Cockthorpe
| Cockthorpe | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG982422 |
| Location: | 52°56’24"N, 0°56’24"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wells-next-the-Sea |
| Postcode: | NR23 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Cockthorpe is a village in Norfolk, sitting six and a half miles north-west of Holt and 26 miles north-west of Norwich.
History
The village's name is believed to be of mixed Norse and Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse and Old English for a outlying farmstead or settlement with an abundance of either chickens or gamebirds.[1]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Cockthorpe is recorded as a settlement of 5, and that it formed parts of the estates of William de Beaufeu.[2]
In the 17th century, Cockthorpe provided a number of notable Royal Navy officers, including |Sir Christopher Myngs, Sir John Narborough, and Sir Cloudesley Shovell.[3]
Between 1940 and 1961, Cockthorpe was host to RAF Langham, a satellite airfield for RAF Bircham Newton operated by RAF Coastal Command.[4]
All Saints' Church
Cockthorpe's parish church is located on Airfield Road and dates back to the Eleventh or Twelfth Centuries.[5]
All Saints' fell into disuse during the Second World War but features Mediæval wall paintings which were uncovered in the 1990s as well as stained-glass windows designed by J. & J. King of Norwich.[6]
War Memorial
There is no war memorial in Cockthorpe and it is possible that the village is one of the undocumented Thankful Villages.
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Cockthorpe in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Rodger, N. A. M. (2006). The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815. Penguin. pp. 217. ISBN 978-0-14-102690-9.
- ↑ "Langham-airfield-and-dome-trainer - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF1891-Langham-airfield-and-dome-trainer.
- ↑ "All-Saints'-Church-Cockthorpe - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF1888-All-Saints'-Church-Cockthorpe.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cockthorpe/cockthorpe.htm.