Kettlestone

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Kettlestone
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Kettlestone
Location within Norfolk
Area2.92 sq mi (7.6 km2)
Population193 (2021 census)
  Density 66/sq mi (25/km2)
OS grid reference TF968317
Civil parish
  • Kettlestone
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FAKENHAM
Postcode district NR21
Dialling code 01328
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
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List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°50′50″N0°55′20″E / 52.84724°N 0.92228°E / 52.84724; 0.92228

Kettlestone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Pensthorpe.

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Kettlestone is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Fakenham and 22 miles (35 km) north-west of Norwich.

History

Kelling's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Ketil's settlement. [1]

In the Domesday Book, Kettlestone is listed as a settlement of 4 households in the hundred of Gallow. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne. [2]

In 1958, an observation post for the Royal Observer Corps was built in the parish which closed ten years later. [3]

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Kettlestone has a population of 193 people which shows a decrease from the 197 people recorded in the 2011 census. [4]

Pensthorpe Natural Park is located in the civil parish, along the River Wensum.

All Saints' Church

Kettlestone's parish church dates from the Nineteenth Century and was built by Frederick Preedy. All Saints' is located on 'The Street' and has been Grade II listed since 1959. [5] The church is no longer open for Sunday service and is part of the Way-Maker Benefice. [6]

All Saints' holds numerous memorials from the Eighteenth Century. [7]

Governance

Kettlestone is part of the electoral ward of Stibbard 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

Kettlestone War Memorial is a latin-cross memorial in All Saints' Churchyard which lists the following names for the First World War: [8] [9]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
Sgt.Sidney Harrison MM 15th Bn., Durham Light Infantry 26 Oct. 1918 Delsaux Farm Cemetery
Pte.Albert Harrison 50th (Calgary) Bn., CEF 2 Sep. 1918 Dury Crucifix Cemetery
Pte.Thomas Williamson4th Bn., Grenadier Guards 27 Sep. 1915 Loos Memorial
Pte.Frank W. Moore7th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 12 Aug. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Frederick P. Lacey8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.5 Oct. 1916 Connaught Cemetery
Pte.George Colman9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.16 Sep. 1916 Corbie Cemetery
Pte.Sidney Green9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.17 Mar. 1916 Lijssenthoek Cemetery
Rfn.Walter Blunkett Queen Victoria's Bn., London Regt. 13 Aug. 1917 Hooge Crater Cemetery

References

  1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. "Kettlestone | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. "mnf25992 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. "Kettlestone (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Kettlestone - 1049261 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. "Kettlestone Church". www.achurchnearyou.com. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. "Kettlestone War Memorial, Kettlestone - 1451112 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  9. "Geograph:: Ickburgh to Knapton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2025.