Cantley, Norfolk

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.57805|1.51277|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = TG381036

| official_name = Cantley

| population = 511

| population_ref = (2021)

| area_total_km2 = 0.52

| shire_district = Broadland

| shire_county = Norfolk

| region = East of England

| civil_parish = Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood

| constituency_westminster = Broadland and Fakenham

| postcode_district = NR13

| postcode_area = NR

| post_town = NORWICH

| dial_code = 01493

| london_distance =

| static_image_name = Cantley sugar beet factory - geograph.org.uk - 1043514.jpg

| static_image_caption = Cantley Sugar Beet Factory

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Cantley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood, in the English county of Norfolk.

Cantley is located {{Convert|3.7|mi|km}} north of Loddon and {{Convert|9.4|mi|km}} east of Norwich. The village is within the Broads Special Protection Area and lies on the north bank of the River Yare.

History

Cantley's name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from the Old English for Canta's glade or meadow.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Cantley |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book, Cantley is recorded as a settlement of 58 households located in the hundred of Blofield. In 1086, the village was part of the estates of King William I.{{Cite web |title=Cantley {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG3804/cantley/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=opendomesday.org}}

There are two historic manors, Cantley Netherhall and Cantley Uphall.{{Cite web |title=Blofield Hundred: Cantley {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-hist-norfolk/vol7/pp228-231 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} Currently, the Lord of the manor of Cantley Netherhall is Franck Rallu resident in France.{{Cite web |title=The Arms of Franck Rallu, Lord of the Manor of Cantley Netherhall, in the County of Norfolk. |url=http://armorialregister.com/arms-fr/rallu-f-2arms.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=armorialregister.com}}

In April 1935, the parish absorbed Limpenhoe and Southwood into a larger parish.{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10099912|title=Relationships and changes Cantley CP/AP through time|publisher=Vision of Britain|accessdate=16 May 2018}} In 1931, the parish (prior to the merge) had a population of 291.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10099912/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Cantley CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=2 October 2022}}

Geography

According to the 2021 census, Cantley has a population of 511 people which shows a slight increase from the 504 people recorded in the 2011 census.{{Cite web |title=Cantley (Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/norfolk/E63002623__cantley/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

Cantley is located along the course of the River Yare and is within the Norfolk Broads.

The majority of local children attend Cantley Primary School and is part of the Coastal Together Federation of local primary schools. In 2021, the school was rated as 'Good' by Ofsted.Ofsted. (2021). Retrieved 20 November 2022. https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50165974

Cantley is served by Cantley railway station which opened in 1844 on the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway. Today, the station lies on the Wherry Line with regular to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Norwich.

St Margaret's Church

Cantley's parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret and dates from the 14th century. St Margaret's is located on Church Road and has been Grade II listed since 1962.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST MARGARET, Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood - 1304803 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1304803?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The church was significantly remodelled in the 19th century.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/cantley/cantley.htm |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Within St Margaret's Churchyard there are two listed monuments including a tombstone with a stone coffin lid{{Cite web |title=TOMBSTONE 20 CM WEST OF ST MARGARET'S CHURCH ADJACENT TO NORTH TOWER CORNER, Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood - 1304772 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1304772?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} and a further coffin lid emblazoned with fleur-de-lys.{{Cite web |title=TOMBSTONE 20 CM WEST OF ST MARGARET'S CHURCH ADJACENT TO SOUTH TOWER CORNER, Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood - 1051450 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1051450?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Cantley Sugar Factory

In 1912 the Cantley Sugar Factory was founded by the Dutch company Algemene Suikermaatschappij (ASMij). ASMij had been founded in 1908 to concentrate the Dutch beet sugar industry and remove surplus capacity. To achieve this, it also bought the already closed down Dordrecht Sugar Factory. The machinery of this factory was then shipped to England to become part of Cantley Sugar Factory.{{cite book |last=Bakker |first=Martijn |year=1989 |series=NEHA-Series III |publisher=Eindhoven University of Technology |title=Ondernemerschap en vernieuwing |doi=10.6100/IR297656 }}

Cantley Sugar Factory was founded in 1912. It was not successful and closed down in 1916. After the English Beet Sugar Corporation was founded, Cantley Sugar Factory was reopened in 1920. The site is still in operation today by British Sugar, forming one of the four British sugar processing factories.Arnold, W. (2011). Retrieved 20 November 2022. https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF62074-Cantley-Sugar-Factory

Notable residents

Edward B. Evans (1846-1922) – army officer and stamp collector, died in Cantley.
Fred Judd (1914-1992) – inventor and amateur radio enthusiast, lived in Cantley.
Brian Edrich- (1922-2009) – Kent and Glamorgan cricketer, born in Cantley.
Alfie Hewett – (b.1997) wheelchair tennis player, born in Cantley.

Governance

Brandiston is part of the electoral ward of Brundall for local elections and is part of the district of Broadland.

The village's national constituency is Broadland and Fakenham which has been represented by the Conservative Party's Jerome Mayhew MP since 2019.

War memorial

Cantley's war memorial is split across two marble plaques located inside St Margaret's Church. The following men are listed for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Roll of Honour - Norfolk - Cantley |url=https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Cantley.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.roll-of-honour.com}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial

2Lt

|Augustus C. H. Sillem

|52nd Bde, Royal Field Artillery

|18 Jul. 1916

|Thiepval Memorial

Bdr