Carleton Rode
| Carleton Rode | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 All Saints, Carleton Rode | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM114926 |
| Location: | 52°29’24"N, 1°6’49"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 785 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR16 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
Carleton Rode is a village in Norfolk; a place of 785 souls at the 2011 census. It is to be found five miles south-east of Attleborough, in the south of the county.
Carleton Rode Voluntary Aided Primary School is, according to a proclamation inside the school, the oldest non-fee paying school in Norfolk.
History
One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday Book where it is mentioned amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod by the King. The manor given to Roger Bigod included thirty acre of land and two churches. Roger received many manors in Norfolk and Suffolk.
From 1808 to 1814 Carleton Rode hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to the ships of the Navy in the port of Great Yarmouth.
Sport
The Jubilee Hall Playing Field in the village has been enrolled as a Queen Elizabeth II Field.
Carleton Rode is also home to the GP2 team iSport.
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