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Irstead
Village in Norfolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Irstead is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Barton Turf, in the English county of Norfolk.
Irstead is located 6.3 miles (10.1 km) north of Acle and 11 miles (18 km) north-east of Norwich, along the River Ant.
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History
Irstead's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for mud place.[1]
Irstead is not listed in the Domesday Book.[2]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Barton Turf.[3]
Geography
In 1931 the parish had a population of 113,[4] this was the last time that separate population statistics were collected for Irstead as in 1935 the parish was merged.
St. Michael's Church
Irstead's church is dedicated to Saint Michael and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Michael's is located on Irstead Road and has been Grade II listed since 1955.[5] The church is open sporadically for Sunday service.[6]
St. Michael's features a carved font and a painted rood screen, which are both medieval survivals. The church also holds a wall painting of Saint Christopher and a stone memorial dating from 1811 to Midshipman Charles Hornor who died aboard the Rose off the coast of Madras.[7]
Governance
Irstead is part of the electoral ward of Hoveton & Tunstead 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
Irstead's war memorials are two marble plaques inside St. Michael's Church which list the following names for the First World War:[8]
The following names were added after the Second World War:
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