Lingwood
| Lingwood | |
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_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1497687.jpg) Lingwood Village Sign | |
  Lingwood Location within Norfolk | |
| OS grid reference | TG3608 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NORWICH |
| Postcode district | NR13 |
| Dialling code | 01603 |
| UK Parliament | |
Lingwood is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lingwood and Burlingham, in the English county of Norfolk.
Lingwood is located 2.3 miles (3.7 km) south-west of Acle and 8 miles (13 km) east of Norwich.
History
[edit]Lingwood's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for bank wood.[1]
Lingwood is not listed in the Domesday Book.[2]
On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burlingham.[3]
Lingwood Railway Station opened in 1882 on the Great Eastern Railway and remains open as a stop on the Wherry Line for services between Norwich and Great Yarmouth.
St. Peter's Church
[edit]Lingwood's former parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and dates from the Fourteenth Century. St. Peter's is located on Church Road and has been Grade I listed since 1962.[4] The church is open for Sunday service three times a month.[5]
St. Peter's holds a set of royal arms from the reign of King George IV as well as a medieval wall painting of Saint Christopher which was uncovered in 1965.[6]
Governance
[edit]Lingwood is part of the electoral ward of Burlingham 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
[edit]Lingwood's war memorial is a set of stone plaques in St. Peter's Church which lists the following names for the First World War:[7][8]
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieut. | Frederick J. Cole | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 19 Apr. 1917 | Jerusalem Memorial |
| LCpl. | George A. Balls DCM | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 24 Apr. 1917 | Deir al-Balah War Cemetery |
| Pte. | John Etheridge | 7th Bn., Bedfordshire Regiment | 23 Mar. 1918 | Pozières Memorial |
| Pte. | William Stone | 2nd Bn., Manchester Regiment | 29 Aug. 1918 | Daours Cemetery |
| Pte. | Archie H. Hannant | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regiment | 11 Dec. 1917 | Ramleh War Cemetery |
| Pte. | Percy J. Rose | 4th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 5 Dec. 1915 | Helles Memorial |
| Pte. | Albert E. Balls | 8th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 21 Jul. 1916 | Thiepval Memorial |
| Pte. | Willie E. Turner | 9th Bn., Norfolk Regt. | 1 Aug. 1916 | Ypres Reservoir Cemetery |
| Pte. | William R. Alexander | 9th Bn., Sherwood Foresters | 24 Nov. 1916 | Hamel British Cemetery |
The following names were added after the Second World War:
| Rank | Name | Unit | Date of Death | Burial/Commemoration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSgt. | Frederic E. Mingay | No. 36 Squadron RAF (Wellingtons) | 26 Dec. 1944 | St. Peter's Churchyard |
| FSgt. | Stanley C. Cordy | No. 45 Squadron RAF (Blenheims) | 16 May 1941 | Alamein Memorial |
| LAC | Peter G. Asker | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | 6 Jun. 1946 | Kranji War Cemetery |
| Dvr. | Lewis E. Ling | Royal Army Service Corps | 17 Apr. 1945 | Hanover War Cemetery |
| Gnr. | Kenneth R. Ling | 5 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Artillery | 21 Jan. 1944 | Yokohama War Cemetery |
| Pte. | Cecil W. Forder | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | 1 Jun. 1944 | St. Peter's Churchyard |
| Pte. | Clifford R. Nelson | 2nd Bn., Royal Norfolk Regiment | 19 May 1940 | Dunkirk Memorial |
| Pte. | John W. Etheridge | 5th Bn., Royal Norfolks | 1 Jan. 1944 | Chungkai War Cemetery |
| Pte. | William J. Andrews | 6th Bn., Royal Norfolks | 21 Sep. 1944 | Kranji War Memorial |
| StAs. | Frank W. Beckett | HMS Hamilcar | 14 Nov. 1944 | Chatham Naval Memorial |
References
[edit]- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Home | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Relationships and Changes Burlingham CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Lingwood and Burlingham - 1051521 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "St Peter's Lingwood". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Lingwood". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Geograph:: Lakenham to Lyng :: War Memorials in Norfolk". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
External links
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- "Blofield Hundred: Lingwood". British History Online. Retrieved 26 August 2019.