Brockdish

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Brockdish
St.Peter And St.Paul Brockdish - geograph.org.uk - 295413.jpg
St.Peter and St.Paul's Church, Brockdish
Brockdish is located in Norfolk
Brockdish
Brockdish
Location within Norfolk
Area9.15 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population681 
• Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM224794
Civil parish
  • Brockdish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDISS
Postcode districtIP21
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
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UK
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52°22′12″N 1°14′49″E / 52.370°N 1.247°E / 52.370; 1.247Coordinates: 52°22′12″N 1°14′49″E / 52.370°N 1.247°E / 52.370; 1.247

Brockdish is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. It is 3.53 square miles (910 ha) in size.[1] According to the 2001 census the parish (including Thorpe Abbotts) had a population of 605 in 265 households, the population increasing at the 2011 Census to 681.[2] The village is situated on the River Waveney (south of which is Suffolk), and is about 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Harleston. Like many villages Brockdish has suffered some demise in local business as people work further afield and the bypassing of the village in 1996. The village's second pub (the Greyhound) shut in 2000 leaving one popular pub in the shape of the Old King's Head; the village hall; village school although rated outstanding by Ofsted[3] closed in July 2016 due to low pupil numbers. The school is now being given a new lease of life as the Waveney Heritage Centre[4] by the Waveney Heritage Community Interest Company; stalls selling fresh eggs, vegetables, plants and a small antiques shop.

The name Brockdish derives from the Old English for "Brook enclosure".[5]

Brockdish is the highest point on the River Waveney from which canoes and kayaks can access the water, the entry point being at the foot of the common.

Notable people[]

  • Clementia Taylor (née Doughty; 1810–1908), Activist for women's rights and radical was born in Brockdish, the daughter of farmer John Doughty and his wife Mary.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brockdish parish data". Archived from the original on 22 November 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". 6 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Waveney Heritage Centre". Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  6. ^ "Clementia Taylor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/45468. Retrieved 22 December 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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