Garboldisham
| Garboldisham | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
| File:Garboldisham Mill.jpg Garboldisham Windmill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM005815 |
| Location: | 52°23’42"N, 0°56’53"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 990 (2021) |
| Post town: | Diss |
| Postcode: | IP22 |
| Dialling code: | 01953 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Breckland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South West Norfolk |
Garboldisham is a village in Norfolk seven miles north-west of Diss and 22 miles south-west of Norwich, along the A1066 between Thetford and Diss.
The 2021 census recorded a population of 990.
The name Garboldisham derives from the Old English for Gærbald's homestead or village.[1]
History and heritage
A 10-foot high Bronze Age round barrow is found on Garboldisham Heath, known locally as 'Soldier's Hill' and 'Boadicea's Grave' (although there is no evidence that Queen Boudicca is buried here).[2] Local antiquarian Basil Brown carried out an excavation at the mound around 1963, and uncovered a burial urn, some cremated human bone, two flint flakes and a flint scraper. The burial probably dates from around 1300 BC and were likely disturbed by gravel quarrying in the nearby woods during the First World War.[3][4]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Garboldisham is listed as a settlement of 7 households in the Guiltcross Hundred. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of The King.[5]
Garboldisham Hall was built in the early Nineteenth Century by Sir George Gilbert Scott. In the late Eighteenth Century, the hall was the property of Crisp Molineux who earned much of his wealth profiting from the plantations in Saint Kitts.[6] In 1822, the hall was the birthplace of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough. It was subsequently demolished in 1952.
Church of St John the Baptist
The parish church, St John the Baptist, dates from the thirteenth century. The church stands on Church Street. It is a Grade I listed building.[7]
St. John's holds a rare East Anglian example of a Galilee porch with the interior decoration largely the remnants of a Nineteenth Century restoration by James Powell and Sons. The church also holds an elaborate rood screen featuring various saints, a set of royal arms from the reign of Queen Anne and a font from the fifteenth century.[8]
Garboldisham also holds the ruins of All Saints' Church, which was abandoned in 1734 after the tower collapsed into the nave,[9] and a Methodist Chapel on the southern side of the A1066.
Sport
Garboldisham Cricket Club has a ground outside of the village on Harling Road and operates four men's teams, one women's team and juniors teams.[10]
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References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ "NHER 6112: Bronze Age round barrow and cremation, known as 'Soldier's Hill' and 'Boadicea's Grave'". http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF6112-Bronze-Age-round-barrow-and-cremation-known-as-'Soldier's-Hill'-and-'Boadicea's-Grave'&Index=12&RecordCount=70&SessionID=f403fe91-4953-4fc7-a5d5-41ccc68ec0e4.
- ↑ J.Lawson, Andrew (1986) (in en-GB). Barrow excavations in Norfolk 1950–82. East Anglian Archaeology. http://eaareports.org.uk/publication/report29/.
- ↑ "Bronze-Age-round-barrow-and-cremation-known-as-'Soldier's-Hill'-and-'Boadicea's-Grave' - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF6112-Bronze-Age-round-barrow-and-cremation-known-as-'Soldier's-Hill'-and-'Boadicea's-Grave'&Index=12&RecordCount=70&SessionID=f403fe91-4953-4fc7-a5d5-41ccc68ec0e4.
- ↑ Garboldisham in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". https://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146645503.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1306996: Church of St John The Baptist (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/garboldisham1/garboldisham1.htm.
- ↑ "Garboldisham All Saints". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/garboldisham2/garboldisham2.htm.
- ↑ "Garboldisham Cricket Club" (in en-GB). http://www.garbocc.co.uk/.
- Hales, J, and Bennett, W. "Looking at Norfolk": Norfolk Placenames