Baconsthorpe
Village in the English county of Norfolk
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::summary Village in the English county of Norfolk ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Baconsthorpe |
| country | England |
| region | East of England |
| shire_district | North Norfolk |
| shire_county | Norfolk |
| civil_parish | Baconsthorpe |
| static_image_name | St Mary, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Saint Mary parish church, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk |
| population | 215 |
| population_ref | (parish, 2011 census) |
| area_total_km2 | 5.53 |
| os_grid_reference | TG120370 |
| coordinates | |
| label_position | bottom |
| post_town | HOLT |
| postcode_area | NR |
| postcode_district | NR25 |
| dial_code | 01263 |
| london_distance | 130 mi |
| :: |
| official_name = Baconsthorpe | country = England | region = East of England | shire_district = North Norfolk | shire_county = Norfolk | civil_parish = Baconsthorpe | static_image_name = St Mary, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Saint Mary parish church, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk | population = 215 | population_ref = (parish, 2011 census) | area_total_km2 = 5.53 | population_density = | os_grid_reference = TG120370 | coordinates = | label_position = bottom | post_town = HOLT | postcode_area = NR | postcode_district = NR25 | dial_code = 01263 | constituency_westminster = | london_distance = 130 mi Baconsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. It is 4 mi south-east of Holt, 5 mi south of Sheringham and 20 mi north of Norwich.
Population and governance
The civil parish has an area of 5.53 km2. In the 2001 census it had a population of 232 in 105 households. This fell to 215 at the Census 2011, and was estimated at 216 in 2019. For local government, the parish is in the district of North Norfolk.
Heritage
The village's name derives from "Bacon's outlying farm/settlement", Bacon being the surname of the local landowner in Norman times.
The ruins of the 15th-century Baconsthorpe Castle lie about 1 mi to the north of the village.
The medieval Anglican Church of St Mary was restored in 1868 and 1958. It contains monuments from the 15th–18th centuries and some 16th-century glass saved from the castle.
Notable residents
- John Baconthorpe [sic] or Bacon (c. 1290–1347), Carmelite friar and scholastic philosopher, born at Baconsthorpe
- John Heydon or Baxter (died 1479) rose from the yeomanry to become prominent as a lawyer.
- Sir Henry Heydon (died 1504), lawyer, courtier and landowner, died at Baconsthorpe.
- Sir Christopher Heydon (1561–1623), soldier, astrologer, and a county member of Parliament for Norfolk, ran his Norfolk estates from Baconsthorpe Castle.
- Robert Brightiffe (c. 1666–1749), a barrister and a member of Parliament for Norwich and recorder there, was born at his father's house in Baconsthorpe.
References
References
- Ordnance Survey. (2002). "Norfolk Coast East". OS Explorer Map.
- "Civil Parish population 2011".
- [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/north_norfolk/E04006389__baconsthorpe/ City Population. Retrieved 25 January 2021.]
- (2001). "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes". Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council.
- Stuff, Good. "Church of St Mary, Baconsthorpe, Norfolk".
- John Venn, "Brightiffe, Robert", in ''[[Alumni Cantabrigienses]]'' (Part I, from earliest times to 1751, vol. i Abbas–Cutts; Cambridge University Press, 1922)
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