Horsham St Faith
| Horsham St Faith | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
.JPG) The ford on the River Hor in the village | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG216149 |
| Location: | 52°41’14"N, 1°16’41"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR10 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Horsham St Faith is a village in Norfolk, sharing a civil parish with neighbouring Newton St Faith. The village is north of Norwich Airport, to the south of Aylsham and five miles north of Norwich itself.
The village is found beside the River Hor, on A140 between Needham Market and Cromer. It is in the county's Taverham Hundred.
History
The name 'Horsham St Faith' is from the Old English 'hors ham', meaning 'horse homestead', with the name of St Faith added, for a former dedication of the parish church.[1]
In the Domesday Book of 1086, Horsham St Faith is listed as a settlement of 16 households. It was part of the East Anglian estates of Robert Malet.[2]
Horsham St Faith Priory was founded in the Benedictine Order in 1105 by Robert Fitz Walter and his wife, Sybil. The monastery was dissolved in 1536.[3]
RAF Horsham St Faith was built in 1939 and was primarily used by the Royal Air Force as well as the Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces. After the war, the airfield continued to be used by the Royal Air Force until it became Norwich Airport in 1968.[4]
Church of St Mary and St Andrew
The parish church, on Church Street, is St Mary and St Andrew. It dates from the 12th century. The church is a Grade I listed building.[5]
The church was restored in the Victorian era but still hosts a rood screen with painted images of saints below as well as a pre-Reformation] pulpit.[6]
Outside links
- Information on the Parish Church of St Mary and St Andrew Horsham St Faith
- Horsham St Faith watermill
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Horsham%20St.%20Faith%20with%20Newton%20St.%20Faith.
- ↑ Horsham St Faith in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "mnf8005 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ "mnf8137 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1372959: Church of St Mary and St Andrew (Grade I listing)
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/horshamstfaith/horshamstfaith.htm.
- Horsham and Newton St Faith (Towns and Villages)
- A History of the County of Norfolk - Volume 2 pp 346-349: The Priory of Horsham St Faith (Victoria County History)