Little Snoring
| Little Snoring | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Andrew's, Little Snoring | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF955322 |
| Location: | 52°51’9"N, 0°54’9"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 603 (2001) |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Little Snoring is a little inland village of northern Norfolk, sitting 2 miles east of Fakenham, north of the A148 road. The 2001 recorded a parish population of 603.
Great Snoring is two miles to the north.
Parish church
The parish church is St Andrew's; it is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.
The church and its separate tower are Grade I listed buildings.[1][2]
History
Little Snoring has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085, in which it is recorded by the names "Esnaringa", "Snaringa" and "Snarlinga". It was the king's land and the other main landowners were William de Warenne and Peter de Valognes. The main tenant is named Ralph.
Within the parish of Little Snoring, at a place called Queensgate, was situated a house of the Order of St Lazarus. It is mentioned in the will of Alexander, Rector of Snoring Parva, in 1380. Nothing further about the house is known.[3]
About the village
The village has an airfield, formerly RAF Little Snoring, part of which is still active as a private airfield, whilst the other part now belongs to a potato-producing company.
The village has a school, a post office and a pub, the Green Man.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Little Snoring) |
- "Little Snoring, St. Andrew", Johann Dasch photographs, Roundtowerchurches.de
- "The Snoring Villages", The-snorings.co.uk
- "Little Snoring Parish Council"
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1373753: St Andrew's Little Snoring
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049264: St Andrew's church tower, Little Snoring
- ↑ "Snoring Parva Lazarus House, near Fakenham", Prestel.co.uk