South Pickenham

South Pickenham
Norfolk
All Saints CofE church
Location
Grid reference:	TF857042
Location:	52°36’14"N, 0°44’31"E
Data
Population:	101  (2001)
Post town:	Swaffham
Postcode:	PE37
Dialling code:	01760
Local Government
Council:	Breckland
Parliamentary constituency:	South West Norfolk

South Pickenham is a small village in Norfolk, and mile and a half south of North Pickenham and two miles west of Ashill, and about four miles south-east of the nearest town, Swaffham.

The 2001 census recorded a population of 101 in 40 households, and the 2011 Census saw that the village population had fallen to less than 100.

The Stanford Training Area lies to the south of the parish.

Pickenham Hall

The village is centred on the Grade II listed Pickenham Hall, still the landlord for much of the village, which is owned by the Arumugam Packiri family. The original hall was designed by William Donthorne but between 1902 and 1905 architect Robert Weir Schultz extensively rebuilt and enlarged the hall, incorporating the previous house, in the style of the Arts and Crafts movement.

Church

The historic church of All Saints is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk, 185 nationwide and five within a nine-mile radius.

The restored church of St Mary's at Houghton on the Hill is nearby. Historically part of North Pickenham since 1725, a Pastoral Order was raised transferring it to South Pickenham as a Chapel of Ease in 1992.

About the village

The 46-mile Peddars Way runs to the east, within the parish boundaries, aside the course of the River Wissey.

South Pickenham Estate Co. Ltd., a large arable and livestock farming company, is based in the village.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about South Pickenham)

• All Saints on the European Round Tower Churches website
• Francis White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk 1854 Some historical data from 1854