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'''Emneth''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Norfolk]]. The village is located {{convert|2.9|mi}} north-west of [[Wisbech]], {{convert|12|mi}} south-west of [[King's Lynn]] and {{convert|46|mi}} west of [[Norwich]], close to the course of the [[River Nene]].
'''Emneth''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Norfolk]]. The village is located {{convert|2.9|mi}} south-east of [[Wisbech]], {{convert|12|mi}} south-west of [[King's Lynn]] and {{convert|46|mi}} west of [[Norwich]], close to the course of the [[River Nene]].


==History==
==History==
Emneth's name is of [[Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for Eana's meeting place or meadow.<ref> University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Emneth </ref>
Emneth's name is of [[Anglo-Saxon]] origin and derives from the [[Old English]] for Eana's meeting place or meadow.<ref> University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Emneth </ref>


Emneth is note featured in the [[Domesday Book]]<ref> Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/map/ </ref>, likely because in the late-Eleventh Century this area of [[Norfolk]] was still flooded.
Emneth is not featured in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086,<ref> Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/map/ </ref> probably because in the late-Eleventh Century this area of [[Norfolk]] was still flooded.


Emneth was the site of Hagbeach Hall, a Medieval manor house demolished in 1887.<ref> Dennis, M. (2005). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF254-Emneth-(Parish-Summary) </ref>
Emneth was the site of Hagbeach Hall, a medieval manor house demolished in 1887.<ref> Dennis, M. (2005). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF254-Emneth-(Parish-Summary) </ref>


==Geography==
==Geography==
According to the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 Census]], Emneth has a population of 2,617 residents living in 1,150 households. Furthermore, the total area of the parish is {{convert|11.77|km2}}.<ref> Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006309 </ref>
According to the [[2011 United Kingdom census|2011 Census]], Emneth has a population of 2,617 residents living in 1,150 households. Furthermore, the total area of the parish is {{convert|11.77|km2}}.<ref> Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006309 </ref>


Emneth falls within the [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|constituency]] of [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] and is represented at [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] by [[Liz Truss|Liz Truss MP]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]].
Emneth falls within the [[Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom|constituency]] of [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[King's Lynn and West Norfolk]].


The boundaries of the parish also includes the hamlets of Emneth Hungate and Holly End.
The boundaries of the parish also includes the hamlets of Emneth Hungate and Holly End.


==St. Edmund's Church==
==St Edmund's Church==
Emneth's parish church is dedicated to [[Edmund the Martyr|Saint Edmund]] and dates from the Fifteenth Century on the site of earlier Christian worship, the church is a good example of the architecture of the [[Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular style]]. St. Edmund's has good examples of Eighteenth Century stained-glass installed by [[Clayton and Bell]] and [[William Wailes]]. One of the stained-glass roundels in the church depicts [[Thomas the Tank Engine]], in commemoration of [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. V. Awdry]] who served as Vicar of Emneth from 1953 to 1965.<ref> Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/emneth/emneth.htm </ref> St. Edmund's also has a good example of [[Bell-cot]] with six bells and Angels and the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] carved into the tiebeams and hammerbeans.
Emneth's parish church is dedicated to [[Edmund the Martyr|Saint Edmund]] and dates from the Fifteenth Century. Built on the site of earlier Christian worship, the church is a good example of the architecture of the [[Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular style]]. St Edmund's has good examples of Eighteenth-Century stained glass installed by [[Clayton and Bell]] and [[William Wailes]]. One of the stained-glass roundels in the church depicts [[Thomas the Tank Engine]], in commemoration of its creator, [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. V. Awdry]], who served as Vicar of Emneth from 1953 to 1965.<ref> Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/emneth/emneth.htm </ref> St Edmund's also has a good example of a [[Bell-cot|bell-cote]] with six bells, and Angels and the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] carved into the [[Tie (engineering)|tie-beam]]s and [[hammerbeam]]s.


==Transport==
==Transport==
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Emneth is bisected by the [[A47 road|A47]] between [[Birmingham]] and [[Lowestoft]] and the nearest airport is [[Cambridge International Airport]].
Emneth is bisected by the [[A47 road|A47]] between [[Birmingham]] and [[Lowestoft]] and the nearest airport is [[Cambridge International Airport]].


==Notable Residents==
==Notable residents==
* [[Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet]] (1779-1854)- English politician{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
* [[Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet]] (1779–1854)- English politician{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
* [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. V. Awdry]] (1911-1997)- English clergyman and children's author
* [[Wilbert Awdry|Rev. W. V. Awdry]] (1911–1997)- English clergyman and children's author
* [[Tony Martin (farmer)|Tony Martin]] (b.1944)- English farmer
* [[Tony Martin (farmer)|Tony Martin]] (born 1944)- English farmer


==War Memorial==
==War memorial==
Emneth's war memorial takes the form of a stone column topped with a small [[Celtic cross]] located inside St. Edmund's Churchyard. The memorial lists the following names for the [[First World War]]:
Emneth's war memorial takes the form of a stone column topped with a small [[Celtic cross]] located inside St. Edmund's Churchyard. The memorial lists the following names for the [[First World War]]:
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* Capt. John A. Markham (1887-1915), 1st Battalion, [[East Yorkshire Regiment]]
* Capt. John A. Markham (1887–1915), 1st Battalion, [[East Yorkshire Regiment]]
* 2nd-Lt. Leonard W. Brooks (1885-1917), [[No. 2 Squadron RAF|No. 2 Squadron RFC]]
* 2nd-Lt. Leonard W. Brooks (1885–1917), [[No. 2 Squadron RAF|No. 2 Squadron RFC]]
* Sgt. John H. Claxton (d.1915), 1st Battalion, [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
* Sgt. John H. Claxton (d.1915), 1st Battalion, [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
* Sgt. Frederick Neal (1883-1915), 1st Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]]
* Sgt. Frederick Neal (1883–1915), 1st Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]]
* Sgt. Frederick Day (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Sgt. Frederick Day (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Cpl. Robert Lines (d.1916), [[Royal Field Artillery]] att. [[11th (Northern) Division]]
* Cpl. Robert Lines (d.1916), [[Royal Field Artillery]] att. [[11th (Northern) Division]]
* L-Cpl. Archibald B. Crofts (1890-1916), 2nd Battalion, [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]]
* L-Cpl. Archibald B. Crofts (1890–1916), 2nd Battalion, [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]]
* L-Cpl. Ernest A. Edwards (1891-1917), 2/4th Battalion, [[Lincolnshire Regiment]]
* L-Cpl. Ernest A. Edwards (1891–1917), 2/4th Battalion, [[Lincolnshire Regiment]]
* L-Cpl. Reginald V. Green (1897-1918), 1st Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]]
* L-Cpl. Reginald V. Green (1897–1918), 1st Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]]
* Dvr. John Chase (d.1918), 72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
* Dvr. John Chase (d.1918), 72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
* Pte. George Laws (1892-1918), 1st Battalion, [[Bedfordshire Regiment]]
* Pte. George Laws (1892–1918), 1st Battalion, [[Bedfordshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Len Brown (d.1917), 1/1st Battalion, [[Cambridgeshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Len Brown (d.1917), 1/1st Battalion, [[Cambridgeshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Oliver Hunter (1898-1918), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
* Pte. Oliver Hunter (1898–1918), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
* Pte. Arthur Roper (1895-1915), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
* Pte. Arthur Roper (1895–1915), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
* Pte. George W. Hurst (1900-1919), 8th Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]]
* Pte. George W. Hurst (1900–1919), 8th Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]]
* Pte. Harry Glover (d.1916), 4th Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]]
* Pte. Harry Glover (d.1916), 4th Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]]
* Pte. Stanley H. C. Long (1895-1917), 2nd Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Stanley H. C. Long (1895–1917), 2nd Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Thomas Sharp (1888-1918), Agricultural Company, [[Labour Corps (British Army)|Labour Corps]]
* Pte. Thomas Sharp (1888–1918), Agricultural Company, [[Labour Corps (British Army)|Labour Corps]]
* Pte. Samuel F. Balderson (1895-1916), 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
* Pte. Samuel F. Balderson (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
* Pte. Frank Moyses (d.1918), 3rd Company, [[Machine Gun Corps]]
* Pte. Frank Moyses (d.1918), 3rd Company, [[Machine Gun Corps]]
* Pte. Samuel Stokes (1895-1917), 25th Company, Machine Gun Corps
* Pte. Samuel Stokes (1895–1917), 25th Company, Machine Gun Corps
* Pte. Charles W. Brewington (1896-1917), 16th (Public Schools) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
* Pte. Charles W. Brewington (1896–1917), 16th (Public Schools) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
* Pte. William Hanslip (1881-1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Pte. William Hanslip (1881–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Pte. Sydney E. Killingsworth (d.1918), 2nd Battalion, [[Northamptonshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Sydney E. Killingsworth (d.1918), 2nd Battalion, [[Northamptonshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Arthur Hurst (1893-1918), 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
* Pte. Arthur Hurst (1893–1918), 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
* Pte. William B. Smith [[Military Medal|MM]] (1899-1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Pte. William B. Smith [[Military Medal|MM]] (1899–1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Pte. William Jackson (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
* Pte. William Jackson (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
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And, the following for the [[Second World War]]:
And, the following for the [[Second World War]]:
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* Cpt. Harold M. R. Norton (1922-1945), [[Glider Pilot Regiment]]
* Cpt. Harold M. R. Norton (1922–1945), [[Glider Pilot Regiment]]
* F/O. Arthur R. Ludlow (1922-1943), [[No. 44 Squadron RAF]]
* F/O. Arthur R. Ludlow (1922–1943), [[No. 44 Squadron RAF]]
* Sgt. Neville W. Carlile (1917-1940), [[No. 82 Squadron RAF]]
* Sgt. Neville W. Carlile (1917–1940), [[No. 82 Squadron RAF]]
* L-Cpl. Walter H. White (1913-1944), [[Royal Military Police]]
* L-Cpl. Walter H. White (1913–1944), [[Royal Military Police]]
* Dvr. Joseph L. Mason (d.1944), [[Royal Army Medical Corps]]
* Dvr. Joseph L. Mason (d.1944), [[Royal Army Medical Corps]]
* Dvr. Frank Farrow (1918-1944), [[Royal Army Service Corps]]
* Dvr. Frank Farrow (1918–1944), [[Royal Army Service Corps]]
* Gnr. Robert Bruce (1919-1944), [[Suffolk Yeomanry|55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment]], [[Royal Artillery]]
* Gnr. Robert Bruce (1919–1944), [[Suffolk Yeomanry|55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment]], [[Royal Artillery]]
* Pte. Charles H. Baxter (1918-1942), 2nd Battalion, [[Cambridgeshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Charles H. Baxter (1918–1942), 2nd Battalion, [[Cambridgeshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Leslie Wabe (1906-1944), 7th Battalion, [[Cheshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Leslie Wabe (1906–1944), 7th Battalion, [[Cheshire Regiment]]
* Pte. Richard R. Neal (1920-1943), 6th Battalion, [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
* Pte. Richard R. Neal (1920–1943), 6th Battalion, [[Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
* Pte. Percy I. White (1909-1944), 2nd Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]]
* Pte. Percy I. White (1909–1944), 2nd Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]]
* Vera M. Matthews (1920-1944), [[Women's Royal Air Force]]<ref> Brown, C. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/EmnethMemorial.html </ref>
* Vera M. Matthews (1920–1944), [[Women's Royal Air Force]]<ref> Brown, C. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/EmnethMemorial.html </ref>
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Emneth Primary
St. Edmund's Church, Emneth
Emneth Primary is located in Norfolk
Emneth Primary
Emneth Primary
Location within Norfolk
Population2,617 2011 Census
OS grid referenceTF5103
• London99.6 miles (160.3 km)
Civil parish
  • Emneth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWISBECH
Postcode districtPE14
Dialling code01945
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°38′33″N 0°12′33″E / 52.64257°N 0.20913°E / 52.64257; 0.20913

Emneth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south-east of Wisbech, 12 miles (19 km) south-west of King's Lynn and 46 miles (74 km) west of Norwich, close to the course of the River Nene.

History

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Emneth's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Eana's meeting place or meadow.[1]

Emneth is not featured in the Domesday Book of 1086,[2] probably because in the late-Eleventh Century this area of Norfolk was still flooded.

Emneth was the site of Hagbeach Hall, a medieval manor house demolished in 1887.[3]

Geography

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According to the 2011 Census, Emneth has a population of 2,617 residents living in 1,150 households. Furthermore, the total area of the parish is 11.77 square kilometres (4.54 sq mi).[4]

Emneth falls within the constituency of South West Norfolk in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk.

The boundaries of the parish also includes the hamlets of Emneth Hungate and Holly End.

St Edmund's Church

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Emneth's parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund and dates from the Fifteenth Century. Built on the site of earlier Christian worship, the church is a good example of the architecture of the Perpendicular style. St Edmund's has good examples of Eighteenth-Century stained glass installed by Clayton and Bell and William Wailes. One of the stained-glass roundels in the church depicts Thomas the Tank Engine, in commemoration of its creator, Rev. W. V. Awdry, who served as Vicar of Emneth from 1953 to 1965.[5] St Edmund's also has a good example of a bell-cote with six bells, and Angels and the Apostles carved into the tie-beams and hammerbeams.

Transport

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Emneth railway station opened in 1848 as a stop on the Bramley Line between Watlington and Peterborough railway station. The station closed in 1968 as a result of the Beeching cuts, however, the railway infrastructure still remains as a private residence. Today, the nearest railway station is at Downham Market for the Fen Line between King's Lynn and Peterborough.

Emneth is bisected by the A47 between Birmingham and Lowestoft and the nearest airport is Cambridge International Airport.

Notable residents

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War memorial

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Emneth's war memorial takes the form of a stone column topped with a small Celtic cross located inside St. Edmund's Churchyard. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:

  • Capt. John A. Markham (1887–1915), 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
  • 2nd-Lt. Leonard W. Brooks (1885–1917), No. 2 Squadron RFC
  • Sgt. John H. Claxton (d.1915), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Sgt. Frederick Neal (1883–1915), 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
  • Sgt. Frederick Day (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
  • Cpl. Robert Lines (d.1916), Royal Field Artillery att. 11th (Northern) Division
  • L-Cpl. Archibald B. Crofts (1890–1916), 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • L-Cpl. Ernest A. Edwards (1891–1917), 2/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
  • L-Cpl. Reginald V. Green (1897–1918), 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
  • Dvr. John Chase (d.1918), 72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
  • Pte. George Laws (1892–1918), 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
  • Pte. Len Brown (d.1917), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
  • Pte. Oliver Hunter (1898–1918), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
  • Pte. Arthur Roper (1895–1915), 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
  • Pte. George W. Hurst (1900–1919), 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
  • Pte. Harry Glover (d.1916), 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
  • Pte. Stanley H. C. Long (1895–1917), 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
  • Pte. Thomas Sharp (1888–1918), Agricultural Company, Labour Corps
  • Pte. Samuel F. Balderson (1895–1916), 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
  • Pte. Frank Moyses (d.1918), 3rd Company, Machine Gun Corps
  • Pte. Samuel Stokes (1895–1917), 25th Company, Machine Gun Corps
  • Pte. Charles W. Brewington (1896–1917), 16th (Public Schools) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
  • Pte. William Hanslip (1881–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Pte. Sydney E. Killingsworth (d.1918), 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
  • Pte. Arthur Hurst (1893–1918), 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
  • Pte. William B. Smith MM (1899–1916), 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
  • Pte. William Jackson (d.1917), 5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment

And, the following for the Second World War:

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  • The old station house, now a private house
    The old station house, now a private house
  • Tomb Chest of Sir Thomas Hewar, by Nicholas Stone
    Tomb Chest of Sir Thomas Hewar, by Nicholas Stone

References

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  1. ^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Emneth
  2. ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/map/
  3. ^ Dennis, M. (2005). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?TNF254-Emneth-(Parish-Summary)
  4. ^ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 28, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006309
  5. ^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/emneth/emneth.htm
  6. ^ Brown, C. (2022). Retrieved December 28, 2022. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/EmnethMemorial.html

Further reading

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Mee, A. (1972). The King's England: Norfolk. London: Hodder and Stoughton, p.87. ISBN 0-340-15061-0

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