Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
{{Short description|Civil parish in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|static_image = File:Fundenhall St Nicholas' church - geograph.org.uk - 2250396.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Nicholas' Church, Fundenhall
|coordinates = {{coord|52.53222|1.17129|display=inline,title}}
|official_name =Ashwellthorpe
|population = 750
|population_ref = (2011)
| area_total_km2 = 9.74
|shire_district=
|shire_county= Norfolk
|metropolitan_borough=
| metropolitan_county =
|region=East of England
|constituency_westminster=
|post_town= NORWICH
|postcode_district = NR16
|postcode_area=NR
|dial_code=01508
|os_grid_reference= TM 151 974
}}
Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, situated some 6 km south-east of Wymondham and 20 km south-west of Norwich. The parish includes the villages of Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, which lie about 1 km apart, although rather farther by road.{{ref|osexp1}}
The civil parish has an area of 9.74 km2 and in the 2001 census had a population of 756 in 301 households, the population falling to 750 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120165&c=NR16+1AA&d=16&e=62&g=6450421&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1441633834506&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=7 September 2015}} For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of South Norfolk. Fundenhall was a separate parish until it was annexed by Ashwellthorpe in 1935. The combined parish was known as Ashwellthorpe until 2003, when it adopted its current name.{{ref|osnncc}}{{ref|vobunr}}{{ref|odpmrn}}
Railway
Ashwellthorpe had a railway station on the Forncett to Wymondham line; it closed in 1939.{{fact|date=April 2021}}
War memorial
Ashwellthorpe War Memorial lies in All Saint's Churchyard and holds the following names from the First World War:
- Rifleman P. W. Bateman (d.1918), King's Royal Rifle Corps
- Rifleman Leonard M. Bateman (d.1917), 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
- Private Albert G. Grimmer (1894–1917), 163rd Company, Machine Gun Corps
- Private Edgar J. Goose (d.1916), 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private Frederick L. Tubby (1885–1916), 7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Private E. E. Squires (d.1918), 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
- Private W. R. Squires (1884–1918), 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- H. G. Bateman
- W. J. George
- A. J. Hunt
It also holds the following names from the Second World War:
- Private Eric F. Browne (1920–1943), 6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
- Sergeant Ernest T. Goodrum (1922–1944), No. 37 Squadron RAF
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{note|osexp1}} Ordnance Survey (1999). OS Explorer Map 237 - Norwich. {{ISBN|0-319-21868-6}}.
- {{note|osnncc}} Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]. Retrieved 2 December 2005.
- {{note|vobunr}} Visions of Britain. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044152/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp%3Bjsessionid%3D94266A6F824F6B5CB077D071BF093272?u_id=10180480 Fundenhall CP/AP Norfolk through time]. Retrieved 4 November 2005.
- {{note|odpmrm}} Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20051205110847/http://www.odpm.gov.uk/embedded_object.asp?id=1133667 Bulletin of Changes to Local Authority Areas and Names in England]. Retrieved 6 December 2005.
External links
{{Commons category|Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall}}
;Ashwellthorpe
- {{OS coord|TM146977_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources}} for Ashwellthorpe.
- [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/a/ashwellthorpe/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Ashwellthorpe.
;Fundenhall
- {{OS coord|TM150967_region:GB_scale:100000|Map sources}} for Fundenhall.
- [http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/places/f/fundenhall/ Information from Genuki Norfolk] on Fundenhall.
;Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161242/http://www.ashwellthorpe.org.uk/ Community website for Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall] Local information on Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall.
{{Civil Parishes of South Norfolk}}