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Bunwell

Coordinates: 52°30′04″N 1°07′03″E / 52.50099°N 1.11754°E / 52.50099; 1.11754
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Bunwell
Bunwell Church
Bunwell is located in Norfolk
Bunwell
Bunwell
Location within Norfolk
Area10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population1,024 (2011 Census)[1]
• Density101/km2 (260/sq mi)
OS grid referenceTM117938
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORWICH
Postcode districtNR16
Dialling code01953
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Norfolk
52°30′04″N 1°07′03″E / 52.50099°N 1.11754°E / 52.50099; 1.11754

Bunwell is a parish (population 1024) situated in the county of Norfolk, England, approximately 7 miles south-east of Attleborough. The parish includes the hamlets of Bunwell Hill, Bunwell Street, Great Green, Little Green and Low Common.

Heritage

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Bunwell's name derives from the Old English for a stream with an abundance of reeds.[2]

Bunwell does not have an entry for the Domesday Book.

Governance

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An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches south to Tibenham with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,737.[3]

St. Michael's Church

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Bunwell's Parish Church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Michael. The great east window dates back to Easter of 1914.[4]

Places of interest

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Bunwell Primary School & Nursery is part of the Co-operative Education East Multi-Academy Trust and was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted in 2019.[5]

Sport and recreation

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Bunwell Athletic Football Club play home games at the Bunwell Recreation Ground and compete in the Norwich and District Sunday League.[6] The operations of the club were put in jeopardy in 2016 after an arson attack, yet the club was able to continue due to support from the local community and Norfolk FA.[7]

A greyhound racing track was opened on the meadow just off the Turnpike road where hare coursing used to take place . The racing was independent and not affiliated to the National Greyhound Racing Club. Racing took place from 1935 to 1940 but the site closed during Second World War.[8]

War memorial

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Bunwell's War Memorial takes the form of two wooden plaques located inside St. Michael's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War:

  • Company-Sergeant-Major Frederick W. Barker MC (1872–1916), 9th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Lance-Corporal Frederick J. W. Line (d.1915), 5th Battalion, Essex Regiment
  • Lance-Corporal Harry Revell (d.1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Gunner Alec Gooch (1893–1917), 70th (Siege) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Private William Churchill (d.1918), 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
  • Private Alec Stimpson (1894–1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
  • Private Charles Breeze (1894–1916), 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
  • Private Benjamin N. Ager (1887–1917), 22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
  • Jack Bush
  • Wilfred Chapman
  • John Clarke
  • Edward Dixon
  • Henry Kent
  • William Kleburgh
  • Albert Pearce
  • Bert Sale
  • Jack Smith
  • Reggie Smith
  • Arthur Ward

And, the following for the Second World War:

References

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  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Norfolk Churches". www.norfolkchurches.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Bunwell Primary School - GOV.UK". www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  6. ^ Bunwell AFC. (2022). Retrieved November 13, 2022. https://mobile.twitter.com/bunreserves
  7. ^ "Bunwell AFC which was facing closure after arson praises 'incredible support' of community". Diss Express. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Bickington". Greyhound Racing Times.
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