Thurgarton is a village and former
civil parish
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, now in the parish of
Aldborough and Thurgarton, in the
North Norfolk
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district of the county of
Norfolk
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, England. It lies 6½ miles north of
Aylsham
Aylsham ( or ) is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in north Norfolk, England, nearly north of Norwich. The river rises near Melton Constable, upstream from Aylsham and continues to Great Yarmouth and the North Sea ...
and 5½ miles south-west of
Cromer
Cromer ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the North Norfolk district of the county of Norfolk, England. It is north of Norwich, northwest of North Walsham and east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline.
The local ...
, and was once part of the North Erpingham
hundred
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In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
. In 1931 the parish had a population of 186.
History
The villages name means 'Thurgar's farm/settlement'. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Aldborough.
All Saints Church
All Saints Church, Thurgarton, is a
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Anglican
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church situated in an isolated spot in the north of the parish. Its mediaeval
round tower
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collapsed in 1882 and a
vestry
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was built in its place.
The roof is
thatched
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and the church contains a number of unusual carved bench ends. It is managed by the
Churches Conservation Trust
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.
In 1969 the
poet
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George Barker, who lived at nearby
Itteringham
Itteringham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Itteringham is located north-west of Aylsham and north of Norwich.
History
Itteringham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for ''Ytra ...
, published a poem called ''At Thurgarton Church''.
Buildings
Thurgarton Hall, an eighteenth-century red-brick
Georgian house, is situated next to the church and was once home to the Bacon family. It later became part of the
Felbrigg Hall
Felbrigg Hall is a 17th-century English country house near the village of that name in Norfolk. Part of a National Trust property, the unaltered 17th-century house is noted for its Jacobean architecture and fine Georgian interior. Outside ...
estate. A
post mill
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once stood in the vicinity of the church.
Thurgarton House (also known as Thurgarton Old Hall) was built in 1733 for William Spurrell, the first of four generations of
Spurrells to serve as Chief Constable of North Erpingham
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
. A Victorian wing and several brick barns were built in the nineteenth century. The house remained in the Spurrell family until 2014.
Notes
Villages in Norfolk
Former civil parishes in Norfolk
North Norfolk
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