shared with the Methodists.

Notable residents

* St Robert Southwell - Jesuit priest, poet and martyr.

Notes

http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Horsham%20St.%20Faith%20with%20Newton%20St.%20Faith

External links

St Faith Village Website
* ttp://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/horsham-st-faith.html Horsham St Faith watermill {{authority control Villages in Norfolk Broadland Monasteries dissolved under the English Reformation

The Church of St Mary and St Andrew

Notable residents

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