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Great and Little Plumstead

Coordinates: 52°38′56″N 1°24′46″E / 52.64898°N 1.41277°E / 52.64898; 1.41277
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Great and Little Plumstead
Little Plumstead St Protase and St Gervase
Great and Little Plumstead is located in Norfolk
Great and Little Plumstead
Great and Little Plumstead
Location within Norfolk
Area2.00 sq mi (5.2 km2)
Population125 (2021 census)
• Density63/sq mi (24/km2)
OS grid referenceTG309111
Civil parish
  • Great and Little Plumstead
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR13
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°38′56″N 1°24′46″E / 52.64898°N 1.41277°E / 52.64898; 1.41277

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.

History

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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]

Geography

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
Lt. Anthony J. Bavin HMS Mary Rose 17 Oct. 1917 Chatham Naval Memorial
Lt. Nigel B. Bavin 3rd Bn., Essex Regiment 23 May 1915 New Irish Farm Cemetery
ASn. Walter Henry HMS Cressy 22 Sep. 1914 Chatham Naval Memorial
LCpl. William C. Parish 7th Bn., Border Regiment 12 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Gnr. Frank Burdett 248th Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery 12 Oct. 1917 Birr Crossroads Cemetery
Pte. Arthur P. George 6th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment 22 May 1917 Tank Cemetery
Pte. Richard High 7th Bn., Border Regiment 4 Jul. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Bertie V. Webb 7th Bn., Border Regt. 19 Feb. 1916 Lijssenthoek Cemetery
Pte. Walter T. Powley 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards 26 Oct. 1914 Menin Gate
Pte. Robert L. Bird 53rd Bn., Royal Fusiliers 17 Apr. 1919 Little Plumstead Churchyard
Pte. Charles Wright 1st Bn., Norfolk Regiment 27 Jul. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Robert Colk 1st Bn., Norfolk Regt. 24 Apr. 1915 Blauwepoort Farm Cemetery
Pte. Bertie E. Simmons 1st Bn., Norfolk Regt. 10 Oct. 1917 Tyne Cot
Pte. Stephen F. Drewery 2nd Bn., Norfolk Regt. 19 May 1915 Basra War Cemetery
Pte. Louis Gunton 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. 15 Sep. 1916 Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Arthur F. Brister 7th Bn., Northamptonshire Regt. 20 Jun. 1918 Bully-Grenay Cemetery
Pte. Arthur R. Colk 1st Bn., Queen's Royal Regiment 9 May 1918 Little Plumstead Churchyard
Pte. M. Harry Rushbrook 15th Bn., Suffolk Regiment 17 Sep. 1918 Bronfay Farm Cemetery
Pte. Frank D. Edwards 2/5th Bn., Yorkshire Regiment 25 Oct. 1918 Norwich Cemetery
Rfn. Alfred J. Simmons 2nd Bn., Rifle Brigade 25 Apr. 1918 Pozières Memorial
Spr. Andrew Andrews Royal Engineers 19 Nov. 1918 Little Plumstead Churchyard
Spr. John Stanford 111th Coy., R.E. 21 Oct. 1914 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Tel. Jack F. Powley HMS Vanguard 9 Jul. 1917 Plymouth Naval Memorial

The following men were added to the Little Plumstead Memorial after the Second World War:

Rank Name Unit Date of Death Burial/Commemoration
Sgt. William G. Gunton Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 13 Jan. 1945 Runnymede Memorial
Pte. Ronald W. Everson 4th Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment 12 Feb. 1944 Yokohama War Cemetery

References

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  1. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. ^ "[Great and Little] Plumstead | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. ^ "The Abandoned Little Plumstead Hospital in Norwich". Abandoned Yorkshire Explores. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  4. ^ "mnf11783 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer". www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Plumstead (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ^ Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, Great and Little Plumstead (1152889)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Great Plumstead: St Mary". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Great Plumstead". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Gervase and St. Protase, Great and Little Plumstead (1051528)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Little Plumstead: St Gervase & St Protase". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  11. ^ Cafe, The Walled Garden Community Shop &. "The vision, management committee and other information". The Walled Garden Community Shop & Cafe. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Great Plumstead War Memorial, Great and Little Plumstead (1446443)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Little Plumstead War Memorial, Great and Little Plumstead (1451404)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Great Plumstead". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Geograph:: Garboldisham to Gunton :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Little Plumstead". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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