Woodbastwick
| Woodbastwick | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 Woodbastwick Village Green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG331152 |
| Location: | 52°41’3"N, 1°26’50"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 399 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR13 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Broadland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Broadland |
Woodbastwick is a village in Norfolk, beside the River Bure between Cockshoot Broad and Salhouse Broad: a village then amongst the Norffolk Broads. It is close to Bure Marshes National Nature Reserve. The county's one city, Norwich, is six miles to the south-west.
The village name relates to bast, the pliable substance found under the bark of the lime tree. It is believed that Anglo-Saxons and Daned in the early period used bast for leg-bindings: for this reason, Woodbastwick's village sign shows two invaders tying their leggings.
The village contains thatched houses set around a village green, and the Church of St Fabian and St Sebastian, which is also thatched. The Woodforde's Brewery is located in the village and produces cask ales such as Wherry Bitter, Nelson's Revenge, Norfolk Nog and Headcracker.
The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 399, in 168 households.
Woodbastwick Hall is the seat of the Cator family.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Woodbastwick) |
- Woodbastwick Church and the Broadside Benefice Parishes
- Information on Woodbastwick from GENUKI
- NorfolkCoast.co.uk on Woodbastwick