Carbrooke is a village and civil parish in the Breckland district of Norfolk, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) from the centre of Watton and 17 miles (27 km) from Thetford. In the 2011 Census, Carbrooke had a population of 2,073 people in 835 households.[3]
Carbrooke | |
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St Peter & St Paul, Carbrooke | |
Carbrooke Location within Norfolk | |
Area | 12.66 km2 (4.89 sq mi) |
Population | 1,176 (2001 census[1]) 2,073 (2011)[2] |
• Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TF9494002230 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Thetford |
Postcode district | IP25 |
Dialling code | 01953 |
Police | Norfolk |
Fire | Norfolk |
Ambulance | East of England |
UK Parliament | |
Carbrooke's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse word for an abundance of brambles and the Old English for a brook or stream.[4]
In the Domesday Book, Carbrooke is listed as a settlement of 62 households in the hundred of Wayland. The village was divided in ownership between Ralph de Tosny and John fitzRichard.[5]
Millenium Green is a playing ground of over 10 acres and is run in the interest of the village by a board of Trustees. The annual, Carbrooke Village Fete is held on the green.
The majority of local children attend St. Peter & St. Paul Church of England Primary School which was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in 2019.[6]
Carbrooke's Parish Church is of Norman origin and is dedicated in honour of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The church was significantly remodelled in the Fourteenth and Nineteenth Century, with stained glass being installed by James Powell and Sons. The radical socialist minister, George B. Chambers was incumbent in the church from 1927 to 1955 who procured many pieces of art from John Moray-Smith for the church.[7]
Carbrooke's War Memorial takes the form of a stone cross in St. Peter & St. Paul's Churchyard. It lists the following names of the fallen for the First World War:
And, the following for the Second World War:
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