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FRETTENHAM
FRETTENHAM
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	FRETTENHAM Location within Norfolk
Population	Expression error: "730[4]" must be numeric
OS grid reference	TG245174
District	Broadland;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NORWICH
Postcode district	NR12
Dialling code	01603
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Mid-Norfolk, Broadland;
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°42′29″N 1°19′23″E / 52.7081°N 1.3231°E

Frettenham is a rural village and parish in the Broadland district of Norfolk, England. Listed in the Domesday Book, it lies six miles north of Norwich. Like many Norfolk villages, it has a school, pub and garage, flint church and disused World War I airfield, but is also known for the Redwings Horse Sanctuary site, later the Hillside Animal Sanctuary.

History

Fretenham was first mentioned as 'Fretham' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name is Anglo-Saxon and means 'insert correct definition here'. ^[1]

St. Swithin's church

The parish church of St. Swithin's was built in the 14th Century, constructed of flint and stone in the early Decorated Gothic style. The church has a square tower at the west end, with two bells in need of repair. Services are held weekly. ^[2]

Benefice of Coltishall with Great Hautbois, Frettenham, Hainford, Horstead and Stratton Stawless

Mills

Post mill not later than 1800

Windmill 1870 Frettenham Mill, one of the last corn mills to be built in Norfolk in 1870((says who?)). The tarred five-storey mill (14m, 47ft), built in 1880 for local farmer and dyer Joshua Harper, fell into a derelict state after ceasing operations in 1900.^[3] Recently however, the mill has been rescued and restored to its previous glory ((as a working mill??)). Today the listed tower remains a feature on the skyline and a reminder of Frettenham's agricultural past.

1829 Lord Suffield gave every cottage in parish half an acre

School

1832 school house in centre of the village

Airfield

Disused World War I airfield ^[4]

Other?

Indented socketed axes were found (by who) dating to the Bronze Age (800-600 BC)^[5] 'so what?'

Today

Most of Frettenham's 230 houses ^[6] lie within a triangle of three road; School Road, Mill Road and Post Office Road. Other amenties like the village hall and pub fall outside this area, but the area is still surrounded by rich farmland. ^[7]

Animal Sanctuary

"In 1984 when I founded Redwings Horse Sanctuary, I was also concerned about the welfare of all animals and tried to bring awareness to those suffering in the intensive factory farming industry. Having rescued over 2000 horses during my time there, I decided to direct my attention to help the more commonly abused farm animal and in 1995 I founded Hillside Animal Sanctuary. Although at Hillside we have given a home to over 250 horses, donkeys and ponies, most of our 800 residents are those rescued from the intensive factory farming industry".

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Effigy from the tomb of Sir Thomas Adams

References

Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council, 2001. "Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes."

^ source for place name defintion
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^ axe
^ http://secure.broadland.gov.uk/localplan/inset16.html
^ Kelly's directory, 1883
^ http://www.art4charity.org.uk/Charity_detail.php?IDorg=5

External links

Category:Broadland Category:Villages in Norfolk

[1] source for place name defintion

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[6] ttp://secure.broadland.gov.uk/localplan/inset16.html

[7] Kelly's directory, 1883

[8] ttp://www.art4charity.org.uk/Charity_detail.php?IDorg=5

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