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 authorit ...
in the
South Norfolk
South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 19 ...
district of Norfolk, England. It is located west of
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
next to the market town of
Wymondham
Wymondham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, south-west of Norwich off the A11 road to London. The River Tiffey runs through. The parish, one of Norfolk's largest, includes rural areas to ...
, neighbouring the villages of
Deopham
Deopham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. Deopham is located 3.9 miles west of Wymondham and 12 miles south-west of Norwich.
History
Deopham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for a ho ...
,
Hackford
Reepham () is a market town and civil parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. Reepham is situated on the B1145 road between the Bure and Wensum valleys. The town is northwest of Norwich.Kimberley. It covers an area of and had a population of 886 in 345 households at the 2001 census, which had increased to 922 at the 2011 Census.
The villages name probably means, '
wych-elm
''Ulmus glabra'' Hudson, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese and Sicily, where the species reaches ...
wood/clearing'. 'Wood' is redundant.
Governance
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward has a population of 3,308 at the 2011 Census.
Amenities
The village has a small primary school, Wicklewood School, as well as a small church, St Andrews and All Saints.
Wicklewood has a local cricket team that participates in various Sunday League matches and was the holder of the Wicklewood Shield trophy won in 2006.
The village also has one public house called the Cherry Tree where the full range of Buffy's ales, made in Tivetshall St. Mary, can be tasted.
Hospital Road is the site of a large neo-Georgian building, now private homes. This is the former Forehoe workhouse, built in the late 19th century. In 1948 it was incorporated into the
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...
as Hill House Hospital, later Wicklewood Geriatric Hospital, before closing in 1974.
The former Ashcroft supported housing centre on Milestone Lane has been closed since 2015: as of 2019, the buildings are for sale to be redeveloped as private housing.
File:UK Wicklewood.jpg, Signpost in Wicklewood
File:Wicklewood Mill - geograph.org.uk - 3512628.jpg, Wicklewood Mill
File:Wicklewood Mill - Stone Floor - geograph.org.uk - 3512687.jpg, The inside of the mill
File:Wicklewood All Saints church - geograph.org.uk - 2253762.jpg, St Andrews and All Saints Church
File:St Andrew and All Saints, Wicklewood, Norfolk - West doorway - geograph.org.uk - 805033.jpg, A close up of the church