East Raynham
| East Raynham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Mary, East Raynham | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF887254 |
| Location: | 52°47’36"N, 0°47’55"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Dialling code: | 01328 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
East Raynham is a tiny village in the north of Norfolk. It is one of three sister villages in county's the Gallow Hundred, along with South Raynham and West Raynham.
The village is on the course of the River Wensum and beside the A1065, between Mildenhall and Fakenham; four miles south-west of the latter and 24 miles north-west of Norwich.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 130.[1] This was the last time separate population statistics were collected for East Raynham alone.
History
The village's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the eastern portion of Regna's homestead or village.[2]
In the Domesday Book, East and West Raynham are listed together as a settlement of 33 households in the Brothercross Hundred. In 1086, the village formed part of the estates of the King, Roger Bigod and Reginald, son of Ivo.[3]
Raynham Hall
- Main article: Raynham Hall
Raynham Hall is a seventeenth century manor house first built by Sir Roger Townshend. The hall still stands today. It was the residence of Charles Townshend, Secretary of State for the Northern Department in the eighteenth century.[4]
Parish church
East Raynham's parish church, St Mary, stands in the parkland of Raynham Hall to the west of the main hamlet. The church was largely rebuilt in the mid-Nineteenth Century on the site of an older mediæval building by Clark and Holland of Newmarket. St. Mary's also holds a stone memorial to Maj-Gen. Charles Townshend, who was a distant relative of the Townshends of Raynham Hall, and the grave of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount.[5] In 2002, the ring of bells were restored[6] and, in July 2002, received a private visit from Queen Elizabeth II.[7]
Recreation
Much of the area can be visited by a circular walk, which takes in mixed woodland, water meadows, arable land and historic buildings, almost entirely on the Raynham estate.[8]
Gallery
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Raynham Hall -
Interior of St Mary's Church -
St Mary's Church
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References
- ↑ "Population statistics East Raynham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10015418/cube/TOT_POP. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ [east-and-west-raynham [East and West] Raynham] in the Domesday Book
- ↑ National Heritage List 1049270: Raynham Hall, North East Service Wing and Wall, Raynham
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/eastraynham/eastraynham.htm.
- ↑ Paul Cattermole (13 June 2002). "The Bells at East Raynham". https://www.townshend.org/serv-hist-bell.htm. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Her Majesty the Queen at St.Mary's East Raynham Church". 2002. https://www.townshend.org/hmvisit.htm. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Norfolk Trails | Short and circular walks". http://www.countrysideaccess.norfolk.gov.uk/walk.aspx?id=51. Retrieved January 25, 2024.