Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall

Ashwellthorpe
St Nicholas' Church, Fundenhall
Ashwellthorpe Location within Norfolk
Area	9.74 km2 (3.76 sq mi)
Population	750 (2011)
•  Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM 151 974
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR16
Dialling code	01508
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°31′56″N1°10′17″E / 52.53222°N 1.17129°E / 52.53222; 1.17129

Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south-east of Wymondham and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Norwich. ^[1] The parish includes the villages of Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, which lie about 1 mile (1.6 km) apart, although somewhat farther by road.

The civil parish has an area of 3.76 square miles (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. ^[2] For 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.

Railway

Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed to passengers in 1939. ^[3]

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

1. "Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall" (Map). Google Maps .
2. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 7 September 2015.
3. "The Railway". Wreningham Heritage Group.

• ^ 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

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.