Cockthorpe

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Cockthorpe
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wells-next-the-Sea
Postcode district NR23
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Cockthorpe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Binham, in the English county of Norfolk.

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Cockthorpe is located 6.4 miles (10.3 km) north-west of Holt and 26 miles (42 km) north-west of Norwich. On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Binham. [1]

History

The village's name is of mixed Viking and Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse and Old English for a outlying farmstead or settlement with an abundance of either chickens or gamebirds. [2]

In the Domesday Book, Cockthorpe is recorded as a settlement of 5 households in the hundred of Greenhoe. In 1086, the village formed parts of the estates of William de Beaufeu. [3]

In the 17th century, Cockthorpe provided a number of notable Royal Navy officers, including Sir Christopher Myngs, Sir John Narborough, and Sir Cloudesley Shovell. [4]

Between 1940 and 1961, Cockthorpe was host to RAF Langham, a satellite airfield for RAF Bircham Newton operated by RAF Coastal Command. [5]

Geography

In 1931 the parish had a population of 55, [6] this was the last time that separate population statistics were collated for Cockthorpe.

The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

All Saints' Church

Cockthorpe's parish church is located on Airfield Road and dates back to the Eleventh or Twelfth Centuries. [7]

All Saints' fell into disuse during the Second World War but features Medieval wall paintings which were uncovered in the 1990s as well as stained-glass windows designed by J. & J. King of Norwich. [8]

Notable Residents

Governance

Cockthorpe is part of the electoral ward of Priory for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.

War Memorial

There is no war memorial in Cockthorpe and it is possible that the village is one of the undocumented Thankful Villages.

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References

  1. ↑ "Relationships and changes Cockthorpe AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "[Cock] Thorpe | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Rodger, N. A. M. (2006). The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815. Penguin. p. 217. ISBN   978-0-14-102690-9.
  5. ↑ "Langham-airfield-and-dome-trainer - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "Population statistics Cockthorpe AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "All-Saints'-Church-Cockthorpe - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Richter, Julie. "Christopher Calthorpe (ca. 1560–1662)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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