Worstead
Worstead | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | NORTH WALSHAM | |
Postcode district | NR28 | |
Dialling code | 01692 | |
Police | Norfolk | |
Fire | Norfolk | |
Ambulance | East of England | |
UK Parliament | ||
Worstead
The civil parish has an area of 10.65 km2. In the
The hamlets of Bengate, Briggate, Lyngate, and Meeting Hill[5] are located in the northeast of the parish, and Withergate just to the north of the village. Another recognisable settlement is along Station Road in the southwest of the parish, where houses and a food factory (since 2015 operated by Albert Bartlett)[6] are. The North Walsham & Dilham Canal runs along the northeast parish boundary at Briggate.
History
The village's name means "enclosure place".[7]
In the
The village became very prosperous from the 12th century when
The village is covered by a conservation area.[10]
Amenities
As of 2020 the village has a primary school (Worstead Church of England Primary School),[12] a village hall (the Queen Elizabeth Hall)[13] and adjacent recreation ground,[14] a pub with guest accommodation (The White Lady — formerly the New Inn),[15] a Church of England parish church (St Mary the Virgin),[16] and on Thursdays, mobile post office and fish and chips vans set up on the Church Plain.
There is an annual festival which was first held in 1966.[17][18]
Governance
The parish has a
An electoral ward in the same name exists, for the purpose of electing a councillor to North Norfolk District Council (one of 40). The current councillor is Saul Penfold,[20] with the most recent election in 2019.
Before boundary changes in 2019, this ward stretched north to Suffield. The (pre-2019) ward had a population of 2,384 in 2011.[21] Since 2019 the ward comprises the parishes of Worstead, Westwick, Scottow, Swanton Abbott, and Skeyton.[22]
References
- ISBN 0-319-21888-0.
- ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ full name is Meeting House Hill; Norfolk Heritage Explorer site of Baptist Chapel, Meeting House Hill
- ^ Albert Bartlett
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ Norfolk Heritage Explorer Parish summary
- ^ Worstead village history. Retrieved 15 December 2005.
- ^ North Norfolk District Council Worstead Conservation Area (2012)
- ^ Historic England St Mary, Worstead
- ^ Worstead Church of England Primary School
- ^ Queen Elizabeth Hall
- ^ Worstead Parish Council Services and Amenities
- ^ WhatPub White Lady, Worstead
- ^ A Church Near You Worstead: St Mary
- ^ Worstead Festival
- ^ Johnson, Sabrina (19 March 2021). "Worstead Festival cancelled for second year running". Eastern Daily Press. Archant Community Media. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Worstead Parish Council The Council
- ^ North Norfolk District Council Your Councillors
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ North Norfolk District Council Ward boundaries 2019
External links
- Information from Genuki Norfolk on Worstead
- Parish Council