Elsing
Elsing | |
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St Mary's Church | |
Elsing Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
Population | 229 (2001 census) |
• Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TG051166 |
District |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | DEREHAM |
Postcode district | NR20 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Elsing is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is approximately 5 miles (8 km) miles north-east of the town of East Dereham and 12 miles (19 km) north-west of the city of Norwich.[1] The nearest village is Lyng, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north-east.
The civil parish has an area of 634 hectares and in the 2001 census had a population of 229 in 105 households.[2] For the purposes of local government Elsing falls within the Upper Wensum Ward of Breckland District Council and the Elmham and Mattishall Division of Norfolk County Council.
History[]
Elsing in the Domesday Book is listed as "Helsinga"; this name derives from an Old Scandinavian person name with 'ingas', meaning a "settlement of the family or followers of a man called Elesa".[1] His image is depicted on the village sign together with a hunting hound.
At the Norman conquest, the manor was given to Earl Warren and then passed by inheritance to the Foliot, Hastings and Brown families. [2]
In the medieval era Elsing was a town with a population of over a thousand,[citation needed] and had its own market and guildhall.
Notable buildings[]
St Mary's Church, built in 1347, has the widest pillarless nave in East Anglia.[citation needed] There is a brass commemorating the life of Sir Hugh Hastings, the lord of the manor.[citation needed]
The Hastings family built the moated Elsing Hall in 1470. The hall incorporates a priest hole used during the 16th century to hide Catholic priests from persecution.[citation needed]
Other historic landmarks include the gardens at Elsing Hall, the Guildhall, the Rectory, The Mermaid Inn public house (c.1540), and Elsing Mill on the River Wensum.[citation needed]
BBC reporter Bob Simpson (1944 – 2006) lived in the village and is buried in the churchyard.[3]
References[]
- ^ Mills, Anthony David (2003); A Dictionary of British Place Names, p.175, Oxford University Press, revised edition (2011). ISBN 019960908X
- ^ "Eynford Hundred: Elsing Pages 201-203 An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1808". British History Online. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "SIMPSON". Telegraph. 2006.
- ^ Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 238 - East Dereham & Aylsham. ISBN 0-319-21869-4.
- ^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
External links[]
- Media related to Elsing at Wikimedia Commons
- Elsing Mill
- Villages in Norfolk
- Civil parishes in Norfolk
- Breckland District
- Norfolk geography stubs