Carleton Forehoe

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name= Carleton Forehoe

| civil_parish = Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe

| country= England

| region= East of England

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| post_town= NORWICH

| postcode_area= NR

| postcode_district= NR9

| dial_code= 01953

| constituency_westminster = Mid Norfolk

| shire_district= South Norfolk

| shire_county= Norfolk

| hide_services= Yes

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|static_image=Carleton Forehoe village sign - geograph.org.uk - 77344.jpg

|static_image_caption=Village sign

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Carleton Forehoe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe, in the English county of Norfolk.

Carleton Forehoe is located {{Convert|2.8|mi|km}} north-west of Wymondham and {{Convert|8.8|mi|km}} west of Norwich.

History

Carleton Forehoe's name is of Anglo-Saxon and Viking origin, and derives from an amalgamation of the Old English and Old Norse for a settlement of free men close to four earthen mounds.{{Cite web |title=Key to English Place-names |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Norfolk/Carleton%20Forehoe |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}

In the Domesday Book of 1086, Carleton Forehoe was recorded as Carletuna/Karletuna,{{cite web|url=http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/norfolk1.html#carletonforehoe|title=Norfolk A-C|publisher=The Domesday Book Online|accessdate=3 October 2020}} a settlement of 40 households and the principal village in the hundred of Forehoe. The land of the village was divided between King William, Alan of Brittany and St. Benet's Abbey.{{Cite web |title=Carleton [Forehoe] {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TG0805/carleton-forehoe/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=opendomesday.org}}

The moated site at Gelham's Wood was the grounds of a medieval manor house which belonged to the Gelham family and later the Wodehouse family.{{Cite web |title=Moated site in Gelham's Wood, Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe - 1020857 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1020857?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

In 1815, Carleton Bridge was built across the River Tiffey. It is a Grade-II listed structure and is complete with the crest of the Wodehouse family.{{Cite web |title=CARLETON BRIDGE, Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe - 1050744 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1050744?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Kimberley.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10050406|title=Relationships and changes Carleton Forehoe CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=3 October 2020}}

Geography

In 1931 the parish had a population of 123,{{cite web |title=Population statistics Carleton Forehoe CP/AP through time |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10050406/cube/TOT_POP |accessdate=3 October 2020 |publisher=A Vision of Britain}} this was the last time separate population figures were collated for Carleton Forehoe. Subsequently, census data is listed as the joint parish of Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe.

The River Tiffey, a tributary of the River Yare, runs through the village.

St. Mary's Church

Carleton Forehoe's parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and dates from the Fifteenth Century. St. Mary's located on Barnham Broom Road and has been Grade II listed since 1959.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST MARY, Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe - 1172547 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1172547?section=official-list-entry |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} The churchtower is a rarity for Norfolk as it was built in 1700s, mainly from red brick.{{Cite web |title=Norfolk Churches |url=http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/carltonforehoe/carltonforehoe.htm |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.norfolkchurches.co.uk}}

Governance

Carleton Forehoe is part of the electoral ward of Wicklewood for local elections and is part of the district of South Norfolk.

The village's national constituency is Mid Norfolk which has been represented by the Conservative George Freeman MP.

War memorial

Carleton Forehoe's war memorial is a marble plaque inside St. Mary's Church.{{Cite web |title=Carleton Forehoe |url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/252867/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk |language=en}} It lists the following names for the First World War:{{Cite web |title=Geograph:: Caister to Croxton :: War Memorials in Norfolk |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/article/War-Memorials-in-Norfolk/5 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.geograph.org.uk}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Name

!Unit

!Date of Death

!Burial

Lt.

|Philip Wodehouse

|Army Headquarters{{Efn|Served with the Censorship Department.}}

|6 May 1919

|St. Peter's Churchyard

2Lt.