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Great and Little Plumstead
Civil parish in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Great and Little Plumstead is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, consisting of the villages of Great Plumstead, Little Plumstead and Thorpe End.
Plumstead is located 4.2 miles (6.8 km) south of Wroxham and 5.2 miles (8.4 km) east of Norwich.
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History
Plumstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for plum-tree place.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Great & Little Plumstead are listed together as a settlement in the hundred of Blofield.[2]
In the mid-Twentieth Century, a hospital was set up in the grounds of Little Plumstead Hall treating patients with mental health issues. The building was eventually closed after an arson attack.[3]
During the Second World War, a starfish decoy site was built in Plumstead to draw Luftwaffe bombers away from Norwich.[4]
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Plumstead has a population of 125 people which shows a decrease from the 128 people recorded in the 2011 census.[5]
The junction between the A47, between Birmingham and Lowestoft, and the A1270, the Northern Distributor Road, is located in the parish.
The Witton Run also passes through the parish.
St. Mary's Church
Great Plumstead's church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Eighteenth Century. St. Mary's is located within the village on Church Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962.[6] The church still holds Sunday services three times a month.[7]
Many of the medieval features of the church were destroyed in a fire in 1891, with the churchtower being subsequently rebuilt.[8]
St. Protase & St. Gervase Church
Little Plumstead's church is dedicated to Saint Gervase and Saint Protase and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. The church is located within the village on Hospital Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962.[9] The church remains open three times a week for Sunday services.[10]
Amenities
The Walled Garden Community Shop and Cafe is a business set in a Victorian Walled Garden in Little Plumstead. It is run as a community benefit society.[11]
Governance
Great & Little Plumstead are part of the electoral ward of Plumstead for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.
The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
War Memorial
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Great Plumstead War Memorial is a stone wheel-headed cross inside St. Mary's Churchyard which was unveiled in 1920.[12] Little Plumstead War Memorial is also a wheel-headed cross but is located inside St. Protase & Gervase's Churchyard.[13] Combined, the memorials list the following names for the First World War:[14][15][16]
The following men were added to the Little Plumstead Memorial after the Second World War:
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