Newton Flotman
| Newton Flotman | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's church, Newton Flotman | |
| Location | |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,489 (2001) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR15 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Newton Flotman a village in Norfolk, found about seven miles south of Norwich on the A140 road between Tasburgh and Swainsthorpe. The River Tas flows through the village.
The parish had a recorded population of 1,489 at the 2011 census.
History
The de Ferers family held land here in the 13th century, and the village was the home of the Blonumvyll or Blundeville family in the 15th century: Richard & William.[1] Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522–1606), humanist writer, mathematician and inventor of the protractor lived as a country gentleman in the village.[2] Blundeville Manor is the name of a cul de sac in the village although this is not the site of the original home of the Blundevilles. On the north wall of the chancel in Newton Flotman Church is a monument to Sir Thomas Blundeville which shows Sir Thomas and his two daughters and Rose Puttenham and Margaret Johnson his first and second wives.[3]
Parish church
The parish church, St Mary's, is part of the Tas Valley team ministry along with those of Swainsthorpe, Tasburgh, Tharston, Saxlingham and Shotesham.[4]
About the village
The village has a village hall, a shop, a motorcycle garage and a theatre school known as ARTS, Smockmill Common by the village is managed for recreational purposes.
- Football: Newton Flotman Football Club
An Elizabethan country mansion, Rainthorpe Hall, stands by the road between Newton Flotman and Flordon.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Newton Flotman) |
References
- ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/629; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0702.htm; seventh entry; complainants RB & WB, with Williamm Paston, in 1418
- ↑ ODNB: Tessa Beverley, "Blundeville, Thomas (c. 1522 – c. 1606)" Retrieved 4 March 2014, pay-walled.
- ↑ St Mary the Virgin Newton Flotman A Church History. Newton Flotman and Saxlinhgham Thorpe Heritage Group. 2022.
- ↑ "Tas Valley team ministry website – 'what we do' page". http://tasvalley.org/whatwedo.