Kirstead Green
| Kirstead Green | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 A house in Kirstead Green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM292971 |
| Location: | 52°31’25"N, 1°22’39"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 279 |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR15 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
Kirstead Green is a small village, and the centre of the parish of Kirstead in Norfolk, of which it is the sole village.
The wider parish covers an area of 1,035 acres and had a population of 279 at the 2011 census.
The manor house, Kirstead Hall, and the parish church, St Margaret's, stand close by each other a mile to the north of Kirstead Green.
The Village
There are no pubs in Kirstead itself, however, there are 14 within a five-mile radius of the village.
Kirstead Hall, to the north of Kirstead Green. is described as:
“a fine Grade I listed Elizabethan Manor house Circa 1570 of 'E' shaped plan with stepped Flemish gable ends. The brickwork with attractive blue diaper decoration and pin tiled roof standing in 4 acres.”[1]
History
In 1095 the manor was part of the outlying lands of the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. The distance between the church and the village’s location in present-day is thought to have been due to the Black Death which struck in 1450: the old village’s population was devasted and a new one village grew up in a different location.
In the reign of Henry VIII c.1535 the abbey was dissolved and the manor of Kirstead was bought by John and Elizabeth Cook.
In 1544 the house and estate were bought by Thomas Godsalve, who was a lawyer in the Court of Norwich, to expand his large estate. The manor was inherited by his son Sir John Godsalve who was Clerk of the Signet to Henry VII and under Edward VI was Comptroller of the Mint. His son Thomas in turn inherited it and extended the manor house to become a house and the hall it is today.[2]
In 1870-72, Kirstead was described by John Marius Wilson such as:
Kirstead, a village and a parish in Loddon district, Norfolk. The village stands 4¼ miles W of Loddon, and 5½ ESE of Swainsthorpe r. station; and has a postoffice under Norwich.[3]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Kirstead Hall - Historic Houses Association
- ↑ Kirstead Hall: early history - Historic Houses Association
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (A. Fullerton & Co., 1870)