Costessey
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Costessey | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | NORWICH | |
Postcode district | NR5, NR8 | |
Dialling code | 01603 | |
Police | Norfolk | |
Fire | Norfolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Costessey (/ˌkɒsi/ ⓘ KOSS-ee) is a town and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England, and is 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Norwich. The civil parish forms part of the Norwich Urban Area.
History
Costessey lies in the valleys of the rivers Wensum and Tud. Archaeological records indicate that there was a strong farming community on this site during the late Bronze Age and Roman times. Anglo-Saxon settlers established a community at some point after 600 AD, and it is generally believed that the name Costessey, meaning Kost's Island, dates from this time. Furthermore, records from 1648 recount that Oliver Cromwell referred to the village and estate as Cossey, indicating that the current pronunciation of the name has long existed. There is also evidence to suggest that the spelling was changed from Cossey to Costessey in the 19th century.
Costessey features in the legend of St
Manor of Costessey
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village of Costesela appears in the hundred of Forehoe,[1] with mention of a mill, and of a manor with over of estate across Norfolk, including the only listed hunting park in Norfolk. This formerly belonged to Earl Gyrth Godwinson but was awarded by William the Conqueror to his Breton relative, Count Alan Rufus. Here began a 500-year period in which ownership of the manor passed through a variety of families, regularly being reverted to the Crown and reallocated.
In 1546,
In 1827, Sir George William Jerningham,
Late 19th century map
Costessey since 1913
The final owner of the empty but intact Costessy Hall building was the War Office, who commandeered the Hall from 1914–18 for the training of infantry, cavalry and artillery troops to serve in World War I. Soon after war ended, Costessey Park was divided into small plots sold cheaply to working-class residents of Norwich, who erected makeshift wooden houses or brought disused railway carriages as their dwellings. The well-trodden paths amongst these plots became the basis of a street network, and the ramshackle homes gave way to brick buildings during the 1930s – 1950s, to become New Costessey. The street names of Jerningham Road and Stafford Avenue honour the local associations with the aristocratic family.
The structure of Costessey Hall was gradually weathered, plundered by builders, and carefully demolished over a period of several decades. During training for World War II, one of the towers was struck by a fully armed Blenheim Bomber from a nearby airfield, causing the death of the unfortunate pilot but inflicting remarkably little damage upon the tower. Today, all that remains of the building is the belfry tower, now ivy-clad, and a small adjoining block, which stand prominently in what is now Costessey Park Golf Course. Costessey village sign depicts the hall in its former splendour. Plans for the hall to be part of a new complex for an architecture business are only in their early stages.
Amenities
Services
There are four pubs (The Bush, The Harte, The Crown and The Copper Beech, which was built in 2011 near Longwater Retail Park); a fifth (The Roundwell), was on the former edge of Costessey Park. It was demolished in 2010.
A new NHS doctors' clinic, the Roundwell Medical Centre, was recently built thereon replacing the old.[2]
Since early summer 2010 the Costessey Centre, a new community centre, stands by Longwater Lane recreation grounds.
The parish contains out-of-town superstores by a
Norfolk Showground is on the western parish border with Easton.
Footpaths and nature
Marriott's Way footpath follows the route of the dismantled Norwich-to-Reepham railway across the north of the parish. Pockets of old woodland remain at East Hills and Gunton Lane, the latter named after the prominent Gunton family of Costessey.
Education
There are now four schools in Costessey. Catering for the ages 4 to 11 are Costessey Primary School, Queen's Hill Primary School, and in Old Costessey, St Augustine's Roman Catholic Primary Schools.
Ormiston Victory Academy is for pupils from the ages of 11 to 18. It replaced Costessey High School in 2010. The academy, under Dame Rachel de Souza, was rated Outstanding by Ofsted.[4]
See also
- List of names in English with counterintuitive pronunciations
- Stafford knot – the family emblem, which is incorporated into the design of the Staffordshire arms.
References
- ^ Open Domesday: Costessey. Accessed 2 January 2021.
- ^ NHS Roundwell Medical Centre
- ^ "N&NU Hospital - Park & Ride".
- ^ Downes, Steve (6 January 2011). "£15m boost for Ormiston Victory Academy, Costessey". Eveningnews24.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
Sources
- Gage, Ernest G. (1991). Costessey Hall: A Retrospect of the Jernegans, Jerninghams and Stafford Jerninghams of Costessey Hall, Norfolk. Colin House, Norwich. ISBN 0-9517494-0-4.
- Gage, Ernest G. (2003). Costessey: A Look Into The Past. Brian Gage, Norwich. ISBN 0-9542113-0-8.
- "The Hundred of Forehoe: Cossey".http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol2/pp406-419. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Costessey". People and events through the centuries (Part I: To mid sixteenth-century). Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2005.
- "British Survey". All About New Costessey. Archived from the original on 14 June 2005. Retrieved 7 July 2005.
- "Norfolk County Council Planning & Transportation" (PDF). Demographic Information Note. Retrieved 7 July 2005. [dead link]
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved on 2 December 2005.
- "£15m cash injection for Costessey school". Evening News report on Costessey cash injection. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
External links
- Map sources for Costessey
- Lost Heritage: Costessey Hall – history and photos of Costessey Hall on the Lost Heritage website
- Costessey Town Council
- Costessey.net – Costessey Community Website
- Costessey Junior School
- Ormiston Victory Academy, Costessey
- St Augustine's RC Primary School
- 27th Norwich Scout Group (New Costessey)
- 16th Norwich Sea Scouts (Old Costessey)