Carleton Rode

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Carleton Rode
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All Saints, Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode is located in Norfolk
Carleton Rode
Carleton Rode
Location within Norfolk
Area10.91 km2 (4.21 sq mi)
Population785 (2011)[1]
• Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM114926
Civil parish
  • Carleton Rode
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR16
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°29′24″N 1°06′49″E / 52.489993°N 1.113567°E / 52.489993; 1.113567Coordinates: 52°29′24″N 1°06′49″E / 52.489993°N 1.113567°E / 52.489993; 1.113567

Carleton Rode is a village (2011 population 785) in Norfolk, England, situated approximately five miles south-east of Attleborough. The village is extremely rural and is spread out over 10.91 square kilometres (4.21 sq mi).[1]

Carleton Rode Voluntary Aided Primary School is, according to a proclamation inside the school, the oldest non-fee paying school in Norfolk.

History[]

The villages name means 'Free peasants' farm/settlement'. The village was held by the de Rode family.

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday book where it is mentioned amongst the lands given to Roger Bigod [2] by the King. The manor given to Roger[3] included 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land and two churches. It has some of the oldest buildings in the whole part of England making it a treasure. From 1808 to 1814 Carleton Rode hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in the port of Great Yarmouth. In the Bishop's Transcripts for the Archdeaconry of Norfolk for 1777 the curate John Buxton records; 'In the parish of Carleton we find 416 persons above 16 years of age. 327 Church of England supporting children and servants to profess the same religion with their parents and masters. 71 Anabaptists; 16 Methodists and 2 Quakers.'

Between 2007 and 2011 archaeological test pits were dug.[2] The report was published in 2018.[3]

Sport[]

Carleton Rode is also home to the GP2 team iSport.

References[]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Carleton Rode". www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Carleton Rode" (PDF). www.access.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  1. ^ Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 1111 ISBN 0-14-143994-7
  2. ^ Roger Bigod held a number of manors including a massive number in Suffolk and here in Norfolk given to him by the King. These included obviously Swardeston, but also included Swainsthorpe, Ketteringham and Colney
  3. ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."
  4. ^ "Carleton Rode parish information". South Norfolk Council. 4 January 2006. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

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