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Haddiscoe
Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haddiscoe is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of the English county of Norfolk. The parish also includes the small hamlet of Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe.
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Haddiscoe is located 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Lowestoft and 16 miles (26 km) south-east of Norwich.
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History
Great Melton's name is of Viking origin and derives from the Old Norse for Haddr's wood.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Haddiscoe is listed as a settlement of 70 households in the hundred of Clavering. In 1086, the village was divided between the estates of King William I, Roger Bigod, Ralph Baynard and Robert, son of Corbucion.[2]
The only preceptory of the Knights Templar in Norfolk stood in the parish from 1218 to 1312, though the precise site of the building is unknown.[3]
In 1827, the Haddiscoe Cut was dug through the parish to provide a more navigable water route from the River Yare to the North Sea.[4]
Haddiscoe Railway Station opened in 1904 and still operates as a stop on the Lowestoft section of the Wherry Line. The station was preceded by an older Haddiscoe Railway Station which sat on the Norfolk Railway between 1847 and 1904.
Norfolk's only remaining First World War pillbox stands in the village.[5]
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Haddiscoe has a total population of 459 people which demonstrates a decrease from the 487 people listed in the 2011 census.[6]
Haddiscoe is located at the junction of the A143, between Gorleston-on-Sea and Haverhill, and the B1136, from Hales.
St. Mary's Church
Haddiscoe's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and is one of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. St. Mary's is located on Church Lane and has been Grade I listed since 1960.[7] The church holds Sunday services once a month and is part of the Waveney Marshlands Benefice.[8]
St. Mary's also features medieval carved stonework and stained-glass windows.[9]
St. Matthias' Church
Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe's church is dedicated to Saint Matthias and is another of Norfolk's 124 remaining round-tower churches. St. Matthias' is located on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1960.[10] The church holds bimonthly Sunday services and is part of the Waveney Marshlands Benefice.[11][12]
Notable Residents
- Sir John Arnesby Brown- (1866-1955) Notts County footballer and landscape gardener, lived and died in Haddiscoe.
Governance
Haddiscoe is part of the electoral ward of Thurlton for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.
The village's national constituency is South Norfolk which has been represented by the Labour's Ben Goldsborough MP since 2024.
War Memorial
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Haddiscoe War Memorial is a stone cross patee in St. Mary's Churchyard which lists the following names for the First World War:[13][14]
The following names were added after the Second World War:
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