Ketteringham

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Ketteringham
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Ketteringham
Location within Norfolk
Area2.51 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Population180 (2021 Census)
  Density 72/sq mi (28/km2)
OS grid reference TG163025
Civil parish
  • Ketteringham
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WYMONDHAM
Postcode district NR18
Dialling code 01603
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°34′39″N1°11′30″E / 52.57753°N 1.1918°E / 52.57753; 1.1918

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

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Ketteringham is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Wymondham and 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south-west of Norwich.

History

Ketteringham's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for the homestead of Cytra's people. [1]

In the Domesday Book, Ketteringham is listed as a settlement of 38 households in the hundred of Humbleyard. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of Roger Bigod and Ranulf Peverel. [2]

Ketteringham Hall was originally built in the Sixteenth Century which was extensively remodelled in the Nineteenth Century after a devastating fire. The house is an example of Gothic Revival architecture and is now in the ownership of Lotus Cars. [3]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Ketteringham has a total population of 180 people which demonstrates an increase from the 178 people listed in the 2011 census. [4]

St. Peter's Church

Ketteringham's parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Thirteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on Church Road and has been Grade II listed since 1959. [5] The church holds Sunday service once a month. [6]

St. Peter's holds various carved memorials to the various families who have lived in Ketteringham Hall as well as a set of medieval stained-glass roundels. [7]

Governance

Ketteringham is part of the electoral ward of Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.

War Memorial

Ketteringham War Memorial is a small Celtic-cross in St. Peter's Churchyard which was funded by Sir Maurice Boileau of Ketteringham Hall. [8] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War: [9]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
Sjt.George Betts4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 2 Nov. 1917 Gaza War Cemetery
Cpl.Walter Dawson4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.19 Apr. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
LCpl.Cecil Humphreys207th Coy., Royal Engineers 10 Jul. 1916 Gordon Dump Cemetery
Pte.John Page12th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment 19 Feb. 1917 Queen's Road Cemetery
Pte.Reginald W. Tooke1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 27 Jul. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Arthur G. Beaumont9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.26 Sep. 1915 Loos Memorial

The following names were added after the Second World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
Gnr.Frederick C. Browne65 AT Regt., Royal Artillery 1 Dec. 1941 Knightsbridge War Cemetery
Pte.Hugh A. Salter4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 1 Dec. 1945St. Peter's Churchyard

References

  1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. "Ketteringham | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. "MNF9501 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. "Ketteringham (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Ketteringham - 1373140 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. "Ketteringham: St Peter". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. "The Norfolk Churches Site". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. "Ketteringham War Memorial, Ketteringham - 1444514 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. "Geograph:: Ickburgh to Knapton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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