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Village in Norfolk, England

Human settlement in England

Fulmodeston
Fulmodeston Village Sign
Fulmodeston is located in NorfolkFulmodestonFulmodestonLocation within Norfolk
Area 15.04 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
Population 442 2011
• Density 29/km2 (75/sq mi)
OS grid reference TF9930
• London 120 miles (190 km)
Civil parish Fulmodeston
District North Norfolk
Shire county Norfolk
Region East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town FAKENHAM
Postcode district NR21
Dialling code 01328
Police Norfolk
Fire Norfolk
Ambulance East of England
UK Parliament Broadland
List of places UK England Norfolk 52°50′19″N 0°57′29″E / 52.83871°N 0.95817°E / 52.83871; 0.95817

Fulmodeston is a village and civil parish in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. The village is located 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Fakenham and 20 miles (32 km) north-west of Norwich, along the course of River Stiffkey. Fulmodeston parish also includes the small villages of Barney.

Fulmodeston's name is of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from the Old English and Old Norse for either Fulcmod's and Krok's settlement or village.[1]

In the Domesday Book, Fulmodeston is listed as a settlement of 29 households in the hundred of Gallow. In 1086, the village was part of the East Anglian estates of William de Warenne.[2]

During the Second World War, Fulmodeston was the site of a Starfish site, complete with dummy Bristol Blenheims and flare paths, to draw Luftwaffe attention away from RAF West Raynham.

The parish of "Fulmodeston" was formed on 1 April 1935 from Fulmodeston cum Croxton, Barney and Thursford parishes, on 1 April 1954 Thursford became a separate parish again.[3]

According to the 2011 Census, Fulmodeston has a population of 442 residents living in 219 households. Furthermore, the parish covers a total area of 5.81 square miles (15.0 km2).[4]

Fulmodeston falls within the constituency of Broadland and is represented at Parliament by Jerome Mayhew MP of the Conservative Party. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Broadland.

Fulmodeston's parish holds the ruins of St. Mary's Church and dates from the mid-Fifteenth Century. The church was abandoned in 1880s in favour of Christ Church.[5]

Christ Church Fulmodeston was built in the late-Nineteenth Century to replace the decaying churches of St. Mary's, Fulmodeston and St. John the Baptist, Croxton and was based on the designs of William Bassett-Smith.[6]

The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport.

Fulmodeston's war memorial takes the form of a wooden plaque listing the deceased, injured and survivors from the parish. The memorial lists the following names for the First World War:

  1. ^ University of Nottingham. Retrieved January 8, 2023. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Fulmodeston%20cum%20Croxton
  2. ^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved January 8, 2023. https://opendomesday.org/place/TF9930/fulmodeston/
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Fulmodeston CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved January 8, 2023. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E04006416
  5. ^ Knott, S. (2005). Retrieved January 8, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fulmodestonold/fulmodestonold.htm
  6. ^ Knott, S. (2005). Retrieved January 8, 2023. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/fulmodestonnew/fulmodestonnew.htm