Dersingham

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Dersingham
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St Nicholas' Church
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Dersingham
Location within Norfolk
Area14.50 km2 (5.60 sq mi)
Population4,755 (2021)
•  Density 328/km2 (850/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF 686 304
•  London 96 km
Civil parish
  • Dersingham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KING'S LYNN
Postcode district PE31
Dialling code 01485
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°50′41″N0°30′07″E / 52.84471°N 0.50200°E / 52.84471; 0.50200

Dersingham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Dersingham is located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) north-east of King's Lynn and 37 miles (60 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

Dersingham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the village or settlement of Deorsige's people. [1]

In the Domesday Book, Dersingham is listed as a settlement of 115 households in the hundred of Freebridge. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of Eudo, son of Spirewic and Peter de Valognes. [2]

In 1984, a horde of silver shillings with a silver cup was discovered in Dersingham which date from the Tudor and Stuart eras. [3]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Dersingham has a population of 4,755 people which shows an increase from the 4,640 people listed in the 2011 census. [4]

Dersingham is located along the A149, between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth.

The nearby Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve, managed by Natural England (formerly English Nature), contains habitats ranging from marshland to heathland and woodland. Birds such as the redpoll, crossbill, long-eared owl, tree pipit, sparrowhawk and nightjar can be found there. [5]

St Nicholas' Church

John Sell Cotman, chest in Dersingham Church (1815) John Sell Cotman - Chest in Dersingham Church, Norfolk - Google Art Project.jpg
John Sell Cotman, chest in Dersingham Church (1815)

Dersingham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas and dates from the 14th century. St Nicholas' is located on Church Lane and has been a Grade I listed building since 1953. [6]

St Nicholas' holds a good example of a 14th-century chancel with stained glass depicting Jesus, Saint Agnes and Saint Luke installed by James Powell and Sons and Charles Eamer Kempe in the early 20th century. The wooden parish chest, dating from the middle of the 14th century, is carved elaborately with the symbols of the four Evangelists; on the lid, there is part of an inscription. [7]

Sandringham House

Sandringham House, a favoured royal residence of Queen Elizabeth II and several of her predecessors, lies just to the south of Dersingham in the parish of Sandringham. The Queen visited Dersingham Infant School to mark her Diamond Jubilee in February 2012. [8]

Notable residents

Governance

Dersingham is an electoral ward for local elections and is part of the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is North West Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's James Wild MP since 2010.

War memorial

Dersingham War Memorial is a stone-brick obelisk on Station Road which was unveiled in 1923 and renovated in 2008. [9] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War: [10] [11]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial
Lt.John W. Whitehouse156th Coy., Royal Engineers 21 Mar. 1918 Peronne Cemetery
Sgt.Vivian S. Wells20th Bn., Durham Light Infantry 31 Mar. 1918 Arras Memorial
Sgt.Albert E. Lancaster79th Coy., Royal Garrison Artillery 16 Oct. 1918 Kirkee War Cemetery
LSgt.Wesley E. R. Tuck9th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 25 Oct. 1916St Nicholas' Churchyard
LSgt.William Cross10th Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment 23 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Cpl.Edward Melton10th Bn., Gordon Highlanders 7 Aug. 1915Maroc Cemetery
Cpl.Leonard A. Reynolds3rd Sqn., Mounted Military Police 14 Mar. 1919 South Cemetery
Cpl.Alfred E. Daniels1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 4 Jun. 1916 Faubourg Cemetery
Cpl.Ernest Emmerson1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.12 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
LCpl.Horace Reed7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment 20 Mar. 1918 Noyon Cemetery
Dvr.Albert Carter75th Ambulance, Army Medical Corps 1 May 1918 Lijssenthoek Cemetery
Gnr.Frederick T. Fitt270th Bde., Royal Field Artillery 9 Jun. 1917 Hadra War Memorial
Gnr.William Rasberry51st Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 28 Jun. 1917 Strand Cemetery
Pte.John R. Green1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment 9 Aug. 1918 Ribemont Cemetery
Pte.Hubert H. Tuck 21st (Eastern Ontario) Bn., CEF 16 Sep. 1916 Puchevillers Cemetery
Pte.Walter Cross8th Bn., East Yorkshire Regiment 17 Nov. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Robert F. Batterbee1st Bn., Essex Regiment 16 Aug. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte.William Clarke9th Bn., Essex Regt.9 Apr. 1917 Houdain Cemetery
Pte.Isaac Taylor3rd Bn., Royal Fusiliers 4 Nov. 1918 Fontaine-au-Bois Cem.
Pte.Oliver Ellwood3rd Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 8 Nov. 1918St Nicholas' Churchyard
Pte.George W. Grief9th Bn., King's Own Royal Regiment 28 Apr. 1917 Karasouli Cemetery
Pte.Robert H. Daniels9th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers 4 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte.A. Ernest Green7th Bn., Leicestershire Regiment 24 Sep. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Edward Dawes 2nd (City) Bn., London Regiment 6 Nov. 1918 Angreau Cemetery
Pte.Edward A. Newling63rd Bn., Machine Gun Corps 28 Aug. 1918 Terlincthun Cemetery
Pte.George L. Hooks2nd Bn., Middlesex Regiment 7 Oct. 1918 Hautmont Cemetery
Pte.Cyril J. Jarvis1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 4 Nov. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte.Charles E. Daniels2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt.17 Nov. 1914 Basra Memorial
Pte.George W. Fenton2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt.3 Jul. 1916 Basra War Cemetery
Pte.Herbert J. Grief2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt.17 Apr. 1916 Basra Memorial
Pte.Philip Allen1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.6 Nov. 1917 El Qantara Cemetery
Pte.William A. Bunn1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Pte.Sidney Carter1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.21 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.Harold F. G. Daniels1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.2 Nov. 1917 Deir al-Balah Cemetery
Pte.Ernest Howell1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.12 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.James Howell1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Pte.Frederick R. Kerrison1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.21 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.Robert W. Nurse1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.21 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.Morris M. Walden1/5th Bn., Norfolk Regt.21 Aug. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.George A. Rust8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.17 Feb. 1917 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.E. Alfred Eastwick23rd Bn., Northumberland Fusiliers 9 Apr. 1917 Arras Memorial
Pte.William Lyng-Baldwin1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment 3 Aug. 1917 Achiet Cemetery
Rfn.Albert Brooks 10th (Paddington) Bn., London Regt. 9 Aug. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Rfn.Herbert J. Daniels 11th (Finsbury) Bn., London Regt.24 May 1917 Arras Memorial
Spr.Herbert E. Francis104th Coy., Royal Engineers 27 May 1918 Arras Memorial
Spr.Arthur W. Daw144th Coy., R.E.10 Apr. 1918 St Sever Cemetery
Cmn.James DrewSS Alnwick Castle19 Mar. 1917 Tower Hill Memorial

And, Thomas Nurse.

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References

  1. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Dersingham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "mnf21109 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Dersingham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, Dersingham - 1342317 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  8. ↑ 'Dersingham Infant and Nursery School welcomes the Queen.' Lynn News (6 February 2012). Retrieved23 December 2022. Archived 24 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
  9. ↑ "Dersingham War Memorial, Dersingham - 1452790 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Dersingham". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  11. ↑ "Geograph:: Denton to Dunton cum Doughton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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