Bintree
| Bintree | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Bintry Watermill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG019236 |
| Location: | 52°46’19"N, 0°59’24"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 327 (2021) |
| Post town: | Dereham |
| Postcode: | NR20 |
| Dialling code: | 01362 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Norfolk |
Bintree is a village in Norfolk, about seven miles south-east of Fakenham and ten miles north-west of Norwich.
The village is on the A1067 road between Fakenham and Norwich. The River Wensum runs through the parish on its way to Norwich.
The 2021 census recorded a parish population of 327.
The village pub is the Royal Oak. The village also has a farm shop.[1]
Bintree's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin,[2]
History
There is evidence of habitatiuon here going back to the Stone Age: Neolithic tools have been found,[3] and Roman pottery and coinage.[4]
Bintree is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a settlement of 29 households in the Hundred of Eynesford. In 1086, Bintee was divided between the estates of Godric the Steward, Walter Giffard and Hagni the Reeve.[5]
In 1759, John Astley became Rector of Bintree whilst also holding the benefices of Brinton and Thornage.
In the 19th-century, Norfolk County School was built within the parish. In 1895, the school was closed and purchased by Edmund Watts who used it to train children from the care of Thomas John Barnardo for service with the Royal Navy. The school was used during the Second World War, but demolished in the 1960s.[6]
St. Swithun's church
The parish church, St Swithun, dates from the 14th-century, with a replacement chancel being built in 1864. Stained glass within the church includes a depiction of the crucifixion by Alexander Gibbs, a depiction of Christ by William Wailes, and one of the annunciation by Horace Wilkinson.[7] The church is Grade II listed.[8] In the churchyard a Grade II listed grave cover is possibly the grave of Richard de Langbrigg, a parish priest who died in 1270.[9]
Richard Enraght, an Anglo-Irish Church of England priest, who had previously been imprisoned for attempting to bring more Catholic ritualism into Anglican church services, was appointed to the position of Vicar of St. Swithun's Church, Bintree in 1895. Enraght died within the parish in 1898 and is buried in St Swithun's Churchyard.
Bintry Watermill
- Main article: Bintry Watermill
A watermill has stood on the site of Bintry Watermill since the mid-15th Century, although the present structure dates from the 18th-century. The structure is Grade II listed.[10]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Home - Algys Farm Shop a local farmshop supplying the local community with fresh fruit and vegetables." (in en-GB). 2019-09-26. https://algys.co.uk/.
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "mnf21131 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf21131.
- ↑ "mnf7195 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf7195.
- ↑ Bintree in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf2934 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf2934.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bintree/bintree.htm.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1077371: Church of St Swithin (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1342557: Unknown grave cover in the churchyard immediately to east of chancel of Church of St Swithin, Bintree (Grade II listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1077372: Bintry Mill including Bridge and Miller's House (Grade II listing)