History
Horstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for horse place whilst Stanninghall's name is also of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the land of Stan's people. [1]
In the Domesday Book, Horstead is listed as a settlement of 47 households in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I. [2] Whereas, Stanninghall is listed as a settlement of 9 households also in the hundred of Taverham. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of King William I. [3]
Horstead Mill was built in the 1700s as a watermill on the River Bure. The mill was the last to operate on the River Bure and was supposedly one of the most photographed watermills in England. The mill was destroyed by a fire in 1963. [4]
In 1835, Horstead Hall was built in the parish and was originally the residence of Edward Harbord, Baron Suffield. During the Second World War, the base was used for cipher operations. [5]
In the Twentieth Century, a tuberculosis sanatorium was built in Stanninghall. [6]
On 22 November 1944, a De Havilland Mosquito of No. 68 Squadron RAF crashed in Horstead whilst on a patrol from RAF Coltishall after clipping some trees. The only two casualties were the two American crewmen: Lieutenant Samuel W. Peebles and Ensign Eric R. Grinndal. [7] [8]
Meyton Bridge in Horstead is the site of reported haunting on 19 May every year by a ghostly carriage said to be driven by Sir Thomas Boleyn on the evening of his daughter, Anne Boleyn's, execution. [9]
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