Flordon
| Flordon | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Michael's Church, Flordon | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM189969 |
| Location: | 52°31’35"N, 1°13’35"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 298 (2021) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR15 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Flordon is a village in Norfolk, found five and a half miles south-east of Wymondham and seven and a half miles south-west of Norwich.
Although the certain meaning of Flordon's name is uncertain, it is of Anglo-Saxon origin and directly translates from Old English as 'floor hill'.[1]
The 2021 census recorded Flordon's population as 298.
History
In the Domesday Book, Flordon is listed as a settlement of 48 households, and part of the estates of Bishop Odo of Bayeux, Alan of Brittany, Roger Bigod and Godric the Steward.[2]
Flordon Mill stood in the village from the Middle Ages until its demolition in the 1920s. The mill was powered by water and stood on a small tributary of the River Tas.[3]
Flordon Hall is a timber framed, seventeenth century manor-house that was built on the ruins of an earlier building.[4]
The railway came in 1849, Flordon Railway Station opened as a stop on the Great Eastern Main Line between London Liverpool Street and Norwich. The station closed in 1966, as part of the Beeching Cuts, although inter-city services continue to pass through the village.
St Michael's Church
Flordon's parish church, St Michael stands within the village on St Michael's View. It was largely rebuilt in the nineteenth century, and is a Grade II listed building.[5]
St Michael's was likely once one of Norfolk's round-tower churches and was heavily restored in the Victorian era.[6]
Rainthorpe Hall
- Main article: Rainthorpe Hall
Rainthorpe Hall is located within the Parish of Flordon and was built in its current form in the late sixteenth century by the lawyer Thomas Baxter. Today, the hall is a Grade I listed building and is on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.
About the village
Taswood Lakes operate as a set of public fisheries close to the village; the lakes are mainly used for fishing for carp.
Tas Valley Mushrooms is based within the parish.
Sport
- Cricket: Hethersett and Tas Cricket Club[7]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Flordon) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Flordon in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Norfolk Mills - Flordon". https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/flordon.html.
- ↑ "mnf18323 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf18323.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1172235: Church of St Michael (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/flordon/flordon.htm.
- ↑ Hethersett & Tas-Valley Cricket Club