Baconsthorpe

Baconsthorpe
Baconsthorpe
	Saint Mary parish church, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk
	Baconsthorpe Location within Norfolk
Area	5.53 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
Population	215 (parish, 2011 census)
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TG120370
• London	130 miles (210 km)
Civil parish	Baconsthorpe;
District	North Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HOLT
Postcode district	NR25
Dialling code	01263
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°53′23″N 1°09′13″E / 52.88964°N 1.15369°E

Baconsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Holt, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Sheringham and 20 miles (32 km) north of Norwich.^[1]

Population and governance

The civil parish has an area of 5.53 km². In the 2001 census it had a population of 232 in 105 households. This eased to 215 at the Census 2011,^[2] and was estimated at 216 in 2019.^[3] For local government, the parish is in the district of North Norfolk.^[4]

Heritage

The village's name derives from "Bacon's outlying farm/settlement", Bacon being the surname of the local landowner in Norman times.

The ruins of the 15th-century Baconsthorpe Castle lie about one mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village.

The medieval Anglican Church of St Mary was restored in 1868 and 1958. It contains monuments from the 15th–18th centuries and some 16th-century glass saved from the castle.^[5]

Accommodation

There is a tourist campsite with full amenities at Pitt Farm near the west end of the village.^[6] Some bed-and-breakfast accommodation and holiday lets are also available. Other facilities and services can be found in the nearby town of Holt.

Notable residents

In order of birth:

John Baconthorpe [sic] or Bacon (c. 1290–1347), Carmelite friar and scholastic philosopher, born at Baconsthorpe
John Heydon or Baxter (died 1479) rose from the yeomanry to become prominent as a lawyer.
Sir Henry Heydon (died 1504), lawyer, courtier and landowner, died at Baconsthorpe.
Sir Christopher Heydon (1561–1623), soldier, astrologer, and a county member of Parliament for Norfolk, ran his Norfolk estates from Baconsthorpe Castle.
Robert Brightiffe (c. 1666–1749), a barrister and a member of Parliament for Norwich and recorder there, was born at his father's house in Baconsthorpe.^[7]

War memorial

Baconsthorpe's War Memorials take the form of two plaques in St. Mary's Church, they hold the following names for the First World War:

Corporal Horace E. Dew (d.1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Gunner George R. Cooper (1891–1917), 'A' Depot, Royal Garrison Artillery
Rifleman Robert Jermy (d.1918), 9th (London) Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles
Private E. F. Frank Thursby (1896–1917), 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment
Private Henry J. Smith (d.1917), 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Private Frederick B. Dew (1893–1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Frederick Knowles (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private A. W. Richard Cletheroe (1896–1917), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private William T. Jarvis (1897–1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
William J. Barnes

And, the following for the Second World War:

Corporal Leslie F. Smith (d.1944), 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
Ordinary-Seaman Geoffrey D. Grout (1919–1940), HMS Forfar (F30)

References

^ Ordnance Survey (2002). "Norfolk Coast East". OS Explorer Map. 252. ISBN 0-319-21888-0.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^ City Population. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^ "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes". Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
^ Stuff, Good. "Church of St Mary, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Retrieved 25 December 2017.
^ John Venn, "Brightiffe, Robert", in Alumni Cantabrigienses (Part I, from earliest times to 1751, vol. i Abbas–Cutts; Cambridge University Press, 1922)

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External links

Media related to Baconsthorpe at Wikimedia Commons
Information from Genuki Norfolk on Baconsthorpe
Baconsthorpe in the Domesday Book

[osexpl-1] Ordnance Survey (2002). "Norfolk Coast East". OS Explorer Map. 252. ISBN 0-319-21888-0.

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2015.

[3] City Population. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

[osnncc-4] "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes". Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (XLS) on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2005.

[5] Stuff, Good. "Church of St Mary, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[6] Retrieved 25 December 2017.

[7] John Venn, "Brightiffe, Robert", in Alumni Cantabrigienses (Part I, from earliest times to 1751, vol. i Abbas–Cutts; Cambridge University Press, 1922)

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