Cawston, Norfolk
| Cawston | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Agnes, Cawston | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG136239 |
| Location: | 52°46’12"N, 1°9’54"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,613 (2021) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR10 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Norfolk |
Cawston is a village in Norfolk, three miles south-west of Aylsham and nine miles north of Norwich. It stands at the junction between the B1145, between King's Lynn and Mundesley, and the B1149, between Holt and Norwich.
The 2021 census recorded Cawston's population ad 1,613.
History
Cawston's name is of combined Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from the Old English for a Viking named Kalfr's settlement.[1]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Cawston was recorded as being a settlement of 26 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of the King and William de Warenne.[2]
Cawston was the scene of Norfolk's last duel, which occurred illegally in August 1698 between Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling Hall and Oliver Le Neve of Great Witchingham. The duel was fought with swords and ended with the fatal wounding of Hobart, resulting in Le Neve fleeing to the Netherlands. Today, a memorial stone to the duel is maintained by the National Trust.[3]
Cawston Railway Station opened in 1880 as part of the Great Eastern Railway and closed in 1952 due to declining passenger numbers. The station building is now a private residence.
During the Second World War, part of Cawston Parish fell within the grounds of RAF Oulton, a satellite airfield of RAF Horsham St Faith. After the war, most of the airfield was returned to agricultural use with most of the runways being broken-up to be used for the construction of the A140.[4]
St Agnes' Church
Cawston's parish church, St Agnes, dates from the fifteenth century, having been built at the request of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, the Lord of the Manor. St. Agnes' is located on Church Lane. It is a Grade I listed building.[5]
St. Agnes' boasts a painted rood screen, depicting twenty figures in all, which has been called one of the best in Norfolk as well as good examples of Mediæval stained-glass windows and a hammerbeam roof, embellished with life-size carved wooden angels.[6]
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Cawston in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "The Duel Stone, Holt Road, Cawston, Norfolk | Educational Images | Historic England" (in en). Historic England. https://historicengland.org.uk/education/schools-resources/educational-images/the-duel-stone-holt-road-cawston-norfolk-ioe01-05267-35.
- ↑ "MNF7364 – Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF7364.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1263465: The Parish Church of St Agnes (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cawston/cawston.htm.