Bittering, Norfolk

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Bittering
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St Peter's church
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Bittering
Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference TF9389817569
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Dereham
Postcode district NR19
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52°43′12″N0°52′30″E / 52.72°N 0.875°E / 52.72; 0.875

Bittering is a village in the civil parish of Beeston with Bittering, in the Breckland district, in the county of Norfolk, England.

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Bittering is located 1.9 miles (3.1 km) north-east of Beeston, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) north-west of Dereham and 19 miles (31 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

In the Domesday Book, Bittering is listed as a settlement of 6 households in the hundred of Laundich. In 1086, Bittering was part of the estates of King William I. [1]

Parts of Bittering are listed as a scheduled monument as they form land of archeological value as the site of an abandoned Medieval village. [2]

Within the village there is Manor Farmhouse, which dates back to the Seventeenth Century. [3]

Close to the village, in Spread Oak Wood, lies a small Roman Catholic chapel. The chapel was constructed by Paul Hodac, who found a home in Norfolk after escaping from Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. [4]

Church of St. Peter

Bittering's church is dedicated to Saint Peter and is Medieval in origin, though it was significantly remodelled in the Seventeenth Century. [5] The church largely served a nearby manor house but fell into disrepair and disuse in the 1970s, though it does have a stained glass window from the 1920s installed by Edward Liddall Armitage. [6]

Governance

Bittering is part of the electoral ward of Launditch for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.

The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman since 2010.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bittering | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Deserted medieval village, Beeston with Bittering - 1003906 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "MANOR FARMHOUSE, Beeston with Bittering - 1077458 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Beeston with Bittering - 1342520 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2024.

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