East Barsham
| East Barsham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF918340 |
| Location: | 52°52’10"N, 0°50’54"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
East Barsham is a village in the north of Norfolk, three miles north of Fakenham and 24 miles west of Cromer. The village is one of the four villages that make up the parish of Barsham, the other villages being North Barsham, West Barsham and Houghton St Giles.
History
East Barsham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin: 'Barham' derives from the Old English for 'Bar's village'.[1]
In the Domesday Book, East and West Barsham are listed together as a settlement of 104 households in the Hundred of Gallow. In 1086, the village was divided between estates of The King and William de Warenne.[2]
East Barsham Manor is a manor house built between 1520 and 1530 by Sir Henry Fermor. The house was an important stopping point for wealthy pilgrims travelling to the Shrine at Walsingham and was used for this purpose by King Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. The house was refurbished between 1920 and 1938 and is still in private ownership.[3]
The White Horse Inn dates from the eighteenth century and is Grade II listed.[4]
Geography
In 1931 the parish had a population of 144:[5] this was the last time separate population statistics were collected for East Barsham.
The River Stiffkey runs through the village.
All Saints' church
East Barsham's former parish church is located on Fakenham Road, dates from the Seventeenth Century with some Twelfth Century features and has been Grade II listed since 1959.[6]
All Saints' was re-furnished in the Victorian era but still boasts stained-glass from the fifteenth century.[7]
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ [east-and-west-barsham [East and West] Barsham] in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf2112 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf2112.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1373707: White Horse Public House and adjoining cottage, Barsham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Population statistics East Barsham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10206698/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1373686: Church of All Saints, Barsham (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastbarsham/eastbarsham.htm.