Haddiscoe
| Haddiscoe | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_587997.jpg) St Mary's Church, Haddiscoe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM440968 |
| Location: | 52°30’50"N, 1°35’42"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 459 (2021) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR14 |
| Dialling code: | 01502 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
| Website: | haddiscoeparish.org.uk |
Haddiscoe is a village in Norfolk, found seven miles north-west of Lowestoft and sixteen miles south-east of Norwich. It is famed for its ancient, round-towered church.
The village stands at the junction of the A143, between Gorleston-on-Sea and Haverhill, and the B1136 from Hales.
The wider civil parish also includes the small hamlet of Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe. The 2021 census recorded a parish population of 459.
Haddiscoe's name is of Norse origin; from the Old Norse for Haddr's wood.[1]
History
In the Domesday Book, Haddiscoe is listed as a settlement of 70 households. In 1086, the village was found to be divided between the estates of The King, Roger Bigod, Ralph Baynard and Robert, son of Corbucion.[2]
The only preceptory of the Knights Templar in Norfolk stood in the parish from 1218 to 1312, though the precise site of the building is unknown.[3]
In 1827, the Haddiscoe Cut was dug through the parish to provide a more navigable water route from the River Yare to the North Sea.[4]
Haddiscoe Railway Station opened in 1904 and still operates as a stop on the Lowestoft section of what is now called 'the Wherry Line'. The station was preceded by an older station which sat on the Norfolk Railway between 1847 and 1904.
Norfolk's only remaining First World War pillbox stands in the village.[5]
Churches
- Haddiscoe: St Mary's Church
- Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe: St Matthias
Haddiscoe's parish church, St Mary, on Church Lane, is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. It is a Grade I listed building.[6]
St. Mary's features mediæval carved stonework and stained-glass windows.[7]
In Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, on Church Road, stands St Matthias; also a round-tower churches and also a Grade I listed building.[8]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Haddiscoe) |
- haddiscoeparish.org.uk
- St Mary's – European Round Tower Churches Website]
- St Matthias – European Round Tower Churches
- "St Mary, Haddiscoe". The Norfolk Churches Site. Simon Knott. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/haddiscoe/haddiscoe.htm.
References
- ↑ Haddiscoe: Key to English Place-names
- ↑ Haddiscoe in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Haddiscoe-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF351-Haddiscoe-(Parish-Summary).
- ↑ "Haddiscoe-(Parish-Summary) - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF351-Haddiscoe-(Parish-Summary).
- ↑ "mnf18083 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf18083.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1169126: Church Of St Mary (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/haddiscoe/haddiscoe.htm.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1306674: Church of St Matthias (Grade I listing)
- Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. Haddiscoe ISBN 0198691033
- Lewis, Samuel, ed (1931a). A Topographical Dictionary of England. II (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 366–369. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp366-369#h3-0006.
- Lewis, Samuel, ed (1931b). A Topographical Dictionary of England. IV (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 343–346. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp343-346#h3-0020.
- Nikolaus Pevsner: Pevsner Architectural Guides