Felthorpe
| Felthorpe | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Margaret's Church, Felthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG169182 |
| Location: | 52°43’7"N, 1°12’37"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 767 (2021) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR10 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Felthorpe is a village in Norfolk, eleven miles east of East Dereham and seven miles north-west of Norwich.
The 2021 census recorded a population of 767.
The village public house, The Mariner's Arms, has stood on its current site since the end of the 18th century and is still open today.
History
The name of the village is believed to mean 'Fæla's outlying farmstead or settlement' and may be is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Norse origin: the word þorp is found in both languages, though is more usually found in Norse areas.[1]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Felthorpe is listed as a settlement of 45 households in the Taverham Hundred. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, Alan of Brittany, Ralph de Beaufour, Walter Giffard and Reginald, son of Ivo.[2]
Felthorpe Watermill stood in the village, on a small tributary of the River Wensum, since the later-Mediæval period. In 1883, the mill was upgraded with a steam engine and subsequently demolished in 1927, though some foundations of the building and the wheelrace remain.[3] Felthorpe Windmill stood within the parish from the late-18th century and closed sometime in the early-20th century. The land has reverted to agricultural use.[4]
Felthorpe Hall was built in the nineteenth century as a manor house and still stands today as a Grade II listed private residence.[5] The hall was used as a Red Cross convalescence hospital during the First and Second World Wars.[6]
On 3 June 1966, a Hawker Siddeley Trident jetliner crashed in the parish after the aircraft entered into a deep stall which the pilot was unable to correct. The Trident entered a flat spin and crashed in a field immediately adjacent to Felthorpe airfield. The aircraft was on a test flight from Hatfield Aerodrome and all four crew were killed in the crash.[7][8]
St Margaret's Church
Felthorpe's parish church is dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch and dates from the 17th century, with significant 19th-century restoration to the exterior and interior. St. Margaret's is located outside of the village on Bilney Lane and is a Grade II listed building.[9]
St Margaret's has a good range of stained glass installed by Ward and Hughes, with a further stone memorial plaque to Richard Inglett Fortescue Weston Conway, who died in the British colony of Demerara in 1856.[10]
Felthorpe Airfield (Wood Farm)
Located to the southwest of the village is a grass airfield that was established in 1964. It is home to the Felthorpe Flying Group and is the base for a number of vintage aircraft, and also a Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker replica that first flew in 2018. The airfield suffered a suspected arson attack in February 2003, destroying a number of historic aircraft, and a hangar and other buildings.[8][11][12][13]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Felthorpe in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Norfolk Mills - Felthorpe watermill". https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/felthorpe.html.
- ↑ "Norfolk Mills - Felthorpe Mill Farm post mill". https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Windmills/felthorpe-mill-farm-postmill.html.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1372665: Felthorpe Hall (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "mnf7791 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf7791.
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Felthorpe Aero Club History". http://felthorpe.net/History.html.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1051539: Parish Church of St Margaret, Felthorpe (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/felthorpe/felthorpe.htm.
- ↑ "Flying Club aims to get new aviation course off the ground; 18 July 2020". https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20752324.flying-club-aims-get-new-aviation-course-off-ground/.
- ↑ Bryan, Victoria. "The Flying Doctor! How a Norfolk GP built his own Red Baron Fokker triplane". https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/30618-norfolk-doctor-red-baron-fokker-triplane.
- ↑ "Arson wrecks vintage planes, 18 Feb 2003.". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2774391.stm.