Billingford, South Norfolk

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Billingford or Pirleston [1] is a village and in the civil parish of Scole, in the South Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England.

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Billingford is located 19.4 miles (31.2 km) south-west of Norwich and 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south-east of Diss.

History

The origin of the name 'Billingford' is uncertain, although it is certainly of Anglo-Saxon origin. It derives from Old English, either a ford at the ridge or the ford of the hill people. [2]

Billingford is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as consisting of 21 households in the hundred of Earsham. At the time, Billingford was divided between the estates of the Abbey of St. Etheldreda, Ely and Roger of Rames. [3]

Within the village is Billingford Windmill, which dates from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and is in full working order. This structure is Grade II listed, and has been since 1951. [4]

Lt. Gordon Flowerdew was born within the village and was an Anglo-Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross. Flowerdew was killed directing a cavalry charge of C Squadron of Lord Strathcona's Horse on the Western Front of the First World War on 31 March 1918.

In 1931 the parish had a population of 150. [5] On 1 April 1935, Billingford parish was merged with Scole. [6]

Geography

Billingford village is located on the A143 which runs from Great Yarmouth to Haverhill, and is close to the banks of the River Waveney.

Amenities within the village include the Horseshoes Pub & Hotel.

St. Leonard's Church

Billingford's parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard and lays on a small hill to the north of the village. The church was constructed in early Sixteenth Century, with its construction being interrupted and changed during the English Reformation. The church contains a Medieval font and poppyhead with further additions to the church being made in the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries. [7]

Governance

Billingford is part of the electoral ward of Beck Vale, Dickleburgh and Scole for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

Billingford's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green's Adrian Ramsay since 2024.

War Memorial

St. Leonard's Church also holds the village's war memorial. This takes the form of a marble plaque which commemorates the following eight men who died during the First World War: [8] [9]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathOther Commemoration/Burial
LieutenantGordon M. Flowerdew VCC Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse 31 March 1918Namps-au-Vaul British Cemetery, Amiens
First Class StewardArthur Nunn HMS Conquest 25 April 1916 Chatham Naval Memorial
CorporalHerbert Race9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment 1 April 1917Philosophe British Cemetery
Lance CorporalCharles W. Thrower15th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 18 September 1918 Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery
Acting BombardierWalter Race94th Battery, Royal Field Artillery 11 August 1917Huts Cemtery, Dikkebus
PrivateGeorge F. Punt7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6 October 1918British Cemetery, Houchin
PrivateJohn L. Whiting2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment 9 May 1917 Kirkee War Cemetery
PrivateAllan Fox MM 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolks21 March 1918 Arras Memorial

As well as, the following individual from the Second World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathOther Commemoration/Burial
CorporalStanley W. A. Hill No. 653 (Air Observation) Squadron, RAF21 November 1944St. Leonard's Churchyard, Billingford

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References

  1. ↑ "History of Billingford in South Norfolk Place names". A Vision of Britain . Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Billingford | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "BILLINGFORD WINDMILL, Scole - 1303800 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Population Statistics Billingford CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Relationships and Changes Billingford CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Billingford near Diss". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "St. Leonard's Church - WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 31 October 2024.


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