Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
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Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 6 km south-east of Wymondham and 20 km south-west of Norwich. The parish includes the villages of Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, which lie about 1 km apart, although rather farther by road.[1]
The civil parish has an area of 9.74 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 756 in 301 households, the population falling to 750 at the 2011 Census.[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. Fundenhall was a separate parish until it was annexed by Ashwellthorpe in 1935. The combined parish was known as Ashwellthorpe until 2003, when it adopted its current name.[2][3][4]
Railway
Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed in 1939.[citation needed]
War memorial
Ashwellthorpe War Memorial lies in All Saint's Churchyard and holds the following names from the First World War:
- Rifleman P. W. Bateman (d.1918), King's Royal Rifle Corps
- Rifleman Leonard M. Bateman (d.1917), 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
- Private Albert G. Grimmer (1894–1917), 163rd Company, Machine Gun Corps
- Private Edgar J. Goose (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Frederick L. Tubby (1885–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private E. E. Squires (d.1918), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Private W. R. Squires (1884–1918), 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- H. G. Bateman
- W. J. George
- A. J. Hunt
It also holds the following names from the Second World War:
- Private Eric F. Browne (1920–1943), 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Sergeant Ernest T. Goodrum (1922–1944), No. 37 Squadron RAF
References
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- ^ Visions of Britain. Fundenhall CP/AP Norfolk through time. Retrieved 4 November 2005.
- ^ Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004). Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas and Names in England. Retrieved 6 December 2005.
External links
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- Ashwellthorpe
- Map sources for Ashwellthorpe.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Ashwellthorpe.
- Fundenhall
- Map sources for Fundenhall.
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Fundenhall.
- Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
- Community website for Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Local information on Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall.
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