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Fulmodeston
Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fulmodeston is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district, in the English county of Norfolk.
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Fulmodeston is located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Fakenham and 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Norwich, along the course of River Stiffkey. Fulmodeston parish also includes the small villages of Barney.
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History
Fulmodeston's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from the Old English and Old Norse for either Fulcmod's and Krok's settlement or village.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Fulmodeston is listed as a settlement of 29 households in the hundred of Gallow. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne.[2]
During the Second World War, Fulmodeston was the site of a Starfish site, complete with dummy Bristol Blenheims and flare paths, to draw Luftwaffe attention away from RAF West Raynham.[3]
The parish of "Fulmodeston" was formed on 1 April 1935 from Fulmodeston cum Croxton, Barney and Thursford parishes, on 1 April 1954 Thursford became a separate parish again.[4]
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Fulmodeston has a population of 424 people which shows a decrease from the 442 people recorded in the 2011 census.[5]
Fulmodeston is located along the course of the River Stiffkey.
St. Mary's Church
Fulmodeston's parish holds the ruins of St. Mary's Church which was built in the Fifteenth Century and abandoned in the Nineteenth Century.[6][7]
Christ Church
Fulmodeston's parish church was built in 1882 by William Basset Smith to replace the ruined St. Mary's Church. Christ Church is located on Croxton Road and has been Grade II listed since 1984.[8]
The church holds a Norman-style font[9] and holds Sunday services on a twice-monthly basis.[10]
Governance
Fulmodeston is part of the electoral ward of Stibbard for local elections and is part of the district of North Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is North Norfolk, which has been represented by the Liberal Democrat Steff Aquarone MP since 2024.
War memorial
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Fulmodeston's war memorial is a wooden plaque listing the deceased, injured and survivors from the parish. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:[11]
There is no memorial for the Second World War, however, the following casualty listed Fulmodeston as his place of residence:
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