Limpenhoe

Limpenhoe
Limpenhoe Village Sign
Limpenhoe Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TG397038
Civil parish	Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
District	Broadland
Shire county	Norfolk
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR13
Dialling code	01493
UK Parliament	Broadland and Fakenham
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°34′48″N1°32′05″E / 52.5799°N 1.5347°E / 52.5799; 1.5347

Limpenhoe is a village and former civil parish, now in the Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, in the English county of Norfolk.

Limpenhoe is located 8.2 miles (13.2 km) south-west of Great Yarmouth and 10.8 miles (17.4 km) south-east of Norwich.

History

Limpenhoe's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Limpa's hill-spur. ^[1]

In the Domesday Book, Limpenhoe is recorded as a settlement of 30 households located in the hundred of Blofield. In 1086, the village was divided between the East Anglian estates of King William I, William d'Ecouis and Rabel the engineer. ^[2]

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged into Cantley. ^[3]

Geography

In 1931 the parish had a population of 156, ^[4] this was the last time separate population statistics were collected for Limpenhoe as in 1935 the parish was merged.

Limpenhoe Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest within the village due to its biological diversity. ^[5]

St. Botolph's Church

Limpenhoe's former parish church is dedicated to Saint Botolph and dates from the medieval period, being rebuilt in 1881 by A.S. Hewitt. St. Botolph's is located on Church Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962. ^[6] The church is no longer open for Sunday service. ^[7]

St. Botolph's holds a Thirteenth Century font and stained-glass windows that were designed in nearby Great Yarmouth. ^[8]

Governance

Limpenhoe is part of the electoral ward of Brundall for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

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

Limpenhoe War Memorial is a granite wheel-headed cross monument in St. Botolph's Churchyard ^[9] which lists the following names for the First World War: ^{[10] [11]}

Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death	Burial/Commemoration
Pte.	Walter H. Webb	1st Bn., Essex Regiment	13 Aug. 1915	Helles Memorial
Pte.	Hylton H. May	9th Bn., Essex Regt.	12 Oct. 1916	Thiepval Memorial
Pte.	John D. Loades	1st Bn., Lincolnshire Regiment	17 Jul. 1918	Terlincthun British Cem.
Pte.	John W. Spooner	Norfolk Regiment	29 May 1915	Unknown
Pte.	William E. Postle	8th Bn., Suffolk Regiment	9 Jul. 1917	St. Botolph's Churchyard
By2C	Frederick W. N. Barker	HMS Ganges (shore establishment)	14 Mar. 1917	St. Botolph's Churchyard

References

1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
2. "Limpenhoe | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
3. "Relationships and Changes Limpenhoe AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
4. "Population Statistics Limpenhoe AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain . Retrieved 22 December 2019.
5. "SSSI detail". designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
6. "CHURCH OF ST BOTOLPH, Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood - 1051451 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
7. "Limpenhoe: St Botolph". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
8. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
9. "Limpenhoe War Memorial, Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood - 1453787 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
10. "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Limpenhoe". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
11. "Geograph:: Lakenham to Lyng :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.

External links

Media related to Limpenhoe at Wikimedia Commons