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Carleton Rode
Village and civil parish in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carleton Rode is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
Carleton Rode is located 3.9 miles (6.3 km) south-east of Attleborough and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Norwich.
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History
Carleton Rode's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free peasants belonging to the de Rode family.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Carleton Rode is recorded as a settlement of 43 households in the hundred of Depwade. The village was divided between the estates of King William I, Alan of Brittany, William de Warenne, Roger Bigod and Eudo, son of Spirewic.[2]
Carleton Rode was the site of a semaphore telegraph station which connected the Admiralty in London to the fleet in Great Yarmouth.[3]
In 1960, an Orlit Post was constructed for the Royal Observer Corps which remained in use until 1968, when it was abandoned.[4] Apparently, renovation work began on the site in 2013.[citation needed]
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Carleton Rode has a population of 837 people which shows an increase from the 785 people recorded in the 2011 census.[5]
Carleton Rode Primary School is a Church of England school located within the village.[6] The school received a 'Requires Improvement' rating from Ofsted in 2022.[7]
All Saints' Church
Carleton Rode's parish church dates to the Thirteenth Century and has been Grade I listed since 1959.[8] The churchtower was partially rebuilt in the mid-Nineteenth Century after it collapsed and also boasts a detailed rood screen depicting twelve saints.[9]
Sport
The GP2 Series racing team, iSport International has its factory and headquarters in Carleton Rode.[citation needed]
Governance
Carleton Rode is part of the electoral ward of Bunwell for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is Waveney Valley which has been represented by the Green Party's Adrian Ramsay MP since 2024.
War Memorial
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Carleton Rode's war memorial is located within All Saints' Churchyard. It was erected at the cost of £100 in 1920 after the fundraising effort of Mr. W. H. Brown and was built by F. W. Youngs of Attleborough. The memorial was unveiled by Major Cantley and was dedicated by the Archdeacon of Norfolk, G. M. McDermott.[10] The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[11][12]
And Arthur Skinner for the Second World War.
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