Bintree

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.772|0.990|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG019236

| official_name = Bintree

| population = 327

| population_ref = 2021 United Kingdom census

| area_total_km2 = 5.99

| static_image_name = Bintree Mill by Mark Boyer.jpg

| static_image_width =

| static_image_caption = Bintry Mill 2005

| shire_district = Breckland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Bintree

| constituency_westminster = Mid Norfolk

| postcode_district = NR20

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = DEREHAM

| dial_code = 01362

| london_distance =

| type = Village

}}

Bintree is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

The village is about {{Convert|7.2|mi|km}} south-east of Fakenham and {{Convert|16|mi|km}} north-west of Norwich.

History

Bintree's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Bynna's tree.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Bintree |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

Despite Bintree's Anglo-Saxon origins, there is evidence for much earlier habitation. Archeological evidence include Neolithic tools{{Cite web |title=mnf21131 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf21131 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}} and Roman pottery & coinage.{{Cite web |title=mnf7195 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf7195 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

Bintree is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a settlement of 29 households in the hundred of Eynesford. In 1086, Bintee was divided between the estates of Godric the Steward, Walter Giffard and Hagni the Reeve.{{Cite web |title=Bintree {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0123/bintree/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=opendomesday.org}}

In 1759, John Astley became Rector of Bintree whilst also holding the benefices of Brinton and Thornage.

In the Nineteenth Century, the Norfolk County School was built within the parish. In 1895, the school was closed and purchased by Edmund Watts who used it to train children from the care of Thomas John Barnardo for service with the Royal Navy. The school was used during the Second World War but demolished in the 1960s.{{Cite web |title=mnf2934 - Norfolk Heritage Explorer |url=https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?mnf2934 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk}}

Manor House, within Bintree, is a farmhouse that dates from the early Nineteenth Century and was formerly a property owned by the Holkham Estate.{{Cite web |title=MANOR HOUSE, Bintree - 1342558 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342558?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Richard Enraght, an Anglo-Irish Church of England priest, who had previously been imprisoned for attempting to bring more Catholic ritualism into Anglican church services, was appointed to the position of Vicar of St. Swithun's Church, Bintree in 1895. Enraght died within the parish in 1898 and is buried in St. Swithun's Churchyard.

Geography

Bintree is located along the A1067 which runs between Fakenham and Norwich. The River Wensum runs through the parish, though not through the village itself.

According to the 2021 census, there are 327 people who live in Bintree which decreased from the 2011 census which returned a total of 329 people.{{Cite web |title=Bintree (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/admin/breckland/E04006093__bintree/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=citypopulation.de}}

Amenities within the village include the Royal Oak Pub{{Cite web |title=Royal Oak, Bintree |url=https://camra.org.uk/pubs/royal-oak-bintree-189511 |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=CAMRA - The Campaign for Real Ale |language=en}} and a farmshop.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-26 |title=Home - Algys Farm Shop a local farmshop supplying the local community with fresh fruit and vegetables. |url=https://algys.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |language=en-GB}}

St. Swithun's Church

File:memorbintree.jpgBintree's parish church is dedicated to Saint Swithun and was largely rebuilt in the Fourteenth Century, with a replacement chancel being built in 1864. Stained glass within the church includes a depiction of the crucifixion by Alexander Gibbs, a depiction of Christ by William Wailes and the annunciation by Horace Wilkinson.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/bintree/bintree.htm |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}} St. Swithun's Church has been Grade II listed since 1960.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST SWITHIN, Bintree - 1077371 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1077371?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} Furthermore, there is a grave cover within St. Swithun's Churchyard that is Grade II listed, Historic England speculates that this is the grave of Richard de Langbrigg, a parish priest who died in 1270.{{Cite web |title=UNKNOWN GRAVE COVER IN THE CHURCHYARD IMMEDIATELY TO EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST SWITHIN, Bintree - 1342557 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342557?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Bintry Watermill

Outside of the village lays Bintry watermill. A watermill has stood in this site since the mid-Fifteenth Century, though the present structure originates in the mid-Eighteenth Century. The structure is Grade II listed.{{Cite web |title=BINTRY MILL INCLUDING BRIDGE AND MILLERS HOUSE, Bintree - 1077372 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1077372/?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Governance

Bintree is part of the electoral ward of Upper Wensum for local elections and is part of the district of Breckland.

Billingford's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative's George Freeman since 2010.

Notable Residents

John Astley (1735-1803), Church of England clergyman.
Richard Enraght (1837-1898), Anglo-Irish clergyman.

War memorial

Bintree's war memorial is located within St. Swithun's Churchyard and takes the form of a grey granite cross with a sword of sacrifice embossed in front. The war memorial was built in 1920 and has been Grade II listed since 2017.{{Cite web |title=Bintree War Memorial, Bintree - 1442054 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1442054?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} It lists the following names for the First World War:

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Other Commemoration / Burial

Private

|Ernest G. Vince

|Machine Gun Corps

|28 December 1917

|St. Swithun's Churchyard, Bintree

Private