Horstead
| Horstead | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Horstead green and village sign | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG264195 |
| Location: | 52°43’35"N, 1°21’6"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 977 (2021) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR12 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Horstead is a village in Norfolk, on the River Bure and joined by a bridge to Coltishall on the opposite bank. It is two and a half miles north-west of Wroxham, and seven miles north of Norwich city centre, in the county's Taverham Hundred.
The name of Horstead is of the Old English hors stede, meaning 'horse place'.
The 2021 census recorded Horstead and Stanninghall together with a population of 977.
History
In the Domesday Book, Horstead is listed as a settlement of 47 households. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of the King.[1]
Nearby Stanninghall, now no longer visible as a village, is listed as a settlement of 9 households, and also part of the King's estates.[2]
Horstead Mill was built in the 1700s as a watermill on the River Bure. The mill was the last to operate on the River Bure and was supposedly one of the most photographed watermills in Britain. The mill was destroyed by a fire in 1963.[3]
In 1835, Horstead Hall was built in the parish and was originally the residence of Edward Harbord, Baron Suffield. During the Second World War, the base was used for cipher operations.[4]
In the Twentieth Century, a tuberculosis sanatorium was built in Stanninghall.[5]
On 22 November 1944, a De Havilland Mosquito of No. 68 Squadron RAF crashed in Horstead whilst on a patrol from RAF Coltishall after clipping some trees. The only two casualties were the two American crewmen: Lieutenant Samuel W. Peebles and Ensign Eric R. Grinndal.[6][7]
All Saints' Church
Horstead's church, All Saints on Rectory Road, dates from the fourteenth century. and has been Grade II listed since 1984.[8] All Saints' is no longer open for Sunday service.[9]
All Saints' was restored in 1879 by Richard Phipson yet still boasts several Seventeenth Century memorials and a set of royal arms from the reign of Queen Anne.[10]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Horstead) |
References
- ↑ Horstead in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Horstead in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "Norfolk Mills - Horstead watermill". https://norfolkmills.co.uk/Watermills/horstead.html.
- ↑ "mnf7696 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ "mnf49133 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ "mnf49086 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk XVII HK344, Wednesday 22 November 1944". https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/15808.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1178235: Parish Church of All Saints, Horstead (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "Horstead: All Saints" (in en). https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/6729/service-and-events/events-all/.
- ↑ "Norfolk Churches". http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/horstead/horstead.htm.