Fleggburgh

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Burgh Saint Margaret
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St. Margaret's Church, Burgh St Margaret
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Burgh Saint Margaret
Location within Norfolk
Area4.62 sq mi (12.0 km2)
Population1,088 (2021)
•  Density 235/sq mi (91/km2)
OS grid reference TG445140
•  London 108 miles (174 km)
Civil parish
  • Burgh St Margaret
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GREAT YARMOUTH
Postcode district NR29
Dialling code 01493
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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52°40′07″N1°36′53″E / 52.66852°N 1.61471°E / 52.66852; 1.61471

Fleggburgh, also known as Burgh St Margaret, is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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The village is located 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Great Yarmouth and 14 miles (23 km) east of Norwich, bisected by the A1064.

History

Burgh's St. Margaret's and Fleggburgh's names are both of Anglo-Saxon origin and derive from the Old English for either the fortification of Saint Margaret or of Flegg. [1]

In the Domesday Book, Burgh St. Margaret is listed as a settlement of 63 households in the hundred of West Flegg. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, Roger Bigod, Bishop William of Thetford and St Benet's Abbey. [2]

During the Second World War, several pillboxes and a guardhouse were built across the parish to defend the crossing of the River Bure in the event of a German invasion of Great Britain. [3]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Fleggburgh has a population of 1,088 people which shows an increase from the 948 people recorded in the 2011 census. [4]

Fleggburgh is located on the A1064, between Acle and Caister-on-Sea.

Fleggburgh is located on the western edge of the Trinity Broads, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, within The Broads National Park.

St. Margaret's Church

Fleggburgh's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret and was built in the Nineteenth Century by the architect, Herbert John Green. St. Margaret's is located within the village on Main Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962. [5]

The interior holds a brass memorial to Richard Burton who served as Rector of the parish in the early-Seventeenth Century and stained-glass installed in the 1960s by Paul Jeffries, depicting Saint Margaret, Saint Luke and Saint Mary. [6]

Amenities

The majority of local children attend Fleggburgh Church of England Primary School which was rated by Ofsted as a 'Good' school in 2023. [7]

Fleggburgh has one public house that remains in business- the Kings Arms. The Kings Arms has stood on its current site since the late-Eighteenth Century, except for a short period in the early-Nineteenth Century when a license was refused to Mrs Mary Puxley on the grounds of aiding and assisting a riot that led to the cruel wounding and beating of Mr Robert Chasteney, a local surveyor. [8]

Governance

Fleggburgh is an electoral ward of for local elections and is part of the district of Great Yarmouth.

The village's national constituency is Great Yarmouth which has been represented by the Reform UK's Rupert Lowe MP since 2024.

War memorial

Fleggburgh War Memorial is a Celtic cross mounted on a tiered base, located inside St. Margaret's Churchyard. The memorial was unveiled in December 1922 by Mrs Janet Fisher, husband of Captain Fisher listed below, and Bertram Pollock, Bishop of Norwich. [9] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War: [10] [11]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
Capt.George K. T. Fisher [a] 1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 3 Sep. 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Sgt.William J. Hardiman [b] 1st Coy., Royal Engineers 20 Nov. 1918St. Margaret's Churchyard
AM2Robert G. Waters11th Lorry Park, Royal Air Force 29 Oct. 1918 Duisans Cemetery
Emn.John F. MillerH.M. Drifter Cosmos15 Feb. 1918 Chatham Memorial
Gnr.Robert Dyble25th Ammunition Col., R.F.A. 13 Aug. 1918 Vauxbuin Cemetery
Pte.Alfred J. GowingL Siege Park, A.S.C. 12 Feb. 1919 Halle Cemetery
Pte.Jonathan B. Saunders4th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment 30 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte.Isaac G. Carter15th Bn., Durham Light Infantry 9 Sep. 1918 Vis-en-Artois Memorial
Pte.Arthur W. Turner10th Bn., Royal Fusiliers 17 Apr. 1917 Duisans Cemetery
Pte.Herbert J. Turner17th Bn., Royal Fusiliers6 Jun. 1918 Bienvillers Cemetery
Pte.William E. Durrant-Rose2/6th Bn., Manchester Regiment 21 Mar. 1918 Assevillers Cemetery
Pte.Percy T. Dyble1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 11 Dec. 1917 Ramleh War Cemetery
Pte.Frederick G. Gowing1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.26 Apr. 1917Kantara War Cemetery
Pte.Albert H. Narburgh1/4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.23 Dec. 1914St. Margaret's Churchyard
Pte.Matthew Blogg8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.14 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Rfn.George E. Tooke 15th (Civil Service) Bn., LRegt. 16 Aug. 1917 Menin Gate
Whmn.William WatersSteam Trawler Copius3 Nov. 1914 Tower Hill Memorial

The following names were added for the Second World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
2Lt.Michael J. C. Fisher2nd Bn., Royal Fusiliers 31 May 1940 Oostduinkerke Cemetery
FOBasil M. W. Fisher No. 111 Squadron RAF 15 Aug. 1940 St. John's Churchyard
WOGordon H. Jackson No. 139 Squadron RAF 29 Nov. 1943 Rangoon War Cemetery
FSgt.James H. W. Durrant6OTU, Royal Air Force 14 Sep. 1944St. Margaret's Churchyard
Sgt.Walter G. Gedge No. 189 Squadron RAF 7 Mar. 1945 Becklingen War Cemetery
A1CAlfred P. Cooper Royal Air Force 19 Jun. 1940 St. Peter's Churchyard
Pte.Walter H. Quantrell5th Bn., Beds and Herts Regt. 14 Feb. 1942 Kranji War Memorial
Pte.Geoffrey C. Baldwin1st Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 6 Jun. 1944 La Délivrande War Cemetery
Pte.Leon P. Leban2nd Bn., Royal Norfolks4 May 1944 Kohima War Cemetery
Sn.Edwin J. SmithHMS Pintail1 Nov. 1940Great Yarmouth Cemetery
Vol.Frank R. Paul11th (Norfolk) Bn., Home Guard 18 Mar. 1942 St. Peter's Churchyard

Footnotes

References

  1. ↑ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Burgh [St Margaret] | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "mnf22262 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Fleggburgh (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Church of St. Margaret, Fleggburgh - 1372907 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  7. ↑ enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk, Ofsted Communications Team (25 July 2022). "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". reports.ofsted.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "KINGS ARMS - FLEGGBURGH - BURGH St. MARGARET". www.norfolkpubs.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Burgh St Margaret War Memorial, Fleggburgh - 1448377 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Geograph:: Bodham to Bylaugh :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Fleggburgh St Margaret & Billockby". www.roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

Notes

  1. ↑ Captain Fisher had previously served in Gallipoli before contracting dysentery and returned to England. Whilst in England, Fisher took up a minor post in the Ministry of Munitions before returning to fight with his regiment in Palestine where he was eventually killed by an Ottoman grenade.
  2. ↑ Sergeant Hardiman died of the Spanish Flu.
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