Ringland, Norfolk
| Ringland | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, Ringland | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG136139 |
| Location: | 52°40’48"N, 1°9’36"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 260 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR8 |
| Dialling code: | 01603 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland and Fakenham |
Ringland is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, in the valley of the River Wensum, about seven miles north-west of Norwich.
The villages name means 'land of Rymi's people'.[1]
The 2021 census recorded a parish population of 236. Parts of the Wensum valley within the parish constitute the 'River Wensum Site of Special Scientific Interest'.
The parish church, St Peter's, has a 13th-century tower and a 14th-15th century nave and chancel.
About the village
The higher terrain of Ringland Hills lies within the parish to the east of the village and north of the Wensum. The soil here is sandy with flint pebbles. Painter Alfred Munnings produced a work entitled Ponies on Ringland Hills.[2]
The village has extensive common land: a lower area on the River Wensum and an upper area with the remains of a Beaker pit in the direction of Weston Longville.
The river was originally crossed by a wooden footbridge (and a ford for horse-drawn traffic). This was replaced in the 1924 with a concrete structure which remains today. Rare concrete 'tank traps' from Second World War still exist by the banks of the Wensum.
The village originally had two public houses, the King of Prussia and the Swan Inn. The King of Prussia was renamed 'The Union Jack' during the First World War, and finally closed in the 1964.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Ringland, Norfolk) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ Ponies on Ringland Hills