Little Plumstead
| Little Plumstead | |
| Norfolk | |
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 Old Hall, Little Plumstead Hospital | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG313120 |
| Location: | 52°39’25"N, 1°25’11"E |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
Little Plumstead is a little village in Norfolk, to the north-east of Norwich. To the south lies a hamlet, Plumstead Green, and beyond it Great Plumstead.
The church in Little Plumstead, St Gervase and St Protase is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. The church is located within the village on Hospital Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962.[1]
History
The name 'Plumstead' is of Anglo-Saxon origin, from the Old English for 'plum-tree place'.[2]
In the Domesday Book, Great and Little Plumstead are listed together as a settlement in the Blofield Hundred.[3]
In the mid-Twentieth Century, a hospital was set up in the grounds of Little Plumstead Hall treating patients with mental health issues. The building was eventually closed after an arson attack.[4]
During the Second World War, a starfish decoy site was built in Plumstead to draw Luftwaffe bombers away from Norwich.[5]
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About the village
The Walled Garden Community Shop and Cafe is a business set in a Victorian walled garden in Little Plumstead. It is run as a community benefit society.[6]
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1051528: Church of St Gervase and St Protase (Grade II listing)
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ and Little Plumstead/little plumstead Little Plumstead in the Domesday Book
- ↑ "The Abandoned Little Plumstead Hospital in Norwich" (in en-GB). 2023-12-13. https://www.abandonedyorkshire.com/home/Little%20Plumstead%20Hospital.
- ↑ "mnf11783 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf11783.
- ↑ Cafe, The Walled Garden Community Shop &. "The vision, management committee and other information" (in en). https://www.thewalledgardenshop.co.uk/about.