Carleton Rode

Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode
	All Saints, Carleton Rode
	Carleton Rode Location within Norfolk
Area	10.91 km2 (4.21 sq mi)
Population	785 (2011)
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM114926
Civil parish	Carleton Rode;
District	South Norfolk ;
Shire county	Norfolk ;
Region	East ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR16
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°29′24″N1°06′49″E / 52.489993°N 1.113567°E

Last updated April 04, 2024

Carleton Rode is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is situated approximately five miles south-east of Attleborough. In the 2011 Census, Carleton Rode was recorded as having a population of 785 people in 324 households.^[2]

History

Carleton Rode's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free peasants belonging to the de Rode family.^[3]

In the Domesday Book, Carleton Rode was recorded as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Depwade. The land of the village was divided in ownership between King William, Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod and Eudo, son of Spirewic.^[4]

Carleton Rode was the site of a semaphore telegraph station which connected the Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth.

Amenities

Carleton Rode Primary School claims to be the oldest non-fee paying in Norfolk and received a 'Good' rating from Ofsted in 2021.^[5]

Sport

The GP2 Series racing team, iSport International has its factory and headquarters in Carleton Rode.

War memorial

Carleton Rode's war memorial is located in ..... Churchyard and lists the following names for the First World War:

Second-Lieutenant Hugh R. Cholmeley (1891–1915), 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Sergeant Ernest E. Bennington (1886–1916), 7th Battalion, Border Regiment
Corporal Ernest Calton (1897–1918), 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment
Gunner Ernest C. Colman (1890–1916), 6th (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
Gunner Oswald H. Balls (1891–1917), 94th (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Wilfred Breeze (d.1918), Bedfordshire Regiment
Private James W. Baker (1891–1917), 43rd (Cameron Highlanders) Battalion, Canadian Army
Private Fred Burt (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Bertie Barber (1892–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private James Brown (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Leonard H. Foster (d.1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Wesley H. W. G. Chilvers (1898–1918), 7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Reverend Hatfield A. W. Back (1891–1917), HMS Vanguard

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References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 5 September 2015.
↑ Official for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006528
↑ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 20, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Carleton%20Rode
↑ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TM1192/carleton-rode/
↑ Ofsted. (2021). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/121110

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[1] "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 5 September 2015.

[2] Official for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006528

[3] University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved November 20, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Carleton%20Rode

[4] Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TM1192/carleton-rode/

[5] Ofsted. (2021). Retrieved November 20, 2022. https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/121110

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Carleton Rode
All Saints, Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode Location within Norfolk
Area	10.91 km² (4.21 sq mi)
Population	785 (2011)^[1]
• Density	72/km² (190/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TM114926
Civil parish	Carleton Rode
District	South Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR16

Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England

List of places UK England Norfolk 52°29′24″N1°06′49″E / 52.489993°N 1.113567°E / 52.489993; 1.113567