Lingwood

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Lingwood
Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference TG3608
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NORWICH
Postcode district NR13
Dialling code 01603
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Norfolk
52°37′N1°29′E / 52.62°N 1.49°E / 52.62; 1.49

Lingwood is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lingwood and Burlingham, in the English county of Norfolk.

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Lingwood is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Acle and 8 miles (13 km) east of Norwich.

History

Lingwood's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for bank wood. [1]

Lingwood is not listed in the Domesday Book. [2]

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burlingham. [3]

Lingwood Railway Station opened in 1882 on the Great Eastern Railway and remains open as a stop on the Wherry Line for services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

St. Peter's Church

Lingwood's former parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1962. [4] The church is open for Sunday service three times a month. [5]

St. Peter's holds a set of royal arms from the reign of King George IV as well as a medieval wall painting of Saint Christopher which was uncovered in 1965. [6]

Governance

Lingwood is part of the electoral ward of Burlingham 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

Lingwood's war memorial is a set of stone plaques in St. Peter's Church which lists the following names for the First World War: [7] [8]

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
Lieut.Frederick J. Cole4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 19 Apr. 1917 Jerusalem Memorial
LCpl.George A. Balls DCM 4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.24 Apr. 1917 Deir al-Balah War Cemetery
Pte.John Etheridge7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment 23 Mar. 1918 Pozières Memorial
Pte.William Stone2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment 29 Aug. 1918 Daours Cemetery
Pte.Archie H. Hannant4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment 11 Dec. 1917 Ramleh War Cemetery
Pte.Percy J. Rose4th Bn., Norfolk Regt.5 Dec. 1915 Helles Memorial
Pte.Albert E. Balls8th Bn., Norfolk Regt.21 Jul. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte.Willie E. Turner9th Bn., Norfolk Regt.1 Aug. 1916 Ypres Reservoir Cemetery
Pte.William R. Alexander9th Bn., Sherwood Foresters 24 Nov. 1916 Hamel British Cemetery

The following names were added after the Second World War:

RankNameUnitDate of DeathBurial/Commemoration
FSgt.Frederic E. Mingay No. 36 Squadron RAF (Wellingtons) 26 Dec. 1944St. Peter's Churchyard
FSgt.Stanley C. Cordy No. 45 Squadron RAF (Blenheims) 16 May 1941 Alamein Memorial
LACPeter G. Asker Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 6 Jun. 1946 Kranji War Cemetery
Dvr.Lewis E. Ling Royal Army Service Corps 17 Apr. 1945 Hanover War Cemetery
Gnr.Kenneth R. Ling5 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery 21 Jan. 1944 Yokohama War Cemetery
Pte.Cecil W. Forder Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1 Jun. 1944St. Peter's Churchyard
Pte.Clifford R. Nelson2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 19 May 1940 Dunkirk Memorial
Pte.John W. Etheridge5th Bn., Royal Norfolks1 Jan. 1944 Chungkai War Cemetery
Pte.William J. Andrews6th Bn., Royal Norfolks21 Sep. 1944 Kranji War Memorial
StAs.Frank W. BeckettHMS Hamilcar14 Nov. 1944 Chatham Naval Memorial

References

  1. "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. "Home | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  3. "Relationships and Changes Burlingham CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Lingwood and Burlingham - 1051521 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  5. "St Peter's Lingwood". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  6. "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  7. "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Lingwood". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  8. "Geograph:: Lakenham to Lyng :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.