History
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Geography
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St. Peter's Church
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Corpusty's parish church is of Norman origin and is dedicated to Saint Peter . St. Peter's was significantly remodelled over the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries and subsequently in the Nineteenth Century. By the 1960s, the church began to decline and is now in the care of the Norfolk Churches Trust.[5]
Amenities
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Corpusty Primary School is located in the village and operates as part of the Synergy Multi-Academy Trust. In 2022, the school was rated as a 'Good' school by Ofsted .[6]
The Duke's Head in Corpusty is still open and has operated on the site since 1794.[7]
Little London
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To the northwest of the village of Corpusty, also on the south side of the River Bure and within the civil parish of Corpusty and Saxthorpe, lies the hamlet of Little London. This comprises one street, which is named The Street (both Corpusty and Saxthorpe also have streets so named).
Civil parish
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On 1 April 1935 the parish of Saxthorpe was merged with Corpusty,[8] on 1 April 2007 the parish was renamed "Corpusty & Saxthorpe".[9] In 1931 the parish of Corpusty (prior to the merge) had a population of 434.[10]
War memorial
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Corpusty shares a war memorial with Saxthorpe which takes the form of a marble plaque inside St. Andrew's Church. It lists the following names for the First World War :
Second-Lieutenant Maurice J. L. Walker (1893–1917), 6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
Petty-Officer Benjamin Betts (d.1915), H.M. Torpedo Boat 10
Leading-Stoker George Dodd (1892–1916), HMS Queen Mary
Corporal Stanley C. Harrison (1891–1918), 4th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
Corporal John H. Pinchen (1892–1917), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Lance-Corporal Robert H. Farrow (1896–1916), 6th Battalion, Border Regiment
Lance-Corporal Herbert T. Harrison (1894–1917), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private-First Class George S. Griffiths (1885–1918), 73rd Wing RFC
Gunner William F. Southgate (1888–1916), 137th (Heavy) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Private James Roberts (1892–1917), 44th (Western Australia Rifles) Battalion , Australian Imperial Force
Private Colin G. Pinchen (1895–1917), 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Private James J. Middleton (1890–1917), 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment
Private Oscar W. Dodman (1890–1915), 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Private Arthur F. Harrison (1899–1918), 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Private Samuel H. Smithson (1882–1917), 2nd Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Private David J. Bullock (1893–1917), 7th Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Private Alfred S. R. Harrison (1890–1916), 19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Private Walter A. Potter (d.1917), 19th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Private William R. Hipperson (1896–1915), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Alfred K. King (1876–1917), 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private James A. Pye (1891–1917), 1/4th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private George Allen (1882–1915), 1/5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private John Hancock (1879–1915), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Sidney J. Faircloth (1895–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private Henry C. Middleton (1892–1916), 8th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
Private J. Thomas Sarsby (1897–1917), 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
Private George H. Hollox (d.1917), 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Frederick A. Margetson (1882–1918), 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Claudley G. Keeler (1890–1917), 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Private Walter Allen (1898–1917), 2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
Private Samuel Harrison (1900–1918), 6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
Private Walter R. Field (1892–1916), 10th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
Private Richard T. Griffiths (1885–1917), 12th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Private William R. Hollox (1897–1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Private Horace H. Carr (1894–1918), 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
Private Frederick W. Howard (1899–1918), 15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
Rifleman Ernest R. Faircloth (1894–1918), 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles
Pvt. Albert J. Harrison
And, the following for the Second World War :
Corporal Herbert J. Roberts (1917–1940), 11th (Field) Company, Royal Engineers
Private Albert G. Mears (1920–1942), 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
William Williamson
Leslie Wright[11]
Notes
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^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 August 2015 .
^ University of Nottingham. (2022). Retrieved December 19, 2022. http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Corpusty
^ Domesday Book. (1086). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1129/corpusty/
^ Office for National Statistics. (2011). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=E05005846
^ Knott, S. (2022). Retrieved December 19, 2022. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/corpusty/corpusty.htm
^ Ofsted. (2022). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50192988
^ Norfolk Public Houses. (2002). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkc/corpusty/corpudh.htm
^ "Relationships and changes Corpusty AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 January 2023 .
^ "North Walsham Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 23 January 2023 .
^ "Population statistics Corpusty AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 23 January 2023 .
^ Pye, A. (2017). Retrieved December 19, 2022. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6579632
External links
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Media related to Corpusty at Wikimedia Commons