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Kettlestone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish also includes the hamlet of Pensthorpe.
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Kettlestone is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Fakenham and 22 miles (35 km) north-west of Norwich.
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History
Kelling's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Ketil's settlement.[1]
In the Domesday Book, Kettlestone is listed as a settlement of 4 households in the hundred of Gallow. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne.[2]
In 1958, an observation post for the Royal Observer Corps was built in the parish which closed ten years later.[3]
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Geography
According to the 2021 census, Kettlestone has a population of 193 people which shows a decrease from the 197 people recorded in the 2011 census.[4]
Pensthorpe Natural Park is located in the civil parish, along the River Wensum.
All Saints' Church
Kettlestone's parish church dates from the Nineteenth Century and was built by Frederick Preedy. All Saints' is located on 'The Street' and has been Grade II listed since 1959.[5] The church is no longer open for Sunday service and is part of the Way-Maker Benefice.[6]
All Saints' holds numerous memorials from the Eighteenth Century.[7]
Governance
Kettlestone 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 Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.
War Memorial
Kettlestone War Memorial is a latin-cross memorial in All Saints' Churchyard which lists the following names for the First World War:[8][9]
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References
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