East Barsham

East Barsham
All Saints' Church
East Barsham Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TF9133
Civil parish	Barsham
District	North Norfolk
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Fakenham
Postcode district	NR21
Dialling code	01328
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Broadland and Fakenham
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°52′03″N0°50′57″E / 52.867586°N 0.849113°E / 52.867586; 0.849113

East Barsham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barsham, in the North Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk.

East Barsham is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Fakenham and 23.8 miles (38.3 km) west of Cromer. The village is one of the four villages that make up the parish of Barsham, the other villages being North Barsham, West Barsham and Houghton St Giles.

History

East Barsham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the eastern part of Bar's village. ^[1]

In the Domesday Book, East and West Barsham are listed together as a settlement of 104 households in the hundred of Gallow. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I and William de Warenne. ^[2]

East Barsham Manor is a manor house built between 1520 and 1530 by Sir Henry Fermor. The house was an important stopping point for wealthy pilgrims travelling to the Shrine at Walsingham and was used for this purpose by King Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. The house was refurbished between 1920 and 1938 and is still in private ownership. ^[3]

The White Horse Inn dates from the Eighteenth Century and is Grade II listed. ^[4]

Geography

In 1931 the parish had a population of 144. ^[5] This was the last time separate population statistics were collected for East Barsham as on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form Barsham. ^[6]

The River Stiffkey runs through the village.

.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

East Barsham's former parish church is located on Fakenham Road, dates from the Seventeenth Century with some Twelfth Century features and has been Grade II listed since 1959. ^[7]

All Saints' was re-furnished in the Victorian era but still boasts stained-glass from the Fifteenth Century. ^[8]

Governance

Dunton is part of the electoral ward of Walsingham for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War Memorial

East Barsham's war memorials are a series of plaques inside All Saints' Church which list the following names for the First World War: ^[9]

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death	Burial
Lt.	Thomas C. Griffith [a]	Loyal Regiment	8 Jul. 1919	Archangel Allied Cemetery
2Lt.	Henry G. P. Lowe DCM	No. 45 Squadron RFC	8 Nov. 1916	St. Omer Cemetery
Sgt.	Charles A. Glasspoole	1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment	23 Apr. 1917	Lille Southern Cemetery
Dvr.	Sidney J. W. Glasspoole	209th Coy., Royal Engineers	27 Apr. 1917	Duisans Cemetery
Pte.	Walter Shephard	52nd (New Ontario) Bn., CEF	4 Oct. 1918	Bucquoy Cemetery
Pte.	Robert T. Leeds	7th Bn., Royal Fusiliers	23 Apr. 1917	Arras Memorial
Pte.	Ernest J. Leeds	16th Bn., Middlesex Regiment	17 Aug. 1917	Bluet Farm Cemetery

And the following for the Second World War:

Captain Renton P. Walker of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, killed 24 April 1943 and buried in the Delhi War Cemetery.

Footnotes

References

1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
2. "[East and West] Barsham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
3. "mnf2112 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
4. "WHITE HORSE PUBLIC HOUSE AND ADJOINING COTTAGE, Barsham - 1373707 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
5. "Population statistics East Barsham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 2 October 2022.
6. "Relationships and changes East Barsham AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
7. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Barsham - 1373686 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
8. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
9. "Geograph:: Earlham to Erpingham :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

Notes

1. Lieutenant Griffith was killed serving in the North Russian intervention with the Slavo-British Legion.