Blickling

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Blickling
Location within Norfolk
Area8.62 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population111 (2021) [1]
•  Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
OS grid reference TG1775428491
•  London 128 miles (206.0 km)
Civil parish
  • Blickling
District
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Norwich
Postcode district NR11
Dialling code 01263
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52°48′35″N1°13′53″E / 52.8096°N 1.2313°E / 52.8096; 1.2313

Blickling is a village and civil parish in the Broadland district of the English county of Norfolk.

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Blickling is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Aylsham and 13 miles (21 km) north of Norwich. Most of the village is located within the Blickling Estate, which has been owned by the National Trust since 1940.

History

Blickling's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the people of Blicla's people. [2]

In the Domesday Book, Blickling is listed as a settlement of 44 households in the hundred of South Erpingham. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of King William I and William, Bishop of Thetford. [3]

Adjacent to the hall is the Buckinghamshire Arms public house. The present building and barn were built in 1700, although an ale house was recorded in the early 17th century. [4]

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The Buckinghamshire Arms

To the west of the B1354 road is Silvergate a hamlet of estate cottages, some of which are thatched and Grade II listed. [5] Flashpits Farmhouse is located on the south east corner of the park at Ingworth Road, the red brick building was absorbed into the estate in the 18th century. But its origin is probably from the 17th century. One of only two properties on the road, the other being the unlisted Keeper's Cottage. [5]

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Silvergate

Aylsham Old Hall dates back to 1689 with parts of the building Grade 1 and Grade II listed. The dwelling is constructed of red brick with red hipped pantile roofing and located close to the B1354 road on the fringes of Aylsham.

Geography

According to the 2021 census, the population of Blickling is 111 people (which decreased from 113 in 2011) living in a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2)

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The River Bure runs through the parish of Blickling.

St. Andrew's Church

Blickling's parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew and was extensively remodelled in the Nineteenth Century, first by George Edmund Street and later by William Butterfield. Inside the church there is an elaborate memorial to William Kerr, Eighth Marquess of Lothian as well as a Fifteenth Century font. There are numerous memorial bronzes including one to Sir Nicholas Dagworth, a Fourteenth Century soldier and diplomat, and multiple dedicated to members of the Boleyn family. [7]

Blickling Hall

Blickling is dominated by the Seventeenth Century stately home, Blickling Hall. Blickling Hall is most famous as the residence of the Boleyn family but also contains a significant collection of manuscripts in its' library. Blickling Hall has been in the possession of the National Trust since 1940.

Governance

Blickling is part of the electoral ward of Aylsham for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Jerome Mayhew since 2024.

Notable Residents

War memorial

Blickling's war memorial is carved into the oak pulpit in St. Andrew's Church. [8] It holds the following names for the First World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathOther Commemoration / Burial
Capt.Adrian H. Graves MC 40th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 22 March 1918 Arras Memorial
Sgt.John L. Goulder1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment 21 August 1915 Helles Memorial
ASHerbert Pert HMS Swiftsure 12 August 1915 Chatham Naval Memorial
L/Cpl.Alfred W. Digby6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 18 March 1918 Bedford House Cemetery
Pvt.Jack Foulger1st Battalion, Black Watch 13 October 1915 Loos Memorial
Pvt.Albert Eastoll1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment 3 December 1916 Duhallow ADS Cemetery
Pvt.Charles A. Buck1st Battalion, Essex Regiment 17 April 1917British Cemetery, Duisans
Pvt.Jack Flood1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment 30 May 1917War Cemetery, Cairo
Pvt.Charles C. Broom1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolks2 November 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Pvt.Cyril F. Pert Norfolk Yeomanry 3 December 1915St. Andrew's Churchyard, Blickling
Pvt.Ernest E. Digby6th Battalion, Welch Regiment 17 November 1917British Cemetery, Poelcapelle
Rfn.James Tortice13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade 25 August 1918South Cemetery, Gomiécourt

And, Fred Hancock and Charles Pert. The memorial also lists the following names for the Second World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathOther Commemoration / Burial
Sgt.Marcus Seatter No. 115 Squadron RAF 16 December 1943Protestant Cemetery, Heemskerk
OSThomas W. Parke HMS Voltaire 9 April 1941 Portsmouth Naval Memorial

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Blickling | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Newman. J. The National Trust-Blickling Hall p71,73 ISBN   0-7078-0086-2 Retrieved 11 December 2008
  5. 1 2 Blickling conservation area p17 Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 December 2008
  6. ↑ "Blickling (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Imperial War Museum. (2022). Retrieved November 6, 2022. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/85052
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