Swainsthorpe
| Swainsthorpe | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
Mar2005.jpg) St Peter's Church, Swainsthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM189943 |
| Location: | 52°30’12"N, 1°13’30"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 360 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR15 |
| Dialling code: | 01508 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Norfolk |
Swainsthorpe is a village in Norfolk, on the A140 road, five miles south of Norwich, and just north of Newton Flotman. The 2011 census recorded a population of 360
The village had two churches, St Peter's and St Mary's, the latter is now in ruins.[1]
The villages name means "Sveinn's outlying farm/settlement".
Parish church
St Peter's Church sits at the top of Church Road, the entrance to the village, and is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.[2]
St Peter's is part of the Tas Valley Team Ministry, alongside churches in Newton Flotman, Tasburgh, Tharston, Saxlingham and Shotesham.[3]
About the village
The village has a public house, which was formerly known as "The Dun Cow", before reopening under a new management and a new name, "Sugarbeat", in July 2014.[4]
Swainsthorpe railway station on the Great Eastern Railway, which was the first station south of the Norwich terminus at Norwich Victoria railway station, was closed in 1952.
Pictures
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Swainsthorpe) |
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Swainsthorpe St Peter -
Village green, Church and sign
Jan2006.jpg)
Outside links
- St Peter's Church: European Round Tower Churches
References
- ↑ "Swainsthorpe Parish Council History Page". http://swainsthorpe.norfolkparishes.gov.uk.
- ↑ "Swainsthorpe, St. Peter". RoundTowerChurches. http://www.roundtowerchurches.de/Karte/C5/Swainsthorpe_St_Peter/swainsthorpe_st_peter.html. Retrieved 2007-04-21.
- ↑ "Tas Valley Team Ministry website - 'what we do' page". Tas Valley Team Ministry. http://tasvalley.org/whatwedo.
- ↑ "EDP24 article Sugarbeat Swainsthorpe". Eastern Daily Press. http://www.edp24.co.uk/what-s-on/food_and_drink_2_5148/norfolk-food-features/dun_cow_pub_in_swainsthorpe_reopens_under_new_name_1_3675365. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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