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Baconsthorpe

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OS grid reference
  
TG120370

Region
  
East

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Monday 10:06 PM

District
  
North Norfolk

Civil parish
  
Baconsthorpe CP

Country
  
England

Area
  
5.53 km²

Shire county
  
Norfolk

Dialling code
  
01263

Baconsthorpe

Population
  
215 (parish, 2011 census)

Weather
  
3°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 91% Humidity

Baconsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is 6 km south-east of Holt, 8 km south of Sheringham and 32 km north of Norwich.

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Map of Baconsthorpe, UK

The civil parish has an area of 5.53 km² and in the 2001 census had a population of 232 in 105 households, the population reducing to 215 at the Census 2011. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North Norfolk.

The ruins of the 15th-century Baconsthorpe Castle lie about one mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village. The medieval Anglican church of St Mary was restored in 1868 and 1958. It contains interesting monuments from the 15th–18th centuries and some 16th-century glass saved from the castle.

Notable residents

  • John Baconthorpe or Bacon (c. 1290–1347), Carmelite monk and scholastic philosopher, born at Baconsthorpe
  • John Heydon or Baxter (d. 1479) rose from the yeomanry to become a prominent lawyer.
  • Sir Henry Heydon (d. 1504), lawyer, courtier and landowner, died at Baconsthorpe.
  • Sir Christopher Heydon (1561–1623), soldier, member of Parliament and astrologer, ran his Norfolk estates from Baconsthorpe Castle.
  • Robert Brightiffe (c. 1666–1749), barrister, member of Parliament and recorder of Norwich

    • References

    Baconsthorpe Wikipedia
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