Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall

RegionCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNORWICHPostcode districtNR16Dialling code01508PoliceNorfolkFireNorfolkAmbulanceEast of England 52°31′56″N 1°10′17″E / 52.53222°N 1.17129°E / 52.53222; 1.17129

Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 6 km south-east of Wymondham and 20 km south-west of Norwich. The parish includes the villages of Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, which lie about 1 km apart, although rather farther by road.^[1]

The civil parish has an area of 9.74 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 756 in 301 households, the population falling to 750 at the 2011 Census.^[1] For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. Fundenhall was a separate parish until it was annexed by Ashwellthorpe in 1935. The combined parish was known as Ashwellthorpe until 2003, when it adopted its current name.^[2][3][4]

Railway

Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed in 1939.^{[citation needed]}

War memorial

Ashwellthorpe War Memorial lies in All Saint's Churchyard and holds the following names from the First World War:

• Rifleman P. W. Bateman (d.1918), King's Royal Rifle Corps
• Rifleman Leonard M. Bateman (d.1917), 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
• Private Albert G. Grimmer (1894–1917), 163rd Company, Machine Gun Corps
• Private Edgar J. Goose (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private Frederick L. Tubby (1885–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Private E. E. Squires (d.1918), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
• Private W. R. Squires (1884–1918), 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
• H. G. Bateman
• W. J. George
• A. J. Hunt

It also holds the following names from the Second World War:

• Private Eric F. Browne (1920–1943), 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
• Sergeant Ernest T. Goodrum (1922–1944), No. 37 Squadron RAF

References

• ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. ISBN 0-319-21868-6.
• ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
• ^ Visions of Britain. Fundenhall CP/AP Norfolk through time. Retrieved 4 November 2005.
• ^ Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004). Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas and Names in England. Retrieved 6 December 2005.

External links

Ashwellthorpe

• Map sources for Ashwellthorpe.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Ashwellthorpe.

Fundenhall

• Map sources for Fundenhall.
• Information from Genuki Norfolk on Fundenhall.

Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall

• Community website for Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall Local information on Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall.