Bawsey

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Bawsey
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The ruins of St James' Church
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Bawsey
Location within Norfolk
Area6.81 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population216 (2011)
•  Density 32/km2 (83/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF680198
Civil parish
  • Bawsey
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KING'S LYNN
Postcode district PE32
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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Norfolk
52°44′59″N0°29′16″E / 52.74970°N 0.48766°E / 52.74970; 0.48766

Bawsey is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the town of King's Lynn and 40 miles (64 km) west of the city of Norwich. [1] [2] The village sits astride of the B1145 Kings Lynn to Mundesley road that dissects North Norfolk west to east.

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The village's name means 'Beaw's island' [3]

The civil parish has an area of 6.81 square kilometres (2.63 sq mi) and in the 2011 census had a population of 216 in 105 households. [4] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. [5] It forms part of the North West Norfolk constituency in the House of Commons. Norfolk County Council is responsible for roads, some schools, and social services.[ citation needed ]

The church was dedicated to St James and has been in ruins since at least 1745. The building and its surrounding area were the subject of a live dig by the Time Team programme in 1998. They determined it started life as a monastic settlement before becoming the parochial church of Bawsey; also during the weekend dig, the Norman arch under the former central tower was restored after it had collapsed some years before. [6]

War memorial

The War Memorials for Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate are located in All Saint's Church, Ashwicken. It holds the following names for the First World War:

And, the following names for the Second World War:

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References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey (2002). OS Explorer Map 250 - Norfolk Coast West. ISBN   0-319-21886-4
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 236 - King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN   0-319-21867-8
  3. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001)
  6. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0952393/ [ unreliable source? ][ user-generated source ]
  7. ↑ Roll of Honour. (2007). Retrieved October 30, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Ashwicken.html

Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes . Retrieved 2 December 2005.



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