Great Ryburgh
| Great Ryburgh | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Great Ryburgh St Andrew | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF956273 |
| Location: | 52°48’30"N, 0°54’4"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Fakenham |
| Postcode: | NR21 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Great Ryburgh is a village in Norfolk, found in the north of the county, three miles south-east of Fakenham and 21 miles north-west of Norwich.
The River Wensum flows through the village, on its way south to Norwich.
Parish church
Great Ryburgh's church, St Andrew's on Mill Road, is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches, dating from the eleventh century. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The church was restored in the 1910s by Sir Ninian Comper and had stained-glass windows designed by William Wailes.[2]
History
Great Ryburgh's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin: 'Ryburgh' derives from the Old English for 'rye fortification'.[3]
An Anglo-Saxon cemetery was discovered in 2016 by a Museum of London Archaeology excavation. The waterlogged conditions of the site led to the remarkable preservation of burials including 6 plank-lined graves and 81 hollowed tree-trunk coffins dating from the 7th-9th century AD. The evidence is this may have been a community of early Christians, including a timber structure thought to be a church or chapel.[4][5]
In the Domesday Book, Great Ryburgh is listed as a settlement of 25 households in the Hundred of Brothercross. It was part of the estates of William de Warenne and Peter de Valognes.[6]
There is evidence that there has been a watermill in Great Ryburgh since 1579 which closed in 1923. In 2003, the mill was converted into an old people's home.[7]
In 1849, Ryburgh Railway Station opened on the line between Dereham and Wells-next-the-Sea. The station closed to passengers in 1964.
A maltings has stood in Great Ryburgh since 1870. The site was bombed twice during the Second World War.[8]
In 1961 the parish had a population of 484.[9]
Amenities
The Blue Boar Inn has stood in Great Ryburgh since 1789 and remains open for food and accommodation.[10][11]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Great Ryburgh) |
- Ryburgh Parish Council
- St Andrew's: European Round Tower Churches
- St Andrew's Church website with extensive local history
- Extensive history and photographs of Gt Ryburgh watermill
- History of Southmylle - Gt Ryburgh's early watermill
- Brief history of Gt Ryburgh's windmill
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1305377: Church of St Andrew (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/greatryburgh/greatryburgh.htm.
- ↑ Place-Names of Norfolk: English Place-Names Society
- ↑ "Exceptional Survival of Rare Anglo-Saxon Coffins | Historic England" (in en). 2016-11-16. https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/survival-of-rare-anglo-saxon-coffins.
- ↑ "Great Ryburgh dig finds 81 'rare' Anglo-Saxon coffins" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2016-11-16. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-37940012.
- ↑ [1]-ryburgh Great] Ryburgh] in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Norfolk Mills - Gt Ryburgh watermill". https://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/gt-ryburgh.html.
- ↑ Farrows. "History of Crisp – UK Maltster" (in en-US). https://crispmalt.com/about-us/our-history/.
- ↑ "Population statistics Great Ryburgh CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10068472/cube/TOT_POP.
- ↑ "The Blue Boar Inn Bed & Breakfast, Great Ryburgh, North Norfolk". https://www.blueboar-norfolk.co.uk/.
- ↑ "Blue Boar - Great Ryburgh". https://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkg/gtryburgh/gtrybbo.htm.